Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

22 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:				21 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:			15,086,007	1.10%	10,525,092	0.76%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,575,178	0.55%	15,301,023	1.11%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			22,661,185	1.65%	25,826,115	1.87%
(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		281,933		3.4961  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		273,740		3.4958  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		262,977		3.4906  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		235,550		3.4890  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		150,000		3.4922  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		114,754		3.4883  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		84,246		3.4821  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		66,502		3.5002  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		51,916		3.4924  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		44,634		3.4938  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		33,638		3.4940  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		31,797		3.4937  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		25,640		3.4972  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,562		3.4904  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,827		3.4703  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,802		3.4930  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,993		3.4965  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		7,428		3.4933  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,922		3.4855  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,744		3.5040  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,056		3.4974  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,619		3.5028  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,597		3.4925  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,409		3.4955  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,281		3.4812  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,218		3.4850  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,134		3.4976  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,874		3.4750  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,775		3.4710  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,554		3.4985  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,473		3.5024  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,367		3.4975  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,283		3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,001		3.4790  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		863		3.4950  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		803		3.4910  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		803		3.4990  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		541		3.4908  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		452		3.4730  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		312		3.4870  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		255		3.5010  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,800,642		3.4750  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		163,420		3.4962  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		147,115		3.4921  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		130,408		3.4889  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		110,676		3.4890  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		84,466		3.4963  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		77,248		3.4951  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		68,586		3.4959  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		65,559		3.4930  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		55,384		3.4923  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		54,215		3.4891  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		52,018		3.4925  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		44,634		3.4938  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		28,061		3.4950  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		23,850		3.4877  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		21,042		3.4916  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		18,269		3.4833  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,837		3.4846  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,475		3.4943  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,616		3.4969  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,082		3.4970  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,336		3.4828  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,935		3.4871  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,652		3.4987  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,493		3.4840  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,445		3.4968  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,178		3.4907  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,922		3.4855  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,780		3.4940  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,599		3.4864  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,703		3.4783  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,660		3.4939  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,447		3.4965  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,332		3.4703  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,284		3.4815  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,159		3.4960  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,110		3.4728  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,883		3.4710  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,693		3.4803  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,495		3.4899  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,358		3.4971  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,281		3.4812  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,789		3.4760  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,710		3.4975  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,556		3.4910  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,372		3.5024  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,366		3.4820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,283		3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,152		3.4947  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,013		3.4860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,001		3.4790  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		847		3.4725  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		803		3.4990  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		572		3.4915  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		452		3.4730  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		248		3.4720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		28,046		3.4870  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		150	3.4750  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		255	3.5010  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		547	3.4830  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,037	3.4842  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		1,551	3.4955  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		2,027	3.4890  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		3,056	3.4974  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		8,064	3.4985  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		18,562	3.4904  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		57,401	3.5008  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		377	3.4889  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		4,002	3.4890  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		6,311	3.4973  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		26,271	3.4890  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		40,385	3.4916  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		77,248	3.4951  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,168	3.4938  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,342	3.4916  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		6,150	3.4925  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,396	3.4889  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		14,892	3.4912  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		24,206	3.4953  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		37,492	3.4892  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		38,806	3.4890  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		61,292	3.4964  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		377	3.4889  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		1,283	3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,476	3.4891  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		3,529	3.4903  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,887	3.4936  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		39,965	3.4933  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		116,012	3.4890  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		233,740	3.4902  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		267,280	3.4958  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 Mar 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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