3rd Dec 2025 12:46
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: | 02 Dec 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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| 10,191,384 | 2.30% | 2,284,909 | 0.52% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,691,022 | 0.38% | 9,484,985 | 2.14% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 11,882,406 | 2.68% | 11,769,894 | 2.66% |
(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 | 150,000 | 2.4267 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 46,248 | 2.4500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 23,694 | 2.4320 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,462 | 2.4322 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 16,792 | 2.4395 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,833 | 2.4501 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,829 | 2.4400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,479 | 2.4350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,366 | 2.4362 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,115 | 2.4427 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,361 | 2.4300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,055 | 2.4200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,877 | 2.4150 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,000 | 2.4301 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,588 | 2.4375 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,569 | 2.4225 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,111 | 2.4245 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 890 | 2.4271 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 724 | 2.4203 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 707 | 2.4450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 566 | 2.4319 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 225 | 2.4250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 149,181 | 2.4269 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 126,134 | 2.4499 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 54,005 | 2.4336 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 52,665 | 2.4486 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 40,740 | 2.4330 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 37,678 | 2.4500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 34,583 | 2.4498 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 27,587 | 2.4313 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 20,591 | 2.4305 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 20,264 | 2.4333 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 20,064 | 2.4379 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 14,665 | 2.4406 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,424 | 2.4483 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,720 | 2.4363 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,785 | 2.4438 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,392 | 2.4400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,135 | 2.4431 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,208 | 2.4366 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,112 | 2.4386 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,002 | 2.4150 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,772 | 2.4300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,609 | 2.4368 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3,036 | 2.4293 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,914 | 2.4387 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,843 | 2.4496 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,045 | 2.4350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,695 | 2.4450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,679 | 2.4481 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,291 | 2.4463 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 889 | 2.4250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 715 | 2.4200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 600 | 2.4258 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 238 | 2.4421 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 | 8,317 | 2.4354 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 664 | 2.4250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 600 | 2.4258 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 707 | 2.4300 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,561 | 2.4303 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 14,616 | 2.4304 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 27,587 | 2.4313 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,121 | 2.4329 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 30,440 | 2.4330 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 54,005 | 2.4336 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 834 | 2.4359 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,720 | 2.4363 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,208 | 2.4366 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,609 | 2.4368 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20,064 | 2.4379 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,914 | 2.4387 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 25,360 | 2.4394 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 2.4399 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,814 | 2.4415 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 238 | 2.4421 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,785 | 2.4438 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 931 | 2.4450 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,291 | 2.4463 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,679 | 2.4481 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,843 | 2.4496 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 138,664 | 2.4499 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 64,675 | 2.4500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9 | 2.4200 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 724 | 2.4203 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 226 | 2.4209 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,111 | 2.4245 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 524 | 2.4250 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 890 | 2.4271 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 129 | 2.4283 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 390 | 2.4300 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,000 | 2.4301 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,447 | 2.4303 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,081 | 2.4323 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,115 | 2.4333 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,747 | 2.4350 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,588 | 2.4375 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,251 | 2.4376 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,792 | 2.4395 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,489 | 2.4400 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,677 | 2.4500 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,833 | 2.4501 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,492 | 2.4150 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,921 | 2.4328 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 10,179 | 2.4361 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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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: | 03 Dec 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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