13th Dec 2024 15:16
FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3aReplaces form Released at 05/12/2024 13:31 RNS Number : 0178P | |||||||
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: | 04 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 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: | 33,964,274 | 2.46% | 23,431,301 | 1.70% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 12,066,002 | 0.87% | 32,817,414 | 2.38% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 46,030,276 | 3.33% | 56,248,715 | 4.07% | |||
(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 | 269,180 | 5.8177 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 161,424 | 5.7809 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 129,213 | 5.8082 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 61,232 | 5.7989 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 60,022 | 5.7700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 49,729 | 5.8171 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 45,656 | 5.8061 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 40,344 | 5.8186 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 36,701 | 5.7731 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 23,600 | 5.8090 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 22,831 | 5.8096 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 21,768 | 5.8114 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 21,247 | 5.8127 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 19,329 | 5.7800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 15,288 | 5.8190 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,204 | 5.8254 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 11,297 | 5.8309 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 10,393 | 5.8133 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,543 | 5.8497 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,379 | 5.8658 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,684 | 5.7746 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,544 | 5.8246 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,336 | 5.8100 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,929 | 5.8552 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,615 | 5.7550 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,351 | 5.8382 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,318 | 5.8573 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,107 | 5.7472 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,976 | 5.8000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,964 | 5.7979 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,609 | 5.7500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,508 | 5.8200 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,300 | 5.7558 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,241 | 5.8300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,235 | 5.7450 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,193 | 5.8400 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,146 | 5.8525 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,128 | 5.7399 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 810 | 5.8450 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 798 | 5.7443 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 651 | 5.8606 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 567 | 5.8500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 556 | 5.8550 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 522 | 5.7475 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 249 | 5.7701 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 174 | 5.7900 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 117 | 5.8644 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 317,650 | 5.7700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 92,019 | 5.7981 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 57,067 | 5.7950 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 55,463 | 5.8401 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 50,730 | 5.7734 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 46,395 | 5.7688 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 37,343 | 5.8428 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 37,096 | 5.8295 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 36,701 | 5.7731 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 34,634 | 5.8043 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 13,974 | 5.8084 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 13,829 | 5.8271 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 10,810 | 5.8451 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 9,195 | 5.8309 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,785 | 5.8511 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,543 | 5.8503 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,541 | 5.8037 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,482 | 5.8405 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,978 | 5.8100 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,536 | 5.7910 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,676 | 5.8482 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,929 | 5.8557 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,796 | 5.8237 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,263 | 5.7838 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,024 | 5.7800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,976 | 5.8000 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,825 | 5.8665 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,801 | 5.8504 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,508 | 5.8200 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,357 | 5.8314 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,242 | 5.7657 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,241 | 5.8300 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,235 | 5.7450 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,198 | 5.7602 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,193 | 5.8400 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 810 | 5.8450 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 739 | 5.8500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 584 | 5.8530 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 577 | 5.8655 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 562 | 5.8525 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 556 | 5.8550 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 542 | 5.7500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 522 | 5.7475 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 174 | 5.7900 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 142 | 5.8027 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 | 1,198 | 5.7602 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 46,395 | 5.7688 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 11,957 | 5.7700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 34,906 | 5.7760 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,642 | 5.8100 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,235 | 5.8268 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 13,829 | 5.8271 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,357 | 5.8314 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 84,530 | 5.7700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 249 | 5.7701 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 42,112 | 5.7762 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 45,656 | 5.8061 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 129,213 | 5.8082 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 23,600 | 5.8089 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,831 | 5.8096 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 40,023 | 5.8118 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 27,757 | 5.8150 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 21,731 | 5.8264 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 20,216 | 5.8460 USD | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 2,318 | 5.8573 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 860 | 5.7546 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 233 | 5.7700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 36,701 | 5.7731 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 13,203 | 5.8550 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 9,015 | 5.7503 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 233 | 5.7700 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 13,203 | 5.8550 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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