Barclays PLC Form 8.3 -DS SMITH PLC

RNS Number : 3399V

Barclays PLC

30 January 2025

 

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:				29 Jan 2025
(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:			34,728,577	2.52%	13,256,567	0.96%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			13,066,452	0.95%	32,329,104	2.34%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			47,795,029	3.46%	45,585,671	3.30%
(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		463,418		6.0274  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		387,830		6.0040  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		293,189		6.0019  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		179,296		6.0237  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		134,000		6.0422  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		128,014		6.0051  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		125,802		5.9901  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		125,768		5.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		115,975		6.0217  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		91,722		5.9835  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		56,829		5.9815  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		36,788		6.0137  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		22,431		5.9881  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20,956		6.0700  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20,617		6.0107  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,289		6.0254  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,000		6.0336  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,249		6.0175  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,000		5.9717  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,327		5.9965  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,771		5.9600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,936		5.9729  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,238		5.9772  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,962		5.9940  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,504		5.9800  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,165		5.9936  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,105		5.9929  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,064		6.0000  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,902		5.9658  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,887		5.9886  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,307		5.9963  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,948		5.9561  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,881		6.0108  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,705		6.0285  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,654		5.9575  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,493		5.9875  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,172		6.0160  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,895		6.0150  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,123		6.0466  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,094		5.9850  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,048		5.9972  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		715		6.0750  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		569		6.0100  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		553		6.0250  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		177,700		5.9951  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		133,810		5.9918  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		97,049		5.9869  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		50,000		5.9948  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		39,609		5.9758  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		31,665		6.0035  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,684		6.0369  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,389		5.9908  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		27,882		6.0236  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		23,790		5.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,972		6.0187  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20,956		6.0700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		18,017		6.0303  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,250		5.9837  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,577		6.0582  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,771		5.9600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,684		5.9973  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,666		6.0296  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,253		6.0186  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,349		5.9870  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,088		6.0435  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,223		5.9904  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,990		5.9711  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,972		6.0650  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,902		5.9664  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,547		5.9712  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,948		5.9567  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,337		6.0167  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,895		6.0150  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,560		6.0050  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,267		6.0000  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,105		6.0200  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,072		6.0047  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,049		5.9900  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		715		6.0750  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		617		5.9550  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		553		6.0250  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		548		5.9850  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		47		6.0531  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		81,341	5.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		39,609	5.9758  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,049	5.9900  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70,767	5.9939  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,560	6.0050  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		47	6.0530  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,577	6.0582  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,654	5.9576  USD
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		106,454	5.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		14,055	5.9707  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		77,730	5.9905  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		30,000	5.9907  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,484	6.0004  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		387,830	6.0040  USD
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		63,025	6.0063  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		25,000	6.0089  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,249	6.0107  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,881	6.0108  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		115,975	6.0217  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		179,296	6.0237  USD
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		19,289	6.0254  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		463,418	6.0274  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,024	6.0765  USD
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,771	5.9600  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1	5.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,071	5.9765  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		50,000	5.9811  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		82,951	5.9579  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1	5.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,753	6.0003  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		74,383	6.0199  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		103,999	6.0369  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		20,956	6.0700  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:				30 Jan 2025
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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