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Barclays PLC, Greencore Group PLC

Form 8.3 GREENCORE GROUP PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 4829P
Barclays PLC
19 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

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:

16 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?

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:

 

 

9,032,268

2.04%

1,636,965

0.37%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

960,062

0.16%

8,252,439

1.86%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

9,992,330

2.20%

9,889,404

2.23%

(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

269,092

  null

1p ordinary

Purchase

266,560

2.7350  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

150,000

2.7569  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

89,044

2.7460  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

75,000

2.7577  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

22,831

2.7528  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

20,819

2.7537  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

18,190

2.7626  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

14,797

2.7452  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

12,282

2.7469  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

10,039

2.7575  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

9,839

2.7467  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

8,303

2.7542  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

7,807

2.7688  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

6,057

2.7544  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,887

2.7360  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,540

2.7351  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

5,096

2.7382  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,625

2.7700  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,564

2.7650  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3,448

2.7659  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,860

2.7506  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,713

2.7499  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

2,248

2.7652  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,305

2.7400  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,294

2.7950  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

1,032

2.7550  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

911

2.7450  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

661

2.7637  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

634

2.7525  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

482

2.7536  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

302

2.7600  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

148

2.7750  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

59

2.7900  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

25

2.7588  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

4

2.7961  GBP

1p ordinary

Purchase

3

2.7532  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

358,197

  null

1p ordinary

Sale

191,034

2.7350  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

45,495

2.7488  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

28,873

2.7645  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

24,933

2.7349  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,911

2.7649  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

23,176

2.7621  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

20,845

2.7486  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

19,892

2.7348  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

17,979

2.7355  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13,018

2.7878  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,972

2.7609  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,077

2.7504  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12,053

2.7836  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

11,795

2.7629  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

10,269

2.7522  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

8,936

2.7686  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

7,000

2.7675  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,797

2.7647  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,266

2.7928  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

4,068

2.7562  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,564

2.7650  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

3,043

2.7471  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,916

2.7726  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

2,656

2.7546  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,802

2.7382  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,748

2.7525  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,730

2.7979  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,667

2.7601  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,636

2.7748  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1,261

2.7600  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

990

2.7585  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

794

2.7921  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

559

2.7900  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

540

2.7550  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

148

2.7750  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

126

2.7700  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

35

2.7950  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

13

2.7576  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

12

2.7591  GBP

1p ordinary

Sale

1

2.7890  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

7,974

2.7559  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

166,053

0.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,655

2.7348  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

74,860

2.7350  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,802

2.7382  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

45,495

2.7488  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

318

2.7550  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

13

2.7580  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,436

2.7581  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42,213

2.7587  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12

2.7591  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,176

2.7621  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,873

2.7645  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

7,163

2.7646  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

23,911

2.7649  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,797

2.7652  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,256

2.7693  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1

2.7700  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,332

2.7714  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,916

2.7725  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,053

2.7837  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,574

2.7899  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

9,112

2.7916  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

794

2.7921  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,266

2.7928  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

100

2.7949  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,549,720

0.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36

2.7300  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

119,283

2.7350  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,540

2.7351  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,298

2.7358  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,887

2.7360  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,797

2.7452  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

9,839

2.7467  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,713

2.7499  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,860

2.7506  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,556

2.7522  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

482

2.7536  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

20,819

2.7537  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,057

2.7544  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,275

2.7565  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

150,000

2.7569  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

75,000

2.7577  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25

2.7586  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,109

2.7613  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

18,190

2.7626  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

661

2.7637  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,223

2.7664  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

476

2.7665  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,507

2.7759  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

7,806

2.7350  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1

2.7900  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

266,994

0.0000  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

16,354

2.7352  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,952

2.7537  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

5,392

2.7575  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

572

2.7605  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

15,285

2.7649  GBP

1p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

7,807

2.7689  GBP

1p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

23,137

0.0000  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:

19 Jan 2026

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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