Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

07 August 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 3b
Replaces form released on 15:28 25/07/2024
RNS Number :  0822Y
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:			25-Jul-24
(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:				33,240,587	2.40%	28,084,540	2.03%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				7,656,965	0.55%	32,821,727	2.37%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
				40,897,552	2.95%	60,906,267	4.40%
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	246,637	4.4995  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	239,639	4.4828  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	145,510	4.5007  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	75,000	4.4864  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	69,661	4.5018  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	50,116	4.5020  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	49,641	4.4868  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	48,425	4.4806  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	35,999	4.4978  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	19,798	4.4858  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	18,486	4.4892  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	13,604	4.4984  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	11,738	4.4909  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	10,807	4.4804  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,572	4.4778  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,418	4.4809  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,345	4.4773  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	6,680	4.4876  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,829	4.4704  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,483	4.4700  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	4,097	4.4813  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,486	4.4838  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,688	4.5003  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,570	4.4731  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,200	4.4540  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,013	4.4829  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	962	4.4920  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	830	4.4820  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	742	4.4710  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	734	4.4732  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	727	4.4800  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	699	4.4860  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	207	4.4780  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	177	4.4640  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	119	4.4740  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	207,430	4.4958  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	180,631	4.5580  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	145,510	4.5007  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	69,475	4.5019  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	45,128	4.4937  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	32,807	4.4773  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	26,610	4.5020  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	24,745	4.4709  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	15,600	4.4789  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	15,531	4.4801  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	13,833	4.4750  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	13,479	4.4753  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	11,407	4.4929  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	5,442	4.5000  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	5,311	4.4842  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	4,697	4.4836  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	4,046	4.4702  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,851	4.4854  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,700	4.4833  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,650	4.4942  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,275	4.4805  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,001	4.4807  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,668	4.4705  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,547	4.4797  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,730	4.4878  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,321	4.4880  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,118	4.4912  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	892	4.4582  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	727	4.4800  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	422	4.4540  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	1,321	4.4880  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	660	4.5020  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	219	4.4742  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	30,000	4.4898  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	145,510	4.5007  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	660	4.5020  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	639	4.4785  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	3,700	4.4833  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	19,444	4.4858  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	354	4.4858  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,046	4.4702  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	32,807	4.4773  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,635	4.4829  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	102,047	4.5020  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	180,631	4.5580  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	486	4.4540  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	742	4.4710  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	42,753	4.4796  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	239,639	4.4828  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	60,359	4.5011  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Long	5,442	4.5000  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	7,572	4.4778  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	6,284	4.4874  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Long	396	4.4920  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	24,745	4.4709  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,737	4.4740  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	54,413	4.5020  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	49,641	4.4868  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	25,054	4.4870  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	362,853	4.4868  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	150,514	4.4868  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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