| 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: | 26 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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| 13,138,103 | 2.97% | 1,647,173 | 0.37% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 990,128 | 0.22% | 11,458,638 | 2.59% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 14,128,231 | 3.20% | 13,105,811 | 2.97% |
| (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 | 95,600 | 1.8044 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 54,732 | 1.8040 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 24,626 | 1.8019 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 17,827 | 1.8041 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 11,900 | 1.8043 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,800 | 1.8051 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,366 | 1.8310 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,169 | 1.7971 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,560 | 1.8016 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,750 | 1.8007 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,728 | 1.8137 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,500 | 1.7924 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,376 | 1.8300 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,075 | 1.8276 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,062 | 1.8319 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 875 | 1.8260 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 324 | 1.8240 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 321 | 1.8200 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 165 | 1.7982 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 58 | 1.8026 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 94,420 | 1.8034 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 19,515 | 1.8038 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 13,191 | 1.8017 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 11,598 | 1.8040 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 7,714 | 1.8047 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 6,594 | 1.8039 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 5,173 | 1.8138 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,999 | 1.8220 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,880 | 1.8300 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,197 | 1.8151 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,514 | 1.8075 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,720 | 1.8008 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,384 | 1.7981 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,047 | 1.7932 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 812 | 1.8240 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 756 | 1.8062 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 626 | 1.7860 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 551 | 1.7980 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 540 | 1.8119 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 531 | 1.8057 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 248 | 1.8116 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 74 | 1.8200 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 68 | 1.8080 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 13 | 1.8061 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 | 6,068 | 1.8054 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 551 | 1.7980 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,384 | 1.7981 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 49 | 1.7999 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 912 | 1.8011 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 36,498 | 1.8039 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,514 | 1.8040 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13 | 1.8059 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 248 | 1.8116 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 188 | 1.8129 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,197 | 1.8151 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,212 | 1.8167 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 74 | 1.8200 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 164 | 1.8240 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,169 | 1.7969 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 165 | 1.7981 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,615 | 1.7997 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,560 | 1.8016 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 26,760 | 1.8018 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,884 | 1.8021 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 58 | 1.8026 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 72,587 | 1.8040 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 964 | 1.8061 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,740 | 1.8064 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1 | 1.8180 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 321 | 1.8200 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 755 | 1.8260 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,062 | 1.8320 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 6,640 | 1.8040 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 43 | 1.8079 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6,366 | 1.7919 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 952 | 1.8227 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: | 27 Mar 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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