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FORM 8.3
IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL
DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2013
DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE
1. KEY INFORMATION
+---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Name of person dealing (Note 1) |Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP| +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Company dealt in |Smurfit Kappa Group plc | +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Class of relevant security to which the| | |dealings being disclosed relate (Note |€0.001 ordinary shares | |2) | | +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ |Date of dealing |22 March 2018 | +---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+
b. INTERESTS AND SHORT POSITIONS
c. Interests and short positions (following dealing) in the class of relevant security dealt in (Note 3)
+-------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------+ | | Long |Short | +-------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------+ | |Number (%) |Number (%)| +-------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------+ |(1) Relevant securities | | | +-------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------+ |(2) Derivatives (other than options) |4,315,596 1.8196| | +-------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------+ |(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell| | | +-------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------+ |Total | | | +-------------------------------------------+-----------------+------------+
a. Interests and short positions in relevant securities of the company, other than the class dealt in (Note 3)
+-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ |Class of relevant security: | Long |Short | +-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ | |Number (%)|Number (%)| +-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ |(1) Relevant securities | | | +-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ | | | | | | | | |(2) Derivatives (other than options) | | | +-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ | | | | | | | | |(3) Options and agreements to purchase/sell| | | +-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+ |Total | | | +-------------------------------------------+------------+------------+
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1. DEALINGS (Note 4)
(a) Purchases and sales
+---------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | Purchase/sale | Number of relevant securities | Price per unit (Note 5) | +---------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------+ | | | | +---------------+-------------------------------+-------------------------+
(b) Derivatives transactions (other than options transactions)
+-------------+---------------------+---------------------------+--------------+ |Product name,|Nature of transaction|Number of relevant |Price per unit| |e.g. CFD |(Note 6) |securities |(Note 5) | | | |(Note 7) | | +-------------+---------------------+---------------------------+--------------+ |CFD |Increased long | 55,000| 34.3601 EUR | +-------------+---------------------+---------------------------+--------------+ |CFD |Increased long | 37,500| 34.4258 EUR | +-------------+---------------------+---------------------------+--------------+ |CFD |Increased long | 25,000| 34.3255 EUR | +-------------+---------------------+---------------------------+--------------+
(c) Options transactions in respect of existing relevant securities
(i) Writing, selling, purchasing or varying
+---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+-------+--------------+ | | |Number of | | | | | |Product |Writing, |securities | |Type, e.g.| |Option money | |name, |selling, |to which |Exercise |American, |Expiry |paid/received | |e.g. call|purchasing, |the option |price |European |date |per unit (Note| |option |varying etc.|relates | |etc. | |5) | | | |(Note 7) | | | | | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+-------+--------------+ | | | | | | | | +---------+------------+-----------+---------+----------+-------+--------------+
(ii) Exercising
+------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+ | Product name, | Number of securities | Exercise price per unit (Note 5) | | e.g. call option | | | +------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+ | | | | +------------------+----------------------+----------------------------------+
(d) Other dealings (including transactions in respect of new securities) (Note 4)
+-----------------------+---------+--------------------------+ | Nature of transaction | Details | Price per unit | | (Note 8) | | (if applicable) (Note 5) | +-----------------------+---------+--------------------------+ | | | | +-----------------------+---------+--------------------------+
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2. OTHER INFORMATION
Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives
Full details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between the person disclosing and any other person relating to the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option referred to on this form or relating to the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative referred to on this form is referenced. If none, this should be stated.
Is a Supplemental Form 8 attached? (Note 9) YES/NO
+---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+ |Date of disclosure |23 March 2018| +---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+ |Contact name |James Gange | +---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+ |Telephone number |212-446-4029 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+ |If a connected EFM, name of offeree/offeror with which | | |connected | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+ |If a connected EFM, state nature of connection (Note 10) | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+--------------+
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Source: Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP via GlobeNewswire
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