Admission of New Greencore Shares
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NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION IN OR INTO OR FROM ANY RESTRICTED JURISDICTION OR WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICTION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
19 January 2026
RECOMMENDED ACQUISITION
OF
BAKKAVOR GROUP PLC
BY
GREENCORE GROUP PLC
ADMISSION OF NEW GREENCORE SHARES
Greencore Group plc ("Greencore") is pleased to confirm that 360,231,087 new ordinary shares of £0.01 each in the capital of Greencore (the "New Greencore Shares") were admitted to listing on the Official List maintained by the Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") and to trading on the London Stock Exchange's Main Market, with effect from 8.00 a.m. today, 19 January 2026.
Following the admission of the New Greencore Shares and in accordance with the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules 5.6.1R and 5.6.1AR, Greencore hereby notifies the market that Greencore's issued share capital as at today, 19 January 2026, consists of 803,283,097 ordinary shares of £0.01 each. This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, Greencore under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules.
Capitalised terms used but not otherwise defined in this announcement have the same meanings as in the scheme document and the reverse takeover circular, both dated 12 June 2025, published in relation to the acquisition of Bakkavor Group Plc by Greencore.
Enquiries:
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Greencore |
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via FTI Consulting |
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Damien Moynagh, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary |
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N.M Rothschild & Sons Limited (Rothschild & Co) (Lead Financial Adviser to Greencore) |
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+44 (0) 20 7280 5000 |
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Akeel Sachak |
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Sam Gormly |
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Deutsche Numis (Financial Adviser and Joint Corporate Broker to Greencore) |
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+44 (0) 207 260 1000 |
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Edward McBride |
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Kevin Cruickshank |
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Goodbody Stockbrokers UC (Goodbody) (Joint Corporate Broker to Greencore) |
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+353 (0) 1 667 0400 |
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Jason Molins |
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Cameron Duncan |
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Shore Capital and Corporate Limited and Shore Capital Stockbrokers Limited (Shore Capital) (Joint Corporate Broker to Greencore) |
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+44 (0) 207 408 4090 |
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Malachy McEntyre |
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Stephane Auton |
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James Thomas |
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FTI Consulting (Financial Communications for Greencore) |
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Jonathan Neilan |
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+353 (0) 86 231 4135 |
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Nick Hasell |
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+44 (0) 782 552 3383 |
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Rothschild & Co is acting as lead financial adviser and Deutsche Numis is acting as joint financial adviser to Greencore in connection with the Transaction.
Slaughter and May is acting as legal adviser to Greencore in connection with the Transaction.
Arthur Cox LLP is acting as legal adviser as to Irish law to Greencore in connection with the Transaction.
Important notices relating to financial advisers
Rothschild & Co, which is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, is acting exclusively as financial adviser to Greencore and for no one else in connection with the Transaction and will not be responsible to anyone other than Greencore in respect of protections that may be afforded to clients of Rothschild & Co nor for providing advice in connection with the Transaction or any matter referred to herein. Neither Rothschild & Co nor any of its affiliates (nor their respective directors, officers, employees or agents) owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Rothschild & Co in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein, the Transaction or otherwise. No representation or warranty, express or implied, is made by Rothschild & Co as to the contents of this announcement.
Deutsche Bank AG is a stock corporation (Aktiengesellschaft) incorporated under the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany with its principal office in Frankfurt am Main. It is registered with the local district court (Amtsgericht) in Frankfurt am Main under No HRB 30000 and licensed to carry on banking business and to provide financial services. The London branch of Deutsche Bank AG is registered as a branch office in the register of companies for England and Wales at Companies House (branch registration number BR000005) with its registered branch office address and principal place of business at 21, Moorfields, London EC2Y 9DB. Deutsche Bank AG is subject to supervision by the European Central Bank (ECB), Sonnemannstrasse 22, 60314 Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and the German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Bundesanstalt für Finanzdienstleistungsaufsicht or BaFin), Graurheindorfer Strasse 108, 53117 Bonn and Marie-Curie-Strasse 24-28, 60439 Frankfurt am Main, Germany. With respect to activities undertaken in the United Kingdom, Deutsche Bank AG is authorised by the Prudential Regulation Authority. It is subject to regulation by the FCA and limited regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority. Details about the extent of Deutsche Bank AG's authorisation and regulation by the Prudential Regulation Authority are available from Deutsche Bank AG on request. Deutsche Bank AG, acting through its London branch (which is trading for these purposes as Deutsche Numis) ("Deutsche Numis") is acting exclusively for Greencore and no other person in connection with the matters referred to herein and will not be responsible to any person other than Greencore for providing the protections offered to clients of Deutsche Numis nor for providing advice in relation to any matter referred to herein. Neither Deutsche Numis nor any of its affiliates (nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees or agents), owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Deutsche Numis in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Goodbody is authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Conduct Authority and in Ireland, Goodbody is authorised and regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland. Goodbody is acting exclusively for Greencore and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement. Goodbody will not regard any other person as its client in relation to the matters set out in this announcement or any other matter or arrangement set out in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Greencore for providing the protections afforded to clients of Goodbody, nor for providing advice in relation to the matters referred to in this announcement. Neither Goodbody nor any of its affiliates (nor their respective directors, officers, employees or agents) owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Goodbody in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise.
Shore Capital, which are authorised and regulated in the United Kingdom by the FCA, are acting exclusively for Greencore and no one else in connection with the matters set out in this announcement and will not regard any other person (whether or not a recipient of this announcement) as their client in relation to the matters set out in this announcement and will not be responsible to anyone other than Greencore for providing the protections afforded to their clients, nor for providing advice, in relation to the matters set out in this announcement or any other matter referred to in this announcement. Neither Shore Capital, nor any of their affiliates (nor any of their directors, officers, employees or agents), owes or accepts any duty, liability or responsibility whatsoever (whether direct or indirect, whether in contract, in tort, under statute or otherwise) to any person who is not a client of Shore Capital in connection with this announcement, any statement contained herein or otherwise. The responsibilities of Shore Capital as Greencore's joint broker are owed to the London Stock Exchange and not to any other person.
Further information
This announcement is for information purposes only and is not intended to and does not constitute, or form part of, any offer or invitation or the solicitation of any offer or invitation, to purchase, otherwise acquire, subscribe for, sell or otherwise dispose of any securities.
This announcement does not constitute a prospectus, prospectus equivalent document or an exempted document. The New Greencore Shares are not being offered to the public by means of this announcement.
This announcement has been prepared for the purposes of complying with English law and the Takeover Code and the information disclosed may not be the same as that which would have been disclosed if this announcement had been prepared in accordance with the laws of jurisdictions outside of England. The Transaction will be subject to English law and the jurisdiction of the courts of England and Wales and the applicable requirements of the Takeover Code, the Panel, the London Stock Exchange and the FCA.
Publication on website and availability of hard copies
A copy of this announcement will be made available on Greencore's website at www.greencore.com by no later than 12 noon (London time) on the Business Day following the date of this announcement. The content of this website is not incorporated into and does not form part of this announcement.
General
If you are in any doubt about the contents of this announcement or the action you should take, you are recommended to seek your own independent financial advice immediately from your stockbroker, bank manager, solicitor or independent financial adviser duly authorised under FSMA if you are resident in the United Kingdom or, if not, from another appropriately authorised independent financial adviser.
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