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QUILTER PLC
(Incorporated under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 06404270 and re-
registered as a public limited company under the Companies Act 2006)
ISIN CODE: GB00BNHSJN34
JSE SHARE CODE: QLT
Quilter plc (the "Company")
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 DS Smith PLC
securities this form relates:
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: 23/02/2024
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 Yes – Mondi PLC
making disclosures in respect of any other party to the
offer?
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 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 27,605,101 2.00
controlled:
(2) Cash-settled derivatives:
(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including
options) and agreements to
purchase/sell:
TOTAL: 27,605,101 2.00
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 Purchase/sale Number of Price per
security securities unit
10p ordinary Sale 26,171 3.255426
10p ordinary Sale 348 3.23384
10p ordinary Sale 650 3.236632
10p ordinary Sale 261,700 3.208
10p ordinary Sale 4,175 3.208
10p ordinary Sale 664 3.208
10p ordinary Sale 280 3.208
10p ordinary Sale 220 3.208
10p ordinary Sale 95 3.208
10p ordinary Sale 65 3.208
10p ordinary Purchase 720 3.23637
10p ordinary Purchase 495 3.241538
10p ordinary Purchase 600 3.22737
10p ordinary Purchase 1,000 3.21937
10p ordinary Purchase 2,289 3.225
10p ordinary Purchase 531 3.223
10p ordinary Purchase 493 3.2
10p ordinary Purchase 373 3.209
10p ordinary Purchase 360 3.20977
(b) Cash-settled derivative transactions
Class of relevant Product Nature of dealing Number of Price per unit
security description e.g. opening/closing a reference
e.g. CFD long/short position, securities
increasing/reducing a
long/short position
(c) Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
Class of Product Writing, Number of Exercise Type Expiry Option
relevant description purchasing, securities price per e.g. date money
security e.g. call selling, to which unit American, paid/
option varying etc. option European received
relates etc. per unit
(ii) Exercise
Class of relevant Product Exercising/ Number of Exercise price per
security description exercised against securities unit
e.g. call option
(d) Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)
Class of relevant Nature of dealing Details Price per unit (if
security e.g. subscription, conversion applicable)
10p ordinary Transfer in 280
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: 26/02/2024
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.
*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.
26th February 2024
Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited
