REG-HSBC Bank Plc - Form 8.5 (EPT/NON-RI) - Bakkavor Group plc

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25/04/2025 11:15

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FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED
INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the “Code”)

1.         KEY INFORMATION

 (a) Name of exempt principal trader:                                                                                                                                                                         HSBC Bank Plc                 
 (b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree                                                                         Bakkavor Group plc            
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:                                                                                                                          OFFEROR: Greencore Group plc  
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                                                                                                                                                 24 April 2025                 
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?  If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”      Greencore Group plc           

2.         DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

 Class of relevant security  Purchases/ sales  Total number of securities  Highest price per unit paid/received (GBP)  Lowest price per unit paid/received (GBP)  
 Ordinary Shares             Purchase          7,267                       173.229 p                                   4.800 p                                    
 Ordinary Shares             Sale              5,000                       4.800 p                                     4.800 p                                    

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                                      Number of reference securities  Price per unit (GBP)  
                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position  
 Ordinary Shares             Swap                 Increasing a Short Position                                                            2,102                           173.230 p             
 Ordinary Shares             Swap                 Increasing a Short Position                                                            165                             173.229 p             

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.  Number of securities to which option relates  Exercise price per unit  Type e.g. American, European etc.  Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit  
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

(ii)        Exercise

 Class of relevant security  Product description e.g. call option  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit  
                                                                                                                                                 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion  Details  Price per unit (if applicable)  
                                                                                                                       

3.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing 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: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”      
 None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to
options or derivatives

 Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the exempt principal trader 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state “none”      
 None                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        



 Date of disclosure:  25 April 2025  
 Contact name:        Dhruti Singh   
 Telephone number:    0207 088 2000  

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service. 

The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in
relation to the Code’s dealing disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638
0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk