Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

21 March 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:				20 Mar 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:			14,549,576	1.06%	7,577,924	0.55%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,404,431	0.54%	14,788,370	1.07%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,954,007	1.59%	22,366,294	1.62%
(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		430,516		3.4278  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		216,793		3.4300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		116,380		3.4345  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		97,826		3.4349  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		82,049		3.4281  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		41,749		3.4350  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		26,509		3.4400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		24,309		3.4302  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,700		3.4409  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,003		3.4198  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,021		3.4153  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,460		3.4273  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,710		3.4367  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,374		3.4276  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,085		3.4230  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,988		3.4371  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,720		3.4271  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,559		3.4308  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,440		3.4295  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,375		3.4235  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		912		3.4304  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		872		3.4200  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		827		3.4363  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		215		3.4433  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		125		3.4268  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		39		3.4450  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		38		3.4340  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		20		3.4260  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		180,383		3.4337  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		179,435		3.4200  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		139,458		3.4350  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		67,434		3.4346  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		46,776		3.4389  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		44,359		3.4313  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		31,539		3.4373  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,033		3.4224  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,871		3.4377  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,926		3.4190  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,634		3.4343  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,993		3.4293  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,781		3.4398  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,544		3.4359  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,451		3.4320  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,752		3.4261  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,619		3.4347  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,567		3.4216  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,085		3.4233  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,085		3.4230  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,788		3.4296  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,497		3.4370  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,113		3.4220  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,100		3.4312  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		827		3.4366  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		823		3.4470  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		544		3.4410  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		190		3.4281  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		39		3.4453  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		30		3.4390  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		38		3.4340  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		Decreasing Long		51	3.4310  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,440	3.4295  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,559	3.4308  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,710	3.4367  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,163	3.4403  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		16,715	3.4350  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		21,346	3.4400  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		24,309	3.4302  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		27,502	3.4350  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		101	3.4361  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,634	3.4343  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,683	3.4350  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		67,434	3.4346  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		838	3.4279  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,100	3.4312  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,788	3.4296  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,567	3.4216  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		9,088	3.4182  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,180	3.4350  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		47,582	3.4389  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,269	3.4309  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,299	3.4305  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,460	3.4273  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,995	3.4300  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,133	3.4303  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		97,826	3.4349  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		219,064	3.4288  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:				21 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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