1st Oct 2025 12:53
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: | 30 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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| 8,898,910 | 2.01% | 1,535,587 | 0.35% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 814,641 | 0.18% | 8,173,832 | 1.85% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,713,551 | 2.19% | 9,709,419 | 2.19% |
(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 | 1,100,000 | 2.2652 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 562,015 | 2.2850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 108,481 | 2.2602 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 62,006 | 2.2847 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 58,697 | 2.2696 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 27,283 | 2.2480 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 26,839 | 2.2555 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 19,430 | 2.2300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 18,093 | 2.2650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 15,421 | 2.2653 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 14,468 | 2.2669 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,702 | 2.2466 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,634 | 2.2475 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,268 | 2.2459 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,695 | 2.2708 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,362 | 2.2599 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,166 | 2.2854 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,957 | 2.2731 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,662 | 2.2376 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,565 | 2.2773 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,518 | 2.2851 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,377 | 2.2744 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,153 | 2.2673 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,359 | 2.2900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,784 | 2.2716 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,695 | 2.2600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,459 | 2.2842 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,367 | 2.2512 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 658 | 2.2775 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 252 | 2.2800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 211 | 2.2350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 202 | 2.2753 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 106 | 2.2950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 573,785 | 2.2850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 524,671 | 2.2633 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 186,273 | 2.2671 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 95,160 | 2.2668 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 66,069 | 2.2666 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 62,149 | 2.2379 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 43,763 | 2.2663 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 42,093 | 2.2654 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 29,232 | 2.2652 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 28,779 | 2.2634 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 28,363 | 2.2739 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 27,941 | 2.2655 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 26,420 | 2.2783 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 26,278 | 2.2689 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 19,960 | 2.2774 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 19,563 | 2.2657 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 19,428 | 2.2600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 14,954 | 2.2683 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 14,202 | 2.2681 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,957 | 2.2616 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,099 | 2.2631 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,387 | 2.2848 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,724 | 2.2475 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,725 | 2.2817 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,571 | 2.2753 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,014 | 2.2814 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,653 | 2.2658 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,765 | 2.2800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,600 | 2.2708 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,942 | 2.2840 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,257 | 2.2648 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,221 | 2.2694 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,084 | 2.2375 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,000 | 2.2647 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 792 | 2.2710 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 716 | 2.2508 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 658 | 2.2775 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 294 | 2.2656 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 133 | 2.2480 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 111 | 2.2349 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 48 | 2.2642 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 23 | 2.2400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 17 | 2.2914 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12 | 2.2394 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 | 111 | 2.2349 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 23 | 2.2399 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,328 | 2.2468 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 716 | 2.2508 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,779 | 2.2634 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,455 | 2.2636 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 294 | 2.2656 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 775 | 2.2658 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,034 | 2.2663 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,363 | 2.2739 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,656 | 2.2753 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,420 | 2.2784 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,014 | 2.2814 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,387 | 2.2848 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17 | 2.2914 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,557 | 2.2472 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 77,448 | 2.2598 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,362 | 2.2599 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 685 | 2.2607 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 27,476 | 2.2629 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,512 | 2.2650 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14,468 | 2.2669 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,153 | 2.2673 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,695 | 2.2708 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,784 | 2.2716 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,957 | 2.2731 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 73,261 | 2.2850 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,518 | 2.2851 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,166 | 2.2854 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,946 | 2.2849 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 27,107 | 2.2724 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,325 | 2.2852 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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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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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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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 01 Oct 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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