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FORM 8.3 | |||||||
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY | |||||||
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR | |||||||
MORE | |||||||
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: | 13 Jan 2026 | |||||
(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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| 6,935,201 | 1.57% | 2,228,426 | 0.50% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,323,053 | 0.30% | 6,364,306 | 1.43% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 8,258,254 | 1.86% | 8,592,732 | 1.93% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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| options) |
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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 | 602,789 | 2.5050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 2.4705 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 2.3890 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 73,146 | 2.5950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 63,328 | 2.5229 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 51,918 | 2.5743 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 51,610 | 2.3918 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 39,055 | 2.5946 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 22,926 | 2.4618 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 21,541 | 2.3873 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 21,301 | 2.5951 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 18,361 | 2.4543 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 15,770 | 2.4943 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 15,301 | 2.4910 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 13,524 | 2.5148 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 13,457 | 2.5945 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,532 | 2.4919 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,600 | 2.3859 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,217 | 2.3858 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,896 | 2.4686 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,442 | 2.5188 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,326 | 2.4697 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,766 | 2.5944 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,114 | 2.4671 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,032 | 2.3810 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,953 | 2.4528 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,698 | 2.5200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,230 | 2.4659 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,930 | 2.5000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,641 | 2.5750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,340 | 2.5055 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,203 | 2.4700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,804 | 2.5136 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,565 | 2.5100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,082 | 2.4650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,827 | 2.5150 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,664 | 2.5650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,641 | 2.4880 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,318 | 2.4768 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,278 | 2.4090 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,211 | 2.5700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,161 | 2.5350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,149 | 2.5900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,072 | 2.4850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,705 | 2.4750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,684 | 2.5250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,526 | 2.5550 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,522 | 2.6000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,419 | 2.5800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,198 | 2.5300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,150 | 2.5600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 982 | 2.3925 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 969 | 2.4150 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 950 | 2.4100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 917 | 2.5926 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 805 | 2.4900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 726 | 2.3900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 687 | 2.5400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 637 | 2.4800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 574 | 2.5450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 535 | 2.5850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 511 | 2.5500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 498 | 2.3950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 215 | 2.4450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 212 | 2.3850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 210 | 2.4200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 209 | 2.4350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 204 | 2.4550 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.5207 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 2.4050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 291,822 | 2.5950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 214,170 | 2.5902 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 165,000 | 2.4975 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 103,220 | 2.3918 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 79,842 | 2.5330 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 64,096 | 2.4892 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 51,440 | 2.4825 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 49,560 | 2.4791 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 43,082 | 2.3873 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 40,392 | 2.5611 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 39,669 | 2.5395 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 39,304 | 2.5380 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 37,986 | 2.4700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 36,870 | 2.5949 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 25,959 | 2.5743 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 24,211 | 2.4860 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 23,200 | 2.3859 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 22,721 | 2.5115 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 18,434 | 2.3858 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 17,759 | 2.5894 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 12,064 | 2.3810 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,183 | 2.5948 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,017 | 2.4855 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,762 | 2.5148 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,266 | 2.4919 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,261 | 2.3895 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5,041 | 2.5862 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,930 | 2.5000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,641 | 2.5750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,981 | 2.4973 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,827 | 2.5150 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,725 | 2.5100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,664 | 2.5650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,386 | 2.5915 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,266 | 2.4650 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,211 | 2.5700 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,161 | 2.5350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,149 | 2.5900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,072 | 2.4850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,902 | 2.5136 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,764 | 2.5200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,722 | 2.5550 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,705 | 2.4750 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,689 | 2.5050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,522 | 2.6000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,419 | 2.5800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,198 | 2.5300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,150 | 2.5600 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,013 | 2.3950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 834 | 2.3900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 805 | 2.4900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 687 | 2.5400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 637 | 2.4800 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 618 | 2.4300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 574 | 2.5450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 535 | 2.5850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 511 | 2.5500 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 486 | 2.4012 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 465 | 2.5250 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 300 | 2.4583 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 237 | 2.4100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 215 | 2.4450 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 212 | 2.3850 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 210 | 2.4200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 209 | 2.4350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 204 | 2.4550 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 173 | 2.5073 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 167 | 2.3888 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 43 | 2.4990 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 21 | 2.5785 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11 | 2.4050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6 | 2.4745 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 | 5,817 | 2.4966 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,453 | 2.4967 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 167 | 2.3888 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,261 | 2.3895 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 108 | 2.3900 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 2.4000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 486 | 2.4012 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10 | 2.4050 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,133 | 2.4140 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 300 | 2.4583 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 36,481 | 2.4700 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 49,560 | 2.4791 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 51,440 | 2.4825 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 39,223 | 2.4853 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,017 | 2.4855 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 24,211 | 2.4860 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2 | 2.4874 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 24,873 | 2.4953 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 165,000 | 2.4976 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43 | 2.4990 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 173 | 2.5073 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,028 | 2.5252 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 79,842 | 2.5330 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 39,304 | 2.5380 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 22,482 | 2.5386 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 196 | 2.5550 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 40,392 | 2.5611 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 21 | 2.5786 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,759 | 2.5894 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,386 | 2.5915 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,183 | 2.5948 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 36,870 | 2.5949 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 328,300 | 2.5950 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 713 | 2.4100 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,261 | 2.4105 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 969 | 2.4150 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 131 | 2.4201 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 842 | 2.4533 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,635 | 2.4561 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 62,223 | 2.4567 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,896 | 2.4686 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100,000 | 2.4705 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,100 | 2.4769 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,397 | 2.4782 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 27,593 | 2.4816 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2 | 2.4875 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,301 | 2.4910 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 601,100 | 2.5050 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,442 | 2.5188 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 670 | 2.5200 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 44,473 | 2.5329 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,900 | 2.5718 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,107 | 2.5950 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,063 | 2.5951 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 6 | 2.4750 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 6 | 2.5100 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 22,721 | 2.5114 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 11,524 | 2.5658 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 27,620 | 2.5950 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 138 | 2.3602 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 2,896 | 2.4806 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6 | 2.5100 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1 | 2.5200 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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(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: | 14 Jan 2026 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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