Form 8.3 - Smith (DS) plc Amend

RNS Number : 3834I

Barclays PLC

26 March 2024

FORM 8.3 - Amendment to section 2a,3a & 3b
Replaces form released on 13:42 28/02/2024
RNS Number : 8279E

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:				27-Feb-24
(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?				MONDI PLC
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:			9,152,881	0.66%	5,187,312	0.37%
-2	Cash-settled derivatives:
	and/or controlled:			4,752,357	0.34%	8,767,093	0.63%
-3	Stock-settled derivatives (including options)
	and agreements to purchase/sell:			0	0.00%	0	0.00%

	TOTAL:			13,905,238	1.00%	13,954,405	1.01%
(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		440,531		3.1841 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		102,056		3.1949 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		93,957		3.1899 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		46,150		3.1846 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		38,975		3.1888 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		35,064		3.1902 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		22,842		3.1891 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13,651		3.1886 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		13,387		3.1840 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12,909		3.1883 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		9,864		3.1842 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,781		3.1850 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		8,693		3.1845 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		5,909		3.1872 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,805		3.1875 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		3,685		3.1862 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,856		3.1882 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,655		3.1874 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		2,013		3.1858 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1,007		3.1920 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		867		3.1880 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		600		3.1885 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		312		3.1870 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		12		3.1910 GBP
10p ordinary		Purchase		1		3.1946 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		85,795		3.1840 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		37,121		3.1873 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		22,371		3.1841 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		14,900		3.1860 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		13,369		3.1897 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,919		3.1885 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		10,195		3.1941 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,864		3.1846 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		9,308		3.1876 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		7,980		3.1904 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		6,196		3.1881 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,478		3.1957 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		4,007		3.1914 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		3,845		3.1907 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,655		3.1877 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,478		3.1955 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,325		3.1857 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		2,060		3.1890 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,322		3.1893 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,043		3.1930 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		1,007		3.1920 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		867		3.1880 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		600		3.1888 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		150		3.1910 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		74		3.1937 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		28		3.1870 GBP
10p ordinary		Sale		12		3.1913 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 Long		8,693	3.1844 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		11,670	3.1892 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		51,028	3.1949 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		93,957	3.1899 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		147,765	3.1840 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Long		156,508	3.1842 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		1,322	3.1893 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		2,538	3.1866 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		4,831	3.1911 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		6,000	3.1899 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Decreasing Short		48,532	3.1840 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,043	3.1930 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		1,054	3.1890 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		2,478	3.1955 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		3,845	3.1907 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Long		4,478	3.1957 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		552	3.1919 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		1,786	3.1879 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,785	3.1894 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		6,866	3.1877 GBP
10p ordinary		CFD		Increasing Short		14,901	3.1875 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,570	3.1907 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		22,842	3.1891 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Increasing Short		138,960	3.1840 GBP
10p ordinary		SWAP		Decreasing Short		37,121	3.1873 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:				26-Mar-24
Contact name:				Large Holdings Regulatory Operations
Telephone number:				020 3134 7213

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