Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

13 March 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:				12 Mar 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:			11,597,761	0.84%	6,390,978	0.46%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			6,576,864	0.48%	11,835,648	0.86%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			18,174,625	1.32%	18,226,626	1.32%
(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		745,009		3.3934  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		489,888		3.4059  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		401,646		3.4284  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		264,888		3.4222  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		247,647		3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		145,156		3.3963  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		115,038		3.4195  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		65,627		3.4177  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		36,106		3.3838  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		21,055		3.4057  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,368		3.4231  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,524		3.4216  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,652		3.4191  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,945		3.4379  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,923		3.4289  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,281		3.4244  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,238		3.4097  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,784		3.4185  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,466		3.4280  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,171		3.4313  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,698		3.4290  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,227		3.4300  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,903		3.4173  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,209		3.4078  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,459		3.4330  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,446		3.4333  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,068		3.4343  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		873		3.4410  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		840		3.3830  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		142		3.3852  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		109		3.4340  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		522,241		3.4162  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		511,562		3.3837  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		433,613		3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		190,215		3.4224  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		62,557		3.3842  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		49,655		3.3839  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		43,562		3.4186  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		41,648		3.4277  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		29,990		3.4246  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		27,473		3.4306  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		23,925		3.4300  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,060		3.4280  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,885		3.4268  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,617		3.4284  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,460		3.4253  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,485		3.4230  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,926		3.4177  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,875		3.4282  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,446		3.4290  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,210		3.4365  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		805		3.4360  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		424		3.4089  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		272		3.4270  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		88		3.3830  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		703	3.3877  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Short		218,489	3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		827	3.4300  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,209	3.4078  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,819	3.4294  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,129	3.4054  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,977	3.4209  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		25,560	3.4204  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		72,372	3.4206  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		151,762	3.3874  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		166,417	3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		489,888	3.4059  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		458	3.4339  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		557	3.4428  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,267	3.3837  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		2,820	3.4212  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,885	3.4268  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		52,784	3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		151,841	3.3839  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		40	3.4290  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		272	3.4270  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		424	3.4089  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		653	3.4309  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,880	3.4277  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,996	3.3923  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		23,925	3.4300  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		49,655	3.3839  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		363,174	3.4131  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		511,562	3.3837  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		229	3.4339  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,032	3.4172  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,267	3.4292  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,446	3.4289  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,873	3.4215  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		4,186	3.3849  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		6,281	3.4244  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		8,267	3.4230  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		27,805	3.3839  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		48,213	3.4244  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		145,156	3.3963  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		146,846	3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		192,781	3.4202  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		258,614	3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		264,888	3.4222  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:				13 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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