Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC
26 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:

25 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:

 

 

15,904,751

1.15%

10,968,708

0.80%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

and/or controlled:

 

 

7,392,832

0.54%

15,511,796

1.13%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

 

 

 

 

 

and agreements to purchase/sell:

 

 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL:

 

 

23,297,583

1.69%

26,480,504

1.92%

(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

657,931

3.5099  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

192,415

3.4987  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

142,131

3.5100  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

112,863

3.5090  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

108,850

3.4959  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

106,870

3.4933  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

88,164

3.5096  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

74,841

3.4787  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

55,770

3.5036  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

51,280

3.4939  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

34,497

3.5001  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

27,853

3.5073  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

25,903

3.4978  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

18,150

3.4960  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

13,699

3.4870  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

9,876

3.4849  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

8,910

3.4983  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

6,504

3.4938  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,938

3.4990  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,820

3.4881  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,352

3.5105  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,337

3.4815  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,864

3.4940  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,381

3.4875  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,320

3.4818  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,919

3.4886  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,225

3.4760  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,211

3.4916  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

983

3.4910  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

812

3.4797  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

789

3.5060  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

335

3.4970  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

685,319

3.5100  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

483,648

3.5094  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

101,706

3.5054  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

88,164

3.5096  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

59,901

3.4899  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

27,474

3.4829  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

24,361

3.4859  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

19,763

3.4966  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

19,662

3.4947  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

17,224

3.4791  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

12,129

3.4956  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

9,546

3.4948  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,378

3.4994  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,861

3.4917  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,850

3.5011  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,842

3.4993  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,304

3.4950  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,242

3.4964  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,920

3.4880  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,403

3.4785  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,864

3.4940  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,609

3.4760  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,240

3.4757  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,176

3.4895  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,234

3.4850  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,232

3.4780  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,207

3.4857  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

983

3.4910  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

935

3.4765  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

881

3.4877  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

789

3.5060  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

724

3.5103  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

335

3.4870  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

145

3.5007  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

55

3.5005  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

20

3.5090  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

1,211

3.4916  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,320

3.4818  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,337

3.4815  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,657

3.5034  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,917

3.4888  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,315

3.5041  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,352

3.5105  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

13,364

3.4870  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

21,488

3.5030  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

25,310

3.5040  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

51,280

3.4939  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

55,134

3.5088  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

145

3.5007  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

454

3.4959  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,449

3.5027  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,099

3.5097  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

4,647

3.5006  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

5,850

3.5011  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

8,298

3.4875  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

17,224

3.4791  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

26,587

3.5061  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

52,034

3.5100  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

88,164

3.5096  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

179,657

3.5100  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

344

3.4759  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,384

3.4760  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,403

3.4785  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

4,329

3.4913  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,130

3.4830  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

39,894

3.5046  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

59,901

3.4899  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

170,644

3.5099  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

227

3.4959  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

570

3.5067  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,071

3.4903  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,281

3.4882  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,381

3.4875  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,915

3.4928  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,099

3.4902  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,835

3.4916  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,497

3.5001  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

44,348

3.4917  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

74,841

3.4787  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

185,591

3.4946  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

192,278

3.5100  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1,978

3.4819  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

9,244

3.5063  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:

26 Mar 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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