3rd Oct 2025 15:05
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: | 02 Oct 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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| 8,869,915 | 2.00% | 1,626,693 | 0.37% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 895,299 | 0.20% | 8,135,978 | 1.84% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 9,765,214 | 2.21% | 9,762,671 | 2.21% |
(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 | 131,293 | 2.2120 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 55,048 | 2.2300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 25,589 | 2.2170 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 19,729 | 2.2078 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,859 | 2.1877 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 16,904 | 2.2304 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 13,558 | 2.2109 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 13,342 | 2.2400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 13,060 | 2.2272 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,435 | 2.2031 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,987 | 2.2105 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,689 | 2.2066 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,653 | 2.2088 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,209 | 2.2128 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,137 | 2.2100 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,599 | 2.2063 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,445 | 2.2301 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,072 | 2.2125 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,786 | 2.1933 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,512 | 2.2255 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,816 | 2.2077 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,545 | 2.1914 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,500 | 2.2000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,204 | 2.2219 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,806 | 2.1856 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,600 | 2.2050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,333 | 2.1950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,018 | 2.2200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,018 | 2.2350 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 880 | 2.1900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 468 | 2.2140 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 86,119 | 2.2300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 64,566 | 2.2146 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 56,685 | 2.2078 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 45,243 | 2.2132 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 43,981 | 2.2148 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 20,180 | 2.2289 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 16,798 | 2.2089 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 11,725 | 2.2191 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 10,767 | 2.2298 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 10,040 | 2.2114 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,782 | 2.2400 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 7,770 | 2.2068 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 6,792 | 2.2110 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,340 | 2.2284 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 4,339 | 2.2218 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,500 | 2.2000 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,000 | 2.1951 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,502 | 2.2050 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 538 | 2.1950 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 439 | 2.2409 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 217 | 2.2051 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 193 | 2.2200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 132 | 2.2495 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 5 | 2.1970 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 2.2049 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1 | 2.1900 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 | 1 | 2.1849 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5 | 2.1970 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2 | 2.2049 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6 | 2.2050 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,668 | 2.2078 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,792 | 2.2109 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,409 | 2.2123 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 28,422 | 2.2134 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 193 | 2.2200 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,412 | 2.2203 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,339 | 2.2218 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,340 | 2.2284 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 54,123 | 2.2300 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 2.1850 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,998 | 2.1855 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,806 | 2.1856 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,352 | 2.1863 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,545 | 2.1914 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,333 | 2.1950 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,709 | 2.2031 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,509 | 2.2050 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,816 | 2.2077 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 19,729 | 2.2078 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,209 | 2.2128 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 468 | 2.2140 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,589 | 2.2170 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,605 | 2.2215 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 922 | 2.2300 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,445 | 2.2301 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 16,904 | 2.2304 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,000 | 2.2393 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 614 | 2.2400 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 552 | 2.2048 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 13,037 | 2.2298 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,723 | 2.2272 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 |
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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 Oct 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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