Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc Replacement

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 2a and 3a

Replaces form released on 15:09 07/08/2024

RNS Number : 6052Z

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

 positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

(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

 offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of

 offeror/offeree:

(e)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

06-Aug-24

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

YES:

 INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY

 disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

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:

33,662,449

2.43%

32,918,191

2.38%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

12,301,586

0.89%

33,200,845

2.40%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

45,964,035

3.32%

66,119,036

4.78%

 TOTAL:

(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

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

 security

 securities

10p ordinary

Purchase

392,839

4.4441 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

227,134

4.4523 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

145,411

4.3406 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

52,632

4.3586 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

38,544

4.4231 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

36,115

4.3399 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

35,538

4.4261 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

29,967

4.3352 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

28,639

4.4561 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

21,465

4.4329 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

12,888

4.3140 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

12,692

4.3029 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

9,136

4.3293 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

8,226

4.3466 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

8,081

4.3986 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

6,971

4.3432 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,685

4.4268 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,512

4.3920 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,889

4.3796 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,606

4.3308 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,474

4.3459 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,761

4.3937 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,239

4.4540 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,780

4.3630 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,680

4.3579 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,652

4.3578 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,508

4.3514 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,500

4.3060 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,335

4.3183 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,163

4.3180 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,019

4.3302 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

819

4.3190 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

782

4.3370 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

739

4.3500 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

653

4.3400 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

652

4.4600 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

622

4.3690 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

50

4.3055 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

175,000

4.3055 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

418,420

4.4500 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

383,000

4.3779 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

227,134

4.4523 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

158,584

4.4354 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

100,155

4.4215 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

37,910

4.4608 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

27,983

4.4540 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

27,900

4.3887 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

25,745

4.3851 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

21,422

4.3520 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

19,787

4.4542 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

17,321

4.4571 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

13,821

4.4525 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,803

4.3637 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,729

4.4158 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,662

4.4297 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,121

4.4264 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,486

4.4585 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,484

4.4625 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,723

4.3379 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,631

4.3048 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,188

4.4628 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,500

4.3644 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,801

4.3823 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,520

4.4490 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

882

4.4640 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

828

4.3040 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

816

4.4773 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

749

4.3720 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

652

4.4600 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

475

4.3920 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

146

4.4624 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

63

4.3064 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

38

4.3020 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

39,875

4.4677 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

 relevant

 reference

 unit

 security

 securities

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

380

4.4500 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,367

4.4539 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

140

4.4540 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

29

4.4541 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

652

4.4600 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

146

4.4624 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

6,285

4.4671 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

50

4.3056 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

9,264

4.3361 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

50,000

4.4154 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

227,134

4.4523 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,367

4.4539 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

140

4.4540 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

29

4.4541 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

917

4.4537 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

897

4.4540 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

48,324

4.4194 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

120,605

4.4277 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

27,900

4.3887 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

28,639

4.4561 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

3,723

4.3379 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

158,584

4.4354 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59,623

4.4497 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

192,426

4.4540 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,097

4.4605 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

180

4.3140 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

37,784

4.3358 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

145,411

4.3406 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,512

4.3920 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

45,812

4.4448 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

100,155

4.4215 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,774

4.3246 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

5,362

4.3327 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

121,090

4.4540 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,321

4.4571 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

17,571

4.4667 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

28,774

4.3431 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

52,632

4.3586 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,311

4.3400 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

39,064

4.3400 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions

 (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

 of

 description

 purchasing,

 of

 price

 date

 money

 relevant

 selling,

 securities

 per unit

 paid/

 security

 varying etc

 to which

 received

 option

 per unit

 relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

 security

 securities

 unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for

 new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

 security

 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

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

30-Aug-24

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213