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Form 8.3 - IP Group PLC

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RNS Number : 0495R
BlackRock Group
18 September 2017
 

FORM 8.3

 

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

 

 

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 

(a) Full name of discloser:

BlackRock, Inc.

(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

     The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.

N/A

(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

     Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

IP Group plc

(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:


(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:

     For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure

15 September 2017

(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

     If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

Yes, Touchstone Innovations plc

 

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

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(c), 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:

 

2p ordinary

 

 

Interests

Short positions

Number

%

Number

%

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

10,588,394

1.51%

0

0.00%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

 

0

0.00%

195,682

0.02%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

     TOTAL:

10,588,394

1.51%

195,682

0.02%

 

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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

 

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), 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

Purchase/sale

 

Number of securities

Price per unit





 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. CFD

Nature of dealing

e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

2

GBP 1.1772

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

3

GBP 1.1779

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

2

GBP 1.1829

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

25

GBP 1.1829

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

3

GBP 1.1830

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

32

GBP 1.1849

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

15

GBP 1.1859

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

17

GBP 1.1869

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

2

GBP 1.1877

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

2

GBP 1.1878

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1889

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

4

GBP 1.1890

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

2

GBP 1.1898

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

10

GBP 1.1899

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

5

GBP 1.1919

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

134

GBP 1.1925

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

2

GBP 1.1926

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

2

GBP 1.1928

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1930

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1930

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

161

GBP 1.1939

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1944

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1948

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

18

GBP 1.1949

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

2

GBP 1.1949

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

9

GBP 1.1959

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1963

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

28

GBP 1.1969

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1969

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1974

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1983

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1984

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.1991

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.2001

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

12

GBP 1.2009

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

8

GBP 1.2019

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

7

GBP 1.2029

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.2034

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

10

GBP 1.2069

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

1

GBP 1.2096

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing short

385

GBP 1.2319

 

(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

e.g. American, European etc.

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit









 

(ii)        Exercise

 

Class of relevant security

Product description

e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit





 

 

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing

e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)





 

 

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 person 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 person 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:

18 September 2017
Contact name:

Andrew Manchester
Telephone number:

+44 20 7743 3650

 

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.

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