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RNS Number : 8761A Barclays PLC 25 September 2025
FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
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
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose ALPHA GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC
relevant securities this form relates:
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 24 Sep 2025
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making NO
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(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: 0.2p ordinary
Interests Short Positions
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 1,879,510 4.44% 22,931 0.05%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
14,867 0.04% 1,860,680 4.40%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,894,377 4.48% 1,883,611 4.45%
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of Price per unit
security securities
0.2p ordinary Purchase 20,000 41.8709 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 14,414 41.8844 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 2,985 41.8752 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 2,662 41.8500 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 2,660 41.8574 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 1,882 41.9000 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 1,150 41.8493 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 850 41.8710 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 529 41.9312 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 515 41.8750 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 495 41.8603 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 274 41.8987 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 273 41.8981 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 235 41.8780 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 194 41.8935 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 184 41.9250 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 106 41.9500 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 16,791 41.8500 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 7,272 41.8546 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 4,404 41.8509 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 3,521 41.8538 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 3,340 41.8647 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 3,056 41.8496 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 312 41.8750 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 274 41.9000 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 34 41.9500 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description reference unit
security securities
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,122 41.8749 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,056 41.8496 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,754 41.8500 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 4,404 41.8509 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,127 41.8519 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,364 41.8541 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 3,340 41.8647 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9 41.8500 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 3,127 41.8697 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,000 41.8709 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 73 41.8750 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 4,266 41.8762 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,136 41.9000 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 184 41.9250 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) Exercise
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 person 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: 25 Sep 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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