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RNS Number : 9274V Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC 19 August 2025
FORM 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI)
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL
TRADER WITHOUT RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY ("RI") STATUS (OR WHERE RI STATUS IS
NOT APPLICABLE)
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM
relates: INCORPORATED)
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC
connected:
(d) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 18 August 2025
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date
prior to the disclosure
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader NO
making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(a) Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing
(if any)
Class of relevant security: USD 0.0001 common
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 3,681,975.252 0.34 740,231.252 0.06
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 2,429,202 0.22 203,312 0.01
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 221,290 0.02 373,274 0.03
purchase/sell:
6,332,467.252 0.58 1,316,817.252 0.12
TOTAL:
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'
and other employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
USD 0.0001 common Purchases 557,376 159.7350 USD 157.3200 USD
USD 0.0001 common Sales 863,811 182.0867 USD 157.2650 USD
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 125 157.5407 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 191 157.5407 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 2,725 158.1116 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 1,858 158.7588 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a short position 877 158.8440 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a short position 1,430 158.8442 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 2 158.8827 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 1 158.8827 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 1 158.8827 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Opening a long position 2,584 158.8951 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 1,615 158.9137 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 30 158.9303 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 254 158.9318 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a short position 298 158.9318 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a short position 1,809 158.9347 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a short position 2,951 158.9347 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 163 158.9389 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 2,584 158.9391 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a short position 95 158.9437 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 1,644 158.9497 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 31 158.9681 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 21 158.9918 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Opening a short position 43 158.9918 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 600 159.0176 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a long position 343 159.0257 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 27 159.0392 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 10 159.0392 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Increasing a long position 14 159.0392 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a short position 17 159.0403 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a short position 400 159.0403 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a short position 200 159.0403 USD
USD 0.0001 common CFD Reducing a short position 63 159.3187 USD
USD 0.0001 common SWAP^ Increasing a long position 344,000 158.9000 USD
^Please note this product is part of a basket of securities for which AQUA
ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM
INCORPORATED) is a component
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising / exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
4. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or
understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may
be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt
principal trader making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any
person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there
are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any other person
relating to:
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
NONE
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 19 August 2025
Contact name: Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number: +33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation
to the Code's disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .
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