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IP Group agrees pilot IP commercialisation collaboration with Princeton University

IP Group plc (LSE: IPO) ("IP Group" or "the Company" or "the Group"), the developer of intellectual property based businesses, is delighted to announce that it has signed an IP commercialisation agreement with Princeton University ("Princeton" or "the University").

The collaboration, which has an initial pilot phase of 18 months, will focus on developing early-stage, proof of principle opportunities based on intellectual property developed at Princeton. The agreement covers all materials and clean technology, all life , medical and human sciences and information technology as well as electronics, communications and robotics.

"We are excited to be one of the first US universities to partner with IP Group," John F. Ritter, Director of Princeton's Office of Technology Licensing said. "The collaboration will increase the potential for great companies to emerge from the innovative research at Princeton."

For more information, please contact:

IP Group plc

www.ipgroupplc.com

Alan Aubrey, Chief Executive Officer            

+44 (0) 20 7444 0050

Liz Vaughan-Adams, Communications   

+44 (0) 20 7444 0062 / +44 (0) 7979 853 802

liz.vadams@ipgroupplc.com

FTI Consulting (for IP Group)


John Dineen

+44 (0) 20 7831 3113



Princeton

www.princeton.edu

Martin Mbugua, Director of Media Relations & University Spokesperson

+1 609 258 5733

John F. Ritter, Director, Office of Technology Licensing

jritter@princeton.edu 

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About IP Group

IP Group is a leading UK intellectual property ("IP") commercialisation company, developing technology innovations primarily from its research intensive partner universities. The Group offers more than traditional venture capital, providing its companies with access to business building expertise, networks, recruitment and business support.

The Company's portfolio comprises holdings in over 90 companies including Oxford Nanopore Technologies, the DNA sequencing development company, Revolymer, best known for its removable chewing gum and Xeros, which has received many accolades for its revolutionary clothes washing techniques with a much reduced requirement for water.

The portfolio includes early stage to mature businesses and has exposure to five main sectors - Energy & Renewables, Healthcare, Biotech, IT & Communications and Chemicals & Materials.

For more information, please visit our website atwww.ipgroupplc.com.

About Princeton

Princeton University is aprivateIvy Leagueresearch universityinPrinceton,New Jersey,United States. Founded in 1746 inElizabethas the College of New Jersey , Princeton is one of the nineColonial Collegesestablished before theAmerican Revolutionas well as thefourthchartered institution of higher education in the American colonies. Princeton has been associated with 35Nobel laureates, 17National Medal of Sciencewinners, 2Abel Prizewinners, 5Fields Medalists, and 3National Humanities Medalrecipients.

About Princeton's Office of Technology Licensing

Princeton University's Office of Technology Licensing facilitates the transformation of scientific and technological discoveries into products and services for societal benefit in a manner consistent with the University's emphasis on preeminent research, education, and dedication to public service. In fiscal year 2013, the OTL worked with 277 student, staff and faculty inventors.

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