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REG - Goldman Sachs & Co. Qualcomm Inc - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Qualcomm

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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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