REG-The Vanguard Group, Inc. Form 8.3 - The Vanguard Group, Inc.: Smith (DS) plc
25/03/2024 14:30
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The Vanguard Group, Inc. ( )
Form 8.3 - The Vanguard Group, Inc.: Smith (DS) plc
25-March-2024 / 14:24 GMT/BST
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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: The Vanguard Group,
Inc.
(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 relates: Smith (DS) plc
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:
22 March 2024
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 disclosures in respect of any other party
to the offer? Yes, Mondi plc
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
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or 62,153,115 4.51%
controlled:
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including
options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
62,153,115 4.51%
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:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:
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
Purchase/sale
Class of relevant security Number of securities Price per unit
10p ordinary Purchase 15,125 3.50 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Product Nature of dealing
Class of description Number of Price
relevant e.g. opening/closing a long/short reference per
security e.g. CFD position, increasing/reducing a securities unit
long/short position
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Writing, Number of Type Option
Class of Product purchasing, securities Exercise money
relevant description selling, to which price e.g. Expiry paid/
security e.g. call varying option per unit American, date received
option etc. relates European per unit
etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of Product Exercise
relevant description Exercising/ Number of price per
security exercised against securities unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Nature of dealing
Class of relevant Details Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, applicable)
conversion
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: 25 March 2024
Contact name: Shawn Acker
Telephone number*: 001-610-669-6713
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.
*If the discloser is a natural person, a telephone number does not need to be
included, provided contact information has been provided to the Panel’s Market
Surveillance Unit.
The Code can be viewed on the Panel’s website at
1 www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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