REG - Citigroup Global Mkt Smith (DS) PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)
03/02/2025 09:30
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RNS Number : 6516V Citigroup Global Markets Limited 03 February 2025
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: 31 January 2025
(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 91,401,117 GBP 5.9400 GBP 5.7800
10p ordinary Purchase 96,551,645 GBP 5.9500 GBP 5.7822
(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 Increasing Short Position 1,266 GBP 5.7958
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 1,266 GBP 5.7958
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 4,491 GBP 5.8012
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 4,491 GBP 5.8012
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 597 GBP 5.8106
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 597 GBP 5.8106
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 105,512 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 105,512 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 22,498,120 GBP 5.8254
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 22,498,120 GBP 5.8254
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 623,846 GBP 5.8254
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 623,846 GBP 5.8254
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 9,488,931 GBP 5.8256
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 9,488,931 GBP 5.8256
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 2,406,480 GBP 5.8256
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 2,406,480 GBP 5.8256
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 16,247,840 GBP 5.8256
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 16,247,840 GBP 5.8256
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 36,163,624 GBP 5.8256
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 36,163,624 GBP 5.8256
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 125 GBP 5.8257
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 125 GBP 5.8257
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 13,763 GBP 5.8261
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 13,763 GBP 5.8261
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 2,365,719 GBP 5.9500
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Long Position 2,365,719 GBP 5.9500
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 4 GBP 5.8144
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 4 GBP 5.8144
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 448 GBP 5.8249
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 88,605,512 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 88,605,512 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 448 GBP 5.8249
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 375,185 GBP 5.8933
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 375,185 GBP 5.8933
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 180 GBP 5.9008
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 180 GBP 5.9008
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Long Position 9,887 GBP 5.9319
10p ordinary TRS Reducing Short Position 9,887 GBP 5.9319
10p ordinary TRS Increasing Short Position 701,315 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Closing Short Position 2,452 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Closing Short Position 30,009 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Opening Short Position 50,672 GBP 5.8253
10p ordinary TRS Opening Short Position 364 GBP 5.8703
10p ordinary TRS Closing Short Position 16,820 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Closing Short Position 11,110 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Closing Short Position 246,859 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Closing Long Position 76 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Closing Short Position 55,800 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Closing Long Position 9,024 GBP 5.8250
10p ordinary TRS Opening Short Position 818,125 GBP 5.8252
(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: 03 February 2025
Contact name: Christopher Alexander Pollock
Telephone number: 02895 954 053
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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