Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

13 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:	12 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	317,706 230,207 317,706 652,446	323.2086 ZAR 13.6167 GBP 323.2086 ZAR 13.6150 GBP	323.2086 ZAR 13.3875 GBP 323.2086 ZAR 13.3875 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	58 355 3,827 107 188 13 20 594 187 1,218 873 483 38 3,544 174 27 1,039 170 38 684 917 6 129 3,259 558 10,495 804 2,844 7,449 834 55 17 1 36 50 658 1,087 118 166 328 2,027 500 355 51 45 93 42 12,874 2,654 5,262 960 126 1,500 836 16 133 29,037 1,755 500 428 20,878 960 1 12 862 354 121 127 2,056 1,160 65,072 1 3 100 17 18,102 24,170 3,435 15,086 1,893 52 35,000 3,085 5,059 51,160 755 4,246 228 355 468 355 9,142 902 51 6 199 468 2,683 3,399 844 132 902 1,209 403 57 372 1 503	13.4051 GBP 13.4058 GBP 13.4063 GBP 13.4152 GBP 13.4190 GBP 13.4194 GBP 13.4213 GBP 13.4216 GBP 13.4255 GBP 13.4292 GBP 13.4329 GBP 13.4400 GBP 13.4413 GBP 13.4444 GBP 13.4458 GBP 13.4499 GBP 13.4532 GBP 13.4548 GBP 13.4602 GBP 13.4603 GBP 13.4765 GBP 13.4839 GBP 13.4856 GBP 13.4956 GBP 13.4965 GBP 13.4993 GBP 13.5044 GBP 13.5136 GBP 13.5163 GBP 13.5205 GBP 13.5239 GBP 13.5360 GBP 13.5405 GBP 13.5789 GBP 13.5811 GBP 13.6036 GBP 13.6048 GBP 13.6052 GBP 13.6053 GBP 13.6106 GBP 13.6167 GBP 321.1500 ZAR 321.2000 ZAR 323.0650 ZAR 323.4333 ZAR 323.4366 ZAR 323.5492 ZAR 324.1784 ZAR 324.1805 ZAR 324.2173 ZAR 324.8202 ZAR 13.4050 GBP 13.5454 GBP 13.5456 GBP 13.5457 GBP 13.5703 GBP 13.5737 GBP 13.6131 GBP 321.1468 ZAR 323.4644 ZAR 324.1829 ZAR 324.8202 ZAR 325.1700 ZAR 13.3887 GBP 13.3962 GBP 13.3995 GBP 13.4021 GBP 13.4094 GBP 13.4651 GBP 13.5131 GBP 13.5155 GBP 13.5233 GBP 13.5237 GBP 13.5312 GBP 13.5360 GBP 13.5362 GBP 13.5606 GBP 13.5609 GBP 13.5692 GBP 13.5895 GBP 13.5977 GBP 13.5986 GBP 13.5998 GBP 13.6031 GBP 13.6036 GBP 13.6040 GBP 13.6048 GBP 13.6056 GBP 16.8698 ZAR 321.6861 ZAR 322.3452 ZAR 322.7114 ZAR 322.9195 ZAR 323.1786 ZAR 325.5000 ZAR 13.6071 GBP 321.6893 ZAR 322.0919 ZAR 322.6012 ZAR 322.8092 ZAR 322.8658 ZAR 322.9195 ZAR 323.0624 ZAR 323.3140 ZAR 323.4230 ZAR 324.4257 ZAR 324.5900 ZAR 325.5000 ZAR

(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:	13 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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