Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

08 October 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3a Replaces form Released at 07/10/2024 15:21 RNS Number : 2297H
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  relevant securities this form relates:			DS SMITH PLC
(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:			04 Oct 2024
(f)	In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making  disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?			YES:  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:				31,319,991	2.27%	26,868,558	1.95%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:				11,534,510	0.84%	30,228,953	2.19%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:				0	0.00%	0	0.00%
TOTAL:				42,854,501	3.10%	57,097,511	4.14%
(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  security	Purchase/sale	Number of  securities	Price per unit
10p ordinary	Purchase	261,530	4.6180  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	131,812	4.6192  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	106,625	4.6159  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	83,829	4.6208  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	73,556	4.6475  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	61,261	4.6210  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	50,374	4.6044  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	47,245	4.6294  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	34,727	4.6125  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	13,699	4.6033  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	13,338	4.6130  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	10,314	4.6193  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	7,940	4.6173  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	5,201	4.6071  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	4,481	4.6157  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	3,459	4.6087  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,788	4.6037  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,171	4.6100  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,104	4.6225  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	2,009	4.6077  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,953	4.6098  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,347	4.5940  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	1,122	4.6205  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	709	4.6139  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	164	4.6020  GBP
10p ordinary	Purchase	13	4.6140  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,568,093	4.6296  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	500,000	4.6400  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	375,750	4.6391  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	192,956	4.6220  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	165,496	4.6170  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	160,051	4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	139,205	4.6020  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	111,721	4.6180  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	100,000	4.6033  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	52,702	4.6311  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	41,685	4.6579  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	30,652	4.6545  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	29,970	4.6533  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	29,376	4.6324  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	24,557	4.6413  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	24,333	4.6179  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	19,399	4.6551  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	13,581	4.6347  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	8,535	4.6570  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	5,955	4.6073  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	5,199	4.6315  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	4,311	4.6538  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,500	4.6230  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	3,164	4.6554  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,718	4.6560  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,617	4.6173  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	2,080	4.6618  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,627	4.6258  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,528	4.6565  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,280	4.6640  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,122	4.6206  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	1,029	4.6171  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	889	4.6100  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	339	4.5959  GBP
10p ordinary	Sale	56	4.6172  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of  relevant  security	Product  description	Nature of dealing	Number of  reference  securities	Price per  unit
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	1,000,000	4.6356  USD
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	339	4.5959  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,955	4.6073  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	165,496	4.6170  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	2,673	4.6173  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	14,423	4.6179  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,117	4.6180  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	20,139	4.6182  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	5,199	4.6315  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	29,376	4.6324  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	375,750	4.6391  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	16,006	4.6446  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	11,307	4.6459  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	19,589	4.6532  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	4,311	4.6538  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Decreasing Short	564	4.6640  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	164	4.6020  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	34,727	4.6125  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	13	4.6140  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	4,481	4.6157  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	15,740	4.6169  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	209,684	4.6180  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	16,883	4.6192  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	46,428	4.6193  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	83,829	4.6208  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	61,261	4.6210  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	36,992	4.6226  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	36,374	4.6252  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	21,188	4.6301  GBP
10p ordinary	SWAP	Increasing Short	73,556	4.6475  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,099	4.6179  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Decreasing Short	1,122	4.6180  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,276	4.6119  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	1,099	4.6179  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	63,906	4.6180  GBP
10p ordinary	CFD	Increasing Short	2,655	4.6256  GBP
(c)	Stock-settled derivative transactions  (including options)
(i)	Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class  of  relevant  security	Product  description	Writing,  purchasing,  selling,  varying etc	Number  of  securities  to which  option  relates	Exercise  price  per unit	Type	Expiry  date	Option  money  paid/  received  per unit
(ii)	Exercising
Class of relevant  security	Product description	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of  securities	Exercise price per  unit
(d)	Other dealings (including subscribing for  new securities)
Class of relevant  security	Nature of Dealings	Details	Price per unit (if  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:				08 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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