28 Feb 2024 13:42
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: | Â | Barclays PLC. | ||||
(b) | Owner or controller of interest and short | Â | |||||
 | 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 | Â | |||||
 | offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of | ||||||
 | offeror/offeree: | ||||||
(e) | Date position held/dealing undertaken: | 27 Feb 2024 | |||||
(f) | In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making | YES: | Â | Â | |||
 | 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 | Â | |||||
 | 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 | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 | and/or controlled: |  |  | 9,152,901 | 0.66% | 5,187,312 | 0.38% |
(2) | Cash-settled derivatives: | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 | and/or controlled: |  |  | 4,752,357 | 0.35% | 8,767,093 | 0.64% |
(3) | Stock-settled derivatives (including options) | Â | Â | Â | Â | ||
 | and agreements to purchase/sell: |  |  | 0 | 0.00% | 0 | 0.00% |
 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 | TOTAL: |  |  | 13,905,258 | 1.01% | 13,954,405 | 1.01% |
(b) | Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive | Â | |||||
 | options) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Class of relevant security in relation to | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
which subscription right exists | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
Details, including nature of the rights | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
concerned and relevant percentages: | Â | Â | Â | Â | |||
3. | DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER | ||||||
(a) | Purchases and sales | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
Class of relevant | Purchase/sale | Number of | Price per unit | ||||
security | Â | securities | Â | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 440,531 | 3.1841 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 102,056 | 3.1949 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 93,957 | 3.1899 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 46,150 | 3.1846 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 38,975 | 3.1888 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 35,064 | 3.1902 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 22,842 | 3.1891 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,651 | 3.1886 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 13,387 | 3.1840 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 12,909 | 3.1883 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 9,864 | 3.1842 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,781 | 3.1850 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 8,693 | 3.1845 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 5,909 | 3.1872 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,805 | 3.1875 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 3,685 | 3.1862 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,856 | 3.1882 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,655 | 3.1874 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 2,013 | 3.1858 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1,007 | 3.1920 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 867 | 3.1880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 600 | 3.1885 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 518 | 3.1830 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 312 | 3.1870 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 12 | 3.1910 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Purchase | 1 | 3.1946 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 85,795 | 3.1840 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 37,121 | 3.1873 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 22,371 | 3.1841 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 14,900 | 3.1860 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 13,369 | 3.1897 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 10,919 | 3.1885 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 10,195 | 3.1941 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 9,864 | 3.1846 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 9,308 | 3.1876 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 7,980 | 3.1904 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 6,196 | 3.1881 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,478 | 3.1957 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 4,007 | 3.1914 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 3,845 | 3.1907 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,655 | 3.1877 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,478 | 3.1955 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,325 | 3.1857 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 2,060 | 3.1890 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,322 | 3.1893 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,043 | 3.1930 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 1,007 | 3.1920 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 867 | 3.1880 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 600 | 3.1888 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 150 | 3.1910 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 74 | 3.1937 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 28 | 3.1870 GBP | ||||
10p ordinary | Sale | 12 | 3.1913 GBP | ||||
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(b) | Cash-settled derivative transactions | Â | |||||
Class of | Product | Nature of dealing | Number of | Price per | |||
relevant | description | Â | reference | unit | |||
security | Â | Â | securities | Â | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 8,693 | 3.1844 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 11,670 | 3.1892 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 51,028 | 3.1949 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 93,957 | 3.1899 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 147,765 | 3.1840 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Long | 156,508 | 3.1842 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 1,322 | 3.1893 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 2,538 | 3.1866 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 4,831 | 3.1911 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Decreasing Short | 6,000 | 3.1899 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Decreasing Short | 48,532 | 3.1840 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,043 | 3.1930 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 1,054 | 3.1890 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 2,478 | 3.1955 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 3,845 | 3.1907 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Long | 4,478 | 3.1957 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 552 | 3.1919 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 1,786 | 3.1879 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,785 | 3.1894 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 6,866 | 3.1877 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | CFD | Increasing Short | 14,901 | 3.1875 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,570 | 3.1907 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 22,842 | 3.1891 GBP | |||
10p ordinary | SWAP | Increasing Short | 138,960 | 3.1840 GBP | |||
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(c) | Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options) | Â | |||||
(i) | Writing, selling, purchasing or varying | Â | |||||
Class | Product | Writing, | Number | Exercise | Type | Expiry | Option |
of | description | purchasing, | of | price | Â | date | money |
relevant | Â | selling, | securities | per unit | Â | Â | paid/ |
security | Â | varying etc | to which | Â | Â | Â | received |
 |  |  | option |  |  |  | per unit |
 |  |  | relates |  |  |  |  |
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(ii) | Exercising | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Class of relevant | Product description | Exercising/ exercised against | Number of | Exercise price per | |||
security | Â | Â | securities | unit | |||
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(d) | Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities) | Â | |||||
Class of relevant | Nature of Dealings | Details | Price per unit (if | ||||
security | Â | Â | applicable) | ||||
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4. | OTHER INFORMATION | ||||||
(a) | Indemnity and other dealings arrangements | Â | |||||
Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, | Â | Â | |||||
formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal | Â | Â | |||||
or refrain from dealing entered into by the exempt principal trader making the disclosure and any party | Â | ||||||
to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: | Â | Â | Â | ||||
NONE | |||||||
(b) | Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives | Â | |||||
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between | Â | Â | |||||
the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: | Â | Â | |||||
(i) the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or | Â | Â | Â | ||||
(ii) the voting rights of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which | Â | Â | |||||
any derivative is referenced: | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | |
NONE | |||||||
(c) | Attachments | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? | NO | ||||||
Date of disclosure: | 28 Feb 2024 | ||||||
Contact name: | Large Holdings Regulatory Operations | ||||||
Telephone number: | 020 3134 7213 | ||||||
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