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Barclays PLC - Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc
12th November 2024, 13:14
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RNS Number : 9428L
Barclays PLC
12 November 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

DS SMITH PLC

 

relevant securities this form relates:

(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:

11 Nov 2024

(f)

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

YES:

 

 

 

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

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:

 

 

23,633,266

1.71%

23,110,834

1.67%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

11,963,106

0.87%

22,788,697

1.65%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

35,596,372

2.58%

45,899,531

3.32%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

 

securities

 

10p ordinary

Purchase

502,590

5.6448  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

193,016

5.5750  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

156,827

5.6450  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

131,511

5.6449  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

51,342

5.6527  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

35,366

5.6500  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

32,297

5.6550  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

30,984

5.6461  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

19,278

5.6547  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

18,540

5.6463  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

16,792

5.6493  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

13,866

5.6583  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

11,795

5.6413  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

11,127

5.6743  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

10,170

5.6525  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

9,669

5.6577  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

8,597

5.6572  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

6,499

5.6588  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

6,237

5.6708  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,240

5.6464  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,752

5.6693  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,701

5.6544  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,477

5.6528  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,407

5.6687  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,617

5.6631  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,598

5.6581  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,521

5.6488  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,915

5.6404  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,784

5.6609  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,371

5.6767  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,681

5.6806  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,355

5.6660  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,012

5.6603  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

981

5.6511  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

697

5.6395  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

573

5.6650  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

569

5.6800  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

563

5.6558  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2

5.6694  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1

5.6794  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

271,894

5.6450  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

74,572

5.6465  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

23,765

5.6565  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

16,500

5.6415  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

14,836

5.6444  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

12,052

5.6692  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

10,699

5.6515  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

9,645

5.6525  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,791

5.6699  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,237

5.6708  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,782

5.6540  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,600

5.6738  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,240

5.6464  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,917

5.6766  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,752

5.6693  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,701

5.6544  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,474

5.6575  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,382

5.6549  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,177

5.6791  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,127

5.6643  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,063

5.6480  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,982

5.6644  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,720

5.6717  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,617

5.6631  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,784

5.6615  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,778

5.6655  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,469

5.6607  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,550

5.6650  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,355

5.6660  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,012

5.6603  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

944

5.6340  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

890

5.6099  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

726

5.6550  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

296

5.6100  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2

5.6700  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1

5.6800  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

 

reference

unit

security

 

 

securities

 

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

29,298

5.6492  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

890

5.6099  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

296

5.6100  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

944

5.6340  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

179,860

5.6450  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,392

5.6457  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,098

5.6522  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,751

5.6531  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

12,052

5.6692  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,915

5.6404  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

11,795

5.6413  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

74,960

5.6437  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

269,416

5.6447  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

81,967

5.6450  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,101

5.6452  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,984

5.6461  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

143,860

5.6465  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

791

5.6525  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,342

5.6527  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,380

5.6529  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

19,278

5.6547  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,498

5.6593  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

401

5.6450  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

201

5.6546  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

24,556

5.6559  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

80,126

5.6450  GBP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

 

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

 

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

 

date

money

relevant

 

selling,

securities

per unit

 

 

paid/

security

 

varying etc

to which

 

 

 

received

 

 

 

option

 

 

 

per unit

 

 

 

relates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)

Exercising

 

 

 

 

 

 

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

 

 

securities

unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

 

 

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 exempt principal trader 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:

12 Nov 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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