REG - Barclays PLC Smith (DS) PLC - Form 8.3 Smith (DS) PLC
03/02/2025 14:00
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RNS Number : 7016V Barclays PLC 03 February 2025
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: 31 Jan 2025
(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? 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: 100,608,145 7.26% 13,177,190 0.95%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
and/or controlled: 13,215,500 0.95% 98,192,033 7.08%
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0.00% 0 0.00%
TOTAL: 113,823,645 8.21% 111,369,223 8.03%
(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 70,500,365 5.8250 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 38,353,331 5.8256 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 26,934,897 5.8251 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 12,000,000 5.8252 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,222,698 5.8255 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,040,785 5.8245 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,500,000 5.8998 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,392,362 5.8279 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,000,000 5.9354 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 696,263 5.8811 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 535,750 5.8645 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 500,000 5.9076 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 500,000 5.8868 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 500,000 5.9314 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 500,000 5.9259 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 471,151 5.7860 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 432,552 5.8823 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 388,568 5.7828 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 344,747 5.9038 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 300,000 5.8267 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 269,634 5.8041 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 256,475 5.8928 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 251,948 5.8855 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 227,647 5.8925 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 200,000 5.8528 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 160,794 5.8909 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 103,255 5.8034 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 94,419 5.8553 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 93,517 5.8841 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 80,296 5.8122 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 78,868 5.8547 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 70,662 5.8259 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 61,155 5.8566 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 58,871 5.8800 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 51,778 5.9210 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 38,410 5.9454 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 37,286 5.8490 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 22,321 5.8129 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 21,677 5.8701 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 21,485 5.9500 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 20,844 5.7987 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 19,761 5.8946 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 18,179 5.8117 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 16,210 5.8058 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 14,664 5.7935 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 13,171 5.8661 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 12,719 5.8473 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 12,666 5.9381 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 12,653 5.8015 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 12,215 5.8200 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 11,048 5.8186 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 11,002 5.7985 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 10,604 5.8082 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 9,629 5.9550 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 8,348 5.7992 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 8,316 5.8150 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 8,235 5.9600 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 7,800 5.8365 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 7,401 5.8054 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 7,137 5.8908 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 7,112 5.8053 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 6,846 5.7886 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 6,148 5.9250 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 6,076 5.8350 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 5,865 5.8691 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 5,831 5.8050 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 5,640 5.8017 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 5,621 5.9200 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 5,145 5.8014 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 5,116 5.9400 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 5,097 5.8100 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 5,015 5.8042 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 4,316 5.8055 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 4,149 5.7970 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,917 5.8178 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,913 5.9150 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,900 5.9417 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,809 5.8092 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,790 5.8037 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,768 5.9650 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,766 5.8232 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,737 5.7900 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,641 5.8278 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,510 5.8660 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,494 5.8300 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,484 5.7899 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,409 5.9087 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,301 5.9350 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,259 6.0000 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 3,099 5.8000 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,988 5.9750 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,948 5.8355 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,944 5.8850 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,941 5.7850 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,772 5.7950 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,582 5.9100 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,411 5.8450 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,397 5.9450 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,313 5.9142 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,215 5.8750 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 2,214 5.8887 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,876 5.9700 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,774 5.8091 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,773 5.9850 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,766 5.9525 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,738 5.9042 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,707 5.8725 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,692 5.7927 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,594 5.8175 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,493 5.8400 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,416 5.9050 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,409 5.9675 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,300 5.8625 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,266 5.7952 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,201 5.9000 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,192 5.9800 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 1,183 5.9300 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 981 5.8225 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 900 5.7975 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 861 5.9625 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 809 5.7875 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 800 6.0100 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 737 5.9950 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 715 5.7600 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 648 5.9275 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 639 6.0050 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 622 5.9425 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 618 5.8075 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 614 5.7800 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 579 5.9375 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 560 5.9575 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 557 5.9125 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 553 5.9875 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 538 5.9225 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 364 5.8650 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 348 5.8900 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 180 5.9007 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 126 5.8165 GBP
