Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

15 February 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				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:				14 Feb 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?				MONDI 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:				10p ordinary
				Interests		Short Positions
				Number	(%)	Number	(%)
(1)	Relevant securities owned
	and/or controlled:			7,904,322	0.57%	6,522,217	0.47%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,067,389	0.44%	7,566,137	0.55%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			13,971,711	1.01%	14,088,354	1.02%
(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
10p ordinary		Purchase		894,064		3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		541,539		3.1912  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		161,053		3.1880  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		160,993		3.2070  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		113,643		3.1835  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		90,286		3.1757  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		51,193		3.1882  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		34,243		3.1914  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		27,837		3.1730  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		26,177		3.1785  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		23,800		3.1859  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,788		3.1794  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		16,292		3.1839  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,331		3.1888  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,304		3.1711  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,599		3.1776  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,355		3.1870  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,775		3.2090  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,124		3.1755  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,722		3.1893  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,386		3.1700  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,762		3.1876  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,042		3.1848  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,005		3.2029  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,053		3.1841  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,967		3.1810  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,410		3.1830  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,262		3.1780  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,132		3.1680  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		926		3.1824  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		915		3.1829  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		711		3.1871  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		571		3.1845  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		534		3.1720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		358		3.1886  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		267		3.1670  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		135		3.1890  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		108		3.1805  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		94		3.1987  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		88		3.1791  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		86		3.1765  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		75		3.1770  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		60		3.1782  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15		3.1913  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7		3.2040  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3		3.2020  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3		3.1796  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2		3.2160  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		805,371		3.1940  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		573,340		3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		160,993		3.2070  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		113,366		3.1926  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		98,900		3.1816  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		79,279		3.1758  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		71,834		3.1871  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		51,891		3.1889  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		26,457		3.1731  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,388		3.1794  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,091		3.1707  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,843		3.1824  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,958		3.1749  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,590		3.1798  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,898		3.1801  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,124		3.1820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,985		3.1723  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,533		3.1997  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,415		3.1980  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,313		3.1772  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,030		3.1660  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,003		3.2090  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,889		3.2030  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,807		3.1751  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,410		3.1830  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,380		3.1704  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,328		3.1896  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,262		3.1780  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,132		3.1680  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,024		3.1775  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,002		3.1770  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		914		3.1786  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		892		3.1700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		717		3.1765  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		668		3.1895  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		534		3.1720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		380		3.1921  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		284		3.1898  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		267		3.1670  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		213		3.2010  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		94		3.1990  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7		3.2040  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3		3.2020  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3		3.1799  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2		3.2160  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		358	3.1887  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		424	3.1871  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		926	3.1824  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		3,435	3.2070  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		4,748	3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		9,355	3.1870  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		4,494	3.1700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		287	3.1871  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,312	3.1751  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,780	3.1892  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,713	3.2070  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,722	3.1893  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,772	3.2090  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,497	3.2070  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		12,056	3.1735  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,839	3.1823  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		34,243	3.1914  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		109,815	3.1897  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		113,643	3.1835  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		133,722	3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		161,053	3.1880  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,533	3.1997  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,684	3.1907  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		8,001	3.1927  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		15,815	3.2067  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		29,815	3.1788  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		67,885	3.1909  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		160,993	3.2069  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		711	3.2015  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,328	3.1896  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,415	3.1980  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,447	3.1748  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,148	3.2070  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,154	3.1926  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		32,610	3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		71,123	3.1870  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		98,900	3.1816  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		288,803	3.1909  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		237	3.1917  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		237	3.1920  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,372	3.1821  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		3,448	3.1838  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		10,485	3.1908  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		15,815	3.1912  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		104,137	3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		138,673	3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		404,434	3.1909  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		89,212	3.1926  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		266,131	3.1907  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		26,019	3.1905  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 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:				15 Feb 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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