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Barclays PLC, DS Smith PLC

Form 8.3 - DS SMITH PLC

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 2115N
Barclays PLC
21 November 2024
 

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

 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:

 

(e)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

20 Nov 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 CO

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:

28,490,334

2.06%

23,201,149

1.68%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

12,054,559

0.87%

27,472,297

1.99%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

40,544,893

2.93%

50,669,446

3.67%

(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

142,426

5.7296  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

135,776

5.7068  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

128,656

5.7315  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

84,963

5.7450  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

69,309

5.6955  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

66,394

5.6922  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

35,222

5.6931  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

30,577

5.6915  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

28,784

5.6898  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

25,542

5.7050  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

21,949

5.7099  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

9,036

5.6966  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

6,362

5.6867  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,070

5.7032  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,017

5.6850  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,981

5.6910  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,139

5.6900  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,098

5.6952  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,995

5.7069  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,950

5.6825  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,311

5.6865  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,557

5.6750  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,341

5.7160  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,331

5.6950  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,250

5.6904  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,162

5.7200  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,094

5.7124  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,093

5.7150  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

949

5.6800  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

942

5.7000  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

927

5.7250  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

796

5.7335  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

694

5.6925  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

644

5.7300  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

644

5.7095  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

604

5.7100  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

481

5.7044  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

367

5.6694  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

93

5.7244  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

37

5.7112  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

240,686

5.7283  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

120,256

5.6963  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

95,963

5.7067  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

80,912

5.7450  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

70,294

5.7087  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

58,586

5.7037  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

36,663

5.6908  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

30,973

5.7050  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

28,244

5.6922  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

16,683

5.7419  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

15,333

5.7086  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

12,537

5.7081  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

11,815

5.7201  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

11,722

5.7046  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

10,735

5.7012  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,784

5.6899  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,494

5.6982  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

8,364

5.6846  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

7,815

5.7113  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

7,682

5.6976  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,047

5.7083  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,900

5.6906  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,431

5.6880  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,976

5.6876  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,832

5.6950  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,720

5.6850  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,802

5.6786  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,757

5.7148  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,731

5.6900  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,706

5.6932  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,698

5.7056  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,317

5.6817  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,031

5.7040  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,718

5.6928  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,332

5.7000  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,158

5.6821  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,937

5.7098  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,850

5.6750  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,506

5.7250  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,458

5.6800  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,234

5.7150  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,162

5.7200  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

919

5.7405  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

654

5.7249  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

644

5.7300  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

604

5.7100  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

573

5.6775  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

26,181

5.7056  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

22,072

5.6889  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

209

5.6899  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

28,244

5.6922  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,926

5.6934  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

120,256

5.6963  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

95,963

5.7067  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

110,284

5.7097  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,937

5.7098  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53,845

5.7424  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

26,126

5.7449  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53,619

5.7450  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

574

5.6750  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,106

5.6858  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,455

5.6866  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,517

5.6895  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,981

5.6910  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

171,999

5.6920  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

63,338

5.6923  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

694

5.6925  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

644

5.7095  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,949

5.7099  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

25,317

5.7443  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

96,869

5.7452  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

9,068

5.6914  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

40,000

5.6962  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

839

5.7250  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

337

5.7450  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

74,221

5.7450  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

 






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

 






Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

21 Nov 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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