Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

20 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:	19 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	274,791  269,383	13.7957 GBP 13.7950 GBP	13.6625 GBP 13.6850 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	5,915 717 9,429 1,190 6,065 3,789 6,103 12,000 7,662 4,664 195 50 690 2,212 690 14,837 2,450 1,954 65 11 65 2 7 450 1,012 78 1,424 1,230 320 766 503 202 554 5,006 4,151 1,311 12 1,932 68 986 630 64 185 233 81 5,465 22,823 4,516 2,519 1,051 1,078 83 690 2,450 1,776 76 4,733 1,394 178 1,557 358 118 19,659 1,415 132 782 2 690 2,624 1,882 21 4,208 68 61 1,983 375 35,487 1,209 29 12,128 65 1,926 1,443 13,053 2,449 414 690 6,500 10,121 213 1,633 12,179 4,095 301 1,403 175 102 1 9,533 1,442 1,627 3,823 2,290 518 605 815 607 935 12,721 6,348 26,690 891 460 1,846 60 120 10,121 4,654 2,003 2,120 12,323 1,804 293 22 763 175 149	13.6861 GBP 13.6990 GBP 13.7091 GBP 13.7100 GBP 13.7164 GBP 13.7364 GBP 13.7368 GBP 13.7387 GBP 13.7432 GBP 13.7450 GBP 13.7464 GBP 13.7500 GBP 17.3291 ZAR 327.2502 ZAR 327.2718 ZAR 327.3247 ZAR 327.5077 ZAR 327.6483 ZAR 327.6488 ZAR 327.9909 ZAR 328.0276 ZAR 13.6649 GBP 13.6849 GBP 13.6899 GBP 13.6947 GBP 13.6965 GBP 13.7014 GBP 13.7022 GBP 13.7071 GBP 13.7072 GBP 13.7183 GBP 13.7224 GBP 13.7228 GBP 13.7230 GBP 13.7253 GBP 13.7309 GBP 13.7328 GBP 13.7405 GBP 13.7444 GBP 13.7449 GBP 13.7536 GBP 13.7565 GBP 13.7586 GBP 13.7637 GBP 13.7940 GBP 13.7943 GBP 13.7950 GBP 326.6757 ZAR 326.9492 ZAR 327.1218 ZAR 327.2535 ZAR 327.2635 ZAR 327.2669 ZAR 327.5077 ZAR 327.6173 ZAR 327.6983 ZAR 327.7161 ZAR 327.8860 ZAR 327.9574 ZAR 327.9944 ZAR 328.0276 ZAR 328.6029 ZAR 13.7055 GBP 13.7100 GBP 13.7197 GBP 13.7199 GBP 13.7249 GBP 13.7298 GBP 13.7316 GBP 13.7352 GBP 13.7359 GBP 13.7372 GBP 13.7386 GBP 13.7400 GBP 13.7420 GBP 13.7436 GBP 13.7454 GBP 13.7461 GBP 13.7648 GBP 13.7805 GBP 13.7872 GBP 13.7902 GBP 13.7908 GBP 13.7936 GBP 13.7948 GBP 13.7950 GBP 327.0000 ZAR 327.1742 ZAR 327.2466 ZAR 327.3185 ZAR 327.3962 ZAR 327.6900 ZAR 327.7014 ZAR 327.7230 ZAR 327.7265 ZAR 328.6069 ZAR 13.6951 GBP 13.6954 GBP 13.7073 GBP 13.7154 GBP 13.7188 GBP 13.7193 GBP 13.7211 GBP 13.7214 GBP 13.7261 GBP 13.7372 GBP 13.7401 GBP 13.7403 GBP 13.7410 GBP 13.7950 GBP 13.7951 GBP 13.7957 GBP 326.6797 ZAR 326.9581 ZAR 327.0000 ZAR 327.1249 ZAR 327.2466 ZAR 327.2828 ZAR 327.4109 ZAR 327.5129 ZAR 327.7324 ZAR 327.9301 ZAR 328.0276 ZAR 328.2400 ZAR 328.5154 ZAR 328.6069 ZAR 329.1560 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:	20 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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