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RNS Number : 1319W Barclays PLC 20 August 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: 19 Aug 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: 1,701,952 4.02% 9,380 0.02%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
400 0.00% 1,663,450 3.93%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 1,702,352 4.02% 1,672,830 3.95%
(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 21,921 41.7000 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 11,466 41.8000 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 2,882 41.7089 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 2,663 41.7500 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 1,014 41.7633 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 400 41.7623 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 179 41.7487 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 167 41.7493 GBP
0.2p ordinary Purchase 66 41.7750 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 9,593 41.7000 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 7,610 41.7839 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 3,033 41.8000 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 2,852 41.6996 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 1,813 41.7095 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 1,792 41.7555 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 1,713 41.8730 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 922 41.7496 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 551 41.7500 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 251 41.7645 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 179 41.7506 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 88 41.7750 GBP
0.2p ordinary Sale 66 41.7250 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 317 41.7628 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,852 41.6996 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 40 41.7495 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 922 41.7496 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 159 41.7966 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,713 41.8730 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,925 41.7000 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,257 41.7001 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 481 41.7002 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,546 41.7019 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 937 41.7530 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 133 41.7560 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 66 41.7750 GBP
0.2p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,959 41.8000 GBP
0.2p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 400 41.7000 GBP
0.2p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 400 41.7624 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: 20 Aug 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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