Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The) Form 8.3 - Smurfit Kappa Group plc (3868P)

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RNS Number : 3868P

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

25 May 2018

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FORM 8.3

IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL

DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013

DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

   1.       KEY INFORMATION 
 
Name of person dealing  The Bank of New York 
 (Note 1)                Mellon Corporation 
                         and its subsidiaries; 
                         1. Insight Investment 
                         Management (Global) 
                         Limited, 2. BNY Mellon 
                         Asset Management 
                         North America Corporation, 
                         3. The Bank of New 
                         York Mellon, 4. Newton 
                         Investment Management 
                         Limited, 5. The Dreyfus 
                         Corporation, 6. BNY 
                         Mellon Service Kapitalanlage-Gesellschaft 
                         mbH 
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Company dealt in        Smurfit Kappa Group 
                         plc 
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Class of relevant       EUR0.001 ordinary 
 security to which       shares 
 the dealings being 
 disclosed relate 
 (Note 2) 
======================  ========================================== 
Date of dealing         24 May 2018 
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   2.         INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS 

(a) Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)

 
                                         Long               Short 
===========================  =================  =================== 
                             Number      (%)     Number       (%) 
===========================  =========  ======  ===========  ====== 
                             3,837,042 
(1) Relevant securities       1.62% 
===========================  =================  =================== 
(2) Derivatives (other 
 than options)               31,170 0.01% 
===========================  =================  =================== 
(3) Options and agreements 
 to purchase/sell 
===========================  =================  =================== 
                             3,868,212 
Total                         1.63% 
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(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

 
Class of relevant                          Long                Short 
 security: 
============================  ===================  ===================== 
                              Number        (%)     Number         (%) 
============================  =========    ======  ===========    ====== 
(1) Relevant securities 
============================  ===================  ===================== 
 
  (2) Derivatives (other 
  than options) 
============================  ===================  ===================== 
 
  (3) Options and agreements 
  to purchase/sell 
============================  ===================  ===================== 
Total 
============================  ===================  ===================== 
 
 

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   1.       DEALINGS (Note 4) 
   (a)      Purchases and sales 
 
 
  Purchase/sale           Number of relevant        Price per 
                          securities                unit (Note 
                                                    5) 
===============  ===========================  ================ 
   Transfer                  147                    N/A 
       In 
    Purchase                1,434                GBP 30.1363 
===============  ===========================  ================ 
 
   (b)      Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions) 
 
Product     Nature of transaction   Number of     Price 
 name,       (Note 6)                relevant      per unit 
 e.g. CFD                            securities    (Note 
                                     (Note 7)      5) 
==========  ======================  ===========  =========== 
  Equity          Increasing 
   SWAP         a long position        2,180     EUR 34.4307 
==========  ======================  ===========  =========== 
 
   (c)      Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities 
   (i)       Writing, selling, purchasing or varying 
 
Product  Writing,      Number          Exercise  Type,       Expiry  Option 
 name,    selling,      of securities   price     e.g.        date    money 
 e.g.     purchasing,   to which                  American,           paid/received 
 call     varying       the option                European            per unit 
 option   etc.          relates                   etc.                (Note 
                        (Note                                         5) 
                        7) 
=======  ============  ==============  ========  ==========  ======  ============== 
 
 
   (ii)      Exercising 
 
Product name,         Number of securities      Exercise price 
 e.g. call                                       per unit (Note 
 option                                          5) 
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   (d)      Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4) 
 
Nature of            Details      Price per 
 transaction                       unit 
 (Note 8)                          (if applicable) 
                                   (Note 5) 
============  ==============  ==================== 
 
 

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   2.       OTHER INFORMATION 

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any

relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this

should be stated.

   Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9)                                            NO 
 
Date of disclosure            25 May 2018 
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Contact name                  Andrew Weiser 
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Telephone number              516-338-3752 
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If a connected EFM, 
 name of offeree/offeror 
 with which connected 
============================  ============= 
If a connected EFM, 
 state nature of connection 
 (Note 10) 
============================  ============= 
 

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