Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

07 March 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:	4 March 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	60,950 492,071 60,950 768,853	332.7034 ZAR 14.0746 GBP 332.7034 ZAR 14.0839 GBP	331.1000 ZAR 13.6450 GBP 331.1000 ZAR 13.6450 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 short position	56,114  28  689  733  627  6,522  56,600  17,815  15,740  12,793  31,371  5,307  16,995  23  571  343  75  1,600  46,730  848  1,068  30  1,939  2  14,268  5  21,924  3,554  346  13,186  247  58  689  44  1,496  3,030  117  4,438  580  532  95  4,523  3,016  158  196  1,335  889  76  15  424,096  126,480  48  282  522  870  5,934  52  96  2,159  2,034  14,268  3,554  14  346  1,776  13,045  134  86  4,770  829  374  3,496  313  247  58  644  35  12,551  10  6,064  1,662  2,600  2,587  381  75,395  8,210  4,499  1,644  7,378  75  459  30  5,696  70  64  689  614  689  5,303  15,540  5,184  113  21,832  5  671  886  511  57  326  2,598  1,069  7,787  1,268  2,961  78  13,617  4,334  2,380  1,845  1,780  3,504  118  19  273  50,397  32,649  27,325  387  4  23  506  63  579  507  274  2,089  75  614  689  418  1,999  1,598  15,435  2,009  340  2,689  1,378  540  5,349  2,347  112  352  374  634  69  118  96  500  7,873  2,852	13.7325 GBP 13.7464 GBP 13.7477 GBP 13.7547 GBP 13.7623 GBP 13.7710 GBP 13.7801 GBP 13.7828 GBP 13.7885 GBP 13.7898 GBP 13.7949 GBP 13.7980 GBP 13.8032 GBP 13.8157 GBP 13.8314 GBP 13.8318 GBP 13.8348 GBP 13.8410 GBP 13.8414 GBP 13.8417 GBP 13.8627 GBP 13.8864 GBP 330.6807 ZAR 331.3500 ZAR 331.3610 ZAR 331.4100 ZAR 331.8725 ZAR 331.8880 ZAR 332.1292 ZAR 332.7800 ZAR 333.8462 ZAR 337.3604 ZAR 339.3000 ZAR 13.7242 GBP 13.7255 GBP 13.7507 GBP 13.7649 GBP 13.7677 GBP 13.7725 GBP 13.7824 GBP 13.7849 GBP 13.7914 GBP 13.7915 GBP 13.7922 GBP 13.7950 GBP 13.8119 GBP 13.8121 GBP 13.8193 GBP 13.8194 GBP 13.8200 GBP 13.8400 GBP 13.9230 GBP 329.5900 ZAR 329.7950 ZAR 329.8269 ZAR 329.8398 ZAR 330.2850 ZAR 330.4022 ZAR 330.5085 ZAR 330.5161 ZAR 331.3610 ZAR 331.8880 ZAR 332.0864 ZAR 332.1292 ZAR 332.1620 ZAR 332.7733 ZAR 332.7800 ZAR 332.8651 ZAR 333.2992 ZAR 333.3303 ZAR 333.4612 ZAR 333.5140 ZAR 333.7135 ZAR 333.8462 ZAR 337.3570 ZAR 338.1926 ZAR 13.6748 GBP 13.7357 GBP 13.7556 GBP 13.7586 GBP 13.7587 GBP 13.7604 GBP 13.7731 GBP 13.7787 GBP 13.7859 GBP 13.7869 GBP 13.7961 GBP 13.8231 GBP 13.8287 GBP 13.8348 GBP 13.8372 GBP 13.8386 GBP 13.8398 GBP 13.8406 GBP 13.8836 GBP 17.7551 ZAR 331.8874 ZAR 332.0004 ZAR 332.4113 ZAR 332.7800 ZAR 333.1743 ZAR 333.2068 ZAR 334.2182 ZAR 13.6651 GBP 13.7175 GBP 13.7348 GBP 13.7354 GBP 13.7376 GBP 13.7483 GBP 13.7553 GBP 13.7582 GBP 13.7615 GBP 13.7648 GBP 13.7710 GBP 13.7725 GBP 13.7758 GBP 13.7899 GBP 13.7943 GBP 13.8094 GBP 13.8142 GBP 13.8173 GBP 13.8200 GBP 13.8250 GBP 13.8318 GBP 13.8401 GBP 13.8407 GBP 13.8469 GBP 13.8745 GBP 13.9701 GBP 329.4500 ZAR 329.6795 ZAR 329.8100 ZAR 330.0191 ZAR 330.3082 ZAR 330.4920 ZAR 330.5234 ZAR 331.4200 ZAR 331.8874 ZAR 332.0054 ZAR 332.0794 ZAR 332.7273 ZAR 332.7800 ZAR 332.8261 ZAR 332.9808 ZAR 333.0167 ZAR 333.1084 ZAR 333.1667 ZAR 333.2097 ZAR 333.3863 ZAR 333.4089 ZAR 333.4097 ZAR 333.4285 ZAR 333.4612 ZAR 333.6105 ZAR 335.8500 ZAR 336.2300 ZAR 336.6535 ZAR 336.6912 ZAR 336.8493 ZAR 13.8661 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:	7 March 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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