29th Jul 2025 15:11
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: | 28 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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| 8,739,432 | 1.98% | 1,841,470 | 0.42% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 1,167,726 | 0.26% | 7,878,373 | 1.78% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,907,158 | 2.24% | 9,719,843 | 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 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 | 143,504 | 2.6442 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 72,894 | 2.6400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 34,346 | 2.6446 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 33,694 | 2.6893 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,959 | 2.6809 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,858 | 2.6699 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,602 | 2.6401 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,641 | 2.6800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,814 | 2.6854 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,166 | 2.7215 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,213 | 2.6725 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,251 | 2.6864 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,251 | 2.7080 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,972 | 2.7212 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,472 | 2.7117 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,162 | 2.6810 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,384 | 2.7042 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,307 | 2.7009 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,178 | 2.6834 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,985 | 2.7063 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,815 | 2.7100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,542 | 2.7173 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,447 | 2.6626 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,243 | 2.6831 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,018 | 2.6410 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 921 | 2.7192 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 866 | 2.6704 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 768 | 2.7125 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 723 | 2.7050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 723 | 2.7250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 286 | 2.7049 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 15 | 2.6673 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.6600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.7200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 31,937 | 2.6667 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 17,571 | 2.6669 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 17,100 | 2.6400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 17,035 | 2.7115 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 10,000 | 2.7000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,430 | 2.7050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,178 | 2.6516 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,213 | 2.6867 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,742 | 2.7200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,317 | 2.6807 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,013 | 2.6993 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,772 | 2.6787 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,647 | 2.7203 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,020 | 2.6874 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,720 | 2.6767 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,337 | 2.6822 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,196 | 2.7046 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,180 | 2.6965 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,667 | 2.6700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,373 | 2.6401 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,001 | 2.6900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 723 | 2.7250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 543 | 2.7049 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 2.6600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 2.7149 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 | 16,944 | 2.6398 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,079 | 2.6400 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 2.6600 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 2.6624 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,571 | 2.6669 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9 | 2.6699 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,622 | 2.6700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,235 | 2.6704 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 291 | 2.6716 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,772 | 2.6787 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,000 | 2.6929 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 543 | 2.7049 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 8,471 | 2.7050 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2 | 2.7149 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 75 | 2.7200 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 128,694 | 2.6400 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,602 | 2.6401 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 49,900 | 2.6410 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 34,346 | 2.6446 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 2.6625 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,447 | 2.6626 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 866 | 2.6704 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,746 | 2.6753 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,641 | 2.6800 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,959 | 2.6809 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,243 | 2.6831 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,814 | 2.6854 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,664 | 2.6880 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 33,694 | 2.6893 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,805 | 2.6922 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3 | 2.6933 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 102 | 2.7025 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 948 | 2.7056 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 290 | 2.7100 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 5,017 | 2.6810 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 959 | 2.7049 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 9,682 | 2.6402 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,191 | 2.6761 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 670 | 2.7051 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) | 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: | 29 Jul 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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