TIDMNFDS TIDMNFDA
RNS Number : 0382B
BlackRock Group
10 February 2011
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) Identity of the person whose BlackRock, Inc.
positions/dealings are being disclosed:
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(b) Owner or controller of interests and short N/A
positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is
insufficient
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to Northern Foods PLC
whose relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with
an offeror/offeree, state this and specify
identity of offeror/offeree:
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(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken: 9 February 2011
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(f) Has the discloser previously disclosed, or Yes, Greencore Group PLC
are they today disclosing, under the Code in
respect of any other party to this offer?
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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: 25p Ordinary
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Interests Short positions
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Number % Number %
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(1) Relevant securities owned
and/or controlled: 12,324,966 2.63
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(2) Derivatives (other than
options): 516,025 0.11
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(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell:
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TOTAL: 12,810,991 2.74
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All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open derivative or option positions, or
agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given
on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors'
and other executive options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription
right exists:
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned
and relevant percentages:
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If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in
more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or
offeree named in 1(c) copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for
each additional class of relevant security.
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit
security
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options)
Class of Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per
relevant description e.g. reference unit
security e.g. CFD opening/closing a securities
long/short
position,
increasing/reducing
a long/short
position
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25p CFD Increasing Long 8,660 GBP 0.76
Ordinary
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Please note: there was also a Reducing Long CFD Transfer of
4,628.
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type e.g. Expiry Option
relevant description purchasing, securities price American, date money
security e.g. call selling, to which per European paid/
option varying option unit etc. received
etc. relates per
unit
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(ii) Exercising
Class of relevant Product Number of Exercise price
security description e.g. securities per unit
call option
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(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, applicable)
conversion
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be
stated.
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of
relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 3(a), (b) (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional
class of relevant security dealt in.
4. 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
person making the disclosure and any party to the
offer or any person acting in concert with a party
to the offer:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings,
state "none"
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None.
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(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 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"
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None.
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(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? No
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Date of disclosure: 10 February 2011
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Contact name: Kate Pickard
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Telephone number: 020 7743 3815
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Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a
Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the
Takeover Panel at monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. 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.
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