RNS Number : 0214V
Barclays PLC
12 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

BAKKAVOR GROUP 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:

11 Aug 2025

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

YES:

 

 

 

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

GREENCORE GROUP PLC

 

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:

2p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

3,814,998

0.66%

453,149

0.08%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

305,098

0.05%

3,605,893

0.62%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

4,120,096

0.71%

4,059,042

0.70%

(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

 

2p ordinary

Purchase

11,823

2.3600  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

9,675

2.3454  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

2,961

2.3540  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

1,798

2.3500  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

1,584

2.3262  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

1,196

2.3316  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

1,079

2.3321  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

875

2.3265  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

789

2.3400  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

629

2.3230  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

517

2.3250  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

384

2.3357  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

41

2.3350  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

7

2.3300  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

3

2.3450  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

3

2.3200  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

1

2.3150  GBP

2p ordinary

Purchase

1

2.3100  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

14,234

2.3599  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

8,541

2.3600  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

6,364

2.3408  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

1,223

2.3250  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

1,064

2.3299  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

789

2.3400  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

506

2.3308  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

262

2.3249  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

254

2.3420  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

186

2.3575  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

120

2.3263  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

98

2.3290  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

93

2.3177  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

8

2.3350  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

7

2.3300  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

6

2.3150  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

3

2.3200  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

3

2.3450  GBP

2p ordinary

Sale

1

2.3100  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

262

2.3249  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

120

2.3263  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,064

2.3299  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

506

2.3308  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

180

2.3349  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,837

2.3354  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

394

2.3358  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

254

2.3420  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

186

2.3575  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,033

2.3598  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,234

2.3599  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,331

2.3600  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,584

2.3262  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

176

2.3271  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,814

2.3279  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11

2.3290  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,196

2.3316  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20

2.3317  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,079

2.3321  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

200

2.3325  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33

2.3350  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

384

2.3357  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,407

2.3496  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,798

2.3500  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,961

2.3540  GBP

2p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,439

2.3600  GBP

2p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

2,568

2.3162  GBP

2p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

707

2.3351  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:

12 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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