30th Apr 2025 14:39
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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(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: | 29 Apr 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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| and/or controlled: |
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| 14,044,376 | 3.18% | 778,337 | 0.18% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 100,006 | 0.02% | 13,034,469 | 2.95% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 14,144,382 | 3.20% | 13,812,806 | 3.13% |
(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 | 44,060 | 1.7900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 38,067 | 1.7941 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 35,923 | 1.7959 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 26,280 | 1.8035 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,952 | 1.7908 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,716 | 1.8137 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 7,617 | 1.8105 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,697 | 1.8082 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,599 | 1.8034 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,568 | 1.8130 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3,126 | 1.8083 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,977 | 1.8125 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,797 | 1.8043 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,471 | 1.8121 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,390 | 1.8078 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,234 | 1.8142 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,137 | 1.8107 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,848 | 1.7899 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,785 | 1.8069 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,600 | 1.8203 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,376 | 1.8113 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,322 | 1.8220 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,152 | 1.8202 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 950 | 1.8073 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 776 | 1.7880 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 748 | 1.8126 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 673 | 1.8006 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 646 | 1.8254 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 588 | 1.8058 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 576 | 1.8120 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 576 | 1.8140 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 490 | 1.7940 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 400 | 1.8230 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 285 | 1.8260 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 276 | 1.8060 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 214 | 1.7935 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 144 | 1.8200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 141 | 1.8010 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 102 | 1.7920 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Purchase | 3 | 1.8300 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 37,561 | 1.7928 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 37,136 | 1.7984 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 21,093 | 1.7899 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 16,722 | 1.7898 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 15,463 | 1.7900 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 9,200 | 1.8185 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,403 | 1.8175 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 2,002 | 1.8255 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,331 | 1.8059 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 1,129 | 1.8200 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 930 | 1.8260 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 770 | 1.8128 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 727 | 1.8259 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 550 | 1.8141 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 91 | 1.8220 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 44 | 1.8140 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 10 | 1.8241 GBP | ||||
1p ordinary | Sale | 3 | 1.8301 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 | 9,879 | 1.7899 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 41,287 | 1.7900 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,289 | 1.7909 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 85 | 1.7979 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 37,136 | 1.7984 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,729 | 1.7993 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 378 | 1.8019 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,331 | 1.8059 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,987 | 1.8169 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,835 | 1.8210 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 91 | 1.8220 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,334 | 1.8230 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 797 | 1.8249 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,657 | 1.8260 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 776 | 1.7880 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,848 | 1.7899 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 24,355 | 1.7900 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 214 | 1.7935 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,879 | 1.7966 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,478 | 1.7999 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 673 | 1.8006 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 26,280 | 1.8035 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,563 | 1.8057 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,067 | 1.8059 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 368 | 1.8083 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,066 | 1.8099 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,137 | 1.8107 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 797 | 1.8120 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,078 | 1.8141 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,234 | 1.8142 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,672 | 1.8179 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,577 | 1.7958 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 20 | 1.8000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,080 | 1.8040 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 550 | 1.8141 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 20,908 | 1.7901 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 20 | 1.8000 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,080 | 1.8040 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6,891 | 1.8106 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 21 | 1.8119 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 550 | 1.8141 GBP | |||
1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,591 | 1.8180 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 |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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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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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 30 Apr 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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