Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

15 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:	14 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	262,725 543,454	13.6003 GBP 13.6100 GBP	13.4000 GBP 13.4000 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	300 61 262 7 3 344 521 20,981 92 3,828 3,760 2,345 255 1 263 1,396 1,060 2,716 1,060 1,392 2,269 23 13 1,554 635 7,352 22,474 853 189 5,102 74 13,575 2,810 3,100 1,356 1,204 13,106 97,770 3,176 1,515 2,603 3,917 7,370 390 3 3,608 25,525 965 964 1,457 439 1,635 5,386 3,195 15,194 4,394 159 835 1,204 116 1,060 180 3,152 688 5,123 3,661 249 3,356 29,826 189 5,448 289 145 1,063 3,756 317 417 29 2,995 11,012 1,109 614 383 1,354 309 15,955 2,819 43,670 187 57,442 4,631 3,038 1,946 6,903 3,960 6,190 23,816 5 3 1,396 230 1,060 358 1 60 8,655 23 190 90 240 6,500 6,260 586 528 624 1,441 195 351 306 1,321 364 4,604 1,935 6,899 718 8,546 3,614 9,320 5 7,948 930 22,219 2,684 138 12 15,547 1,506 115 1,320 303 358 1,906 3,174 3,152 1 240 23 330 2,051 1,100 4,224 213 2,865 114 10,135 7	13.4013 GBP 13.4038 GBP 13.4789 GBP 13.4814 GBP 13.4864 GBP 13.5038 GBP 13.5077 GBP 13.5088 GBP 13.5175 GBP 13.5294 GBP 13.5371 GBP 13.5426 GBP 13.5514 GBP 13.5664 GBP 13.5700 GBP 13.6032 GBP 16.9613 ZAR 323.7582 ZAR 323.7643 ZAR 323.9698 ZAR 325.1958 ZAR 325.2525 ZAR 325.4864 ZAR 325.5978 ZAR 325.7126 ZAR 325.9679 ZAR 326.0024 ZAR 326.1093 ZAR 326.1257 ZAR 326.2500 ZAR 13.4400 GBP 13.4738 GBP 13.5107 GBP 13.5227 GBP 13.5233 GBP 13.5245 GBP 13.5247 GBP 13.5250 GBP 13.5259 GBP 13.5265 GBP 13.5281 GBP 13.5322 GBP 13.5328 GBP 13.5335 GBP 13.5362 GBP 13.5389 GBP 13.5523 GBP 13.5534 GBP 13.5562 GBP 13.5605 GBP 13.5671 GBP 13.5686 GBP 13.5739 GBP 13.5742 GBP 13.5807 GBP 13.5836 GBP 13.5888 GBP 13.5903 GBP 323.3892 ZAR 323.4500 ZAR 323.7595 ZAR 324.1475 ZAR 324.2223 ZAR 324.2264 ZAR 324.7045 ZAR 324.7296 ZAR 325.5181 ZAR 325.8390 ZAR 325.9939 ZAR 326.1257 ZAR 326.1499 ZAR 326.2500 ZAR 13.4559 GBP 13.4764 GBP 13.4796 GBP 13.4891 GBP 13.5025 GBP 13.5187 GBP 13.5237 GBP 13.5240 GBP 13.5241 GBP 13.5244 GBP 13.5246 GBP 13.5248 GBP 13.5269 GBP 13.5315 GBP 13.5316 GBP 13.5356 GBP 13.5379 GBP 13.5390 GBP 13.5408 GBP 13.5427 GBP 13.5441 GBP 13.5464 GBP 13.5507 GBP 13.5531 GBP 13.5549 GBP 13.5886 GBP 13.5936 GBP 13.6032 GBP 323.4844 ZAR 323.9600 ZAR 324.0074 ZAR 324.2621 ZAR 324.3400 ZAR 324.3895 ZAR 324.5483 ZAR 325.1900 ZAR 325.6800 ZAR 325.7218 ZAR 326.0711 ZAR 326.0845 ZAR 13.4001 GBP 13.4530 GBP 13.4601 GBP 13.4628 GBP 13.4804 GBP 13.4833 GBP 13.4851 GBP 13.5067 GBP 13.5085 GBP 13.5133 GBP 13.5141 GBP 13.5166 GBP 13.5193 GBP 13.5206 GBP 13.5212 GBP 13.5215 GBP 13.5226 GBP 13.5239 GBP 13.5246 GBP 13.5250 GBP 13.5276 GBP 13.5351 GBP 13.5604 GBP 13.5904 GBP 13.5958 GBP 13.6003 GBP 323.4010 ZAR 323.9808 ZAR 324.0074 ZAR 324.0300 ZAR 324.1098 ZAR 324.2223 ZAR 324.2622 ZAR 324.2697 ZAR 324.5483 ZAR 324.6552 ZAR 324.8647 ZAR 325.3211 ZAR 325.5108 ZAR 325.5487 ZAR 325.7621 ZAR 326.0592 ZAR 326.1794 ZAR 326.2500 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:	15 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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