Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc Amend

Barclays PLC
21 March 2024
 

FORM 8.3- Amendment to sections 2a and 3a

Released 14:34 16 February 2024

 





RNS Number : 4929D

 






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

 relevant securities this form relates:

DS SMITH PLC

(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:

15 Feb 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES:

 MONDI PLC

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:

8,294,908

0.60%

6,587,261

0.47%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

5,947,036

0.43%

7,817,043

0.56%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

14,241,944

1.03%

14,404,304

1.04%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant

 security

Purchase/sale

Number of

 securities

Price per unit

10p ordinary

Purchase

511,921

3.2274  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

475,195

3.2290  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

466,610

3.2288  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

337,040

3.1910  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

229,172

3.1719  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

64,981

3.1771  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

58,977

3.1734  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

51,707

3.2205  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

51,674

3.1616  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

47,099

3.1774  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

31,498

3.1803  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

28,856

3.1844  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

28,526

3.1708  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

20,790

3.1761  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

17,842

3.1746  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

17,498

3.1670  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

11,774

3.1737  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

11,306

3.1691  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

11,248

3.1706  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

7,708

3.1744  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

6,000

3.1530  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,780

3.1518  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,098

3.1816  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,045

3.1566  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,653

3.1720  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,505

3.1853  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,768

3.1680  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,404

3.1630  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,694

3.1671  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,375

3.1638  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,292

3.2002  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,813

3.2088  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,649

3.1883  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,439

3.1780  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,372

3.1726  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,319

3.1599  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,308

3.1550  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,101

3.1600  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,053

3.1978  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

557

3.1692  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

405

3.1967  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

282

3.1690  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

253

3.2060  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

138

3.1710  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

105

3.1575  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

73

3.1745  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

57

3.1700  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

55

3.1880  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

53

3.1810  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

42

3.2271  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

33

3.1605  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

24

3.1540  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

21

3.1695  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

10

3.1785  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

10

3.1735  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

746,789

3.2280  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

494,506

3.2288  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

345,520

3.1765  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

189,243

3.1720  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

83,918

3.2234  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

58,700

3.1736  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

44,534

3.1753  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

36,471

3.1884  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

32,742

3.1772  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

32,355

3.1931  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

29,695

3.1947  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

23,322

3.1915  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

13,456

3.1400  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

12,202

3.2290  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,693

3.2285  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,368

3.1816  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

7,566

3.2056  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,384

3.1699  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,278

3.2024  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,540

3.1713  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,137

3.1723  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,875

3.2038  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,629

3.1727  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,604

3.1970  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,432

3.2090  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,285

3.1700  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,804

3.1871  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,480

3.1530  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,439

3.1780  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,372

3.1730  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,243

3.1744  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,030

3.1770  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,006

3.1991  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

868

3.1563  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

868

3.2030  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

646

3.1985  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

563

3.1773  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

282

3.1690  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

253

3.2060  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

138

3.1710  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

105

3.1575  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

59

3.1910  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

55

3.1880  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

53

3.1810  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

33

3.1605  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

24

3.1540  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

21

3.1695  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

18

3.1550  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

10

3.1785  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

10

3.1735  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

42

3.2271  GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

 relevant

 security

Product  description

Nature of dealing

Number of

 reference

 securities

Price per

 unit

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2

3.1745  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

535

3.2020  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,794

3.1749  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,177

3.1805  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

17,498

3.1670  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

20,111

3.1694  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

55,367

3.2149  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

64,981

3.1771  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

336,981

3.1910  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

364,119

3.2290  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1

3.2300  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,305

3.2290  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,814

3.2017  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,290

3.2088  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,500

3.2070  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,430

3.1885  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

5,806

3.2289  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

8,021

3.2093  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,730

3.1770  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

91,043

3.1814  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

217,930

3.2236  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,245

3.1745  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,480

3.1530  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,053

3.1824  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,228

3.1700  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,432

3.2090  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,566

3.2056  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,322

3.2042  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,693

3.2285  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,896

3.2288  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

44,534

3.1753  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

58,700

3.1736  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

86,716

3.2250  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

210,640

3.2290  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

252,353

3.2290  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,290

3.1550  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,814

3.2292  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,300

3.1407  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,000

3.1533  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

18,554

3.1551  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

41,443

3.2290  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

67,765

3.2289  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

466,610

3.2288  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

1,556

3.1413  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

30,798

3.2288  GBP









(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions

 (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

 of

 relevant

 security

Product

 description

Writing,

 purchasing,

 selling,

 varying etc

Number

 of

 securities

 to which

 option

 relates

Exercise

 price

 per unit

Type

Expiry

 date

Option

 money

 paid/

 received

 per unit

















(ii)

Exercising

 






Class of relevant

 security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

 securities

Exercise price per

 unit














(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

 security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 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 person 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:

21-Mar-24

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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