| 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 | |||||
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| relevant securities this form relates: | ||||||
| (d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an |
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| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 19 Mar 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 | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 13,127,255 | 2.97% | 2,002,833 | 0.45% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 1,063,182 | 0.24% | 11,491,318 | 2.60% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 14,190,437 | 3.21% | 13,494,151 | 3.06% |
| (b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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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 | 58,090 | 1.8460 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,799 | 1.8465 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,482 | 1.8582 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,098 | 1.8521 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 8,184 | 1.8527 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,973 | 1.8461 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,569 | 1.8444 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,860 | 1.8514 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,534 | 1.8469 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,343 | 1.8477 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,166 | 1.8537 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,860 | 1.8540 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,657 | 1.8580 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,499 | 1.8473 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,177 | 1.8539 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 809 | 1.8533 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 723 | 1.8445 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 681 | 1.8426 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 650 | 1.8510 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 540 | 1.8383 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 237 | 1.8640 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 161 | 1.8440 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 126 | 1.8500 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 53 | 1.8570 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 17 | 1.8480 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 8 | 1.8400 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2 | 1.8600 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 56,871 | 1.8459 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 26,898 | 1.8561 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 16,527 | 1.8484 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,906 | 1.8495 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,900 | 1.8590 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 8,700 | 1.8518 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 5,749 | 1.8589 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,805 | 1.8460 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,480 | 1.8592 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,459 | 1.8438 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,885 | 1.8565 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,860 | 1.8540 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,673 | 1.8542 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,144 | 1.8598 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,076 | 1.8579 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 407 | 1.8580 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 366 | 1.8596 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 358 | 1.8600 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 126 | 1.8500 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 17 | 1.8400 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 1.8550 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 1.8430 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 | 5,825 | 1.8490 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1 | 1.8400 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 42,171 | 1.8459 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,060 | 1.8460 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 9,906 | 1.8495 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,032 | 1.8539 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,781 | 1.8546 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,244 | 1.8552 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2 | 1.8560 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,885 | 1.8565 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,873 | 1.8566 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,480 | 1.8592 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 25 | 1.9120 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 161 | 1.8440 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 723 | 1.8445 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 44,255 | 1.8460 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,024 | 1.8465 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,534 | 1.8469 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,499 | 1.8473 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,216 | 1.8498 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,775 | 1.8514 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,657 | 1.8580 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,593 | 1.8610 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2 | 1.8620 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 237 | 1.8640 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 125 | 1.8479 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 619 | 1.8444 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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| (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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| (c) | Attachments |
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| Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
| Date of disclosure: | 20 Mar 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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