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BNP Paribas

Transaction in Own Shares Dec 31, 2024

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RNS Number : 7895R

BNP Paribas London

31 December 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")

1. KEY INFORMATION
(a)  Full name of discloser: BNP Paribas SA
(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
Smith (DS) 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
30/12/2024
(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"
Yes: International Paper Company
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: GB0008220112 (10p ordinary)
Interests Short Positions
Number % Number %
(1) Relevant securities owned and/or controlled: 11,827,436 .86 -11,526,211 -.83
(2) Cash-settled derivatives: 662,716 .05 -7,288,010 -.53
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 0 0
TOTAL: 12,490,152 .90 -18,814,221 -1.36
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
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 46 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 95 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 102 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 121 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 125 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 127 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 127 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 132 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 134 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 144 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 145 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 146 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 152 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 152 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 158 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 163 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 165 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 196 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 198 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 225 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 238 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 238 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 296 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 316 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 329 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 339 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 355 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 355 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 369 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 375 5.3750 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 375 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 375 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 375 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 380 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 384 5.3900 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 397 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 431 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 457 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 491 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 491 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 495 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 504 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 512 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 547 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 547 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 555 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 600 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 623 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 654 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 675 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 696 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 696 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 696 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 696 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 730 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 730 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 732 5.3900 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 835 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 835 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 850 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 855 5.3950 GBP
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GB0008220112 Purchase 986 5.3950 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,084 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,281 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,281 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,317 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,317 5.3775 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,356 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,356 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,356 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,569 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,624 5.3900 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 1,700 5.3875 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 2,788 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 3,601 5.3825 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 4,058 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 6,056 5.4082 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 6,223 5.3700 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 10,178 5.4075 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 10,178 5.4075 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 11,426 5.3995 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 11,874 5.4075 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 14,033 5.4075 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 21,641 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 35,058 5.4025 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 37,775 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 85,377 5.4125 GBP
GB0008220112 Purchase 197,437 5.4000 GBP
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GB0008220112 Sale -13,293 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Sale -13,042 5.3900 GBP
GB0008220112 Sale -11,536 5.3900 GBP
GB0008220112 Sale -6,223 5.3700 GBP
GB0008220112 Sale -3,658 5.3900 GBP
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GB0008220112 Sale -1,913 5.3977 GBP
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GB0008220112 Sale -788 5.4000 GBP
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GB0008220112 Sale -58 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Sale -35 5.3975 GBP
GB0008220112 Sale -33 5.3975 GBP
(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

references

securities
Price per

unit
GB0008220112 Contract for Difference Increasing Short Position -37,775 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Contract for Difference Reducing Short Position 26,309 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Contract for Difference Reducing Short Position 3,315 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Contract for Difference Reducing Short Position 10,572 5.4200 GBP
GB0008220112 Contract for Difference Reducing Short Position 16,111 5.4200 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
(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)
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) 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
(c) Attachments
Is a supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached? No
Date of Disclosure: 31/12/2024
Contact Name Compliance Control Room
Telephone Number: 0207 595 9695
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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