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 dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)

$0.01 common shares

Date of dealing

22 October 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: ORD
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
603,811 1.29% 17,681 0.04%
(2) Derivatives (other than options):
0 0.00% 0 0.00%
(3) Options and agreements to
purchase/sell: 82,500 0.18% 106,200 0.23%
(4) TOTAL:
686,311 1.46% 123,881 0.27%
Class of relevant security: Convertible Bond US170032AT34
Long Short
Number (%) Number (%)
(1) Relevant securities
7,000 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:
7,000 0.00% 0 0.00%

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales
Purchase/sale Number of relevant securities Price per unit
Purchase 100 12.7050 USD
Purchase 100 12.7350 USD
Purchase 155 12.7300 USD
Purchase 180 13.2500 USD
Purchase 200 12.7075 USD
Purchase 200 12.7250 USD
Purchase 200 12.7500 USD
Purchase 200 13.2300 USD
Purchase 300 13.2466 USD
Purchase 400 12.7135 USD
Purchase 400 12.8085 USD
Purchase 400 12.8189 USD
Purchase 553 12.8547 USD
Purchase 600 12.7375 USD
Purchase 600 12.7491 USD
Purchase 700 12.7328 USD
Purchase 700 12.7564 USD
Purchase 900 12.7322 USD
Purchase 1,000 12.7410 USD
Purchase 1,200 12.9899 USD
Purchase 1,847 12.7548 USD
Purchase 2,100 12.7569 USD
Purchase 2,157 12.7571 USD
Purchase 3,040 12.9900 USD
Purchase 3,496 12.7538 USD
Purchase 3,800 12.7528 USD
Purchase 5,500 12.7550 USD
Purchase 8,300 12.7782 USD
Purchase 125,000 12.8300 USD
Sale 80 13.2500 USD
Sale 100 12.7500 USD
Sale 100 12.7900 USD
Sale 200 12.9250 USD
Sale 300 12.7300 USD
Sale 400 12.8189 USD
Sale 400 12.8190 USD
Sale 500 12.7180 USD
Sale 500 12.7420 USD
Sale 500 12.8840 USD
Sale 600 12.8241 USD
Sale 700 12.7442 USD
Sale 800 12.7725 USD
Sale 800 13.2387 USD
Sale 900 12.7355 USD
Sale 1,320 12.9900 USD
Sale 1,760 12.7400 USD
Sale 2,068 12.8078 USD
Sale 2,100 12.9104 USD
Sale 2,920 12.9899 USD
Sale 3,111 12.8423 USD
Sale 3,300 12.8130 USD
Sale 3,500 12.7511 USD
Sale 5,083 12.8889 USD
Sale 7,419 12.7809 USD
Sale 15,500 12.9500 USD
Sale 15,700 12.8691 USD
Sale 20,000 12.7547 USD
Sale 35,309 12.8389 USD
Sale 38,510 12.7553 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 paid/
varying etc to which received
option
relates
Call Option Selling 200 11 USD American 22 Nov 2014 2.2000 USD

(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

Date of disclosure

23 Oct 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 (Note 10)

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 500 13.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 6,800 13.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Call Options Purchased 27,300 14.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Purchased 9,900 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 -2,700 11.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Call Options Written -100,000 13.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Put Options Purchased -400 12.0000 American 20 Feb 2015
Put Options Purchased -200 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
Put Options Purchased -400 16.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Written 35,400 12.0000 American 22 Nov 2014
Put Options Written 2,400 13.0000 American 15 May 2015

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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