DJ Form 8.3 - The Vanguard Group, Inc.: Smith (DS) plc
The Vanguard Group, Inc. ( )
Form 8.3 - The Vanguard Group, Inc.: Smith (DS) plc
08-March-2024 / 15:37 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:
07 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 thedisclosure relates following the dealing (if any)
Class of relevant security:
10p ordinary
Interests Short positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 62,088,506 4.51%
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
62,088,506 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 Sale 12,073 3.25 GBP 10p ordinary Purchase 720 3.25 GBP 10p ordinary Purchase 10,600 3.26 GBP
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Product Nature of dealing
Class of relevant description Number of reference Price per
security e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/ securities unit
e.g. CFD reducing a long/short position
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Type
Class of Product Writing, Number of securities Exercise Option money
relevant description e.g. purchasing, to which option price per e.g. Expiry paid/ received
security call option selling, varying relates unit American, date per unit
etc. European
etc.
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant Product description Exercising/ exercised
security against Number of securities Exercise price per unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Nature of dealing
Class of relevant security Details Price per unit (if applicable)
e.g. subscription, 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: 08 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 www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.
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