Barclays Regulatory News (BARC)

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 3b

Replaces form released on 14:28 22/02/2024

RNS Number : 1582E

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:

21-Feb-24

(f)

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

YES:

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

MONDI PLC

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:

9,016,751

0.65%

6,653,588

0.48%

-2

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

6,152,966

0.44%

8,636,787

0.62%

-3

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

15,169,717

1.10%

15,290,375

1.11%

(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 EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

10p ordinary

Purchase

328,172

3.2003 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

208,871

3.2006 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

169,762

3.2017 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

118,603

3.2055 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

35,226

3.2028 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

35,095

3.2165 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

34,759

3.2032 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

31,519

3.2016 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

30,445

3.2018 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

26,329

3.2068 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

23,124

3.2005 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

19,076

3.2066 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

18,825

3.2001 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

11,286

3.2037 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

8,544

3.2060 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

8,283

3.2043 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,800

3.2185 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,546

3.1996 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,492

3.2000 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

4,169

3.2049 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,069

3.1970 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,861

3.1960 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,924

3.2076 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,827

3.2105 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,755

3.2047 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,691

3.2143 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,599

3.2157 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,487

3.2019 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,339

3.2140 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,337

3.1886 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,322

3.2020 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

840

3.2090 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

592

3.2163 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

591

3.2035 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

566

3.2250 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5

3.2260 GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2

3.2030 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

199,352

3.2000 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

174,852

3.2013 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

140,000

3.2017 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

84,204

3.1999 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

78,825

3.2005 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

68,800

3.2098 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

55,846

3.2003 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

31,202

3.2021 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

28,032

3.2045 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

25,671

3.2034 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

22,901

3.1970 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

22,752

3.2026 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

18,656

3.1974 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

7,010

3.2234 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,321

3.2020 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

6,000

3.2060 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,357

3.2004 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,657

3.1989 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,659

3.2296 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

3,459

3.2245 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,879

3.1987 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,861

3.1960 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,669

3.2190 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,942

3.2043 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,788

3.1890 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,733

3.2094 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,487

3.2022 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,339

3.2143 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,339

3.2140 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,064

3.2209 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,021

3.2070 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

840

3.2090 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

534

3.1880 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

466

3.2226 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5

3.2260 GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2

3.2030 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

34,511

3.2000 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Closing Long

34,962

3.2024 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

309

3.2030 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

530

3.2171 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,562

3.2003 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

1,599

3.2157 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,399

3.2401 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

3,834

3.2000 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,467

3.1998 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

12,958

3.2105 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

15,772

3.2016 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

118,603

3.2055 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

123,265

3.2002 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

496

3.1959 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

668

3.1887 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,152

3.2427 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

1,733

3.2094 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,862

3.2007 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,000

3.2056 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

14,624

3.1998 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

20,012

3.2012 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

23,124

3.2004 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

92,056

3.1999 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

129,384

3.2000 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

439

3.2001 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

466

3.2226 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,021

3.2070 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,064

3.2209 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

1,322

3.2020 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

3,659

3.2296 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

6,000

3.2063 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

7,010

3.2234 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

12,958

3.2105 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

28,032

3.2045 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

79,080

3.2000 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

113,779

3.1998 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

248

3.1959 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

1,152

3.2002 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

4,111

3.2048 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

29,464

3.2055 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

34,759

3.2032 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing Short

43,625

3.2000 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

144,182

3.2000 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

800

3.2021 GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

161,017

3.2006 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 exempt principal trader 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:

26-Mar-24

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213