REG - Barclays PLC Alphawave IP Group - Form 8.5 EPT/Non RI ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC

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:

BARCLAYS CAPITAL SECURITIES LTD

(b)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(c)

Name of the party to the offer with which exempt

ALPHAWAVE IP GROUP PLC

principal trader is connected

(d)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

29 Sep 2025

(e)

In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal

YES:

trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

AQUA ACQUISITION SUB LLC (AN INDIRECT WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF QUALCOMM INCORPORATED)

2.

POSITIONS OF THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(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:

1p ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

22,176,554

2.82%

4,607,884

0.59%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

2,648,567

0.34%

21,978,501

2.79%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

24,825,121

3.15%

26,586,385

3.38%

Class of relevant security:

Senior unsecured convertible bond

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

3,200,000

2.13%

0

0.00%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

3,200,000

2.13%

0

0.00%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

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

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Total number of

Highest price per unit

Lowest price per unit

security

securities

paid/received

paid/received

1p ordinary

Purchase

87,656

1.8907  GBP

1.8698  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

312,195

1.9030  GBP

1.8700  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,848

1.8700  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,990

1.8707  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,829

1.8733  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

144,000

1.8736  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

85

1.8748  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,410

1.8757  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

36,912

1.8761  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,193

1.8776  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,720

1.8795  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,605

1.8798  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

83

1.9030  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26

1.9200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,520

1.8700  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

158

1.8741  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

652

1.8784  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,840

1.8785  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

837

1.8810  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,781

1.8835  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,108

1.8840  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

142

1.8871  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,918

1.8907  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,190

1.8750  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

2,209

1.8764  GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

30 Sep 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213