| 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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| (e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 27 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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| 13,267,932 | 3.00% | 1,595,448 | 0.36% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 938,403 | 0.21% | 11,591,282 | 2.62% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 14,206,335 | 3.22% | 13,186,730 | 2.99% |
| (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 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 | 235,030 | 1.7720 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 197,191 | 1.7724 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 84,859 | 1.7726 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 36,000 | 1.7751 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,000 | 1.7688 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,347 | 1.7741 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,936 | 1.7752 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,791 | 1.7722 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,443 | 1.7740 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,799 | 1.7719 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,626 | 1.7746 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,195 | 1.7886 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,092 | 1.7776 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,109 | 1.7774 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 678 | 1.7700 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 363 | 1.7660 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 108 | 1.7760 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 100 | 1.7831 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 18 | 1.7738 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 9 | 1.7750 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4 | 1.7850 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4 | 1.7875 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 219,341 | 1.7720 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 150,000 | 1.7725 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,691 | 1.7745 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 9,264 | 1.7768 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 5,511 | 1.7734 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 3,491 | 1.7758 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,558 | 1.7884 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,526 | 1.7749 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,385 | 1.7697 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,333 | 1.7825 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,228 | 1.7686 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,224 | 1.7774 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 895 | 1.7696 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 700 | 1.7880 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 648 | 1.7724 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 363 | 1.7660 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 339 | 1.7760 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 312 | 1.7800 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 312 | 1.7780 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 19 | 1.7740 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4 | 1.7850 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4 | 1.7875 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 | 3,611 | 1.7736 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,551 | 1.7737 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43,751 | 1.7720 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 648 | 1.7724 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 89 | 1.7745 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,333 | 1.7825 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4 | 1.7847 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4 | 1.7872 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 700 | 1.7880 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,799 | 1.7719 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 117,494 | 1.7720 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,791 | 1.7722 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 24,146 | 1.7725 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,007 | 1.7726 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,557 | 1.7732 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18 | 1.7738 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,347 | 1.7741 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18,675 | 1.7742 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,626 | 1.7746 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9 | 1.7750 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,348 | 1.7752 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,768 | 1.7769 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,077 | 1.7772 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,092 | 1.7776 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,044 | 1.7780 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 459 | 1.7785 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100 | 1.7831 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4 | 1.7847 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4 | 1.7872 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 969 | 1.7901 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 16,892 | 1.7721 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,848 | 1.7744 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 3,986 | 1.7763 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: | 28 Mar 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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