Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

04 December 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 Dec 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:			33,504,188	2.43%	23,176,196	1.68%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			12,018,747	0.87%	32,450,988	2.35%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			45,522,935	3.30%	55,627,184	4.03%
(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		155,681		5.8411  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		150,227		5.8443  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		83,223		5.8433  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		73,890		5.8499  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		43,275		5.8500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,917		5.8250  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,771		5.8345  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		17,900		5.8369  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		16,771		5.8413  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,028		5.8340  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,113		5.8431  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,036		5.8427  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,919		5.8375  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,571		5.8176  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,863		5.8372  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,707		5.8511  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,122		5.8328  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,998		5.8313  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,381		5.8324  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,328		5.8188  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,273		5.8422  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,268		5.8244  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,704		5.8287  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,282		5.8454  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,177		5.8403  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,095		5.8575  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		515		5.8300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		229		5.8212  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		119		5.8450  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		164,880		5.8500  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		102,400		5.8320  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		50,752		5.8513  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		50,000		5.8339  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,056		5.8438  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,975		5.8354  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,316		5.8381  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,270		5.8427  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,088		5.8265  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,317		5.8496  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,562		5.8395  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,030		5.8454  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		271		5.8140  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		250		5.8399  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		56		5.8250  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		35		5.8200  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		Increasing Short		26,687	5.8414  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,088	5.8265  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		102,400	5.8320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		8,975	5.8354  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,316	5.8381  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		250	5.8399  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,687	5.8487  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,509	5.8500  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,874	5.8295  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,381	5.8324  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		13,332	5.8325  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		12,028	5.8340  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		17,900	5.8368  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		155,681	5.8411  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		83,223	5.8433  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		119	5.8450  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		27,835	5.8497  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		16,788	5.8500  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,707	5.8511  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		14,125	5.8500  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		136	5.8253  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		35,224	5.8500  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 Dec 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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