Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

07 August 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 2a, 3a and 3b
Replaces form released on 15:25 23/07/2024
RNS Number :  5209X
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:			22-Jul-24
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making			YES:
				INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
	disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
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:				36,154,876	2.61%	28,249,279	2.04%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				7,656,604	0.55%	35,941,484	2.60%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				43,811,480	3.16%	64,190,763	4.64%
TOTAL:
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
(a)	Purchase and sales
Class of relevant	Purchase/sale	Number of	Price per unit
security		securities
10p ordinary	Purchase	229,588	4.5277  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	183,445	4.5180  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	122,204	4.5173  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	89,573	4.5117  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	86,482	4.5119  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	52,682	4.5171  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	22,817	4.5072  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	6,324	4.4940  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,703	4.5003  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,922	4.4850  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,834	4.5251  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,759	4.4972  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,568	4.4945  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,453	4.5049  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,278	4.4900  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,171	4.4680  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	733	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	643	4.4920  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	643	4.4915  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	631	4.4539  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	607	4.5260  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	535	4.5310  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	395	4.4960  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	348	4.4820  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	153	4.5320  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	69	4.4840  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	170,000	4.5076  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	302,879	4.5184  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	232,054	4.5211  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	112,034	4.5117  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	73,893	4.5105  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	49,552	4.5293  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	45,192	4.5262  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	43,894	4.5183  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	39,039	4.5245  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	34,902	4.5180  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	29,026	4.5203  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	26,426	4.4421  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	22,446	4.5267  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	20,776	4.5260  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	13,480	4.5295  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	9,330	4.5297  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	6,860	4.5257  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	4,327	4.5268  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,171	4.4791  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,460	4.5301  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,512	4.5285  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,171	4.4680  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	643	4.4920  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	604	4.4560  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	158,157	4.5114  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of	Price per
relevant			reference	unit
security			securities
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	10,287	4.5180  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,171	4.4680  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	69	4.4843  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	332	4.5180  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	1,847	4.5172  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	14,325	4.5173  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	604	4.4560  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	3,171	4.4791  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	112,034	4.5117  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	30,355	4.5175  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	81,376	4.5180  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	1,200	4.4680  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	348	4.4820  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	3,922	4.4850  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	86,482	4.5119  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	59,656	4.5183  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	29,026	4.5203  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	5,480	4.5054  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	17,337	4.5078  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	30	4.5120  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	26,426	4.4421  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	73,893	4.5105  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	85,327	4.5180  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	631	4.4540  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	37,546	4.5175  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,000	4.5180  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 person 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:				07-Aug-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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