Form 8.3 GREENCORE GROUP PLC

Barclays PLC
24 March 2025
 

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

GREENCORE 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:

21 Mar 2025

(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?

BAKKAVOR 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:

1p ordinary

 

Interests

Short Positions

 

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

13,345,108

3.02%

1,708,594

0.39%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

1,040,243

0.24%

11,605,246

2.63%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

14,385,351

3.26%

13,313,840

3.01%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

 

securities

 

1p ordinary

Purchase

296,808

1.8620  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

83,691

1.8607  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

46,350

1.8360  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

37,322

1.8602  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,514

1.8551  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,300

1.8621  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,154

1.8539  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,584

1.8385  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,135

1.8464  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

805

1.8320  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

787

1.8519  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

576

1.8565  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

476

1.8040  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

453

1.8310  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

430

1.8520  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

145

1.8340  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

30

1.8512  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

170,713

1.8620  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

79,980

1.8621  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

34,937

1.8618  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

29,240

1.8520  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

25,450

1.8595  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,216

1.8573  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,636

1.8533  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,945

1.8543  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

6,540

1.8512  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,261

1.8580  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,116

1.8535  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

730

1.8290  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

722

1.8593  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

178

1.8619  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

83

1.8500  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8

1.8602  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,118

1.8263  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

741

1.8450  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,589

1.8507  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,540

1.8512  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,240

1.8520  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,777

1.8530  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,116

1.8535  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

6,945

1.8543  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,261

1.8580  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

722

1.8593  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

34,937

1.8618  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,809

1.8619  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,127

1.8620  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

291

1.8626  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

425

1.8040  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

196

1.8261  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

453

1.8310  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,596

1.8360  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,584

1.8385  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30

1.8512  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

430

1.8520  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,154

1.8539  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

32

1.8540  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,342

1.8546  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,285

1.8548  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,887

1.8589  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,454

1.8603  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

82,578

1.8609  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,400

1.8620  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,300

1.8621  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,076

1.8524  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

14,364

1.8618  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,113

1.8461  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

276

1.8540  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,937

1.8562  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

300

1.8620  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)

Exercising

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

24 Mar 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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