Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

26 March 2024

 

FORM 8.5 Replacement
The Form 8.5 MONDI PLC announcement released on 22/03/2024 under RNS 9999H has been amended.
Amendments are identified with an asterisk (*).
The full amended text is shown below

FORM 8.5 (EPT/RI)

PUBLIC DEALING DISCLOSURE BY AN EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER WITH RECOGNISED INTERMEDIARY STATUS DEALING IN A CLIENT-SERVING CAPACITY
Rule 8.5 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.	KEY INFORMATION

(a) Name of exempt principal trader:	Merrill Lynch International
(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	MONDI PLC
(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:	MONDI PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	21/03/2024
(e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer? If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES If YES, specify which: (DS SMITH PLC)

2.	DEALINGS BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(b), copy table 2(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	Purchases/ sales	Total number of securities	Highest price per unit paid/received	Lowest price per unit paid/received
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Purchase	*1,069,479	13.665 GBP	13.54 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sale	1,392,251	13.665 GBP	13.525 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 reference securities	Price per unit
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	163	13.559 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,308	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2,398	13.64 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,438	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	1,152	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	996	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	442	13.58 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	442	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	1,152	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	996	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	96	13.602 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	136	13.598 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	136	13.594 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	10,040	13.618 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	10,040	13.613 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	381	13.618 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	1,597	13.613 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	2,491	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	1,373	13.621 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	5,776	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	135	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	431	13.602 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	21	13.63 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	227	13.666 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	106	13.584 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	238	13.603 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	10	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	158,589	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	326	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	10	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	103,459	13.624 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	26,176	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,397	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	215,975	13.65 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	65	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	724	13.633 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	5,375	13.657 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	32	13.663 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	43	13.637 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	67	13.645 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,170	13.632 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	378	13.649 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	70	13.6 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	44	13.633 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,020	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,926	13.637 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,824	13.641 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	52	13.659 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	576	13.659 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,297	13.579 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	8,608	13.632 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,137	13.6 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	1,738	13.566 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	24,596	13.614 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	213	13.637 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	75	13.649 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	13	13.645 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	601	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,166	13.637 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	355	13.642 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	9	13.633 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	13	13.6 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	101	13.634 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	74	13.612 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	18	13.649 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	13.633 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4	13.645 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4	13.6 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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(ii)

Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise Price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(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)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

3.	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 exempt principal trader 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 exempt principal trader 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

Date of disclosure:	*26/03/2024
Contact name:	Frank Lui
Telephone number:	[phone]

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
dealing disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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