1st Aug 2025 13:09
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 | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 31 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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| 10,246,886 | 2.32% | 1,526,153 | 0.35% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 763,834 | 0.17% | 9,387,875 | 2.13% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 11,010,720 | 2.49% | 10,914,028 | 2.47% |
(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 | 161,894 | 2.5700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 23,928 | 2.5476 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 19,612 | 2.5638 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 16,919 | 2.5670 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 13,601 | 2.5750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,668 | 2.5783 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,786 | 2.5636 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,813 | 2.5550 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,531 | 2.5600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,484 | 2.5724 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,383 | 2.5562 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,355 | 2.5625 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,323 | 2.5607 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,802 | 2.5748 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,396 | 2.5627 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,030 | 2.5525 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 957 | 2.5711 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 778 | 2.5850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 741 | 2.5350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 641 | 2.5660 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 258 | 2.5702 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 251 | 2.5744 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 174 | 2.5373 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 142,235 | 2.5700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 99,743 | 2.5690 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 74,905 | 2.5699 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 23,285 | 2.5739 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,877 | 2.5665 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 8,836 | 2.5698 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 8,038 | 2.5776 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,604 | 2.5704 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,675 | 2.5697 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,583 | 2.5691 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,141 | 2.5744 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,477 | 2.5675 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,837 | 2.5728 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,976 | 2.5496 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,341 | 2.5651 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 865 | 2.5745 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 755 | 2.5400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 529 | 2.5750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 433 | 2.5763 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 415 | 2.5350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 414 | 2.5650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 15 | 2.5800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 2.5600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 2.5500 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 | Decreasing Short | 335 | 2.5350 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 127 | 2.5523 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 73 | 2.5526 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 213 | 2.5593 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 535 | 2.5614 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 2.5624 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,257 | 2.5652 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,877 | 2.5665 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,232 | 2.5666 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,445 | 2.5669 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 91,148 | 2.5693 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,527 | 2.5697 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,836 | 2.5698 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 91,785 | 2.5700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,604 | 2.5704 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,837 | 2.5728 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,141 | 2.5744 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,897 | 2.5749 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16,943 | 2.5756 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 433 | 2.5763 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,038 | 2.5776 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18 | 2.5350 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,640 | 2.5465 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,837 | 2.5494 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,451 | 2.5504 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,030 | 2.5525 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 310 | 2.5603 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,323 | 2.5607 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,567 | 2.5620 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,356 | 2.5625 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,612 | 2.5638 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 641 | 2.5660 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,919 | 2.5670 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 20,000 | 2.5677 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 30,081 | 2.5700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 957 | 2.5711 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,484 | 2.5724 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 251 | 2.5744 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,072 | 2.5750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,597 | 2.5752 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,668 | 2.5783 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,273 | 2.5448 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,592 | 2.5699 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,918 | 2.5452 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,653 | 2.5649 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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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 01 Aug 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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