Form 8.3 - INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

Barclays PLC

18 December 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				INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
	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:				17 Dec 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?				DS SMITH PLC
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:				common stock
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			973,879	0.28%	795,510	0.23%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			317,090	0.09%	13,660	0.00%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			1,290,969	0.37%	809,170	0.23%
(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
common stock		Purchase		205,526		55.2400  USD
common stock		Purchase		59,945		55.3372  USD
common stock		Purchase		26,179		55.2534  USD
common stock		Purchase		24,335		55.3243  USD
common stock		Purchase		17,906		55.3551  USD
common stock		Purchase		14,864		55.3608  USD
common stock		Purchase		6,557		55.3879  USD
common stock		Purchase		5,137		55.3245  USD
common stock		Purchase		3,508		55.4242  USD
common stock		Purchase		3,183		55.3599  USD
common stock		Purchase		3,076		55.3969  USD
common stock		Purchase		3,074		55.3583  USD
common stock		Purchase		3,048		55.3504  USD
common stock		Purchase		2,467		55.3749  USD
common stock		Purchase		1,657		55.2740  USD
common stock		Purchase		1,492		55.5036  USD
common stock		Purchase		1,330		55.3477  USD
common stock		Purchase		882		55.4076  USD
common stock		Purchase		677		55.3896  USD
common stock		Purchase		452		55.4140  USD
common stock		Purchase		378		55.3814  USD
common stock		Purchase		356		55.2385  USD
common stock		Purchase		200		55.5400  USD
common stock		Purchase		200		55.3300  USD
common stock		Purchase		131		55.2403  USD
common stock		Purchase		128		55.2300  USD
common stock		Purchase		126		55.3000  USD
common stock		Purchase		107		55.5394  USD
common stock		Purchase		100		55.4300  USD
common stock		Purchase		100		55.3100  USD
common stock		Purchase		100		55.5300  USD
common stock		Purchase		100		55.3200  USD
common stock		Purchase		51		55.5500  USD
common stock		Sale		126,717		55.2400  USD
common stock		Sale		87,000		55.7900  USD
common stock		Sale		65,633		55.2401  USD
common stock		Sale		44,997		55.3539  USD
common stock		Sale		23,617		55.2878  USD
common stock		Sale		19,931		55.2546  USD
common stock		Sale		16,433		55.3458  USD
common stock		Sale		12,627		55.4237  USD
common stock		Sale		10,186		55.3042  USD
common stock		Sale		8,646		55.3728  USD
common stock		Sale		7,413		55.2568  USD
common stock		Sale		7,405		55.2712  USD
common stock		Sale		6,087		55.3638  USD
common stock		Sale		4,795		55.2347  USD
common stock		Sale		4,346		55.3620  USD
common stock		Sale		3,887		55.4339  USD
common stock		Sale		3,701		55.2789  USD
common stock		Sale		2,326		55.3794  USD
common stock		Sale		2,324		55.4071  USD
common stock		Sale		1,590		55.3316  USD
common stock		Sale		1,528		55.3854  USD
common stock		Sale		1,484		55.3869  USD
common stock		Sale		1,290		55.3756  USD
common stock		Sale		1,014		55.3639  USD
common stock		Sale		842		55.3297  USD
common stock		Sale		651		55.2516  USD
common stock		Sale		541		55.3419  USD
common stock		Sale		500		55.4520  USD
common stock		Sale		484		55.4756  USD
common stock		Sale		457		55.4919  USD
common stock		Sale		400		55.2800  USD
common stock		Sale		392		55.3793  USD
common stock		Sale		383		55.3109  USD
common stock		Sale		359		55.2743  USD
common stock		Sale		356		55.2593  USD
common stock		Sale		318		55.4221  USD
common stock		Sale		239		55.2674  USD
common stock		Sale		239		55.3295  USD
common stock		Sale		234		55.2850  USD
common stock		Sale		232		55.4090  USD
common stock		Sale		220		55.3478  USD
common stock		Sale		195		55.3941  USD
common stock		Sale		142		55.2407  USD
common stock		Sale		136		55.2970  USD
common stock		Sale		131		55.2403  USD
common stock		Sale		128		55.5553  USD
common stock		Sale		119		55.2356  USD
common stock		Sale		107		55.5394  USD
common stock		Sale		100		55.3600  USD
common stock		Sale		100		55.2200  USD
common stock		Sale		82		55.5375  USD
common stock		Sale		67		55.3100  USD
common stock		Sale		60		55.5300  USD
common stock		Sale		52		55.3469  USD
common stock		Sale		28		55.5400  USD
common stock		Sale		26		55.3978  USD
common stock		Sale		22		55.3059  USD
common stock		Sale		21		55.2419  USD
common stock		Sale		16		55.2100  USD
common stock		Sale		10		55.3700  USD
common stock		Sale		6		55.5100  USD
common stock		Sale		6		55.3533  USD
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
common stock		SWAP		Increasing Long		110	55.2390  USD
common stock		SWAP		Decreasing Long		226	55.2425  USD
(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
common stock	Put Options	Purchasing	200	60.0000  USD	American	20 Jun 2025	6.9000  USD
common stock	Put Options	Purchasing	5,000	63.0000  USD	American	20 Jun 2025	8.6556  USD
common stock	Put Options	Purchasing	400	65.0000  USD	American	20 Jun 2025	10.6500  USD
(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:				18 Dec 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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