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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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| 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 |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 18 Sep 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? | GREENCORE 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: | 2p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 4,024,502 | 0.69% | 286,184 | 0.05% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 225,991 | 0.04% | 3,908,211 | 0.67% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 4,250,493 | 0.73% | 4,194,395 | 0.72% |
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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2p ordinary | Purchase | 25,135 | 2.2100 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 4,768 | 2.1957 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 2,740 | 2.1998 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 2,423 | 2.1843 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 2,026 | 2.1981 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,982 | 2.2064 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 1,842 | 2.1846 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 885 | 2.1950 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 731 | 2.1850 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 621 | 2.2000 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 479 | 2.2050 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 338 | 2.1800 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 176 | 2.2150 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 166 | 2.1750 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Purchase | 112 | 2.1900 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 18,247 | 2.2099 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 15,736 | 2.2012 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 7,242 | 2.2079 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 3,902 | 2.1797 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 3,900 | 2.2100 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 3,368 | 2.1995 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 2,542 | 2.2008 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 1,329 | 2.2000 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 935 | 2.1922 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 885 | 2.1950 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 819 | 2.2014 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 746 | 2.1958 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 503 | 2.1850 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 479 | 2.2050 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 176 | 2.2150 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 166 | 2.1750 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 115 | 2.2045 GBP | ||||
2p ordinary | Sale | 112 | 2.1900 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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2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,902 | 2.1797 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 746 | 2.1957 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 86 | 2.1982 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,913 | 2.1987 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 319 | 2.1997 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 400 | 2.1998 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 244 | 2.2000 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,542 | 2.2008 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,736 | 2.2012 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 165 | 2.2013 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 673 | 2.2015 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 309 | 2.2016 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 110 | 2.2049 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,972 | 2.2100 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,423 | 2.1843 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,842 | 2.1846 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13 | 2.1953 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6 | 2.2000 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 700 | 2.2001 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,113 | 2.2042 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,046 | 2.2100 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 589 | 2.2007 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 3,078 | 2.1848 GBP | |||
2p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,101 | 2.1974 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) | Exercise |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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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: | 19 Sep 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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