
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 | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 25 Jun 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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| 8,782,519 | 1.99% | 1,208,407 | 0.27% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 572,160 | 0.13% | 8,119,063 | 1.84% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,354,679 | 2.12% | 9,327,470 | 2.11% |
(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 | 328,341 | 2.2403 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 77,694 | 2.2650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 73,826 | 2.2589 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 20,225 | 2.2578 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 20,052 | 2.2635 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 15,293 | 2.2587 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,837 | 2.2459 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,879 | 2.2534 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,796 | 2.2588 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,254 | 2.2539 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,421 | 2.2512 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,294 | 2.2464 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,796 | 2.2593 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,314 | 2.2607 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,272 | 2.2575 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,185 | 2.2633 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,184 | 2.2543 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,136 | 2.2501 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,113 | 2.2583 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 998 | 2.2622 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 556 | 2.2550 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 533 | 2.2529 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 147 | 2.2525 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 14 | 2.2553 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.2500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.2400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.2600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 297,009 | 2.2395 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 98,372 | 2.2425 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 54,156 | 2.2649 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 51,773 | 2.2541 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 48,774 | 2.2650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 37,454 | 2.2475 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 30,123 | 2.2477 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 19,680 | 2.2648 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 16,395 | 2.2542 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 13,932 | 2.2491 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 13,805 | 2.2550 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,209 | 2.2394 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,823 | 2.2516 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,396 | 2.2681 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,840 | 2.2453 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,877 | 2.2604 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,238 | 2.2431 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,495 | 2.2513 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,439 | 2.2530 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,100 | 2.2583 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,688 | 2.2498 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,573 | 2.2559 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,118 | 2.2699 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,189 | 2.2450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,109 | 2.2458 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,103 | 2.2429 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,101 | 2.2350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,088 | 2.2621 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 951 | 2.2509 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 888 | 2.2625 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 727 | 2.2725 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 550 | 2.2525 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 542 | 2.2600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 532 | 2.2400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 496 | 2.2500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 80 | 2.2564 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 63 | 2.2561 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 | 969 | 2.2556 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,747 | 2.2557 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 2.2374 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,643 | 2.2394 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 400 | 2.2412 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 98,372 | 2.2425 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,836 | 2.2426 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,103 | 2.2429 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 656 | 2.2450 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,502 | 2.2496 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 29,957 | 2.2511 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,692 | 2.2530 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,967 | 2.2648 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 42,030 | 2.2649 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 41,339 | 2.2650 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,806 | 2.2661 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,118 | 2.2699 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,590 | 2.2783 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 2.2375 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,148 | 2.2450 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,837 | 2.2459 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,404 | 2.2492 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,421 | 2.2512 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 547 | 2.2519 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,524 | 2.2534 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,254 | 2.2539 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,221 | 2.2541 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,184 | 2.2543 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 552 | 2.2550 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,272 | 2.2575 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,256 | 2.2582 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,089 | 2.2586 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,796 | 2.2593 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 2.2600 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,077 | 2.2601 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13 | 2.2607 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 998 | 2.2622 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6 | 2.2625 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,516 | 2.2650 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,057 | 2.2705 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 6,282 | 2.2575 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,104 | 2.2648 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 46,380 | 2.2550 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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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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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: | 26 Jun 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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