Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

Barclays PLC

25 April 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:				24 Apr 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?				INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY
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:			14,499,692	1.05%	7,433,328	0.54%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			7,272,163	0.53%	13,672,114	0.99%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			21,771,855	1.58%	21,105,442	1.53%
(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		1,934,463		3.4602  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,802,679		3.4600  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		506,376		3.4639  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		227,689		3.4645  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		213,981		3.4681  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		206,924		3.4664  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		108,371		3.4606  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		105,852		3.4661  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		92,603		3.4694  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		82,616		3.4705  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		70,657		3.4671  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		67,286		3.4695  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		61,195		3.4685  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		42,049		3.4730  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		36,105		3.4498  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		24,218		3.4714  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		24,063		3.4748  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		23,779		3.4552  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		22,313		3.4793  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		19,197		3.4737  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,700		3.4775  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		18,368		3.4640  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		17,300		3.4605  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		16,845		3.4786  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		14,566		3.4734  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,609		3.4609  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,606		3.4620  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		11,384		3.4660  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,886		3.4400  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,418		3.4500  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,106		3.4560  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,035		3.4622  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,342		3.4420  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,053		3.4540  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,042		3.4520  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,663		3.4740  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,402		3.4580  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,287		3.4497  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,501		3.4739  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,386		3.4480  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,303		3.4720  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,191		3.4360  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,601		3.4492  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,428		3.4784  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,367		3.4783  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,278		3.4680  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,007		3.4926  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,779		3.4700  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,448		3.4380  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,173		3.4820  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		882		3.4860  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		870		3.4760  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		841		3.4440  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		829		3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		702		3.4460  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		326		3.4541  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		124		3.4920  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		67		3.4615  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,064,789		3.4657  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		761,634		3.4734  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		692,071		3.4600  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		342,905		3.4605  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		230,135		3.4586  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		96,051		3.4669  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		87,831		3.4576  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		60,591		3.4620  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		54,848		3.4629  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		47,400		3.4610  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		30,050		3.4633  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		27,800		3.4490  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		26,120		3.4546  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,786		3.4645  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		21,595		3.4609  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,515		3.4709  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,097		3.4499  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,903		3.4517  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		16,563		3.4711  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		15,101		3.4559  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,215		3.4516  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,076		3.4644  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,922		3.4677  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,459		3.4500  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,106		3.4560  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		8,435		3.4640  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,269		3.4580  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,342		3.4420  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,186		3.4778  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,615		3.4800  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,252		3.4481  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,053		3.4540  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5,042		3.4520  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,663		3.4740  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,487		3.4612  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,354		3.4480  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,176		3.4521  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,623		3.4400  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,423		3.4700  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,303		3.4720  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,230		3.4542  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,191		3.4360  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,174		3.4655  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,291		3.4369  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,278		3.4680  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,239		3.4792  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,711		3.4440  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,585		3.4732  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,514		3.4660  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,457		3.4510  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,448		3.4380  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,284		3.4452  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,173		3.4820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,105		3.4802  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		970		3.4760  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		929		3.4880  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		882		3.4860  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		829		3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		702		3.4460  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		593		3.4723  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		581		3.4819  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		124		3.4920  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		87		3.4776  GBP
(b)	Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of		Product		Nature of dealing		Number of	Price per
relevant		description				reference	unit
security						securities
10p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		57	3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,082	3.4499  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		2,399	3.4579  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		5,252	3.4481  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		21,820	3.4649  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		87,831	3.4576  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Closing Long		97,601	3.4587  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Closing Long		223,757	3.4600  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		925	3.4680  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,827	3.4675  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		9,870	3.4660  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		17,300	3.4605  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		23,873	3.4757  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		47,991	3.4685  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		70	3.4508  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		581	3.4819  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,644	3.4700  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,250	3.4928  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		5,878	3.4673  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		9,063	3.4613  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		41,478	3.4657  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		260,937	3.4584  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		649	3.4809  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		105,852	3.4661  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		179,350	3.4675  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		190,061	3.4642  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		586,546	3.4600  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		38	3.4774  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		49	3.4778  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		165	3.4761  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		213	3.4364  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		215	3.4747  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		283	3.4366  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		386	3.4554  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		428	3.4645  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		492	3.4628  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		559	3.4555  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,205	3.4725  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,312	3.4496  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,795	3.4370  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		1,823	3.4498  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		2,254	3.4662  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		3,762	3.4557  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		11,880	3.4499  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		16,903	3.4517  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		27,800	3.4490  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Long		77,103	3.4640  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		57	3.4900  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		124	3.4920  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		637	3.4920  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		920	3.4640  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		1,370	3.4930  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		2,367	3.4783  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		2,697	3.4643  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		3,501	3.4739  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		14,037	3.4462  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		50,335	3.4610  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		62,928	3.4676  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		206,924	3.4664  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Opening Short		743,936	3.4600  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Opening Short		1,566,208	3.4600  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:				25 Apr 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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