| 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: | 20 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 | ||||||
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| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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| (1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| 7,448,980 | 1.68% | 1,718,614 | 0.39% |
| (2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| 967,526 | 0.22% | 6,542,087 | 1.48% |
| (3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 8,416,506 | 1.90% | 8,260,701 | 1.87% |
| (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 | 202,648 | 2.4100 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 56,818 | 2.4222 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 51,833 | 2.4194 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 27,787 | 2.4174 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 26,369 | 2.4175 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 21,165 | 2.4350 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 15,818 | 2.4216 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 14,018 | 2.4208 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,652 | 2.4198 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,645 | 2.4226 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,541 | 2.4351 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 12,432 | 2.4177 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,653 | 2.4199 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 10,058 | 2.4285 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 9,185 | 2.4160 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,553 | 2.4341 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 6,189 | 2.4271 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 5,847 | 2.4150 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,139 | 2.4119 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 4,046 | 2.4228 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,808 | 2.4298 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,753 | 2.4332 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 2,160 | 2.4236 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,692 | 2.4128 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,280 | 2.4200 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,160 | 2.4246 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,094 | 2.4300 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,086 | 2.4250 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 1,000 | 2.4178 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 320 | 2.4125 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Purchase | 283 | 2.4252 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 201,251 | 2.4100 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 57,342 | 2.4350 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 28,275 | 2.4348 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 23,796 | 2.4200 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 19,650 | 2.4349 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 16,021 | 2.4159 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 4,027 | 2.4316 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,213 | 2.4250 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 1,065 | 2.4310 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 659 | 2.4264 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 652 | 2.4176 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 612 | 2.4150 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 315 | 2.4274 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 153 | 2.4281 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 91 | 2.4300 GBP | ||||
| 1p ordinary | Sale | 76 | 2.4175 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 | Increasing Short | 9,830 | 2.4246 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 76 | 2.4175 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 315 | 2.4274 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 91 | 2.4300 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,065 | 2.4310 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 27,731 | 2.4348 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 23,023 | 2.4350 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,139 | 2.4119 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 21,846 | 2.4157 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,185 | 2.4160 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,819 | 2.4172 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,432 | 2.4177 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,000 | 2.4178 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,209 | 2.4183 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 478 | 2.4200 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 14,018 | 2.4208 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,818 | 2.4216 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 20,803 | 2.4221 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 36,015 | 2.4222 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,645 | 2.4226 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,046 | 2.4228 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,160 | 2.4236 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,160 | 2.4246 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 792 | 2.4250 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,189 | 2.4271 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,058 | 2.4285 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,753 | 2.4332 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,982 | 2.4350 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 12,541 | 2.4351 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 683 | 2.4148 GBP | |||
| 1p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,675 | 2.4229 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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| 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: | 21 Oct 2025 | ||||||
| Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
| Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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