Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

04 September 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:				03 Sep 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?				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:			32,961,228	2.39%	28,489,686	2.06%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			11,169,303	0.81%	32,700,655	2.37%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			44,130,531	3.20%	61,190,341	4.43%
(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		450,940		4.7363  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		90,459		4.7277  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		61,977		4.7394  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		57,228		4.7288  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		38,136		4.7231  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32,800		4.7213  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		25,000		4.7229  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		24,699		4.7240  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		23,648		4.7152  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,765		4.7401  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13,141		4.7400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,136		4.7220  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,849		4.7228  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,668		4.7365  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,522		4.7276  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,269		4.7262  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,529		4.7450  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,410		4.7327  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,406		4.7539  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,424		4.7160  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,422		4.7338  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,276		4.7226  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,207		4.7300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		970		4.7420  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		920		4.7080  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		842		4.7180  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		761		4.7280  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		648		4.7360  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		581		4.7293  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		338		4.7380  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		88		4.7260  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		62		4.7367  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6		4.7316  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		323,102		4.7335  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		110,832		4.7400  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		96,975		4.7405  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		88,249		4.7385  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		63,032		4.7236  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		60,345		4.7260  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		55,607		4.7235  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		42,037		4.6472  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,515		4.7234  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,533		4.7383  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,253		4.7230  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20,031		4.7197  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,235		4.7132  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,402		4.7240  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,903		4.7271  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,393		4.7242  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,955		4.7217  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,408		4.7167  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,462		4.7198  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,059		4.7251  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,406		4.7540  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,957		4.7216  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,515		4.7060  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,406		4.7284  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,400		4.7343  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,295		4.7130  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,207		4.7300  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		842		4.7180  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		761		4.7280  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		648		4.7360  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		545		4.7215  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		338		4.7380  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		238		4.7100  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3		4.7326  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 Short		42,037	4.6472  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,031	4.7197  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,253	4.7230  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,204	4.7233  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		55,607	4.7235  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		63,032	4.7236  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		28,096	4.7247  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,406	4.7284  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,896	4.7337  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,334	4.7363  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		29,533	4.7383  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,465	4.7400  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		451	4.7020  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,913	4.7211  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		11,849	4.7228  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,314	4.7229  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		88	4.7260  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,269	4.7262  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		581	4.7293  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		236,368	4.7297  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		15,777	4.7381  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		68	4.7231  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		227	4.7400  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		62	4.7367  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,159	4.7400  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:				04 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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