27th Mar 2024 12:58
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: | 26 Mar 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 PLC |
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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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| 15,789,689 | 1.15% | 12,091,836 | 0.88% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 8,458,082 | 0.61% | 15,365,001 | 1.12% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| and agreements to purchase/sell: |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 24,247,771 | 1.76% | 27,456,837 | 1.99% |
(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 | 198,953 | 3.5705 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 162,657 | 3.5132 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 126,737 | 3.5476 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 123,000 | 3.5964 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 94,201 | 3.5954 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 86,758 | 3.5657 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 57,330 | 3.5818 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 38,084 | 3.5980 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 29,969 | 3.4787 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 29,805 | 3.5724 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 29,395 | 3.5828 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 27,104 | 3.5778 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 23,999 | 3.5929 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 17,370 | 3.5985 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 16,051 | 3.5755 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,755 | 3.5791 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 10,924 | 3.5955 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 10,202 | 3.5880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 9,387 | 3.5633 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 9,197 | 3.5737 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,183 | 3.5897 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,939 | 3.5691 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,865 | 3.5927 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,622 | 3.5904 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,455 | 3.5688 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,207 | 3.5740 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,016 | 3.5833 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,571 | 3.5721 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,164 | 3.5652 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,798 | 3.5906 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,547 | 3.5945 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,702 | 3.5561 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,423 | 3.5940 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,370 | 3.5875 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,917 | 3.5336 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,688 | 3.5310 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,568 | 3.5858 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,495 | 3.5870 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,206 | 3.5641 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,257 | 3.5488 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,084 | 3.5699 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,047 | 3.5958 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,020 | 3.5990 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,801 | 3.5891 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,746 | 3.5661 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,520 | 3.5965 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,353 | 3.5450 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 830 | 3.5900 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 806 | 3.5775 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 720 | 3.5809 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 595 | 3.5500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 518 | 3.5010 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 410 | 3.5890 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 225 | 3.5390 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 33 | 3.5960 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 695,109 | 3.5709 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 600,928 | 3.5978 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 287,388 | 3.5675 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 200,000 | 3.5815 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 123,730 | 3.5979 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 118,146 | 3.5966 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 90,000 | 3.5814 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 66,031 | 3.5944 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 60,041 | 3.5981 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 35,900 | 3.5608 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 33,707 | 3.5822 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 26,196 | 3.5779 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 20,752 | 3.5980 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 17,955 | 3.5938 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 15,739 | 3.5955 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 15,556 | 3.5884 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 14,457 | 3.5770 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 13,755 | 3.5791 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,055 | 3.5859 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,547 | 3.5891 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,096 | 3.5958 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,966 | 3.5616 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,699 | 3.5803 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,559 | 3.5953 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,404 | 3.5963 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,381 | 3.5945 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,978 | 3.5975 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,440 | 3.5460 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,353 | 3.5450 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,329 | 3.5960 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,286 | 3.5940 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,173 | 3.5950 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,079 | 3.5740 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 994 | 3.5900 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 900 | 3.5970 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 807 | 3.5880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 787 | 3.5930 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 751 | 3.5956 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 720 | 3.5922 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 595 | 3.5500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 587 | 3.5990 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 518 | 3.5010 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 410 | 3.5890 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 82 | 3.5840 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 | 188 | 3.5945 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 225 | 3.5390 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 913 | 3.5980 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,018 | 3.5731 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,335 | 3.5875 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,746 | 3.5661 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 1,829 | 3.5948 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 3,917 | 3.5336 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 17,370 | 3.5985 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 27,104 | 3.5778 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 29,969 | 3.4787 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 45,618 | 3.5907 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 46,509 | 3.5132 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 446 | 3.5449 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 518 | 3.5010 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 896 | 3.5977 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,185 | 3.5960 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,705 | 3.5934 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 9,205 | 3.5937 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 19,062 | 3.5980 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 35,100 | 3.5824 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 40,779 | 3.5807 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 287,388 | 3.5675 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 297,106 | 3.5980 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 142 | 3.5954 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 416 | 3.5460 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 694 | 3.5942 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,066 | 3.5905 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,436 | 3.5943 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 35,900 | 3.5608 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 36,731 | 3.5897 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 60,759 | 3.5944 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 398,429 | 3.5979 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 695,109 | 3.5709 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 223 | 3.5449 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 896 | 3.5012 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,401 | 3.5966 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,500 | 3.5953 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 1,520 | 3.5965 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,986 | 3.5534 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,646 | 3.5545 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 5,000 | 3.5313 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 5,441 | 3.5345 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 6,999 | 3.5935 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 9,999 | 3.5943 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 10,501 | 3.5948 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,823 | 3.5560 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 19,580 | 3.5980 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,414 | 3.5609 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 116,148 | 3.5132 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 126,737 | 3.5476 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 179,781 | 3.5693 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 15,923 | 3.5980 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Opening Long | 25,232 | 3.5978 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: | 27 Mar 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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