Barclays PLC Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

RNS Number : 8399M

Barclays PLC

19 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:				18 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:			27,322,910	1.97%	23,641,289	1.71%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			12,263,603	0.89%	26,041,517	1.89%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			39,586,513	2.86%	49,682,806	3.60%
(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		327,169		5.7085  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		262,841		5.7200  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		104,312		5.6903  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		77,000		5.7124  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		24,540		5.6972  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,969		5.7137  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,928		5.7219  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,383		5.6996  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,459		5.6880  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,973		5.7100  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		911		5.6877  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		616		5.7300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		412		5.6900  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		374		5.7000  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		78		5.7150  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		30		5.7050  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		223,697		5.7200  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		193,028		5.7114  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		189,742		5.6863  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		95,527		5.6994  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		83,531		5.7050  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,455		5.6700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		27,834		5.7100  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		27,834		5.6950  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,996		5.6958  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,418		5.6964  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,000		5.6800  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,948		5.6982  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,340		5.6928  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,990		5.7023  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,591		5.7185  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,114		5.6978  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,121		5.6875  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,564		5.7121  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,702		5.7051  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,669		5.7080  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,977		5.6726  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,478		5.6991  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,191		5.6813  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,284		5.6828  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,892		5.6939  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,676		5.6683  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,615		5.6925  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,389		5.6866  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,389		5.6914  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,291		5.6987  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,251		5.7063  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,094		5.7060  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,931		5.7052  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,728		5.6945  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,657		5.6890  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,488		5.6830  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,234		5.6884  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,981		5.7125  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,883		5.6650  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,709		5.6900  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,614		5.7066  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,591		5.7037  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,368		5.7075  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,275		5.6927  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,233		5.7076  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		985		5.7000  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		616		5.7300  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		569		5.6600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		401		5.7299  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		27,198	5.7025  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		189,742	5.6863  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,657	5.6890  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,892	5.6939  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,201	5.6944  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,683	5.6963  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,128	5.6968  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,607	5.6984  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		95,527	5.6994  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		81,251	5.7008  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,819	5.7193  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,267	5.7200  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		43,485	5.7201  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,383	5.6996  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,973	5.7100  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77,000	5.7124  USD
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,969	5.7137  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		80,981	5.7157  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,026	5.7200  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		67,765	5.7202  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,076	5.7205  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,648	5.7210  USD
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,857	5.6996  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		41,317	5.7056  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,904	5.7200  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		616	5.7300  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		70,895	5.6724  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		150,049	5.7200  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:				19 Nov 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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