RNS Number : 3581F
Barclays PLC
29 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:

28 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:

 

 

8,211,110

1.85%

1,675,453

0.38%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

963,477

0.22%

7,313,192

1.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

9,174,587

2.07%

8,988,645

2.03%

(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

128,081

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

76,194

2.4095  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,225

2.4078  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,602

2.4069  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,679

2.4049  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,421

2.4041  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,112

2.4055  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,726

2.4025  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,194

2.4023  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,602

2.4085  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,391

2.3974  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,083

2.3988  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,324

2.4080  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,297

2.4052  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,242

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,160

2.4449  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

736

2.3950  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

699

2.4166  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

541

2.3966  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

484

2.4177  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

395

2.4063  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

300

2.3967  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

200

2.3994  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

39

2.4167  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2

2.4200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

126,191

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

16,358

2.4107  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,511

2.4132  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,641

2.4099  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,166

2.3970  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,618

2.4098  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,672

2.4001  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,676

2.4150  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,166

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,066

2.4127  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

968

2.4149  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

736

2.3950  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

541

2.3968  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

540

2.3927  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

426

2.4193  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

406

2.4252  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

333

2.4121  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

200

2.4250  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17

2.4105  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2

2.3999  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2

2.4202  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

2.3999  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,672

2.4001  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

874

2.4067  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,618

2.4098  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,927

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17

2.4108  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

333

2.4121  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

968

2.4149  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,676

2.4150  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

426

2.4193  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

2.4650  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,291

2.3950  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

300

2.3967  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

76

2.4000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,421

2.4041  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,297

2.4052  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,151

2.4053  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,112

2.4055  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

395

2.4063  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,237

2.4068  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,324

2.4080  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,602

2.4085  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,865

2.4100  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

699

2.4166  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

39

2.4167  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

484

2.4177  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

139

2.4148  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

406

2.4150  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,027

2.4082  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

161

2.4101  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:

29 Oct 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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