17th Sep 2025 14:57
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 | 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: | 16 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? | 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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| 9,027,349 | 2.04% | 1,559,815 | 0.35% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 798,081 | 0.18% | 8,187,939 | 1.85% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,825,430 | 2.22% | 9,747,754 | 2.20% |
(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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1p ordinary | Purchase | 47,376 | 2.3946 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 45,927 | 2.4023 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 23,907 | 2.4000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 20,653 | 2.3810 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 18,395 | 2.3953 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,071 | 2.3999 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,578 | 2.4001 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,681 | 2.4055 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,499 | 2.3987 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,780 | 2.4043 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,735 | 2.4068 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,342 | 2.3929 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,897 | 2.3869 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,786 | 2.4100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,400 | 2.3926 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,268 | 2.3857 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,126 | 2.3918 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 799 | 2.3850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 716 | 2.4024 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 519 | 2.3700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 461 | 2.3950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 41 | 2.4175 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 157,745 | 2.4000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 33,724 | 2.3988 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 10,487 | 2.3998 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,051 | 2.3996 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,000 | 2.4085 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,030 | 2.4100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,550 | 2.3999 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,803 | 2.3948 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,702 | 2.3939 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,368 | 2.4108 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,042 | 2.3850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,537 | 2.3919 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,486 | 2.3925 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,486 | 2.3884 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,144 | 2.4109 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 860 | 2.3938 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 708 | 2.4110 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 444 | 2.3750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 360 | 2.4249 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 119 | 2.3800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 41 | 2.4176 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 | 976 | 2.3807 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 684 | 2.3847 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 819 | 2.3850 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 860 | 2.3938 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2 | 2.3949 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16,270 | 2.3998 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,401 | 2.3999 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 117,793 | 2.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,143 | 2.4045 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 360 | 2.4249 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 139 | 2.4500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 519 | 2.3700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 20,653 | 2.3810 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 799 | 2.3850 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,268 | 2.3857 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,897 | 2.3868 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,471 | 2.3894 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,342 | 2.3929 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2 | 2.3950 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,214 | 2.3951 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18,395 | 2.3953 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,071 | 2.3998 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,066 | 2.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,578 | 2.4001 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 457 | 2.4023 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 716 | 2.4024 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 36,785 | 2.4045 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,149 | 2.3999 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 44,658 | 2.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 260 | 2.4090 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3,368 | 2.4108 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 47,376 | 2.3946 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6,163 | 2.3982 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 650 | 2.4000 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 |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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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: | 17 Sep 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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