10p ordinary Purchase 4 5.8144 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 38,096,661 5.8258 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 25,845,299 5.8250 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 22,498,120 5.8253 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 9,930,104 5.8255 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,500,000 5.8273 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,162,466 5.8939 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 740,785 5.7926 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 252,644 5.8893 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 191,028 5.9338 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 172,716 5.9270 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 145,979 5.9639 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 129,632 5.7995 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 128,601 5.8966 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 119,018 5.8945 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 115,675 5.9472 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 100,991 5.9099 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 90,736 5.9045 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 84,655 5.8982 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 83,341 5.9022 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 82,450 5.9219 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 79,230 5.9292 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 77,008 5.9233 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 68,696 5.8099 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 58,508 5.8673 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 58,058 5.9315 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 53,438 5.9393 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 49,579 5.9107 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 49,500 5.8923 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 34,018 5.8078 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 31,500 5.8739 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 25,665 5.9391 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 20,844 5.7987 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 19,946 5.8010 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 17,808 5.9014 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 17,612 5.8005 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 17,314 5.9357 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 14,987 5.8973 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 12,518 5.8200 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 11,830 5.9280 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 9,629 5.9550 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 8,320 5.8150 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 8,235 5.9600 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 8,142 5.8964 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 7,069 5.8001 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 6,998 5.8782 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 6,271 5.9595 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 6,148 5.9250 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 6,076 5.8350 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 5,750 5.9200 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 5,628 5.9500 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 5,116 5.9400 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 5,049 5.7984 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 4,498 5.8100 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 4,491 5.8011 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,913 5.9150 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,768 5.9650 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,766 5.8232 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,737 5.7900 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,494 5.8300 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,301 5.9350 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,259 6.0000 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 3,099 5.8000 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,988 5.9750 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,944 5.8850 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,941 5.7850 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,888 5.9110 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,868 5.8996 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,853 5.8750 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,687 5.9422 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,630 5.7950 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,582 5.9100 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,513 5.9618 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,499 5.8050 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,411 5.8450 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,397 5.9450 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,333 5.8938 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,283 5.8725 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 2,184 5.8175 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,876 5.9700 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,773 5.9850 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,766 5.9525 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,641 5.9739 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,416 5.9050 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,409 5.9675 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,399 5.8800 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,367 5.8379 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,300 5.8625 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,266 5.7957 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,222 5.8686 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,222 5.9714 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,201 5.9000 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,192 5.9800 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,183 5.9300 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,123 5.8619 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 1,000 5.9975 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 981 5.8225 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 931 5.8650 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 861 5.9625 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 800 6.0100 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 737 5.9950 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 715 5.7600 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 648 5.9275 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 639 6.0050 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 622 5.9425 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 612 5.8958 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 597 5.8105 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 579 5.9375 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 560 5.9575 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 557 5.9125 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 553 5.9875 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 538 5.9225 GBP
10p ordinary Sale 348 5.8900 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 Decreasing Short 210,248 5.8250 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 1,123 5.8619 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 567 5.8650 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 576 5.8725 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 31,500 5.8740 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 117 5.8800 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 2,333 5.8939 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 239,644 5.8979 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 120,105 5.8990 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 17,314 5.9357 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 54,574 5.9464 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 497 5.9477 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 9,761 5.9547 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 145,979 5.9639 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 8,637 5.9646 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 50,000 5.9685 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 25,560 5.9872 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Decreasing Short 225,568 5.9989 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 388,568 5.7828 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 5,000 5.8018 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 80,296 5.8122 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,179,520 5.8247 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 10,774,332 5.8250 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 1,103,493 5.8251 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 70,662 5.8259 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 500,000 5.8264 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 170,000 5.8265 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 200,000 5.8267 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,517,379 5.8293 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 111,700 5.8314 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 114,574 5.8328 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,088,625 5.8456 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 200,000 5.8528 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 535,750 5.8645 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 139,541 5.8743 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 20,148 5.8785 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 500,000 5.8868 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 124,944 5.8881 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,214 5.8887 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 777,299 5.8918 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 256,475 5.8929 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 500,000 5.9076 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 2,313 5.9142 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 9,761 5.9215 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 500,000 5.9259 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 65,845 5.9275 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 50,000 5.9290 GBP
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 500,000 5.9314 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 225,568 5.9919 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 225,568 5.9989 USD
10p ordinary SWAP Increasing Short 114,738 6.0299 USD
10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 398 5.8250 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Decreasing Short 3,541 5.9465 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 107,820 5.8044 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 15,481,134 5.8250 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 11,600,000 5.8251 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 12,000,000 5.8252 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 32,431 5.8273 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 6,282 5.8786 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 112,249 5.9503 GBP
10p ordinary CFD Increasing Short 157,939 5.9544 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: 03 Feb 2025
Contact name: Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number: 020 3134 7213
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