20th May 2024 14:46
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: | 17 May 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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| 26,035,588 | 1.89% | 19,334,397 | 1.40% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 8,194,765 | 0.59% | 24,469,013 | 1.77% |
(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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| 34,230,353 | 2.48% | 43,803,410 | 3.18% |
(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 | 277,687 | 3.7416 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 193,265 | 3.7420 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,963 | 3.6824 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 77,771 | 3.7315 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 60,279 | 3.7317 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 52,633 | 3.6703 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 33,730 | 3.7227 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 29,469 | 3.7013 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 20,900 | 3.6993 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 14,743 | 3.6725 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,224 | 3.6701 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,720 | 3.7139 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,366 | 3.7390 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,290 | 3.7277 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,900 | 3.7209 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,760 | 3.6686 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,630 | 3.7061 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,602 | 3.7282 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,512 | 3.6983 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,020 | 3.7547 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,772 | 3.7355 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,376 | 3.7370 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,348 | 3.6793 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,174 | 3.7385 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,133 | 3.7381 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,665 | 3.7380 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,348 | 3.7235 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,647 | 3.7037 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,597 | 3.7205 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,560 | 3.6800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,353 | 3.6813 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,163 | 3.7283 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,042 | 3.6820 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 863 | 3.7080 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 795 | 3.7340 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 647 | 3.6760 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 552 | 3.7180 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 391 | 3.7393 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 3.6815 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 297,157 | 3.7376 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 102,206 | 3.7287 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 81,545 | 3.7416 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 79,870 | 3.7009 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 77,771 | 3.7315 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 46,214 | 3.7263 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 44,238 | 3.7420 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 43,114 | 3.7171 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 32,884 | 3.7247 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 17,823 | 3.6701 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 9,900 | 3.7346 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 8,484 | 3.7314 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,173 | 3.7023 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,290 | 3.7277 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,976 | 3.7050 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,900 | 3.7209 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,672 | 3.6681 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,590 | 3.6896 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,542 | 3.7285 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,228 | 3.6734 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,072 | 3.7015 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,809 | 3.7122 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,579 | 3.7380 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,236 | 3.7340 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,799 | 3.7412 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,791 | 3.6780 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,192 | 3.6760 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,079 | 3.6625 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,911 | 3.6777 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,869 | 3.7215 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,797 | 3.6716 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,678 | 3.7079 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,616 | 3.7033 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,083 | 3.7016 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,042 | 3.6820 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 948 | 3.7350 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 866 | 3.6821 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 832 | 3.7360 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 755 | 3.7000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 754 | 3.6880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 740 | 3.7220 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 662 | 3.7560 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 552 | 3.7180 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 259 | 3.6840 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 60 | 3.7110 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 40 | 3.7020 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 38 | 3.7200 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 31 | 3.7260 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | -14 | 3.7398 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 | CFD | Decreasing Short | 440 | 3.7420 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 731 | 3.7496 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,678 | 3.7080 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,911 | 3.6777 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 7,190 | 3.7162 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 22,351 | 3.7338 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 30,961 | 3.7419 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 32,069 | 3.7369 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 35,682 | 3.7420 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43,114 | 3.7171 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 58,301 | 3.7415 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 103,120 | 3.7285 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,799 | 3.7412 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 38,034 | 3.7263 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 11 | 3.7418 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 440 | 3.7420 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,353 | 3.6813 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,348 | 3.6793 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 10,923 | 3.6997 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 13,224 | 3.6701 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 15,287 | 3.6700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,498 | 3.7051 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 29,469 | 3.7013 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 33,730 | 3.7227 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 60,279 | 3.7317 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 70,335 | 3.6875 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 49,475 | 3.7154 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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NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 20 May 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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