13th Dec 2024 15:32
FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3aReplaces form Released at 09/12/2024 11:53 RNS Number : 3587P | |||||||
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 positions disclosed, if different from 1(a): |
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(c) | Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: | DS SMITH PLC | |||||
(d) | If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree: |
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(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 06 Dec 2024 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer? | YES: INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO | |||||
2. | POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any) | ||||||
Class of relevant security: | 10p ordinary | ||||||
Interests | Short Positions | ||||||
Number | (%) | Number | (%) | ||||
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: | 34,510,052 | 2.49% | 23,342,087 | 1.69% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 12,113,138 | 0.88% | 33,545,824 | 2.43% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 46,623,190 | 3.37% | 56,887,911 | 4.12% | |||
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive options) | ||||||
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists | |||||||
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: | |||||||
3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE | ||||||
(a) | Purchase and sales | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Purchase/sale | Number of securities | Price per unit | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 246,957 | 5.6227 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 114,393 | 5.6232 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 77,095 | 5.6360 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 71,972 | 5.6207 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 41,327 | 5.6250 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 29,196 | 5.6242 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 28,315 | 5.6208 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 24,509 | 5.6283 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 22,951 | 5.6074 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 22,480 | 5.6104 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 21,057 | 5.6175 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 14,091 | 5.6158 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 9,169 | 5.6236 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 9,152 | 5.6164 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,885 | 5.6258 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,365 | 5.6008 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,113 | 5.6111 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,738 | 5.6199 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,082 | 5.6210 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,866 | 5.6152 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,446 | 5.6185 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,788 | 5.6248 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,289 | 5.6266 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,789 | 5.6163 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,789 | 5.6062 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,969 | 5.6272 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,777 | 5.6126 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,591 | 5.6061 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,562 | 5.6075 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,348 | 5.6100 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,020 | 5.6263 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 771 | 5.6300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 716 | 5.6081 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 621 | 5.6066 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 574 | 5.6109 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 144 | 5.5975 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 71,972 | 5.6207 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 65,267 | 5.6201 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 64,341 | 5.6233 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 54,310 | 5.6238 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 36,802 | 5.6127 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 36,734 | 5.6250 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 33,456 | 5.6245 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 32,300 | 5.6166 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 22,301 | 5.6182 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 10,821 | 5.6053 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 9,927 | 5.6142 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,184 | 5.6210 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,556 | 5.6237 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,321 | 5.6300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,281 | 5.6203 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,808 | 5.6055 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,769 | 5.6283 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,925 | 5.6150 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,841 | 5.6079 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,831 | 5.5950 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,655 | 5.5987 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,529 | 5.6056 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 418 | 5.6075 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 268 | 5.6219 GBP | ||||
(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Product description | Nature of dealing | Number of reference securities | Price per unit | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 25,180 | 5.6218 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 102,206 | 5.6243 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,275 | 5.5450 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,655 | 5.5987 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 36,802 | 5.6127 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 32,300 | 5.6165 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 22,301 | 5.6182 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 7,184 | 5.6210 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 268 | 5.6219 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 23,249 | 5.6233 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 54,310 | 5.6238 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,854 | 5.6238 USD | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 25,642 | 5.6245 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,140 | 5.6247 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 47,539 | 5.6248 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16,593 | 5.6250 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 9,408 | 5.5985 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,365 | 5.6008 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 617 | 5.6036 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,789 | 5.6062 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,595 | 5.6073 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,951 | 5.6074 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,562 | 5.6075 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 55,588 | 5.6205 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 165,716 | 5.6250 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 79,498 | 5.6252 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 668 | 5.6250 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 71,972 | 5.6207 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 668 | 5.6250 GBP | |||
(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | ||||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Product description | Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc | Number of securities to which option relates | Exercise price per unit | Type | Expiry date | Option money paid/ received per unit |
(ii) | Exercising |
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Class of relevant security | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit | |||
(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | ||||||
Class of relevant security | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if applicable) | ||||
4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements | ||||||
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: | |||||||
NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives | ||||||
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: | |||||||
NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments |
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Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 13 Dec 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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