REG - Citigroup Global Mkt Smith (DS) PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Amendment
20/05/2024 15:45
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RNS Number : 1569P Citigroup Global Markets Limited 20 May 2024
AVS: 098579
Amendment 2: Changes to Section 2(a) and (b)
FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)
PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH
RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")
1. KEY INFORMATION
(a) Name of exempt principal trader: Citigroup Global Markets Limited
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form Smith (DS) plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is Smith (DS) plc
connected:
(d) Date dealing undertaken: 07 May 2024
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader International Paper Company
making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"
2. DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as
appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.
The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.
(a) Purchases and sales
Class of relevant security Purchases/ sales Total number of securities Highest price per unit paid/received Lowest price per unit paid/received
10p ordinary Sale 4,378,670 GBP 4.5504 GBP 3.4160
10p ordinary Purchase 5,205,202 GBP 4.6638 GBP 3.4148
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of reference securities Price per unit
e.g. CFD e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 10,000 GBP 4.6638
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 225,000 GBP 4.5504
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 1,440 GBP 3.5800
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 235 GBP 3.5940
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 199 GBP 3.6120
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 199 GBP 3.6140
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 162 GBP 3.6440
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 186 GBP 3.6460
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 190 GBP 3.6520
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 376 GBP 3.6560
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 221 GBP 3.7040
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 437 GBP 3.7060
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 211 GBP 3.7120
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 35 GBP 3.6140
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 100 GBP 3.6160
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 429 GBP 3.6600
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 106 GBP 3.7020
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 11,894 GBP 3.4148
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 39,955 GBP 3.5539
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 426,354 GBP 3.6098
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 212,662 GBP 3.6134
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 121,142 GBP 3.6251
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 349,217 GBP 3.6276
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 141,080 GBP 3.6289
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 1,115 GBP 3.6436
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 3,478 GBP 3.6441
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 12,430 GBP 3.6615
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 857 GBP 3.6765
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 1,330 GBP 3.6777
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 160,548 GBP 3.4160
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 47,008 GBP 3.4218
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 281,090 GBP 3.5355
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 2,697 GBP 3.5691
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 10 GBP 3.5796
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 10,000 GBP 3.5800
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 47,448 GBP 3.5871
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 706,801 GBP 3.5883
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 47,181 GBP 3.6042
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 834,077 GBP 3.6090
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 157 GBP 3.6536
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 272,749 GBP 3.6010
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 44 GBP 3.5800
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 532,103 GBP 3.6377
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 383,669 GBP 3.6385
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 435,730 GBP 3.6559
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 26,069 GBP 3.6593
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 23,629 GBP 3.6607
(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
e.g. call option e.g. American, European etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant security Product description Exercising/ exercised against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant security Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, conversion
3. OTHER INFORMATION
(a) Indemnity and other dealing 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:
Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included. If
there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"
None
(b) Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or
derivatives
Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal,
between the exempt principal trader 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 or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant
securities to which any derivative is referenced:
If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state
"none"
None
Date of disclosure: 20 May 2024
Contact name: Cathal McKenna
Telephone number: 02890409544
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at
monitoring@disclosure.org.uk. The Panels Market Surveillance Unit is available
for consultation in relation to the Codes dealing disclosure requirements on
+44 (0)20 7638 0129.
The Code can be viewed on the Panels website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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