Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

19 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:	16 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	301,397 313,813	13.8925 GBP 13.9150 GBP	13.6900 GBP 13.6950 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	1,642 6,054 5,617 202 21,127 732 44 179 867 9,171 237 540 1,100 2,916 44,591 34 974 1,985 16,418 4,440 1,029 1 163 298 3,281 1,982 17,292 21,028 1,029 32 62 442 3,532 197 8,941 11,010 150 1,807 56 598 19,314 3,973 4,410 281 170 97 61 4,310 184 125 14 4,698 9,941 1,764 3,842 636 2,937 237 165 94 163 664 3,865 1,721 3,281 2,499 330 1,689 1,982 1,750 3,110 2,301 15,818 3,063 2,486 1,934 2,289 4,701 3,361 913 1,974 1,642 1 771 1,431 4,793 3,044 579 2,916 5,319 49,468 168 3,041 2,676 12,338 263 1,163 20,682 351 6,556 412 14 357 159 1,029 179 4,654 2,222 68 90 525 3,937 76 1,029 90 706 1,155 199 2,331 8,737 4,884 6,377 811 4,489 13,258 5,387 311 601 525 1,857 4,051 539 84 2,496 1,401 696 4,577 2,367 172 704 15,818 1,407 2,078 76 204 135 76 1,029 45	13.7049 GBP 13.7059 GBP 13.7102 GBP 13.7142 GBP 13.7151 GBP 13.7170 GBP 13.7177 GBP 13.7195 GBP 13.7262 GBP 13.7472 GBP 13.7502 GBP 13.7505 GBP 13.7510 GBP 13.7514 GBP 13.7534 GBP 13.7635 GBP 13.7653 GBP 13.7831 GBP 13.8050 GBP 13.8070 GBP 13.8535 GBP 13.8700 GBP 326.8635 ZAR 327.0279 ZAR 327.1441 ZAR 327.3594 ZAR 327.7301 ZAR 327.9693 ZAR 329.4100 ZAR 329.4800 ZAR 13.7080 GBP 13.7243 GBP 13.7250 GBP 13.7317 GBP 13.7434 GBP 13.7438 GBP 13.7441 GBP 13.7481 GBP 13.7490 GBP 13.7497 GBP 13.7500 GBP 13.7514 GBP 13.7568 GBP 13.7575 GBP 13.7599 GBP 13.7624 GBP 13.7649 GBP 13.7651 GBP 13.7692 GBP 13.7747 GBP 13.7799 GBP 13.7805 GBP 13.7815 GBP 13.7929 GBP 13.7959 GBP 13.7997 GBP 13.8008 GBP 13.8026 GBP 13.8108 GBP 13.8849 GBP 326.8635 ZAR 327.0000 ZAR 327.0241 ZAR 327.0804 ZAR 327.1441 ZAR 327.1729 ZAR 327.2657 ZAR 327.2761 ZAR 327.3594 ZAR 327.3595 ZAR 327.4602 ZAR 327.5282 ZAR 327.6132 ZAR 327.6561 ZAR 327.6755 ZAR 327.8564 ZAR 327.9880 ZAR 328.2639 ZAR 328.4547 ZAR 329.5623 ZAR 330.3067 ZAR 13.7049 GBP 13.7100 GBP 13.7311 GBP 13.7367 GBP 13.7370 GBP 13.7422 GBP 13.7433 GBP 13.7436 GBP 13.7451 GBP 13.7461 GBP 13.7497 GBP 13.7498 GBP 13.7646 GBP 13.7650 GBP 13.7688 GBP 13.7716 GBP 13.7774 GBP 13.7875 GBP 13.7976 GBP 13.8483 GBP 13.8636 GBP 13.8681 GBP 13.8727 GBP 17.3923 ZAR 326.9970 ZAR 327.0000 ZAR 327.1570 ZAR 327.4400 ZAR 327.5300 ZAR 327.6420 ZAR 327.7104 ZAR 328.8708 ZAR 329.5880 ZAR 330.9300 ZAR 13.6963 GBP 13.7034 GBP 13.7067 GBP 13.7149 GBP 13.7328 GBP 13.7377 GBP 13.7399 GBP 13.7453 GBP 13.7500 GBP 13.7501 GBP 13.7507 GBP 13.7544 GBP 13.7605 GBP 13.7612 GBP 13.7632 GBP 13.7633 GBP 13.7687 GBP 13.7751 GBP 13.7773 GBP 13.7839 GBP 13.7955 GBP 327.0425 ZAR 327.1600 ZAR 327.2555 ZAR 327.4780 ZAR 327.6132 ZAR 327.6989 ZAR 327.7296 ZAR 327.8900 ZAR 327.9740 ZAR 328.6666 ZAR 328.9300 ZAR 329.5929 ZAR 330.9333 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:	19 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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