Barclays PLC Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc

RNS Number : 0520H

Barclays PLC

04 October 2024

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:				03 Oct 2024
(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:			32,708,166	2.37%	25,555,028	1.85%
(2)	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			11,577,572	0.84%	31,239,224	2.26%
(3)	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			44,285,738	3.21%	56,794,252	4.11%
(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		5,698,564		4.6500 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		300,000		4.6069 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		221,680		4.6203 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		85,696		4.6240 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		84,929		4.6165 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		81,724		4.6121 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		64,578		4.6224 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		37,351		4.6143 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		33,271		4.6186 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		29,091		4.6160 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,972		4.6086 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,121		4.6119 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,939		4.6025 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		6,934		4.6146 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,838		4.6137 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,544		4.6111 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,339		4.6112 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,682		4.6180 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,185		4.6145 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,616		4.5885 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,368		4.6060 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,686		4.6138 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,580		4.6080 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,463		4.5940 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,282		4.6178 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,171		4.6150 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,055		4.6100 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,026		4.5900 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		993		4.6000 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		949		4.6220 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		788		4.5880 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		685		4.6199 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		178		4.6120 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		52		4.6047 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		243,286		4.6240 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		199,319		4.6218 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		138,522		4.6092 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		95,633		4.6191 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		87,175		4.6060 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		54,574		4.6230 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		49,086		4.6121 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		40,941		4.6079 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		39,849		4.6174 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		32,702		4.6244 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		25,000		4.6059 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		19,508		4.6242 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		17,006		4.6099 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12,275		4.6183 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,820		4.6098 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,716		4.6155 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,895		4.6131 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,461		4.6193 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,977		4.6100 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,690		4.6080 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,554		4.6190 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,964		4.6081 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,510		4.6082 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,500		4.6020 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,185		4.6066 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,139		4.6177 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,952		4.6161 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,920		4.6204 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,771		4.6038 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,679		4.6078 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,650		4.6180 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,278		4.6055 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,207		4.6220 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,557		4.6071 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,291		4.6137 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,027		4.5940 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		716		4.5960 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		172		4.6000 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		104		4.6120 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		2,278	4.6055 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		86,497	4.6060 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		3,185	4.6066 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		32,558	4.6087 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		138,522	4.6092 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		23,983	4.6093 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		36,610	4.6113 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,040	4.6121 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		25,540	4.6145 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,952	4.6161 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,554	4.6190 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		7,461	4.6193 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		38,159	4.6216 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		54,574	4.6230 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		218,347	4.6240 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		821	4.6000 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		4,962	4.6060 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		366,599	4.6078 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		655	4.6079 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		41,780	4.6085 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,055	4.6100 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		9,121	4.6119 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,686	4.6138 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		7,541	4.6185 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		33,271	4.6186 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		23,925	4.6240 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		233	4.6239 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		932	4.6240 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		52	4.6048 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		658	4.6222 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		40,231	4.6239 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		233	4.6240 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:				04 Oct 2024
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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