Form 8.3 - SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC

Form 8.3 - SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC

BARCLAYS PLC

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

Â	Â	Name of person dealing (Note 1)	Â	Barclays PLC.
Â		Company dealt in		SMURFIT KAPPA GROUP PLC
Â		Class of relevant security to which the		€0.001 ordinary shares
Â		dealings being disclosed relate (Note 2)		Â
Â		Date of dealing		28 May 2018

2. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS

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

Class of relevant security:	Â	Â	Â	€0.001 ordinary shares	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â	Â
				Long				Short
Â		Â		Number		(%)		Number		(%)
(1)		Relevant securities
				3,628,777		1.53%		595,672		0.25%
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(2)		Derivatives (other than options):
				96,413		0.04%		2,801,244		1.18%
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(3)		Options and agreements to
		purchase/sell:		0		0.00%		0		0.00%
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(4)		TOTAL:
				3,725,190		1.57%		3,396,916		1.43%

(b) Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)

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

3. DEALINGS (Note 4)

(a) Purchases and sales

Purchase/sale	Â	Number of relevant securities	Â	Price per unit
Purchase		72		35.8200 EUR
Purchase		109		36.9800 EUR
Purchase		206		36.9506 EUR
Purchase		251		36.1048 EUR
Purchase		306		36.7900 EUR
Purchase		312		35.8600 EUR
Purchase		459		36.6733 EUR
Purchase		1,570		35.8681 EUR
Purchase		1,962		36.6679 EUR
Purchase		9,723		36.6400 EUR
Sale		319		36.6474 EUR
Sale		489		36.2778 EUR
Sale		497		36.7123 EUR
Sale		547		36.7543 EUR
Sale		837		36.2482 EUR
Sale		853		36.3563 EUR
Sale		1,201		36.5182 EUR
Sale		2,157		36.6614 EUR
Sale		3,016		36.7121 EUR
Sale		7,838		36.6895 EUR
Sale		17,365		36.5902 EUR
Sale		25,272		36.4231 EUR
Sale		30,214		36.5396 EUR
Sale		99,145		36.5496 EUR

(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)

Product Name	Â	Nature of transaction	Â	Number of relevant securities	Â	Price per
Â		Â		Â		unit
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		489		36.2778 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		1,050		36.4595 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		7,838		36.6895 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		18,708		36.2996 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		19,387		36.9866 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		20,000		36.5086 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		20,000		36.2970 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		20,000		36.6584 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Long		30,214		36.5396 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Short		323		36.0612 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Short		1,882		35.8739 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Short		1,962		36.6672 EUR
€0.001 ordinary shares		Short		8,424		36.6427 EUR

(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities

(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Product name, e.g. call option

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Writing, selling, purchasing, varying etc.

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Number of securities to which the option relates (Note 7)

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Exercise price

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Type, e.g. American, European etc.

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Expiry date

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Option money paid/received per unit (Note 5)

(ii) Exercising

Product name, e.g. call option

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Number of securities

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Exercise price per unit (Note 5)

(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)

Nature of transaction (Note 8)

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Details

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Price per unit (if applicable) (Note 5)

4. 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 (Open Positions) attached?	Â	NO
Date of disclosure:		29 May 2018
Contact name:		Jay Supaya
Telephone number:		020 7773 0635
If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which connected
If a connected EFM, state nature of connection

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