10th Apr 2024 14:51
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 |
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| 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 |
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| offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
| offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 09 Apr 2024 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: |
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| disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | MONDI PLCINTERNATIONAL PAPER CO |
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2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree |
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| to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) |
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Class of relevant security: | 10p ordinary | ||||||
| Interests | Short Positions | |||||
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(1) | Relevant securities owned |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 13,567,622 | 0.98% | 18,336,885 | 1.33% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 14,636,767 | 1.06% | 11,877,699 | 0.86% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 28,204,389 | 2.05% | 30,214,584 | 2.19% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive |
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Class of relevant security in relation to |
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which subscription right exists |
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Details, including nature of the rights |
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concerned and relevant percentages: |
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3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales |
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Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
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10p ordinary | Purchase | 581,028 | 4.1000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 264,373 | 4.0816 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 215,356 | 4.0974 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 179,940 | 4.0936 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 151,808 | 4.0986 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 137,409 | 4.1004 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 87,521 | 4.0954 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 78,261 | 4.0856 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 33,856 | 4.0960 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 32,920 | 4.1058 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 19,487 | 4.1061 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 17,430 | 4.0807 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,036 | 4.0846 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 11,607 | 4.0879 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 10,650 | 4.0862 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 9,177 | 4.0899 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,189 | 4.1053 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,179 | 4.1025 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,939 | 4.1056 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,230 | 4.0961 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,306 | 4.0801 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,900 | 4.0854 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,233 | 4.0814 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,182 | 4.0822 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,907 | 4.1066 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,387 | 4.0904 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,236 | 4.1078 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,110 | 4.0876 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,178 | 4.0847 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,729 | 4.1082 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,600 | 4.0886 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,507 | 4.0860 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,413 | 4.1043 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,350 | 4.0940 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,178 | 4.0929 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 620 | 4.1040 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 565 | 4.1051 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 173 | 4.1039 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 137 | 4.1170 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 34 | 4.1160 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6 | 4.1070 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 4.0988 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 850,063 | 4.0970 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 334,247 | 4.1000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 223,700 | 4.1024 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 142,380 | 4.0940 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 75,653 | 4.0952 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 72,520 | 4.0720 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 68,890 | 4.0996 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 65,617 | 4.1002 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 33,391 | 4.0817 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 29,720 | 4.0886 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 29,570 | 4.0816 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 27,834 | 4.1041 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 21,619 | 4.1080 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 20,429 | 4.0885 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 16,858 | 4.1048 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 9,833 | 4.0837 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,992 | 4.1063 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,827 | 4.0863 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,211 | 4.0987 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,259 | 4.0963 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,756 | 4.0974 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,179 | 4.0842 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,962 | 4.0976 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,738 | 4.0892 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,507 | 4.0860 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,186 | 4.0840 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 970 | 4.0880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 752 | 4.1115 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 699 | 4.1004 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 417 | 4.0900 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | -10 | 4.0988 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions |
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Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
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10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 280 | 4.0940 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 620 | 4.1040 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 700 | 4.0922 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,178 | 4.0847 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,110 | 4.0876 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,770 | 4.0939 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,607 | 4.0879 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 16,103 | 4.1025 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 19,356 | 4.0941 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 50,503 | 4.0998 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 63,891 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 179,940 | 4.0936 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 211,600 | 4.0974 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 388 | 4.0819 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,461 | 4.0889 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 3,756 | 4.0974 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,091 | 4.0890 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,921 | 4.0919 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,370 | 4.0912 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 43,283 | 4.1058 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 68,890 | 4.0996 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 72,520 | 4.0720 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 325,748 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 352,626 | 4.0927 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Long | 19 | 4.0700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 288 | 4.0860 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 724 | 4.0932 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,186 | 4.0840 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,738 | 4.0892 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,983 | 4.1050 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,179 | 4.0842 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,578 | 4.0999 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,535 | 4.0968 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 16,858 | 4.1048 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 21,619 | 4.1080 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 27,834 | 4.1042 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 64,614 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 194 | 4.0819 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 686 | 4.1065 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,507 | 4.0859 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,387 | 4.0904 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,556 | 4.0965 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,525 | 4.0809 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,862 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,390 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,650 | 4.0862 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 20,568 | 4.0932 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 147,363 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 264,373 | 4.0816 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 6,478 | 4.0997 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 3,734 | 4.0869 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 17,430 | 4.0807 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 125,074 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Short | 128,808 | 4.0992 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) |
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(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying |
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Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
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(ii) | Exercising |
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) |
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Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements |
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Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, |
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formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal |
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or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party |
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to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: |
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NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives |
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Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between |
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the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: |
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(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or |
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(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which |
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any derivative is referenced: |
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(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 10 Apr 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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