Company Announcements

Form 8.3 GREENCORE GROUP PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 2860X
Barclays PLC
29 August 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:

28 Aug 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:

 

 

8,540,572

1.93%

1,429,493

0.32%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

703,293

0.16%

7,657,347

1.73%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

9,243,865

2.09%

9,086,840

2.06%

(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

 

1p ordinary

Purchase

79,579

2.5250  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

13,036

2.5260  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

11,117

2.5253  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,952

2.5265  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,292

2.5294  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,781

2.5263  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,420

2.5251  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,942

2.5252  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4,033

2.5259  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,320

2.5150  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,579

2.5419  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,556

2.5300  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,544

2.5299  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,374

2.5241  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,067

2.5339  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

839

2.5351  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

757

2.5200  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

578

2.5400  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

554

2.5249  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

546

2.5350  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

492

2.5298  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

412

2.5475  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

228

2.5248  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

80,074

2.5250  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

57,605

2.5200  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

43,986

2.5262  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

36,260

2.5249  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

21,259

2.5270  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

18,836

2.5257  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,270

2.5259  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,832

2.5283  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

9,389

2.5338  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,462

2.5235  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

5,078

2.5244  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,405

2.5300  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,932

2.5239  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,152

2.5375  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,861

2.5253  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

993

2.5238  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

772

2.5299  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

643

2.5750  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

510

2.5350  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

475

2.5150  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

57,605

2.5200  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,747

2.5220  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,462

2.5237  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

993

2.5238  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,932

2.5239  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,078

2.5244  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,810

2.5248  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47,407

2.5249  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

37,066

2.5250  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,836

2.5257  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,270

2.5259  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,464

2.5267  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

10,580

2.5270  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,832

2.5283  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,992

2.5294  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,881

2.5300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,152

2.5375  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,320

2.5150  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

40,883

2.5250  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,420

2.5251  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,036

2.5260  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,511

2.5261  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,952

2.5265  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

109

2.5291  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,515

2.5292  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,556

2.5300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,145

2.5309  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,067

2.5339  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

730

2.5360  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

19,006

2.5247  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

11,551

2.5293  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,389

2.5338  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

6,880

2.5250  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,245

2.5259  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

492

2.5298  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

772

2.5299  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

270

2.5343  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:

29 Aug 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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