BNP Paribas London Form 8.3 - DS Smith Plc
May 23 2024 - 8:36AM
RNS Regulatory News
RNS Number : 7105P
BNP Paribas London
23 May 2024
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")
(a) Full name of discloser:
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BNP Paribas SA
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(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.
|
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(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose
relevant securities this form relates:
Use a separate form for
each offeror/offeree
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Smith (DS) plc
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(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an
offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of
offeror/offeree:
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(e) Date position held/dealing
undertaken:
For an opening position
disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the
disclosure
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22/05/2024
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(f) In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is
the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to
the offer?
If it is a cash offer or
possible cash offer, state "N/A"
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Yes: International Paper
Company
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2.
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POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE
DISCLOSURE
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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.
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(a)
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Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of
the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following
the dealing (if any)
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Class of relevant security:
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GB0008220112 (10p
ordinary)
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Interests
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Short
Positions
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Number
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%
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Number
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%
|
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or
controlled:
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33,274,562
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2.41
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-29,322,200
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-2.13
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(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
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1,099,841
|
.08
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-8,095,425
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-.59
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(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and
agreements to purchase/sell:
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0
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0
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TOTAL:
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34,374,403
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2.49
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-37,417,625
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-2.71
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All interests and all short positions should be
disclosed.
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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).
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(b)
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Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors''
and other employee options)
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Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription
right exists:
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Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant
percentages:
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3.
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DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE
DISCLOSURE
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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.
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The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should
be stated.
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Class of
relevant
security
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Purchase/sale
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Number of
securities
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Price per
unit
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GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
1406000
|
3.6400
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
18080
|
3.6450
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
1491
|
3.6562
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
5612
|
3.6602
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
8382
|
3.6625
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
954
|
3.6704
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
500000
|
3.6760
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
6478
|
3.6766
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
11614
|
3.6900
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
2500
|
3.6910
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
13636
|
3.6920
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
14971
|
3.6940
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
27760
|
3.6960
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
29904
|
3.6980
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
223531
|
3.7000
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
1392
|
3.7040
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
1392
|
3.7060
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
3287
|
3.7085
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
6760
|
3.7140
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
9503
|
3.7145
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
8954
|
3.7160
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
14550
|
3.7180
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
183978
|
3.7200
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
11239
|
3.7280
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
76265
|
3.7300
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
4399
|
3.7320
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
9150
|
3.7340
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
1763
|
3.7350
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
17411
|
3.7360
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
3901
|
3.7370
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
1250000
|
3.7377
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
27211
|
3.7380
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
7188
|
3.7390
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
153628
|
3.7400
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
21621
|
3.7410
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
87098
|
3.7420
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
42822
|
3.7440
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
36137
|
3.7460
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
132831
|
3.7480
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
364313
|
3.7500
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Purchase
|
4564
|
3.7540
GBP
|
GB0008220112
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Purchase
|
56018
|
3.7680
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-6500000
|
3.6400
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-798
|
3.6540
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-3610
|
3.6560
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-6290
|
3.6580
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-4016
|
3.6600
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-6906
|
3.6620
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-5439
|
3.6640
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-2997
|
3.6650
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-11848
|
3.6660
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-4412
|
3.6680
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-9289
|
3.6700
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-3894
|
3.6710
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-3673
|
3.6720
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-2860
|
3.6740
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-1270
|
3.6760
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-3213
|
3.6780
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-2247
|
3.6800
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-3266
|
3.6860
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-1530
|
3.6870
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-5969
|
3.6880
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-10475
|
3.6900
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-6209
|
3.6920
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-2947
|
3.6940
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-15443
|
3.6960
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-1443
|
3.6970
GBP
|
vGB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-2153
|
3.6980
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-22325
|
3.6990
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-265179
|
3.7000
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-8338
|
3.7020
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-12604
|
3.7030
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-4132
|
3.7040
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-7328
|
3.7050
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-8752
|
3.7060
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-7483
|
3.7070
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-6408
|
3.7080
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-3269
|
3.7100
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-35
|
3.7110
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-257938
|
3.7120
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-4514
|
3.7140
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-7152
|
3.6400
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-2712
|
3.6450
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-2505
|
3.6562
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-102060
|
3.6602
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-2773
|
3.6625
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-5125
|
3.6704
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-418
|
3.6760
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-10912
|
3.6766
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-9028
|
3.6900
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-16657
|
3.6910
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-22338
|
3.6920
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-274281
|
3.6940
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-515057
|
3.6960
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-700000
|
3.6980
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-13620
|
3.7000
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-3390
|
3.7040
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-32698
|
3.7060
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-141188
|
3.7085
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-72706
|
3.7140
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-4200
|
3.7145
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-36368
|
3.7160
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-23730
|
3.7180
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-5033
|
3.7200
GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Sale
|
-236700
|
3.7280
GBP
|
(b)
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Cash-settled derivative transactions
|
|
Class of
relevant
security
|
Product
description
e.g. CFD
|
Nature of
dealing
e.g. opening/closing
a
long/short
position
increasing/reducing
a
long/short
position
|
Number of
references
securities
|
Price per
unit
|
GB0008220112
|
Contract for Difference
|
Opening
Short Position
|
-31,493
|
4.4146 GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Contract for Difference
|
Closing
Short Position
|
388,500
|
3.7680 GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Contract for Difference
|
Closing
Short Position
|
3,681
|
3.7680
|
GB0008220112
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Long Position
|
9,519
|
3.7680 GBP
|
GB0008220112
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Short Position
|
-4,000
|
3.7680
|
GB0008220112
|
Contract for Difference
|
Increasing Short Position
|
-34,519
|
3.7680 GBP
|
(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
|
Type
e.g.
American
European
etc.
|
Expiry
date
|
Option
money
paid/
received
per unit
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Class of
relevant
security
|
Product
description
e.g. call
option
|
Exercising/
exercised
against
|
Number of
securities
|
Exercise
price
per unit
|
|
|
|
|
|
(d)
|
Other dealings (including subscribing for new
securities)
|
|
Class of
relevant
security
|
Nature of
dealing
e.g. subscription,
conversion
|
Details
|
Price per unit
(if
applicable)
|
|
|
|
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(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)
|
Indemnity and other dealing arrangements
|
|
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
|
Is
a supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?
|
No
|
Date of Disclosure:
|
23/05/2024
|
Contact Name
|
Compliance
Control Room
|
Telephone Number:
|
0207 595
9695
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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.
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