1st Oct 2024 16:18
FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3bReplaces form Released at 24/09/2024 14:50 RNS Number : 4797F | |||||||
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: | 23 Sep 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 COMPANY | |||||
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: | 33,288,729 | 2.41% | 26,914,202 | 1.95% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 11,202,603 | 0.81% | 31,855,352 | 2.31% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 44,491,332 | 3.22% | 58,769,554 | 4.26% | |||
(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 | 252,168 | 4.6041 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 211,980 | 4.5812 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 180,243 | 4.5697 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 116,559 | 4.5942 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 89,433 | 4.5742 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 71,927 | 4.5700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 58,302 | 4.5715 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 49,662 | 4.5798 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 46,532 | 4.5976 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 32,906 | 4.6029 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 17,733 | 4.6501 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 14,815 | 4.6096 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,195 | 4.6116 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,858 | 4.6002 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 7,332 | 4.6004 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,824 | 4.6087 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,655 | 4.5894 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,664 | 4.5970 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,634 | 4.6040 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,638 | 4.5820 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,566 | 4.6074 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,359 | 4.6020 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,335 | 4.6242 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,893 | 4.6055 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 989 | 4.6060 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 808 | 4.6240 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 731 | 4.6340 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 665 | 4.6365 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 568 | 4.5690 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 438 | 4.6155 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 227 | 4.6000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 52 | 4.5800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,405,100 | 4.6840 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 277,623 | 4.5724 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 177,117 | 4.5700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 91,704 | 4.5880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 68,468 | 4.5853 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 15,931 | 4.6050 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 15,534 | 4.5982 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 14,855 | 4.6501 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 13,712 | 4.6015 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 13,586 | 4.6339 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 11,036 | 4.5894 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,446 | 4.5936 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,188 | 4.5690 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,518 | 4.5897 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,341 | 4.5962 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,884 | 4.5748 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,664 | 4.5976 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,431 | 4.6287 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,878 | 4.6500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,383 | 4.6024 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,359 | 4.6020 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,225 | 4.6060 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,815 | 4.6068 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,456 | 4.6000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,455 | 4.6035 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,094 | 4.5680 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 808 | 4.6245 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 731 | 4.6345 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 505 | 4.6300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 438 | 4.6160 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 174 | 4.6410 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 | Decreasing Short | 5,006 | 4.5690 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,915 | 4.5807 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,289 | 4.5867 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 43,650 | 4.5898 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 5,341 | 4.5962 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 15,534 | 4.5982 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 3,431 | 4.6287 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 174 | 4.6410 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,405,100 | 4.6840 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 33,015 | 4.5700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 23,264 | 4.5711 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 58,302 | 4.5715 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 116,559 | 4.5942 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 26,953 | 4.5990 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 7,858 | 4.6002 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 43,288 | 4.6013 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 404 | 4.6040 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 252,168 | 4.6041 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,335 | 4.6242 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 13,664 | 4.5700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 787 | 4.6297 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 90 | 4.6340 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 17 | 4.5700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 195 | 4.5702 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 90 | 4.6340 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: | 01 Oct 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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