Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC
17 September 2024
 

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)

Full name of discloser:

Barclays PLC.

(b)

Owner or controller of interest and short

 positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

 

(c)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

 relevant securities this form relates:

DS SMITH PLC

(d)

If an exempt fund manager connected with an

 offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of

 offeror/offeree:

 

(e)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

16 Sep 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:
 INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

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:

10p ordinary


Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:

32,411,007

2.35%

28,458,773

2.06%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

10,758,270

0.78%

31,981,259

2.32%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

43,169,277

3.13%

60,440,032

4.38%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and

 other executive options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

 which subscription right exists


Details, including nature of the rights

 concerned and relevant percentages:


3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

10p ordinary

Purchase

202,045

4.6780  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

102,230

4.6786  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

69,506

4.6878  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

46,633

4.7025  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

33,425

4.7156  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

32,077

4.7024  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

28,186

4.7250  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

18,914

4.7186  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

13,975

4.7218  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

7,876

4.7180  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,683

4.7160  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,418

4.7299  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,276

4.7269  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,488

4.7300  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,191

4.7100  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

884

4.7360  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

610

4.6540  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

212

4.7440  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

21

4.7380  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

244,306

4.6818  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

112,401

4.7203  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

94,316

4.6808  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

59,642

4.6780  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

54,978

4.7083  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

39,182

4.7143  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

20,817

4.7282  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

17,978

4.7026  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

13,240

4.7160  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

10,216

4.7104  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,930

4.7271  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,335

4.7022  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,306

4.7020  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,193

4.7030  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,925

4.7073  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,740

4.7365  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,359

4.7239  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,266

4.7243  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,265

4.7000  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

666

4.7258  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

610

4.6540  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,848

4.6780  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,925

4.7073  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

31,430

4.7113  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

42,492

4.7122  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

39,182

4.7143  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,969

4.7168  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

112,401

4.7203  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,266

4.7243  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

352

4.6540  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,729

4.6794  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,023

4.7019  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46,633

4.7025  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,425

4.7156  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

212

4.7440  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

502

4.6780  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

3,188

4.7136  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

502

4.6780  GBP









(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions

 (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

















(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 applicable)





4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

NONE

(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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

 any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

 






Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

17 Sep 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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