| 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: | 18 Jun 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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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 684,761 | 1.62% | 14,038 | 0.03% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 9,604 | 0.02% | 612,495 | 1.45% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 694,365 | 1.64% | 626,533 | 1.48% |
| (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 | 3,590 | 30.0307 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 2,101 | 30.0500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,823 | 30.0474 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,484 | 30.0365 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 938 | 30.0060 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 620 | 29.8814 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 489 | 30.0755 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 447 | 29.9500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 341 | 29.9206 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 288 | 30.0380 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 250 | 30.1000 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 249 | 30.0668 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 222 | 29.8500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 190 | 30.1655 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 143 | 30.2202 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 101 | 30.3000 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 84 | 29.9000 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 70 | 30.2500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Purchase | 2 | 30.0469 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 6,367 | 30.0406 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 5,375 | 30.0500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 4,537 | 30.0551 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 3,451 | 30.0476 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 2,525 | 30.0497 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 1,336 | 29.8985 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 378 | 30.0944 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 378 | 29.9811 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 361 | 30.1112 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 318 | 30.1031 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 268 | 29.8500 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 100 | 29.9520 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 17 | 30.0997 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 11 | 29.9000 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 4 | 29.9250 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 3 | 30.1000 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 30.0000 GBP | ||||
| 0.2p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 29.9500 GBP | ||||
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| (b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,356 | 30.2711 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13 | 29.8976 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,336 | 29.8985 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,772 | 30.0000 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 726 | 30.0001 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,367 | 30.0406 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,525 | 30.0497 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 345 | 30.0498 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 947 | 30.0500 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,453 | 30.0588 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 272 | 30.0736 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 378 | 30.0944 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 620 | 29.8814 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 323 | 29.9500 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 506 | 30.0012 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 938 | 30.0060 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 269 | 30.0126 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 728 | 30.0500 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 550 | 30.1848 GBP | |||
| 0.2p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 129 | 30.2997 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: | 19 Jun 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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