Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

02 April 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:				28 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 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO
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:			14,205,776	1.03%	15,573,998	1.13%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			11,883,315	0.86%	12,503,537	0.91%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			26,089,091	1.89%	28,077,535	2.04%
(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		1,867,567		3.9990  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,844,569		3.9670  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,339,593		3.9681  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		500,000		3.9634  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		460,338		3.9752  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		451,629		3.9746  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		438,949		3.9885  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		272,053		3.9660  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		158,045		3.9778  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		147,805		3.9696  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		95,354		3.9573  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32,146		3.9545  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		30,621		3.9623  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		29,250		3.9958  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,831		3.9909  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		17,434		3.9501  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,818		3.9797  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,875		3.9904  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,490		3.9805  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,049		3.9770  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,489		3.9985  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,157		3.9876  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,679		3.9818  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,575		3.9535  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,307		3.9550  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,323		3.9720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,630		3.9652  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,337		3.9629  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		765		4.0010  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		309		3.9636  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		924,686		3.9680  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		922,082		3.9681  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		808,632		4.0000  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		700,161		3.9670  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		513,994		3.9868  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		460,674		3.9909  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		366,380		3.9762  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		343,267		3.9814  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		277,213		3.9832  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		203,078		3.9994  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		182,911		3.9975  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		123,565		3.9881  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		109,973		3.9820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		87,128		3.9671  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		74,824		3.9987  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		65,269		3.9801  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		61,455		3.9939  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		43,929		3.9806  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		26,953		3.9858  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		24,083		3.9851  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,648		3.9884  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,963		3.9837  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,261		3.9950  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,544		3.9780  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,286		3.9642  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,490		3.9809  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,046		3.9450  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,807		3.9997  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,267		3.9860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,137		3.9607  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,737		4.0005  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,438		3.9553  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,489		3.9985  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,157		3.9880  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,687		3.9891  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,679		3.9822  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,586		3.9886  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,732		3.9644  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,700		3.9774  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,554		3.9585  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,323		3.9720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,098		3.9503  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,732		3.9499  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		46		3.9570  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10		3.9636  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 Short		20,000	3.9549  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,492	3.9430  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,630	3.9652  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,307	3.9550  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,616	3.9437  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,973	3.9550  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		20,065	3.9572  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		39,994	3.9668  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		69,350	3.9670  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		95,354	3.9573  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		272,053	3.9660  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		409,649	3.9670  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		500,000	3.9634  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		215	3.9806  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		587	3.9678  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		602	3.9670  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		660	3.9570  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,572	3.9505  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,489	3.9985  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		38,328	3.9702  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		200,000	3.9664  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		680,417	3.9669  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Long		745	3.9505  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		956	3.9687  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,530	3.9676  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,622	3.9896  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,666	3.9582  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,712	3.9559  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,700	3.9774  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,466	3.9827  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61,455	3.9939  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		85,768	3.9667  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		152,078	3.9915  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		186,101	3.9732  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		277,213	3.9832  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		366,380	3.9762  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		765	4.0010  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,120	3.9726  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,323	3.9720  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,497	3.9711  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,990	3.9699  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		10,875	3.9903  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		18,371	3.9697  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		49,052	3.9669  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		103,122	3.9673  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		438,949	3.9885  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		623,177	3.9670  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		742,399	3.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		136,416	3.9670  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		143,287	3.9722  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:				02 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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