Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

28 February 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:				27 Feb 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
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:			9,152,901	0.66%	5,187,312	0.38%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			4,752,357	0.35%	8,767,093	0.64%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			13,905,258	1.01%	13,954,405	1.01%
(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		440,531		3.1841  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		102,056		3.1949  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		93,957		3.1899  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		46,150		3.1846  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		38,975		3.1888  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		35,064		3.1902  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		22,842		3.1891  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13,651		3.1886  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13,387		3.1840  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,909		3.1883  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,864		3.1842  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,781		3.1850  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,693		3.1845  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,909		3.1872  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,805		3.1875  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,685		3.1862  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,856		3.1882  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,655		3.1874  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,013		3.1858  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,007		3.1920  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		867		3.1880  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		600		3.1885  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		518		3.1830  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		312		3.1870  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12		3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1		3.1946  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		85,795		3.1840  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		37,121		3.1873  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,371		3.1841  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,900		3.1860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,369		3.1897  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,919		3.1885  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,195		3.1941  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,864		3.1846  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,308		3.1876  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,980		3.1904  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,196		3.1881  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,478		3.1957  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,007		3.1914  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,845		3.1907  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,655		3.1877  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,478		3.1955  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,325		3.1857  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,060		3.1890  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,322		3.1893  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,043		3.1930  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,007		3.1920  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		867		3.1880  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		600		3.1888  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		150		3.1910  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		74		3.1937  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		28		3.1870  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12		3.1913  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 Long		8,693	3.1844  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,670	3.1892  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,028	3.1949  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		93,957	3.1899  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		147,765	3.1840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		156,508	3.1842  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,322	3.1893  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,538	3.1866  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,831	3.1911  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,000	3.1899  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		48,532	3.1840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,043	3.1930  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,054	3.1890  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,478	3.1955  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,845	3.1907  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,478	3.1957  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		552	3.1919  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,786	3.1879  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,785	3.1894  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,866	3.1877  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,901	3.1875  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,570	3.1907  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,842	3.1891  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		138,960	3.1840  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:				28 Feb 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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