31st Jan 2025 18:03
FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2aReplaces form Released at 06/01/2025 14:23 RNS Number : 2873S | |||||||
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: | 03 Jan 2025 | |||||
(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: | 32,931,096 | 2.37% | 16,159,905 | 1.17% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 12,674,620 | 0.92% | 31,552,075 | 2.29% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 45,605,716 | 3.28% | 47,711,980 | 3.46% | |||
(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 | 407,265 | 5.4600 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 42,523 | 5.4626 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 38,716 | 5.4750 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 19,761 | 5.4713 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 17,888 | 5.4724 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 17,267 | 5.4755 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,937 | 5.4696 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 11,337 | 5.4762 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 10,093 | 5.4745 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 9,088 | 5.4731 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,403 | 5.4813 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,108 | 5.4652 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,582 | 5.4598 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,552 | 5.4631 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,513 | 5.4702 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,259 | 5.4709 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,243 | 5.4726 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,010 | 5.4644 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,872 | 5.4818 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,446 | 5.4800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,344 | 5.4698 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,911 | 5.4900 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,781 | 5.4700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,690 | 5.4653 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,332 | 5.4838 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,294 | 5.4630 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,257 | 5.4926 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 625 | 5.4650 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 578 | 5.4850 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 519 | 5.4550 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 469 | 5.4733 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 243 | 5.5000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 185 | 5.4703 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 94 | 5.4531 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 248,917 | 5.4605 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 136,917 | 5.4600 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 66,512 | 5.4677 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 47,755 | 5.4711 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 34,665 | 5.4653 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 29,649 | 5.4630 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 22,789 | 5.4651 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 20,424 | 5.4602 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 17,888 | 5.4729 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,091 | 5.4724 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,403 | 5.4818 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,785 | 5.4750 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,344 | 5.4703 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,183 | 5.4702 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,952 | 5.4751 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,870 | 5.4800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,781 | 5.4700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,550 | 5.4900 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 707 | 5.4650 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 622 | 5.4559 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 578 | 5.4850 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 519 | 5.4550 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 313 | 5.4710 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 290 | 5.4599 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 262 | 5.4823 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 | 46,854 | 5.4721 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,298 | 5.4578 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 56,647 | 5.4600 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 16,700 | 5.4603 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 930 | 5.4609 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 29,649 | 5.4630 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 21,447 | 5.4636 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,175 | 5.4637 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,997 | 5.4655 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 66,512 | 5.4677 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,183 | 5.4702 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,091 | 5.4724 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,582 | 5.4598 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 939 | 5.4600 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,572 | 5.4686 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,243 | 5.4726 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 61 | 5.4750 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,337 | 5.4762 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,257 | 5.4927 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 313 | 5.4546 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 79,670 | 5.4600 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 172 | 5.4600 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 7,908 | 5.4804 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: | 31 Jan 2025 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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