Form 8.3 -DS SMITH PLC

Barclays PLC

22 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:				19 Apr 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:			11,955,488	0.87%	12,695,503	0.92%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			9,811,653	0.71%	10,544,542	0.76%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,767,141	1.58%	23,240,045	1.69%
(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		1,818,224		3.5907  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,621,166		3.5860  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,230,027		3.5977  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,160,699		3.5248  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		902,808		3.5730  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		826,590		3.5858  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		489,396		3.5801  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		302,687		3.5715  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		302,495		3.5408  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		288,211		3.6253  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		236,169		3.6199  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		231,051		3.5634  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		196,394		3.5669  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		135,289		3.5130  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		126,760		3.6736  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		114,712		3.5570  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		112,745		3.8684  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		108,732		3.5811  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		104,646		3.5427  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		80,925		3.4494  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		70,906		3.5873  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		67,834		3.5870  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		60,217		3.5896  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		59,421		3.5647  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		55,730		3.4409  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		50,000		3.5620  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		47,070		3.5537  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		44,216		3.8136  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		43,181		3.5784  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		36,582		3.6697  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		35,919		3.5635  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		34,391		3.5676  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		31,513		3.5880  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		27,400		3.5859  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		27,229		3.5120  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		22,952		3.5850  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		22,160		3.5661  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		21,567		3.5736  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		21,184		3.6471  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,122		3.5690  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15,861		3.5693  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,315		3.5865  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,614		3.5106  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,913		3.5861  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,498		3.5631  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,065		3.6795  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,422		3.5237  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,169		3.5882  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,987		3.5800  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,587		3.8211  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,232		3.5525  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,646		3.5011  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,414		3.9668  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,361		3.5118  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,196		3.9676  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,765		3.4977  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,801		3.5636  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,295		3.5575  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,160		3.5795  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,876		3.5105  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,819		3.5160  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,587		3.5840  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,399		3.5906  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,348		3.5820  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,115		3.4973  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,070		3.5145  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,009		3.9636  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,875		3.4954  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,871		3.6020  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,806		3.8649  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,685		3.9640  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,659		3.5720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,596		3.4520  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,563		3.6720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,562		3.5100  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,442		3.5400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,369		3.5407  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,267		3.5835  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,039		3.5990  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,015		3.9680  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		915		3.8840  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		879		3.5340  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		864		3.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		848		3.4480  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		834		3.7545  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		830		3.9500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		779		3.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		778		3.4980  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		778		3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		771		3.5380  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		766		3.5140  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		759		3.5343  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		751		3.6000  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		749		3.9350  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		747		3.6300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		584		3.5740  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		561		3.5900  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		559		3.9320  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		455		3.6560  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		250		3.5030  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		147		3.6040  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,279,680		3.5870  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,818,224		3.5907  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		954,956		3.5800  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		734,147		3.5860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		454,668		3.5859  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		382,519		3.5277  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		356,913		3.5707  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		321,861		3.7038  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		256,424		3.5100  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		233,042		3.5628  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		226,236		3.5402  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		196,163		3.5880  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		191,716		3.5858  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		139,171		3.5838  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		135,950		3.6860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		117,774		3.5464  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		117,034		3.5784  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		112,741		3.5731  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		100,000		3.4482  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		83,913		3.5247  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		77,319		3.5614  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		75,352		3.5495  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		69,230		3.5577  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		66,971		3.5896  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		64,997		3.5595  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		56,147		3.5795  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		55,730		3.4409  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		50,000		3.5688  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		41,072		3.5851  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		34,468		3.5150  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		34,391		3.5676  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,745		3.5420  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33,545		3.5188  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		24,443		3.5662  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,707		3.6374  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,163		3.6783  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		21,956		3.5948  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		21,505		3.6821  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20,813		3.7033  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		20,305		3.5439  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,196		3.5840  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,464		3.5899  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,354		3.8829  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,100		3.5618  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,325		3.6102  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,069		3.7623  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,793		3.6303  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,495		3.6639  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,121		3.5605  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,799		3.6502  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,755		3.7441  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,521		3.8623  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,870		3.5389  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,843		3.6574  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,839		3.8247  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,710		3.5300  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,541		3.5980  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,279		3.6528  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,375		3.8591  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,972		3.5286  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,784		3.6707  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,550		3.5078  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,377		3.9665  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,079		3.5978  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,000		3.4737  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,993		3.6772  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,819		3.5160  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,571		3.5989  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,399		3.5910  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,348		3.5820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,208		3.9000  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,987		3.5955  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,871		3.6020  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,802		3.5488  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,773		3.7451  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,685		3.9640  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,659		3.5720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,563		3.6720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,455		3.8140  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,454		3.5863  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,442		3.5400  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,286		3.9560  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,219		3.5110  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,039		3.5990  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,015		3.9680  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		989		3.9600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		879		3.5340  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		864		3.6500  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		848		3.4480  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		779		3.9700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		778		3.4980  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		778		3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		771		3.5380  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		766		3.5140  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		751		3.6000  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		747		3.6300  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		640		3.5009  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		561		3.5900  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		559		3.9320  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		542		3.5000  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		535		3.5930  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		455		3.6560  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		147		3.6040  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		21,595	3.5068  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		32,250	3.9591  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		46,700	3.4759  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		57,000	3.7036  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		118,918	3.5231  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		157,300	3.6121  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		584	3.5740  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,806	3.8649  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,295	3.5575  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		5,414	3.9668  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		6,455	3.5900  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		14,315	3.5865  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,184	3.5235  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57,260	3.5733  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57,592	3.7072  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		64,552	3.5873  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		165,820	3.6019  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		244,856	3.5430  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		274,552	3.5513  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		902,808	3.5730  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13	3.5861  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		19	3.5857  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,043	3.6896  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,797	3.5842  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,847	3.8245  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,599	3.5910  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,918	3.5901  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,679	3.6604  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,992	3.8248  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5,022	3.5860  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,069	3.7029  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		24,549	3.5949  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		40,000	3.4879  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		66,971	3.5896  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		72,000	3.4482  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		75,555	3.4825  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		76,343	3.5576  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		117,774	3.5464  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		233,042	3.5628  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		454,668	3.5858  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,818,224	3.5907  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,751	3.5980  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,846	3.9320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,000	3.4737  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,069	3.7623  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		17,991	3.6946  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		28,000	3.4482  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		139,171	3.5838  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		191,716	3.5858  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		320,164	3.5891  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		321,861	3.7038  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		13	3.5861  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		19	3.5857  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		414	3.7797  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		559	3.9320  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		830	3.9500  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		834	3.7545  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		2,009	3.9636  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,278	3.6695  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5,361	3.5117  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		16,103	3.5052  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		33,219	3.5001  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		90,690	3.6629  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		112,745	3.8684  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		133,101	3.5768  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		157,548	3.7055  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		196,394	3.5669  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		215,100	3.5860  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		231,051	3.5634  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		243,823	3.6647  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		332,427	3.6503  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		480,660	3.5860  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,133,269	3.5859  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		61,610	3.6793  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:				22 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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