Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

09 February 2024

 

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:	8 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	2,318,856 954,336	14.2050 GBP 14.2175 GBP	13.2200 GBP 13.2200 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	10,751 29,824 21,978 1,185 9,153 9,573 1,800 7,042 5,794 3,281 16,053 86,472 221 58,182 250 3,096 5,451 36,343 435 9,089 29,233 47,006 25,000 9,206 737 33,378 105,485 552,606 54,839 1 110,214 100,632 96,905 1,263 17,536 1 5 79,482 2,894 642 27 1,221 1,837 7,307 1,183 1,925 14,117 3,318 13,271 994 249 17,392 16,610 4,544 2,874 10,045 1,956 10,246 22,012 2,050 4,351 2 1 2,087 16,984 367 861 6,966 34 135 213 407 1,273 1,227 971 595 210 54 3,469 4,024 141 9,972 3,512 35,105 2,259 598 1,486 854 1,530 6,299 170 27,036 1,960 37,478 945 17,246 1,453 2,730 364 640 12,705 1,068 1,152 8,866 3,257 78 3,929 149 969 72 242 998 354 438 414 348 2,940 3,410 1,090 994 91 86,295 353 3 2,087 5,156 15,599 861 24,178 512 5,793 684 72 1 34,334 943 245 3 2,715 5 573 17,454 18 792 46,653 72,821 17,021 19 81,213 6,154 1,793 20,219 6,500 2,456 512 3,612 1 5,783 17,291 2,867 14,117 342 20 42,214 2,487 579 3,966 841 659 1,970 2,478 1,683 57,692 6,280 11 5,813 904 1,561 6,236 1,406 64 41,901 6,714 1,056 303 3,903 2,811 293 7,121 48,768 2,073 950 4,811 2,345 355 144 980 1,100 747 20,219 628 17,854 4,948 7 144 1,031 8,089 4,401 905 2,169 674 343 1,334 342 1,790 450 1,500 450 1,500	13.2833 GBP 13.3252 GBP 13.3568 GBP 13.3600 GBP 13.3602 GBP 13.3605 GBP 13.3609 GBP 13.3617 GBP 13.3653 GBP 13.3813 GBP 13.3964 GBP 13.4107 GBP 13.4134 GBP 13.4164 GBP 13.4313 GBP 13.4440 GBP 13.4519 GBP 13.4531 GBP 13.4614 GBP 13.4685 GBP 13.4717 GBP 13.4867 GBP 13.4889 GBP 13.4958 GBP 13.4994 GBP 13.5080 GBP 13.5103 GBP 13.5137 GBP 13.5224 GBP 13.5339 GBP 13.5453 GBP 13.5480 GBP 13.5691 GBP 13.5867 GBP 13.5872 GBP 13.6100 GBP 13.6124 GBP 13.6530 GBP 13.7053 GBP 13.7131 GBP 13.7133 GBP 13.7157 GBP 13.7284 GBP 13.7290 GBP 14.0226 GBP 14.1844 GBP 17.4775 ZAR 319.8361 ZAR 320.5854 ZAR 320.9114 ZAR 322.3497 ZAR 322.3540 ZAR 322.3541 ZAR 322.3640 ZAR 322.3663 ZAR 322.3751 ZAR 322.6416 ZAR 322.6528 ZAR 322.6608 ZAR 322.6825 ZAR 322.7423 ZAR 322.8550 ZAR 323.0500 ZAR 323.0572 ZAR 326.3088 ZAR 327.0188 ZAR 327.5445 ZAR 329.4055 ZAR 329.9221 ZAR 329.9595 ZAR 329.9642 ZAR 329.9653 ZAR 329.9655 ZAR 329.9710 ZAR 329.9754 ZAR 329.9792 ZAR 329.9835 ZAR 336.1753 ZAR 337.7579 ZAR 339.0614 ZAR 13.3591 GBP 13.3593 GBP 13.3599 GBP 13.3600 GBP 13.4048 GBP 13.4255 GBP 13.4606 GBP 13.4643 GBP 13.4682 GBP 13.4755 GBP 13.5482 GBP 13.5607 GBP 13.5655 GBP 13.5770 GBP 13.6848 GBP 13.6941 GBP 13.7137 GBP 13.8693 GBP 13.8913 GBP 13.9102 GBP 13.9896 GBP 13.9914 GBP 14.0072 GBP 14.0180 GBP 14.0738 GBP 14.0843 GBP 14.0968 GBP 14.1134 GBP 14.1268 GBP 14.1450 GBP 14.1599 GBP 14.1624 GBP 14.1695 GBP 14.1790 GBP 14.1899 GBP 316.1384 ZAR 316.1922 ZAR 318.3110 ZAR 320.8226 ZAR 320.9114 ZAR 322.0700 ZAR 322.4975 ZAR 322.7024 ZAR 322.9200 ZAR 323.0572 ZAR 323.2041 ZAR 326.2589 ZAR 327.5445 ZAR 329.1253 ZAR 329.8208 ZAR 330.0458 ZAR 334.3598 ZAR 338.3900 ZAR 13.3450 GBP 13.3587 GBP 13.3598 GBP 13.3600 GBP 13.3812 GBP 13.3858 GBP 13.3928 GBP 13.3942 GBP 13.4072 GBP 13.4562 GBP 13.5207 GBP 13.5481 GBP 13.6531 GBP 13.6539 GBP 13.8436 GBP 13.8505 GBP 319.6812 ZAR 320.8298 ZAR 321.5359 ZAR 321.5498 ZAR 322.0700 ZAR 322.4983 ZAR 323.0361 ZAR 323.1600 ZAR 324.1936 ZAR 325.6098 ZAR 327.5084 ZAR 330.1500 ZAR 337.6925 ZAR 13.3460 GBP 13.3601 GBP 13.3602 GBP 13.3607 GBP 13.3857 GBP 13.3887 GBP 13.4152 GBP 13.4375 GBP 13.4406 GBP 13.4438 GBP 13.4495 GBP 13.4571 GBP 13.4601 GBP 13.4611 GBP 13.4625 GBP 13.4695 GBP 13.4702 GBP 13.4735 GBP 13.4841 GBP 13.4904 GBP 13.4928 GBP 13.4974 GBP 13.5476 GBP 13.5511 GBP 13.5559 GBP 13.5896 GBP 13.5904 GBP 13.5939 GBP 13.6115 GBP 13.6120 GBP 13.6456 GBP 14.0496 GBP 319.1109 ZAR 319.1650 ZAR 320.4671 ZAR 320.8931 ZAR 321.0098 ZAR 321.5359 ZAR 321.9860 ZAR 322.0209 ZAR 322.0700 ZAR 322.2257 ZAR 322.8150 ZAR 322.8451 ZAR 322.9136 ZAR 323.2996 ZAR 323.9102 ZAR 328.3198 ZAR 330.1199 ZAR 331.1100 ZAR 335.4029 ZAR 337.6925 ZAR 339.0975 ZAR 13.4910 GBP 13.4960 GBP 13.3539 GBP 13.3657 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:	9 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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