| FORM 8.3 | |||||||
| PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
| A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
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| Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code") | |||||||
| 1. | KEY INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Full name of discloser: |
| Barclays PLC. | ||||
| (b) | Owner or controller of interest and short |
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| positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): | ||||||
| (c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | ALPHA GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 15 May 2025 | |||||
| (f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | NO |
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| 2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
| (a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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| Class of relevant security: | 0.2p ordinary | ||||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 434,406 | 1.03% | 20,595 | 0.05% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 18,475 | 0.04% | 363,198 | 0.86% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 452,881 | 1.07% | 383,793 | 0.91% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| which subscription right exists |
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| Details, including nature of the rights |
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| concerned and relevant percentages: |
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| 3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
| (a) | Purchases and sales |
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| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 6,500 | 30.9500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 6,026 | 31.1556 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 5,763 | 30.9187 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 2,158 | 30.8828 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,588 | 30.8750 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,473 | 30.7801 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,467 | 30.9098 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,290 | 30.9000 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,180 | 30.9364 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,175 | 30.9394 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 758 | 30.8245 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 441 | 30.8587 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 400 | 30.9129 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 340 | 31.1495 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 265 | 30.8500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 195 | 31.0330 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 170 | 31.0058 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 85 | 30.9250 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 83 | 30.8468 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 80 | 31.0500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 9 | 30.8466 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 8 | 30.8475 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 6,588 | 30.9171 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 6,262 | 30.9443 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 4,870 | 30.9108 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 1,555 | 30.7681 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 1,378 | 30.9500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 600 | 30.8173 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 539 | 30.9203 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 399 | 30.7808 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 395 | 30.9156 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 340 | 31.1500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 217 | 30.9175 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 206 | 30.8951 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 200 | 31.0021 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 104 | 30.9196 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 100 | 30.8500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 6 | 30.7530 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 436 | 30.9700 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,555 | 30.7681 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 399 | 30.7808 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 400 | 30.9400 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,009 | 30.9427 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,473 | 30.7801 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 758 | 30.8245 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 121 | 30.8954 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 400 | 30.9129 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 591 | 30.9227 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 262 | 30.9480 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 30.9500 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 589 | 30.9502 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,026 | 31.1556 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 17 | 30.9011 GBP | |||
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| (c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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| (i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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| (d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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| 4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
| (a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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| Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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| formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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| or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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| NONE | |||||||
| (b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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| Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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| the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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| (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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| (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 16 May 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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