
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: | 11 Jul 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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| 8,367,639 | 1.89% | 1,970,021 | 0.45% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,293,963 | 0.29% | 7,698,836 | 1.74% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,661,602 | 2.19% | 9,668,857 | 2.19% |
(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 | 96,117 | 2.3214 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 52,090 | 2.3200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 27,000 | 2.3289 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,800 | 2.3343 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,750 | 2.3201 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,660 | 2.3246 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,591 | 2.3205 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,052 | 2.3350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,895 | 2.3316 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,459 | 2.3253 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,314 | 2.3376 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,260 | 2.3400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,019 | 2.3368 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 280 | 2.3197 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 52 | 2.3322 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 29 | 2.3300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 77,921 | 2.3355 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 75,237 | 2.3356 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 46,870 | 2.3200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 43,722 | 2.3241 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 26,198 | 2.3268 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 24,941 | 2.3199 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 15,912 | 2.3324 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,255 | 2.3370 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,077 | 2.3365 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 8,908 | 2.3366 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,670 | 2.3331 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,473 | 2.3352 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,397 | 2.3382 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,964 | 2.3198 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,300 | 2.3287 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,299 | 2.3400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,257 | 2.3383 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,065 | 2.3374 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,793 | 2.3345 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,705 | 2.3369 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,435 | 2.3350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 870 | 2.3286 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 755 | 2.3275 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 609 | 2.3232 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 528 | 2.3375 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 522 | 2.3254 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 370 | 2.3450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 2.3500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 2.3300 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 | Increasing Short | 8,680 | 2.3281 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,964 | 2.3198 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 624 | 2.3199 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 47,441 | 2.3200 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 609 | 2.3232 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,118 | 2.3254 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,300 | 2.3287 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,912 | 2.3324 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 60,400 | 2.3344 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 66,529 | 2.3350 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,427 | 2.3356 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 25,876 | 2.3361 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,105 | 2.3366 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,705 | 2.3369 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,255 | 2.3370 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 528 | 2.3375 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,110 | 2.3376 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,521 | 2.3393 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 791 | 2.3400 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 2.3450 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 42,350 | 2.3200 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,591 | 2.3203 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,660 | 2.3246 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,459 | 2.3253 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 28 | 2.3300 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 65 | 2.3342 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,491 | 2.3350 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,019 | 2.3368 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,007 | 2.3401 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 10,087 | 2.3288 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,784 | 2.3364 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 56,098 | 2.3201 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 2,912 | 2.3351 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 |
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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: | 14 Jul 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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