Quilter PLC

Major Shareholding Notification • Aug 2, 2024

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RNS Number : 0304Z

Quilter PLC

02 August 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:	Quilter PLC (and subsidiaries)
(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:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	DS Smith PLC
(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:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	01/08/2024
(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"	No

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 controlled:	20,425,318	1.48
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:
TOTAL:	20,425,318	1.48

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

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit
10p ordinary	Purchase	51	4.538983
10p ordinary	Purchase	173	4.580922
10p ordinary	Sale	1,566	4.559955
10p ordinary	Sale	1,425	4.53732
10p ordinary	Sale	600	4.53688
10p ordinary	Sale	1,300	4.53688
10p ordinary	Sale	220	4.536674
10p ordinary	Sale	2,500	4.53532
10p ordinary	Sale	73	4.523008
10p ordinary	Sale	167	4.539005
10p ordinary	Sale	440	4.53932
10p ordinary	Sale	66	4.54088
10p ordinary	Sale	340	4.54132
10p ordinary	Sale	593	4.54088
10p ordinary	Sale	244	4.54088
10p ordinary	Sale	311	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	194	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	871	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	400	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	619	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	164	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	265	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	435	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	559	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	152	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	122	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	576	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	1,335	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	710	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	554	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	467	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	588	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	103	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	931	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	895	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	165	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	184	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	307	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	663	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	257	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	194	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	84	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	411	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	256	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	154	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	425	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	283	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	87	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	141	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	158	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	494	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	117	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	143	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	247	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	695	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	177	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	819	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	142	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	571	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	348	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	113	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	130	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	1,362	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	301	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	69	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	380	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	254	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	749	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	591	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	155	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	84	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	73	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	84	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	73	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	78	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	73	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	78	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	282	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	93	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	267	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	90	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	347	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	172	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	641	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	135	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	152	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	517	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	173	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	499	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	399	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	187	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	267	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	141	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	179	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	169	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	97	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	684	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	527	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	155	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	348	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	297	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	175	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	574	4.55
10p ordinary	Sale	130	4.550558
10p ordinary	Sale	1,527	4.55088
10p ordinary	Sale	529	4.54064
10p ordinary	Sale	2,540	4.57532
10p ordinary	Sale	1,272	4.55932
10p ordinary	Sale	475	4.56532
10p ordinary	Sale	1,700	4.55932
10p ordinary	Sale	295	4.55888
10p ordinary	Sale	1,004	4.56688
10p ordinary	Sale	185	4.532396
10p ordinary	Sale	303	4.55688

(b)       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 reference securities	Price per unit

(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

(ii)        Exercise

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)
10p ordinary	Transfer In	2,540

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:	02/08/2024
###### Contact name:	Henry Nevin
###### Telephone number:	+ 44 (0)207 150 4209

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.

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