NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR FROM ANY RESTRICTED JURISDICTION OR WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
3 November 2025
RECOMMENDED CASH ACQUISITION
of
ALPHA GROUP INTERNATIONAL PLC
by
CORPAY, INC.
CANCELLATION OF LISTING
Further to the announcement of Alpha Group International plc (Alpha) on 31 October 2025 that the Scheme for the acquisition of Alpha by Corpay, Inc. has now become effective in accordance with its terms, Alpha confirms that the listing of Alpha Shares on the equity shares (commercial companies) category of the Official List and the main market of the London Stock Exchange was cancelled with effect from 8.00 a.m. today.
Terms defined in the Scheme Document dated 11 August 2025 have the same meanings in this announcement.
Enquiries:
| Corpay |
via Oppenheimer |
| Jim Eglseder (Investor Relations) Chad Corley (Media Relations) |
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| Oppenheimer Europe (Financial Adviser to Corpay) |
+44 20 7220 1900 |
| Ernest Bell Richard Clarke Lucia Sviatkova |
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| Alpha |
via Peel Hunt |
| Clive Kahn, CEO Tim Powell, CFO |
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| Centerview (Joint Financial Adviser to Alpha) |
+44 20 7409 9700 |
| Tadhg Flood Hadleigh Beals |
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| Peel Hunt (Joint Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker to Alpha) |
+44 20 7418 8900 |
| Neil Patel Benjamin Cryer |
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| Panmure Liberum (Corporate Broker to Alpha) |
+44 20 3100 2000 |
| Max Jones William King |
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| Alma Strategic Communications (Financial Public Relations) |
+44 77 8090 1979 |
| Josh Royston Andy Bryant |
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| Jones Day is retained as legal adviser to Corpay. Freshfields LLP is retained as legal adviser to Alpha. |
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Important notices relating to financial advisers
Oppenheimer, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority, is acting as financial advisor to Corpay and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this Announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Corpay for providing the protections afforded to clients of Oppenheimer nor for providing advice in relation to the matters set out in this Announcement. Neither Oppenheimer nor any of its affiliates owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Oppenheimer in connection with this Announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Centerview, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively as financial adviser to Alpha and no one else in connection with the Acquisition and/or any other matter referred to in this Announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Alpha for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition, the contents of this Announcement, or any other matter referred to in this Announcement. Neither Centerview nor any of its affiliates, nor any of Centerview's and such affiliates' respective members, directors, officers, controlling persons or employees owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, consequential, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Centerview in connection with this Announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Peel Hunt, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively as financial adviser and corporate broker to Alpha and for no one else in connection with the Acquisition and/or any other matter referred to in this Announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Alpha for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition, the contents of this Announcement, or any other matter referred to in this Announcement. Neither Peel Hunt nor any of its affiliates, nor any of Peel Hunt's and such affiliates' respective members, directors, officers, controlling persons or employees owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, consequential, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Peel Hunt in connection with this Announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Panmure Liberum, which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom, is acting exclusively as corporate broker to Alpha and for no one else in connection with the Acquisition and/or any other matter referred to in this Announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Alpha for providing the protections afforded to its clients or for providing advice in relation to the Acquisition, the contents of this Announcement, or any other matter referred to in this Announcement. Neither Panmure Liberum nor any of its affiliates, nor any of Panmure Liberum's and such affiliates' respective members, directors, officers, controlling persons or employees owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, consequential, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Panmure Liberum in connection with this Announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Further information
Overseas Shareholders
The release, publication or distribution of this Announcement in or into jurisdictions other than the United Kingdom and the United States may be restricted by law and/or regulations. Persons who are not resident in the United Kingdom or the United States or who are subject to the laws and regulations of other jurisdictions should inform themselves of, and observe, any applicable requirements.
Publication on website and availability of hard copies
A copy of this Announcement and the documents required to be published by Rule 26 of the Code will be made available subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions on Alpha's website at www.alphagroup.com and Corpay's website at www.corpay.com. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of these websites are not incorporated into and do not form part of this Announcement.
Alpha Shareholders and persons with information rights may request a hard copy of this Announcement by contacting Alma Strategic Communications between 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. (London time) Monday to Friday (public holidays excepted) on +44 (0)77 8090 1979. Calls to this number are charged at national rates or, in the case of calls from outside the UK, at the applicable international rate. Calls from a mobile device may incur network extras. You may also request that all future documents, announcements and information to be sent to you in relation to the Acquisition should be in hard copy form. If you have received this Announcement in electronic form, copies of this Announcement and any document or information incorporated by reference into this Announcement will not be provided unless such a request is made.
General
If you are in any doubt about the contents of this Announcement or the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own independent financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor accountant or independent financial adviser duly authorised under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (as amended) if you are a resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser.
Neither the delivery of this Announcement nor holding the Meetings, the Court Hearing, or filing the Court Order shall, under any circumstances, create any implication that there has been no change in the affairs of the Alpha Group or the Corpay Group since the date of this Announcement or that the information in, or incorporated into, this Announcement is correct as at any time subsequent to its date.
This Announcement has been prepared for the purpose of complying with English law and the Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this Announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside the United Kingdom.
A copy of this announcement will be made available, subject to certain restrictions relating to persons resident in Restricted Jurisdictions, free of charge on Alpha's website at www.alphagroup.com and Corpay's website at www.corpay.com. For the avoidance of doubt, the contents of those websites are not incorporated into and do not form part of this announcement.