4th Nov 2024 18:05
FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3aReplaces form Released at 31/10/2024 12:46 RNS Number : 4535K | |||||||
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: | 30 Oct 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: | 26,307,758 | 1.90% | 25,257,519 | 1.82% | |||
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: | 11,658,364 | 0.84% | 24,005,865 | 1.74% | |||
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% | |||
TOTAL: | 37,966,122 | 2.74% | 49,263,384 | 3.56% | |||
(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 | 1,000,000 | 4.7435 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 510,107 | 4.7740 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 500,000 | 4.7682 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 492,493 | 4.7668 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 269,112 | 4.7418 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 63,661 | 4.7414 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 62,594 | 4.6524 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 57,930 | 4.7299 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 52,380 | 4.6936 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 46,047 | 4.6597 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 34,521 | 4.6431 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 29,651 | 4.7728 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 22,804 | 4.7460 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 20,699 | 4.6320 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 18,911 | 4.6918 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 16,872 | 4.6400 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 16,379 | 4.6584 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 15,253 | 4.7012 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,857 | 4.6329 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 6,605 | 4.7525 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,572 | 4.6931 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,498 | 4.7104 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 4,200 | 4.7494 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,951 | 4.6356 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,555 | 4.7360 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,186 | 4.7520 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,756 | 4.7058 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,399 | 4.6818 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,692 | 4.6380 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,639 | 4.7100 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,162 | 4.7800 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,093 | 4.6808 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,048 | 4.6370 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 649 | 4.7540 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 457 | 4.7700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 305 | 4.7660 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 295 | 4.6600 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 48 | 4.6500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 527,262 | 4.7711 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 405,181 | 4.7744 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 206,732 | 4.7740 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 197,464 | 4.6878 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 175,866 | 4.6926 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 166,985 | 4.7326 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 48,178 | 4.7542 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 38,233 | 4.7524 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 28,361 | 4.7719 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 26,059 | 4.7467 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 25,519 | 4.7196 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 21,889 | 4.7730 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 8,667 | 4.7213 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 8,189 | 4.6746 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,305 | 4.7379 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 5,417 | 4.7721 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,572 | 4.6931 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,417 | 4.6798 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,011 | 4.7263 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,650 | 4.6957 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,499 | 4.7556 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,274 | 4.6380 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,852 | 4.6139 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,170 | 4.7218 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 649 | 4.7540 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 577 | 4.7500 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 535 | 4.7520 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 457 | 4.7700 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 337 | 4.6350 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 164 | 4.7580 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 Long | 30,776 | 4.7327 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 1,852 | 4.6139 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 166,985 | 4.7326 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 26,059 | 4.7467 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 18,146 | 4.7520 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 23,686 | 4.7536 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 48,178 | 4.7542 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 112,928 | 4.7730 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 17,440 | 4.7732 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 69,350 | 4.7740 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 8,857 | 4.6329 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 3,951 | 4.6356 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 77,000 | 4.6879 USD | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 52,380 | 4.6936 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 11,130 | 4.6942 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 13,347 | 4.6979 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 63,661 | 4.7414 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 21,204 | 4.7512 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 305 | 4.7660 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 4,099 | 4.7740 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 2,058 | 4.6343 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,692 | 4.6380 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 998 | 4.7739 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 4,572 | 4.7740 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 42,984 | 4.6443 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 2,436 | 4.6999 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 998 | 4.7739 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 166,449 | 4.7740 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: | 04 Nov 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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