25th Oct 2024 13:28
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: | 24 Oct 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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| 26,066,347 | 1.88% | 25,147,770 | 1.82% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: |
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| and/or controlled: |
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| 11,468,163 | 0.83% | 25,534,853 | 1.85% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) |
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| 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
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| 37,534,510 | 2.71% | 50,682,623 | 3.67% |
(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 | 749,154 | 4.7780 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 389,000 | 4.7825 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 362,584 | 4.7774 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 231,727 | 4.7790 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 225,650 | 4.7530 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 135,538 | 4.7782 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 104,092 | 4.7798 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.8200 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.7560 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.7799 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.7540 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.8142 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.7880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.7646 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.7765 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 100,000 | 4.7569 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 88,115 | 4.7686 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 84,278 | 4.7981 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 67,776 | 4.7731 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 58,746 | 4.7800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 35,595 | 4.7905 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 29,182 | 4.7908 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 26,915 | 4.7759 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 24,381 | 4.7850 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 20,285 | 4.7935 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 14,563 | 4.7978 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,100 | 4.7789 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 12,228 | 4.7723 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,242 | 4.7670 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,817 | 4.7752 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,511 | 4.7902 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,480 | 4.7924 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,868 | 4.7822 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,730 | 4.8001 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,204 | 4.7674 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,541 | 4.8018 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,058 | 4.8005 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,117 | 4.7796 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 993 | 4.7960 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 896 | 4.8144 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 532 | 4.8000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 500 | 4.8140 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 161 | 4.7980 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 70 | 4.8020 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 42 | 4.7842 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8 | 4.7875 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4 | 4.7725 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 819,070 | 4.7800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 588,027 | 4.7756 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 532,183 | 4.7792 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 301,455 | 4.7866 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 147,264 | 4.7782 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 139,816 | 4.7680 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 129,054 | 4.7662 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 100,000 | 4.7530 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 96,799 | 4.7699 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 84,275 | 4.7981 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 70,317 | 4.7741 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 69,185 | 4.7757 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 65,870 | 4.7886 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 59,872 | 4.7836 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 52,586 | 4.7732 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 37,567 | 4.8027 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 31,727 | 4.7790 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 24,381 | 4.7850 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 23,649 | 4.7804 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 20,285 | 4.7935 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 19,931 | 4.7944 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 15,093 | 4.7798 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 13,211 | 4.7794 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 12,574 | 4.7780 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 12,144 | 4.7837 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 10,105 | 4.7812 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 9,184 | 4.7852 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,522 | 4.7834 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,511 | 4.7902 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,052 | 4.7703 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,009 | 4.8016 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,134 | 4.8082 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,034 | 4.7643 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,617 | 4.7571 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,448 | 4.7765 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,183 | 4.7857 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,042 | 4.7973 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,058 | 4.8005 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,627 | 4.7904 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,343 | 4.7801 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,277 | 4.8080 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,134 | 4.7940 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 979 | 4.7700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 941 | 4.7647 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 854 | 4.7520 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 738 | 4.8091 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 700 | 4.7660 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 618 | 4.7980 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 272 | 4.7890 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 204 | 4.8010 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 8 | 4.7880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4 | 4.7730 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3 | 4.7986 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 Long | 28,371 | 4.7816 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 33,494 | 4.7780 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 33,017 | 4.7790 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,989 | 4.7792 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,170 | 4.7796 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,343 | 4.7801 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 23,649 | 4.7804 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,518 | 4.7883 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 65,870 | 4.7886 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 31,675 | 4.7887 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 10,193 | 4.7970 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 618 | 4.7980 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,388 | 4.8013 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,134 | 4.8082 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,242 | 4.7670 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 306,546 | 4.7780 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,100 | 4.7789 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,117 | 4.7796 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 90,004 | 4.7809 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 35,595 | 4.7905 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 161 | 4.7980 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,660 | 4.7989 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 25,052 | 4.7780 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 135,538 | 4.7782 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 21,114 | 4.7810 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 671 | 4.7780 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: | 25 Oct 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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