Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc Replacement

Barclays PLC

02 October 2024

 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a Replaces form Released at 27/09/2024 15:25 RNS Number : 0839G
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:				26 Sep 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:			33,406,346	2.42%	26,584,469	1.93%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			11,130,675	0.81%	31,980,883	2.32%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%
	TOTAL:			44,537,021	3.23%	58,565,352	4.25%
(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		148,652		4.5838  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		140,566		4.5893  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		53,715		4.5840  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		51,505		4.5981  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		37,124		4.5862  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		25,975		4.5848  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		10,570		4.5951  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,288		4.5846  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,207		4.6027  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,965		4.5807  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,412		4.5819  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		4,854		4.5851  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,330		4.5769  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,883		4.5842  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,735		4.5955  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,656		4.5849  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,614		4.5763  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		714		4.6060  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		625		4.6260  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		598		4.6220  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		598		4.5980  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		32		4.5827  GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		15		4.5820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		43,380		4.5998  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,975		4.5848  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,775		4.5974  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,474		4.5841  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,879		4.5842  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,801		4.5949  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		11,068		4.5840  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,270		4.6058  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,451		4.5804  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,205		4.5821  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,814		4.6045  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,804		4.5910  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,947		4.6005  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,816		4.5751  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,815		4.5970  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,755		4.5814  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,565		4.5739  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,356		4.5786  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,315		4.5980  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		634		4.5930  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		598		4.5940  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		440		4.5920  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		159		4.6020  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		33		4.5820  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		30		4.5822  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13		4.5532  GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		5		4.5620  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 Short		1,816	4.5751  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		18,842	4.5841  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,804	4.5910  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		14,801	4.5949  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		19,775	4.5974  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		1,315	4.5980  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		105	4.6060  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,614	4.5763  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		2,330	4.5769  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		68,088	4.5840  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		45,992	4.5844  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,656	4.5849  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,854	4.5851  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		37,124	4.5862  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		140,566	4.5893  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		36,080	4.5949  GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		42,747	4.5978  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		13	4.5530  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,638	4.5784  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		141	4.5839  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		141	4.5839  GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		25,975	4.5848  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:				27 Sep 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

 

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