31st Jul 2024 15:10
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): |
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(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: | DS SMITH PLC | |||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: |
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(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 30 Jul 2024 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | YES: 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: | 34,266,482 | 2.48% | 32,578,405 | 2.36% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 12,291,742 | 0.89% | 33,825,231 | 2.45% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 46,558,224 | 3.37% | 66,403,636 | 4.81% | |||
(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchase and sales | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Purchase/sale | Number of securities | Price per unit | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 258,130 | 4.5405 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 218,541 | 4.5485 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 122,254 | 4.5562 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 94,860 | 4.5433 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 80,025 | 4.5400 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 61,506 | 4.5408 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 44,263 | 4.5599 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 39,662 | 4.5581 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 37,965 | 4.5303 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 35,302 | 4.5487 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,329 | 4.5569 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,611 | 4.5534 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,253 | 4.5568 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,697 | 4.5565 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,320 | 4.5469 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,298 | 4.5456 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,814 | 4.5647 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,784 | 4.5300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,868 | 4.5500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,836 | 4.5510 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,387 | 4.5648 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,355 | 4.5280 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,300 | 4.5320 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,296 | 4.5722 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,233 | 4.5525 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,044 | 4.5715 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 984 | 4.5580 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 949 | 4.5441 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 906 | 4.5600 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 846 | 4.5480 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 817 | 4.5530 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 795 | 4.5620 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 726 | 4.5680 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 715 | 4.5520 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 603 | 4.5260 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 510 | 4.5560 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 146 | 4.5340 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 120,174 | 4.5400 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 107,339 | 4.5390 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 103,557 | 4.5425 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 100,900 | 4.5495 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 71,279 | 4.5535 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 56,083 | 4.5490 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 33,520 | 4.5404 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 19,245 | 4.5618 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 18,889 | 4.5583 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 14,729 | 4.5620 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,235 | 4.5507 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,193 | 4.5547 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,063 | 4.5300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,727 | 4.5595 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,692 | 4.5500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,652 | 4.5589 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,065 | 4.5597 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,983 | 4.5599 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,814 | 4.5647 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,464 | 4.5550 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,928 | 4.5280 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,823 | 4.5530 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,721 | 4.5520 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,682 | 4.5312 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,617 | 4.5614 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,506 | 4.5250 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,301 | 4.5625 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,274 | 4.5260 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,051 | 4.5510 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 984 | 4.5580 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 846 | 4.5480 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 731 | 4.5320 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 698 | 4.5680 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 539 | 4.5779 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 510 | 4.5560 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 174 | 4.5485 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 24 | 4.5410 GBP | ||||
(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number of reference securities | Price per unit | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 52,142 | 4.5400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 510 | 4.5560 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,888 | 4.5620 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,814 | 4.5647 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 60,806 | 4.5400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 50,000 | 4.5510 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 716 | 4.5602 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 22,409 | 4.5390 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 100,900 | 4.5495 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,235 | 4.5507 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,022 | 4.5560 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,065 | 4.5597 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 61,432 | 4.5400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 75,755 | 4.5403 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,822 | 4.5485 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 122,254 | 4.5562 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 39,662 | 4.5581 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 795 | 4.5620 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 34,182 | 4.5400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 44,263 | 4.5599 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 100,000 | 4.5580 GBP | |||
(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Product description | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc | Number of securities to which option relates | Exercise price per unit | Type | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant security | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit | |||
(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if 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 person 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 |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 31 Jul 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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