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

Name of person dealing (Note 1) Barclays PLC.
Company dealt in CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL INC
Class of relevant security to which the $0.01 common shares
dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)
Date of dealing 29 August 2014

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security: $0.01 common shares
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
619,927 1.32% 640 0.00%
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 11,000 0.02% 8,100 0.02%
(4) TOTAL:
630,927 1.34% 8,740 0.02%
Class of relevant security: 4.25% convertible senior notes due 2016
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
2,000 0.00% 0 0.00%
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(4) TOTAL:
2,000 0.00% 0 0.00%

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

Class of relevant security: Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)

(1) Relevant securities

(2) Derivatives (other than options)

(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell

Total

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale Number of relevant securities Price per unit
Purchase 25 13.8752 USD
Purchase 100 13.9300 USD
Purchase 100 13.9500 USD
Purchase 200 13.8350 USD
Purchase 200 13.8750 USD
Purchase 200 13.9450 USD
Purchase 293 13.8992 USD
Purchase 312 13.8888 USD
Purchase 400 13.8274 USD
Purchase 400 13.9065 USD
Purchase 400 13.9265 USD
Purchase 545 13.9000 USD
Purchase 552 13.8332 USD
Purchase 1,513 13.8321 USD
Purchase 1,584 13.9005 USD
Purchase 1,784 13.8907 USD
Purchase 3,155 13.8658 USD
Purchase 9,107 13.8745 USD
Sale 12 13.8800 USD
Sale 100 13.7800 USD
Sale 100 13.7900 USD
Sale 100 13.9700 USD
Sale 188 13.7350 USD
Sale 200 13.7400 USD
Sale 200 13.8274 USD
Sale 200 13.9350 USD
Sale 400 13.8765 USD
Sale 18,300 13.8735 USD

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

Product name, e.g. CFD

Nature of transaction

(Note 6)

Number of relevant securities

(Note 7)

Price per unit

(Note 5)

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product Name Writing, Number Exercise Type Expiry Option
purchasing, of price date money
selling, securities

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option Number of securities Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction

(Note 8)

Details Price per unit

(if applicable) (Note 5)

4. OTHER INFORMATION

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

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.

Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? YES
Date of disclosure: 1 Sep 2014
Contact name: Rajesh Muthanna
Telephone number: 020 3555 4634
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.1 AND RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED)

DETAILS OF OPEN POSITIONS

(This form should be attached to Form 8.1(a) & (b)(i), Form 8.1(b)(ii) or Form 8.3, as appropriate)

OPEN POSITIONS (Note 1)

Product name Written or Number of Exercise Type Expiry
purchased relevant securities price date
to which the option
or derivative
relates
Call Options Purchased 10,700 14.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 100 14.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Call Options Purchased 100 15.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Call Options Purchased 100 17.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Call Options Written -2,500 11.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -400 12.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Put Options Purchased -2,700 13.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Purchased -2,000 13.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Put Options Purchased -500 14.0000 American 22 Nov 2014

Notes

1.Where there are open option positions or open derivative positions (except for CFDs), full details should be given. Full details of any existing agreements to purchase or to sell must also be given on this form.

2.For all prices and other monetary amounts, the currency must be stated.

For full details of disclosure requirements, see Rule 8 of the Rules. If in doubt, consult the Panel.

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