RNS Number : 7838T
Barclays PLC
17 January 2025
 

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to 2a and 3a
Replaces form Released at 16/12/2024 15:14 RNS Number : 2767Q

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:

13 Dec 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:

33,878,178

2.45%

20,317,971

1.47%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

12,404,306

0.90%

32,688,474

2.37%

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

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

 

 TOTAL:

 

46,282,484

3.35%

53,006,445

3.84%

(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

220,720

5.4686  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

145,000

5.4787  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

107,266

5.4700  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

27,445

5.4512  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

23,010

5.4677  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

16,466

5.4549  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

14,076

5.4398  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

10,758

5.4461  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

6,409

5.4450  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

5,149

5.4154  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,820

5.4623  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

3,729

5.4552  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,571

5.4646  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,522

5.4747  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,036

5.4618  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

2,009

5.4155  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,997

5.4175  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,731

5.4352  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,708

5.4169  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,624

5.4136  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,591

5.4825  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

1,106

5.4237  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

832

5.4669  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

666

5.4200  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

532

5.4466  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

297

5.4050  GBP

10p ordinary

Purchase

223

5.4100  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

618,138

5.4700  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

239,043

5.4692  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

63,514

5.4292  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

59,709

5.4527  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

58,502

5.4495  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

48,900

5.4653  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

42,997

5.4560  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

42,628

5.4523  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

37,270

5.4567  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

23,010

5.4677  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

21,233

5.4481  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

15,675

5.4572  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

15,061

5.4099  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

14,224

5.4592  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

12,053

5.4448  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,720

5.4209  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

5,161

5.4258  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

4,295

5.4295  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

2,729

5.4179  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,304

5.4392  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,284

5.4850  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

1,143

5.4077  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

572

5.4450  GBP

10p ordinary

Sale

174

5.4875  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 Short

76,403

5.4538  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,061

5.4099  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

160

5.4150  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,729

5.4179  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

63,514

5.4292  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,854

5.4351  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,015

5.4456  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

21,233

5.4481  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

53,907

5.4492  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

25,720

5.4540  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,675

5.4571  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

275,593

5.4588  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

48,900

5.4653  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

133,791

5.4697  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

562,945

5.4700  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

88

5.4100  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,068

5.4169  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,997

5.4175  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,076

5.4398  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,013

5.4450  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

57,090

5.4685  GBP

10p ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

232,273

5.4700  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

4,435

5.4543  GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Short

805

5.4700  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:

17 Jan 2025

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213

 

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