5th Sep 2024 15:03
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: | 04 Sep 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? | INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY |
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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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| 33,080,241 | 2.40% | 28,582,160 | 2.07% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 11,154,337 | 0.81% | 32,796,478 | 2.38% |
(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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| 44,234,578 | 3.20% | 61,378,638 | 4.45% |
(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 | 625,651 | 4.6540 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 199,760 | 4.6432 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 166,085 | 4.6519 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 54,818 | 4.6397 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 32,297 | 4.6656 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 19,304 | 4.6400 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 18,007 | 4.6642 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,570 | 4.6707 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,525 | 4.6647 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 12,578 | 4.6735 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,545 | 4.6527 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,576 | 4.6635 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,564 | 4.6595 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,554 | 4.6698 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,545 | 4.6640 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,451 | 4.6667 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,904 | 4.6563 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,647 | 4.6680 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,632 | 4.6598 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,744 | 4.6496 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,740 | 4.6440 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,354 | 4.6395 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,279 | 4.6591 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,256 | 4.6655 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,083 | 4.6360 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,028 | 4.6500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 769 | 4.6780 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 724 | 4.6550 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 698 | 4.6523 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 694 | 4.6645 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 651 | 4.6700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 604 | 4.6600 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 589 | 4.6460 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 350 | 4.6589 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6 | 4.6427 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2 | 4.6520 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 304,790 | 4.6570 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 113,132 | 4.6538 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 97,384 | 4.6670 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 75,739 | 4.6450 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 69,787 | 4.6624 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 62,510 | 4.6540 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 59,124 | 4.6654 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 56,265 | 4.6460 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 51,869 | 4.6577 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 45,046 | 4.6443 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 42,194 | 4.6600 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 37,614 | 4.6434 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 31,054 | 4.6400 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 24,169 | 4.6611 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 22,196 | 4.6646 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 18,987 | 4.6548 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 18,000 | 4.6520 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 10,824 | 4.6586 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 8,226 | 4.6551 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,170 | 4.6545 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,827 | 4.6608 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,449 | 4.6567 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,357 | 4.6658 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,980 | 4.6553 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,722 | 4.6565 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,445 | 4.6522 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,497 | 4.6526 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,165 | 4.6530 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,070 | 4.6576 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,933 | 4.6672 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,911 | 4.6820 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,860 | 4.6566 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,740 | 4.6440 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,665 | 4.6584 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,166 | 4.6560 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,083 | 4.6360 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 990 | 4.6660 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 922 | 4.6564 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 778 | 4.6420 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 769 | 4.6780 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 689 | 4.6860 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 651 | 4.6700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 605 | 4.6534 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 449 | 4.6640 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 197 | 4.6653 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 10 | 4.6452 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2 | 4.6524 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 | Increasing Short | 15,575 | 4.6522 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 450 | 4.6360 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 30,536 | 4.6400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 69 | 4.6460 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,497 | 4.6526 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,165 | 4.6530 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 33,784 | 4.6590 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,628 | 4.6598 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 12,334 | 4.6602 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,753 | 4.6609 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 24,169 | 4.6611 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 69,787 | 4.6624 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 20,973 | 4.6640 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,423 | 4.6393 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 102,435 | 4.6400 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 82,819 | 4.6479 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,545 | 4.6527 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 17,967 | 4.6531 USD | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,904 | 4.6563 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 350 | 4.6589 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,632 | 4.6598 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 260 | 4.6600 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 81,199 | 4.6622 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 434 | 4.6673 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 10 | 4.6450 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 605 | 4.6531 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6 | 4.6433 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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Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
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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: | 05 Sep 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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