Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

16 February 2024

 

AMENDMENT

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:	J.P. Morgan Securities Plc
(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:	Corporate broker to Smith (DS) plc
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	15 February 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, Smith (DS) 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 Sale	22,070  584,798  22,070  578,002	326.2867 ZAR 13.8450 GBP 326.2867 ZAR 13.8270 GBP	326.2867 ZAR 13.6013 GBP 326.2867 ZAR 13.6000 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	Equity Swap	Decrease Long Decrease Short Increase Long Increase Short Opening a Long Position Opening a Short Position	197 1 88 914 3,915 105 38 212 3,725 89,276 1,044 23,257 6,336 23 2,438 3,542 394 59,342 20,364 1,850 2,715 8 1,041 25 22,568 2,730 3,237 1,259 70 862 302 383 25 60 22,414 13,778 978 3,157 5,433 21,604 118 5,609 386 599 19,964 741 442 5,378 1,227 606 3,967 184 436 944 1,739 6,104 3,276 309 2,148 1,065 1,061 500 2,730 4,099 2,318 7,962 3,237 860 1,099 1,267 887 81 271 1 301 1,016 253 1,077 10,655 41,312 60,564 589 576 5,817 33,787 15,101 12,186 2,249 4,103 2,124 1,041 205 171 161 1,041 4,394 95 46,927 4,731 310 6,500 7,352 22,474 50 75 278 1,338 2,487 1,104 311 177 422 357 1,867 4,878 64,399 619 309 1,048 1,265 727 2 3,707 13 350 267 1,932 3,429 209 284 214 508 309 10,550 4,394 4,963 3,393 345 275 1,011 2,062 691 26,874 2,985 1,188 29,826 225 1,693 6,336 1,007 2,500 1,713	13.6014 GBP 13.6050 GBP 13.6101 GBP 13.6138 GBP 13.6257 GBP 13.6564 GBP 13.6699 GBP 13.6906 GBP 13.7159 GBP 13.7163 GBP 13.7266 GBP 13.7267 GBP 13.7302 GBP 13.7314 GBP 13.7419 GBP 13.7682 GBP 13.7927 GBP 13.8016 GBP 13.8017 GBP 13.8137 GBP 13.8320 GBP 325.4200 ZAR 326.2500 ZAR 326.4440 ZAR 327.4570 ZAR 328.0699 ZAR 328.6908 ZAR 329.4001 ZAR 13.6603 GBP 13.6927 GBP 13.6976 GBP 13.7143 GBP 13.7229 GBP 13.7267 GBP 13.7293 GBP 13.7300 GBP 13.7314 GBP 13.7340 GBP 13.7358 GBP 13.7377 GBP 13.7390 GBP 13.7453 GBP 13.7588 GBP 13.7648 GBP 13.7709 GBP 13.7786 GBP 13.7798 GBP 13.7799 GBP 13.7824 GBP 13.7902 GBP 13.8014 GBP 13.8031 GBP 13.8269 GBP 13.8349 GBP 325.4801 ZAR 325.6622 ZAR 325.9512 ZAR 326.5743 ZAR 326.8931 ZAR 327.0721 ZAR 327.5124 ZAR 328.0400 ZAR 328.0699 ZAR 328.1374 ZAR 328.3896 ZAR 328.6654 ZAR 328.6908 ZAR 328.9653 ZAR 329.3032 ZAR 329.3750 ZAR 329.5411 ZAR 13.5986 GBP 13.6430 GBP 13.6600 GBP 13.6877 GBP 13.7088 GBP 13.7236 GBP 13.7276 GBP 13.7284 GBP 13.7286 GBP 13.7299 GBP 13.7309 GBP 13.7349 GBP 13.7444 GBP 13.7495 GBP 13.7510 GBP 13.7512 GBP 13.7536 GBP 13.7726 GBP 13.7814 GBP 17.7503 ZAR 325.7974 ZAR 325.8101 ZAR 326.7971 ZAR 327.5195 ZAR 327.6763 ZAR 328.0800 ZAR 328.4804 ZAR 328.5923 ZAR 328.6696 ZAR 328.9198 ZAR 329.0320 ZAR 329.0612 ZAR 329.5200 ZAR 329.9700 ZAR 13.6312 GBP 13.6732 GBP 13.7021 GBP 13.7024 GBP 13.7086 GBP 13.7095 GBP 13.7224 GBP 13.7251 GBP 13.7252 GBP 13.7259 GBP 13.7301 GBP 13.7307 GBP 13.7338 GBP 13.7343 GBP 13.7357 GBP 13.7437 GBP 13.7458 GBP 13.7532 GBP 13.7553 GBP 325.3249 ZAR 325.4992 ZAR 325.5246 ZAR 325.7496 ZAR 325.9680 ZAR 326.5858 ZAR 326.7217 ZAR 327.2941 ZAR 327.3120 ZAR 327.3898 ZAR 327.6763 ZAR 328.0770 ZAR 328.0961 ZAR 328.1591 ZAR 328.2797 ZAR 328.4529 ZAR 328.5212 ZAR 328.6384 ZAR 328.8477 ZAR 328.9270 ZAR 328.9755 ZAR 329.0540 ZAR 329.3733 ZAR 329.6031 ZAR 329.8477 ZAR 329.9009 ZAR 13.7290 GBP 13.7420 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)

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:	16 February 2024
Contact name:	Natasha Mondon
Telephone number:	01202 325175

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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