Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

02 October 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:				01 Oct 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:			33,888,661	2.45%	30,759,773	2.23%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			11,208,085	0.81%	32,453,313	2.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			45,096,746	3.27%	63,213,086	4.58%
(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		268,851		4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		129,684		4.6453  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		73,924		4.6300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		49,901		4.6117  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		33,623		4.6357  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32,984		4.6456  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,776		4.6133  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,414		4.6088  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,241		4.6205  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,170		4.6087  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,363		4.6161  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,982		4.5961  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,921		4.6169  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,500		4.6079  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,202		4.6259  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,965		4.6030  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,855		4.6020  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,484		4.6000  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,447		4.6152  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,354		4.6215  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,080		4.5904  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		662		4.6230  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		621		4.6031  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		561		4.5990  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		494		4.6040  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		418		4.6090  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		359		4.6080  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		290		4.5912  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		81		4.5720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		51		4.6147  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13		4.6210  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2		4.6450  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2		4.6520  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1		4.6518  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		85,344		4.6357  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		63,689		4.6436  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		53,794		4.6418  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		30,380		4.6502  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		30,260		4.6434  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		23,897		4.6421  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,513		4.6490  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20,357		4.6402  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		18,525		4.6100  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,342		4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,848		4.6419  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,635		4.6417  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,182		4.6284  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,540		4.6266  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,053		4.5952  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,363		4.6166  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,190		4.6194  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,153		4.6064  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,062		4.6297  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,921		4.6174  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,795		4.6462  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,236		4.6128  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,855		4.6020  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,652		4.6265  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,475		4.6139  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,447		4.6156  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,354		4.6219  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		702		4.6048  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		662		4.6230  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		662		4.6234  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		507		4.6280  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		237		4.6360  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		157		4.6125  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2		4.6520  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		3,153	4.6064  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,236	4.6128  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,475	4.6139  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,994	4.6322  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		85,344	4.6357  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,357	4.6402  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		21,898	4.6409  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		15,244	4.6413  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,897	4.6421  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		206	4.6433  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		30,260	4.6434  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		13,299	4.6458  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		20,070	4.6475  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		22,513	4.6490  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		10,247	4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		242	4.6020  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,965	4.6030  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		621	4.6031  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		759	4.6057  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,414	4.6088  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,901	4.6117  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		5,024	4.6159  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,241	4.6204  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33	4.6254  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,202	4.6259  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,165	4.6356  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,623	4.6357  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		113,269	4.6467  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		253,719	4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,021	4.6188  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		799	4.6400  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13,485	4.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,855	4.6020  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,917	4.6035  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		51	4.6147  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		799	4.6400  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5	4.6500  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 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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