12th Apr 2024 14:20
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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(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: | 11 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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| 13,391,977 | 0.97% | 19,058,060 | 1.38% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 15,204,949 | 1.10% | 11,559,058 | 0.84% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| TOTAL: |
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| 28,596,926 | 2.07% | 30,617,118 | 2.22% |
(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 | 797,271 | 4.1273 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 762,380 | 4.1300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 167,031 | 4.0995 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 65,522 | 4.1220 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 33,841 | 4.0897 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 27,999 | 4.0916 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 20,854 | 4.0962 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 17,902 | 4.0977 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 14,680 | 4.0854 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 14,450 | 4.0820 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 12,394 | 4.0850 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,425 | 4.0884 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,268 | 4.1008 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,981 | 4.0803 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,990 | 4.0972 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,875 | 4.0823 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,626 | 4.1020 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,349 | 4.1000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,123 | 4.1100 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,083 | 4.1071 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,584 | 4.0805 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,546 | 4.0870 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,489 | 4.0811 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,432 | 4.0810 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,392 | 4.0830 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 764 | 4.0818 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 519 | 4.1040 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 225 | 4.0840 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 221 | 4.0860 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100 | 4.0800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 44 | 4.1276 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 26 | 4.0618 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 4.0754 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 940,024 | 4.1201 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 674,269 | 4.1300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 197,573 | 4.0920 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 130,394 | 4.0837 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 94,922 | 4.0846 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 75,470 | 4.0969 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 55,814 | 4.1288 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 51,565 | 4.1302 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 15,814 | 4.0827 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 15,308 | 4.0851 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 15,288 | 4.0867 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 9,436 | 4.0855 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 8,229 | 4.0927 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,184 | 4.0861 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,500 | 4.0815 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,707 | 4.0839 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,311 | 4.0887 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,920 | 4.0824 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,800 | 4.0858 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,347 | 4.0873 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,123 | 4.1104 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,890 | 4.0843 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,694 | 4.0892 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,592 | 4.1005 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,501 | 4.0820 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,214 | 4.0910 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,017 | 4.0760 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 794 | 4.1130 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 480 | 4.0904 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 232 | 4.1020 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 225 | 4.0840 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 221 | 4.0860 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 119 | 4.0810 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 100 | 4.0780 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 26 | 4.0620 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | -52 | 4.1276 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 | 84 | 4.1220 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,051 | 4.0837 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 2,349 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,610 | 4.1000 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,621 | 4.0773 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,981 | 4.0803 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 6,758 | 4.0880 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,330 | 4.0833 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 13,686 | 4.0820 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 20,854 | 4.0962 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 33,841 | 4.0897 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 60,977 | 4.1237 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 158,749 | 4.1001 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 237,582 | 4.1300 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 682 | 4.0935 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,588 | 4.0929 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,637 | 4.0927 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 11,912 | 4.1300 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 197,573 | 4.0920 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 362,041 | 4.1042 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,347 | 4.0873 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,800 | 4.0858 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,311 | 4.0887 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 5,707 | 4.0839 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 6,500 | 4.0815 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 7,722 | 4.0967 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 14,609 | 4.0920 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 19,142 | 4.0842 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 75,470 | 4.0969 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 130,394 | 4.0837 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 570,811 | 4.1300 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 100 | 4.0800 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 300 | 4.0766 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 4,815 | 4.0841 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,268 | 4.1008 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 18,473 | 4.1074 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 18,641 | 4.0839 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 21,200 | 4.1024 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 70,475 | 4.1300 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 425,085 | 4.1300 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 1,036 | 4.0823 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 46,682 | 4.0976 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 |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price |
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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: | 12 Apr 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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