
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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(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose | GREENCORE GROUP PLC | |||||
| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
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(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 28 May 2025 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | BAKKAVOR GROUP PLC |
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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: | 1p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 10,715,658 | 2.43% | 1,238,040 | 0.28% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 559,110 | 0.13% | 9,944,106 | 2.25% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 11,274,768 | 2.55% | 11,182,146 | 2.53% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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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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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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1p ordinary | Purchase | 99,896 | 2.1750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 22,010 | 2.1698 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,749 | 2.1716 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,700 | 2.1707 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,937 | 2.1720 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,762 | 2.1713 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,669 | 2.1693 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,907 | 2.1673 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,540 | 2.1655 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,298 | 2.1677 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,242 | 2.1692 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,927 | 2.1680 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,457 | 2.1776 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,921 | 2.1729 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,616 | 2.1691 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,338 | 2.1650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,254 | 2.1665 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,052 | 2.1705 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,613 | 2.1704 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,586 | 2.1700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,130 | 2.1708 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 247 | 2.1689 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3 | 2.1666 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.1800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 59,011 | 2.1733 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 35,709 | 2.1750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 17,732 | 2.1730 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,047 | 2.1748 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,991 | 2.1678 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,507 | 2.1700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,825 | 2.1685 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,775 | 2.1702 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,466 | 2.1625 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,241 | 2.1670 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,845 | 2.1800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,436 | 2.1664 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,189 | 2.1623 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,000 | 2.1624 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 919 | 2.1615 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 829 | 2.1650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 706 | 2.1725 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 20 | 2.1699 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 2.1674 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,762 | 2.1675 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 29,256 | 2.1678 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20 | 2.1699 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,775 | 2.1702 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 706 | 2.1725 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,200 | 2.1748 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 18,600 | 2.1750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 772 | 2.1650 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,301 | 2.1671 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,312 | 2.1673 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 2.1675 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,382 | 2.1678 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,927 | 2.1680 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,242 | 2.1692 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,669 | 2.1693 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 810 | 2.1700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 189 | 2.1701 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,052 | 2.1705 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,693 | 2.1706 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7 | 2.1707 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,937 | 2.1720 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,921 | 2.1729 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,241 | 2.1748 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 63,339 | 2.1750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 7,053 | 2.1724 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,624 | 2.1748 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 3,429 | 2.1651 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 17 | 2.1753 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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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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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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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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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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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 29 May 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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