RNS Number : 2428C
Barclays PLC
06 October 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

GREENCORE 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:

03 Oct 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?

BAKKAVOR 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:

1p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

8,826,756

1.99%

1,608,880

0.36%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

877,486

0.20%

8,092,819

1.83%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

9,704,242

2.19%

9,701,699

2.19%

(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

 

1p ordinary

Purchase

50,000

2.2183  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

36,562

2.2273  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,564

2.2300  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

16,018

2.2310  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,400

2.2174  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,755

2.2284  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,304

2.2100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,250

2.2123  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,076

2.2220  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,061

2.2250  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,819

2.2159  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,324

2.2178  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,252

2.2500  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,208

2.2118  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

936

2.2150  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

777

2.2374  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

619

2.2304  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

478

2.2253  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

242

2.2400  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

77

2.2090  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

71

2.2065  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

19

2.2357  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

46,472

2.2300  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43,319

2.2299  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,968

2.2316  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,387

2.2298  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,803

2.2100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,000

2.2400  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,399

2.2248  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,808

2.2122  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,449

2.2290  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,156

2.2371  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,623

2.2271  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,036

2.2256  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,974

2.2126  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,860

2.2195  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,252

2.2500  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,030

2.2367  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

934

2.2150  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

545

2.2117  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

143

2.2250  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,195

2.2100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,276

2.2113  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,808

2.2122  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

911

2.2150  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,399

2.2248  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

143

2.2250  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,036

2.2256  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,449

2.2290  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,387

2.2298  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,407

2.2299  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

24,883

2.2300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,156

2.2370  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,240

2.2410  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,000

2.2414  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

77

2.2090  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,208

2.2118  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

936

2.2150  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,819

2.2159  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,324

2.2178  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

50,000

2.2183  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,076

2.2220  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,061

2.2250  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

715

2.2264  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,755

2.2284  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

334

2.2300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

619

2.2304  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

777

2.2374  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

242

2.2400  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,790

2.2268  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,791

2.2324  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:

06 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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