Form 8.3 - Fyffes PLC

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Aug. 11, 2014) -

                                                                   FORM 8.3 
                                                                            
                           IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL                             
                                                                            
  DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER 
                         RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)                           
                                                                            
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR
                                   MORE                                     
                                                                            
1. KEY INFORMATION                                                          
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Name of person dealing (Note 1)       The Canada Life Assurance Company, The
                                      Great-West Life Assurance Company,    
                                      Great-West Life & Annuity Insurance   
                                      Company, I.G. Investment Management,  
                                      Ltd., Irish Life Investment           
                                      Managers Limited, London Life         
                                      Insurance Company, PanAgora Asset     
                                      Management Inc., The Putnam Advisory  
                                      Company, LLC, Putnam Investments      
                                      Limited and Putnam Investment         
                                      Management, LLC, Setanta Asset        
                                      Management Limited, all of which are  
                                      investment management subsidiaries of 
                                      Power Corporation of Canada           
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Company dealt in                      Fyffes PLC                            
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Class of relevant security to which                                         
the dealings being disclosed relate   EUR 0.06 ordinary shares (ISIN:       
(Note 2)                              IE0003295239)                         
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Date of dealing                       11 August 2014                        
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2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS                                            
                                                                            
(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of       
relevant security dealt in (Note 3)                                         
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                                              Long             Short        
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                                      Number      (%)       Number     (%)  
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(1) Relevant securities               8,323,630  (2.80%)                    
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(2) Derivatives (other than options)                                        
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(3) Options and agreements to                                               
purchase/sell                                                               
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Total                                 8,323,630  (2.80%)                    
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(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the             
company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)                             
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Class of relevant security:               Long              Short           
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                                      Number     (%)        Number     (%)  
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(1) Relevant securities                                                     
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(2) Derivatives (other than options)                                        
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(3) Options and agreements to                                               
purchase/sell                                                               
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Total                                                                       
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3. DEALINGS (Note 4)                                                        
                                                                            
(a) Purchases and sales                                                     
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Purchase/sale       Number of relevant securities    Price per unit (Note 5)
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Buy                 332,281                          .926 Euro              
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(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)              
                                                                            
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                                         Number of                          
                                         relevant                           
Product name, e.g.  Nature of            securities                         
CFD                 transaction (Note 6) (Note 7)    Price per unit (Note 5)
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(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities         
                                                                            
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying                                 
                                                                            
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                       Number of                                            
           Writing,    securities                                           
Product    selling,    to which            Type, e.g.         Option money  
name, e.g. purchasing, the option          American,          paid/received 
call       varying     relates   Exercise  European  Expiry   per unit (Note
option     etc.        (Note 7)  price     etc.      date     5)            
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(ii) Exercising                                                             
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                                                              Exercise price
Product name, e.g.                                            per unit (Note
call option            Number of securities                   5)            
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(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities)    
(Note 4)                                                                    
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                                                              Price per unit
                                                              (if           
Nature of transaction                                         applicable)   
(Note 8)               Details                                (Note 5)      
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4. OTHER INFORMATION                                                        
                                                                            
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or           
derivatives                                                                 
                                                                            
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Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the     
person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any 
relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to
the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant         
securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced.  
If none, this should be stated.                                             
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) No                              
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Date of disclosure                                            11 August 2014
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Contact name                                                       Brad Kirk
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Telephone number                                                204 956 8224
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If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which                      
connected                                                                   
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If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10)                    
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:
Brad Kirk
01-204-956-8224