Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

15 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:				14 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:			13,693,348	0.99%	7,313,402	0.53%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,444,515	0.54%	13,955,925	1.01%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,137,863	1.53%	21,269,327	1.54%
(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		568,438		3.3894  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		416,623		3.3610  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		301,189		3.3698  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		264,615		3.3836  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		240,200		3.3794  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		123,015		3.3570  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		50,510		3.3558  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		49,939		3.3554  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		47,772		3.3696  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,075		3.3590  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,335		3.3612  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,810		3.3879  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,043		3.3641  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,000		3.3480  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,513		3.3910  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		768		3.3593  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		516		3.3600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		217		3.3670  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1		3.3450  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		501,749		3.3613  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		243,503		3.3610  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		149,586		3.3716  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		127,985		3.3837  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		82,681		3.3652  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		79,887		3.3609  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		78,644		3.3826  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		69,368		3.3611  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		59,343		3.3849  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		58,230		3.3694  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		41,343		3.3855  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		35,873		3.3607  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		23,107		3.3701  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		18,733		3.3917  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,518		3.3686  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,300		3.3530  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,007		3.3671  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,757		3.3870  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,698		3.3947  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,535		3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,000		3.3480  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,374		3.3729  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,136		3.3898  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,512		3.3910  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		516		3.3603  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		516		3.3600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		500		3.3510  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		259		3.3940  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		256		3.3535  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1		3.3450  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		295		3.3590  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		20	3.4010  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		157	3.3470  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		217	3.3670  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,508	3.3631  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,761	3.4017  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,043	3.3641  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		7,397	3.3463  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		68,600	3.3794  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		123,015	3.3570  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		137,361	3.3609  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		5	3.3620  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		154	3.3581  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		466	3.3559  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,015	3.3625  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,642	3.3545  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,903	3.3609  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,698	3.3947  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		11,300	3.3530  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		12,321	3.3928  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		21,220	3.3850  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		49,039	3.3610  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		165,030	3.3610  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		259	3.3940  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,483	3.3590  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		5,535	3.3840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		10,990	3.3937  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		35,873	3.3607  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		41,343	3.3855  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		77,838	3.3608  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		79,887	3.3609  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		116,995	3.3828  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		392,327	3.3592  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1	3.3500  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		5	3.3620  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		233	3.3559  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,408	3.3714  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,707	3.3729  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		21,877	3.3610  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,203	3.3598  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		49,939	3.3554  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		50,510	3.3558  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		51,883	3.3755  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		105,010	3.3827  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		171,600	3.3794  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		180,317	3.3609  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		568,438	3.3894  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:				15 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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