Form 8.3 - BAKKAVOR GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC

09 January 2026

 

FORM 8.3
PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY
A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
MORE
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
	positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
(c)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose				BAKKAVOR GROUP PLC
	relevant securities this form relates:
(d)	If an exempt fund manager connected with an
	offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
	offeror/offeree:
(e)	Date position held/dealing undertaken:				08 Jan 2026
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making				YES:
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?				GREENCORE GROUP PLC
2.				POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree
	to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)
Class of relevant security:				2p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			4,202,731	0.73%	270,621	0.05%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
				154,133	0.02%	4,196,466	0.72%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			4,356,864	0.75%	4,467,087	0.77%
(b)	Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive
	options)
Class of relevant security in relation to
which subscription right exists
Details, including nature of the rights
concerned and relevant percentages:
3.				DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchases and sales
Class of relevant		Purchase/sale		Number of		Price per unit
security				securities
2p ordinary		Purchase		49,767		2.3350  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		43,836		2.3194  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		27,713		2.3179  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		11,069		2.3128  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		7,592		2.3181  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		5,280		2.3050  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		4,755		2.3154  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		1,759		2.3200  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		470		2.3375  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		411		2.2829  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		324		2.3450  GBP
2p ordinary		Purchase		1		2.2900  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		74,824		2.3188  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		20,186		2.3327  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		7,691		2.3275  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		4,130		2.3350  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		3,171		2.3280  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		3,163		2.3000  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		1,900		2.2970  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		1,759		2.2945  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		1,263		2.3139  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		1,092		2.2886  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		837		2.3175  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		506		2.3401  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		324		2.3450  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		315		2.3250  GBP
2p ordinary		Sale		211		2.3200  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
2p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,759	2.2920  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,900	2.2970  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		74,824	2.3188  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,672	2.3228  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,646	2.3242  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,292	2.3260  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,018	2.3350  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		411	2.2829  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	2.2900  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,280	2.3050  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,851	2.3073  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,645	2.3130  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		341	2.3151  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,713	2.3179  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		813	2.3193  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		43,836	2.3194  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1	2.3200  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,677	2.3350  GBP
2p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,148	2.3351  GBP
2p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	2.3400  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class	Product	Writing,	Number	Exercise	Type	Expiry	Option
of	description	purchasing,	of	price		date	money
relevant		selling,	securities	per unit			paid/
security		varying etc	to which				received
			option				per unit
			relates
(ii)	Exercise
Class of relevant		Product description		Exercising/ exercised against		Number of	Exercise price per
security						securities	unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant		Nature of Dealings		Details		Price per unit (if
security						applicable)
4.				OTHER INFORMATION
(a)	Indemnity and other dealings arrangements
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding,
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer:
NONE
(b)	Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to:
(i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which
any derivative is referenced:
NONE
(c)	Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?				NO
Date of disclosure:				09 Jan 2026
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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