Barclays PLC Form 8.3 - DS SMITH PLC

RNS Number : 3413X

Barclays PLC

22 July 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:				19 Jul 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:			36,264,075	2.63%	28,115,210	2.04%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,696,799	0.56%	36,211,146	2.62%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			43,960,874	3.19%	64,326,356	4.66%
(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		149,826		4.4679  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		137,655		4.4724  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		118,718		4.4740  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		23,450		4.4589  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13,702		4.4700  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,302		4.4531  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,649		4.4180  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,042		4.4439  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,875		4.4451  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,650		4.4522  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,565		4.4126  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,219		4.4372  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,097		4.4440  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		975		4.4289  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		898		4.4614  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		789		4.4280  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		735		4.4640  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		723		4.4718  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		723		4.4720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		700		4.4263  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		698		4.4340  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		623		4.3940  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		126		4.4360  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		125		4.4020  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		429,517		4.4631  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		137,655		4.4724  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		105,927		4.4478  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		62,937		4.4496  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		44,942		4.4732  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		43,824		4.4733  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		40,675		4.4742  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,496		4.4702  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,023		4.4473  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,454		4.4723  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		28,360		4.4704  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,491		4.4467  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,018		4.4495  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,801		4.4706  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,758		4.4493  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,649		4.4180  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,357		4.4700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,126		4.4436  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,920		4.4679  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,385		4.4740  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,137		4.4456  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,398		4.4122  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		859		4.4405  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		723		4.4720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		484		4.4743  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		246		4.4000  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		79		4.4380  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		759	4.4100  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,649	4.4179  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		458	4.4740  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		759	4.4100  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		137,655	4.4724  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		458	4.4740  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		501	4.4470  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		700	4.4263  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		43,824	4.4733  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		246	4.4000  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,398	4.4122  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		131,006	4.4439  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		105,927	4.4478  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47,586	4.4500  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		143,602	4.4740  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,565	4.4127  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		228	4.4180  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		975	4.4289  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		29,454	4.4723  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,690	4.4695  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,012	4.4760  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,935	4.4453  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		33,023	4.4473  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		118,863	4.4740  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:				22 Jul 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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