Barclays PLC Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc Replacement

RNS Number : 5469V

Barclays PLC

31 January 2025

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a Replaces form Released at 23/12/2024 15:08 RNS Number : 1714R
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:			20 Dec 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:				32,986,177	2.39%	16,436,611	1.18%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				12,625,020	0.91%	31,551,972	2.29%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				45,611,197	3.30%	47,988,583	3.46%
(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	646,777	5.3701  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	618,139	5.3800  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	261,646	5.3550  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	134,837	5.3722  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	127,915	5.3798  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	101,055	5.3606  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	85,834	5.3878  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	78,048	5.3794  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	67,638	5.3718  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	26,140	5.3812  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	19,347	5.3948  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	19,138	5.3728  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	18,690	5.3913  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	17,779	5.3946  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	12,695	5.3930  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	11,142	5.3784  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	9,091	5.3754  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	8,132	5.3842  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,812	5.3673  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	6,913	5.3763  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	6,790	5.3860  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	4,914	5.3811  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	4,196	5.3634  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	4,156	5.3819  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,727	5.3679  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,556	5.3871  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,239	5.3753  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,181	5.3926  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,167	5.4001  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,114	5.3656  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,095	5.3908  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,607	5.3829  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,538	5.4350  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,452	5.4064  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,089	5.4058  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,079	5.4009  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,021	5.3627  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,690	5.3525  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,673	5.4025  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,476	5.3891  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	751	5.3925  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	725	5.3907  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	636	5.3900  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	601	5.3400  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	583	5.4200  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	544	5.4050  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	518	5.4000  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	379	5.3884  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	326	5.3600  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	125	5.3250  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	99	5.3850  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	82	5.3625  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	16	5.3950  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3	5.3450  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	509,836	5.3760  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	429,079	5.3615  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	399,774	5.3800  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	150,018	5.3854  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	67,638	5.3718  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	35,307	5.3713  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	23,056	5.3789  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	19,347	5.3953  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	13,157	5.3911  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	10,877	5.3983  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	9,391	5.3902  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	8,370	5.3897  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	5,853	5.3625  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	5,777	5.3754  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,556	5.3877  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,181	5.3931  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,167	5.4007  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,808	5.3810  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,538	5.4350  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,375	5.3850  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,119	5.3670  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,091	5.3934  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,079	5.4014  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,954	5.3660  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,773	5.3919  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,690	5.3525  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,481	5.3852  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,440	5.3600  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,208	5.3382  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,137	5.3960  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	675	5.3899  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	662	5.4010  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	601	5.3400  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	583	5.4200  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	571	5.3938  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	409	5.4050  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	258	5.4000  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	188	5.3900  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	155	5.3804  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	82	5.3950  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3	5.3450  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	Increasing Short	103,801	5.3752  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,799	5.3553  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	387,133	5.3579  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,853	5.3625  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,119	5.3670  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	35,307	5.3713  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	23,056	5.3789  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	8,370	5.3897  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,988	5.4019  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	462	5.4350  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	123,772	5.3560  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	7,812	5.3673  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	242,100	5.3708  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	19,138	5.3728  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,574	5.3763  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	58,847	5.3781  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	49,620	5.3798  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	158,528	5.3800  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,914	5.3811  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	50,236	5.3874  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	751	5.3925  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,258	5.3628  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,495	5.3700  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	17,193	5.3800  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,495	5.3900  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,495	5.3400  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	23,668	5.3732  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	5,450	5.3800  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:				31 Jan 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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