REG-Qube Research & Technologies LTD Form 8.3 - DS Smith plc
03/02/2025 14:45
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Form 8.3 - DS Smith plc
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: Qube Research & Technologies Limited
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if
different from 1(a):
The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient. For a trust, the
trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form DS Smith plc
relates:
Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
(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: 31-01-2025
For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to
the disclosure
(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making Yes - International Paper Company
disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?
If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state “N/A”
2. POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one
class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy
table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant
security.
(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 share
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 0 0.0 0 0.0
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 48,180,086 3.48 0 0.0
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to 0 0 0 0
purchase/sell:
48,180,086 3.48 0 0.0
TOTAL:
All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.
Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded
options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be
given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).
(b) Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors’ and other
employee options)
Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists: 0
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages: 0
3. DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE
Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities
of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(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 Purchase/sale Number of securities Price per unit (GBp)
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant security Product description Nature of dealing Number of securities Exercise price per unit (GBp)
e.g. call option
e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
position
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 16 586.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 36 577.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 472 585.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 592 595.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 596 580.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 597 584.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 610 597.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 621 582.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 639 600.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 674 598.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 980 588.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 991 593.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1102 583.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1143 594.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1170 578.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1206 598.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1218 591.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1308 586.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1391 577.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1479 585.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1757 581.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1932 583.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 1953 586.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 2427 599.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 2456 596.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 2542 591.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 3030 594.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 3085 578.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 3168 575.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 3193 584.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 3435 596.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 3982 593.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 3998 584.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 4110 592.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 4469 600.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 5000 581.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 5011 598.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 5778 592.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 5813 597.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 5884 589.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 6028 580.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 6029 579.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 6623 583.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 7381 576.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 7925 598.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 11397 582.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 11934 595.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 12465 590.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 12580 594.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 13060 596.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 13208 583.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 14458 588.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 14991 581.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 16519 589.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 16629 597.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 19428 590.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 22398 597.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 24101 588.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 24646 579.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 26499 587.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 26549 582.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 36175 591.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 39613 594.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 42238 593.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 44173 587.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 45747 587.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 46827 580.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 46857 592.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 47262 580.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 47466 578.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 51388 595.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 51685 590.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 55677 590.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 57425 595.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 57651 581.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 67496 592.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 69654 596.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 69902 593.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 85634 591.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 143451 587.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 156923 579.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 193293 589.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 416519 578.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap increasing a long position 20919592 582.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 55 578.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 55 583.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 119 581.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 159 583.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 171 578.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 210 579.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 276 580.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 532 582.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 559 590.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 572 594.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 573 591.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 574 587.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 576 587.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 600 581.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 605 588.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 614 586.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 794 585.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 805 599.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 810 580.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 926 579.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1051 595.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1134 591.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1286 593.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1532 590.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1717 592.25
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1742 590.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 1875 592.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 2125 588.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 2301 581.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 2664 599.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 3096 590.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 3189 586.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 3476 589.75
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 3514 587.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 3785 582.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 4746 591.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 5162 600.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 5434 598.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 6207 588.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 6844 597.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 8195 601.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 8504 587.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 10837 598.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 12141 591.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 12357 593.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 12790 594.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 14429 593.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 15121 592.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 15583 597.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 16321 594.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 21157 600.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 22535 592.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 27777 595.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 32107 596.00
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 43341 595.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 55045 596.50
10p ordinary share Equity swap decreasing a long position 118873 582.50
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of relevant security Product description e.g. call option Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc. Number of securities to which option relates Exercise price per unit (GBp) Type Expiry date Option money paid/ received per unit
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
0 0 0 0
0
(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
0 0 0
0
4. 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 person
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 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 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
(c) Attachments
Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? NO
Date of disclosure: 03-02-2025
Contact name: Janice Falcao
Telephone number: 00442033140679
Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory
Information Service.
The Panel’s Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in
relation to the Code’s disclosure requirements on +44 (0)20 7638 0129. The
Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk
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