Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

21 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:	20 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	906,697 810,932	13.8976 GBP 13.9050 GBP	13.7300 GBP 13.7200 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	3,882 805 411 208 57 436 763 3,325 570 22,063 53 29,806 13,805 119 1 37 31 68 22 272 420 797 6,368 1,442 43 418 158 1,472 91 294 18,226 408 695 3,473 113 1,360 1 6 860 719 4,892 5,148 15,307 1,972 648 2,804 12,214 517 102 1,811 818 20 299 3,120 272 442 4,968 797 1,442 208 7,350 354 583 418 158 675 804 176 66 214 136 57 8,197 7,069 1,047 19 733 6,778 4,170 9,351 842 1,945 20,211 576 325 9,457 715 7,816 8,000 138 91 24,584 302 17,272 1,258 537 12 12 1,050 498 6 3 7,075 6,786 261 40,811 735 1,456 664 9,775 4,209 1,910 277 275 6,430 342 7 146 1,858 3,189 86 457 1,100 345 165 2 73 414 7,350 92 261 355 746 58 3,609 3,034	13.7400 GBP 13.7462 GBP 13.7509 GBP 13.7514 GBP 13.8038 GBP 13.8214 GBP 13.8260 GBP 13.8271 GBP 13.8366 GBP 13.8377 GBP 13.8382 GBP 13.8385 GBP 13.8413 GBP 13.8453 GBP 13.8564 GBP 13.8567 GBP 13.8664 GBP 13.8814 GBP 329.2900 ZAR 329.4946 ZAR 330.5380 ZAR 330.7301 ZAR 330.7373 ZAR 330.7493 ZAR 330.7842 ZAR 331.1278 ZAR 331.3412 ZAR 331.5369 ZAR 13.7800 GBP 13.7879 GBP 13.8117 GBP 13.8120 GBP 13.8195 GBP 13.8239 GBP 13.8240 GBP 13.8244 GBP 13.8249 GBP 13.8250 GBP 13.8253 GBP 13.8271 GBP 13.8297 GBP 13.8306 GBP 13.8309 GBP 13.8379 GBP 13.8380 GBP 13.8396 GBP 13.8435 GBP 13.8438 GBP 13.8493 GBP 13.8503 GBP 13.8511 GBP 13.8549 GBP 13.8573 GBP 13.8739 GBP 329.4946 ZAR 330.4758 ZAR 330.5056 ZAR 330.7301 ZAR 330.7493 ZAR 330.7842 ZAR 330.8837 ZAR 330.9440 ZAR 331.0531 ZAR 331.1278 ZAR 331.3412 ZAR 331.6456 ZAR 331.6858 ZAR 331.9298 ZAR 332.0100 ZAR 332.1017 ZAR 13.7486 GBP 13.8038 GBP 13.8236 GBP 13.8245 GBP 13.8248 GBP 13.8250 GBP 13.8260 GBP 13.8267 GBP 13.8288 GBP 13.8293 GBP 13.8294 GBP 13.8329 GBP 13.8330 GBP 13.8342 GBP 13.8357 GBP 13.8384 GBP 13.8426 GBP 13.8431 GBP 13.8469 GBP 13.8480 GBP 13.8492 GBP 13.8499 GBP 13.8534 GBP 13.8583 GBP 13.8610 GBP 13.8644 GBP 13.8715 GBP 13.8799 GBP 330.5500 ZAR 330.5930 ZAR 330.8933 ZAR 330.9800 ZAR 331.0216 ZAR 331.2883 ZAR 331.6015 ZAR 13.8250 GBP 13.8257 GBP 13.8337 GBP 13.8353 GBP 13.8356 GBP 13.8366 GBP 13.8371 GBP 13.8451 GBP 13.8479 GBP 13.8491 GBP 13.8638 GBP 13.8651 GBP 13.8701 GBP 329.3494 ZAR 329.4044 ZAR 330.5021 ZAR 330.5573 ZAR 330.5930 ZAR 330.6688 ZAR 330.7842 ZAR 330.8400 ZAR 330.8600 ZAR 330.8770 ZAR 330.8837 ZAR 331.2561 ZAR 331.6015 ZAR 331.9016 ZAR 332.0540 ZAR 332.1000 ZAR 332.3149 ZAR 332.6387 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:	21 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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