21 June 2010
Director's share purchase
IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or the "Company" or the "Group"), the developer of intellectual property based businesses, announces that it has today received notification from Francis Carpenter, a non-executive director of IP Group, regarding the purchase of ordinary shares of 2p each ("Ordinary Shares") in the Company.
The Company was notified on 21 June 2010 that Mr. Carpenter purchased in aggregate 30,000 Ordinary Shares in IP Group at a price of 39.5 pence per share, representing 0.01% of the Company's current issued share capital.
Following the purchase, Mr. Carpenter is beneficially interested in a total of 169,151 Ordinary Shares, representing 0.07% of the Company's issued share capital.
For further information, please contact:
IP Group plc +44(0)845 0742929
Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive Officer
Liz Vaughan-Adams (Communications) +44(0)20 7444 0062
+44(0)7979 853802
ENDS