Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

23 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:	22 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	9,824 759,388 9,824 683,555	341.6000 ZAR 14.1664 GBP 341.6000 ZAR 14.2050 GBP	341.6000 ZAR 14.0300 GBP 341.6000 ZAR 13.9342 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 Opening a Long Position Opening a Short Position	5,974 191 5 1 3 7 15,603 1 226 2,058 593 100 7,306 1,523 55,458 145,906 1,768 263 138 208 119 171 57 20 2,191 75 7 12 50 34 2,688 15 531 8,458 1,406 147 26 11 2,004 26 664 18,550 1,031 2,651 79 4,445 1,590 208 216 1,258 15 1,895 3,832 1,137 5,452 244 24,949 1 2,470 1,100 791 61 157,645 157 3,308 12,142 19,714 7,167 1,808 3,141 43,403 1,184 3,481 1,130 3,628 1,034 1,582 6,238 26 1,815 2,889 4,160 957 664 1,128 101 866 2,289 2,796 8,686 518 1,899 1,939 5,974 695 6,724 1,374 2,054 1,828 3,592 11,390 1,544 7,401 7,121 4,080 2,380 60 573 5,247 138 14,317 46 11 7,215 6 531 405 1,684 6,033 9,893 674 70 29 2,004 75 2,668 1,123 1,635 12 267 581 10,258 2,370 2,761 98,172 53 4,462 1,998 547 32,427 112 1,338 467 365 1,972 13 234 75 2,332 336 1,123 145 72 1,184 12 2,906 716 581 17,288 638 61 3,487 8,858 2,120 4,208 135 780 1,090 97 638	13.8550 GBP 13.9364 GBP 13.9754 GBP 14.0464 GBP 14.0614 GBP 14.0814 GBP 14.0884 GBP 14.0914 GBP 14.0952 GBP 14.1014 GBP 14.1052 GBP 14.1053 GBP 14.1064 GBP 14.1067 GBP 14.1070 GBP 14.1119 GBP 14.1128 GBP 14.1147 GBP 14.1163 GBP 14.1171 GBP 14.1180 GBP 14.1182 GBP 14.1191 GBP 14.1210 GBP 14.1224 GBP 14.1232 GBP 14.1259 GBP 14.1270 GBP 14.1295 GBP 14.1300 GBP 14.1315 GBP 14.1318 GBP 14.1443 GBP 14.1451 GBP 14.1458 GBP 14.1484 GBP 14.1614 GBP 14.1656 GBP 329.1800 ZAR 334.7203 ZAR 338.7387 ZAR 339.0326 ZAR 339.3826 ZAR 340.1085 ZAR 340.6675 ZAR 341.0334 ZAR 341.0705 ZAR 341.3973 ZAR 341.5167 ZAR 341.6014 ZAR 341.6700 ZAR 13.9342 GBP 14.0499 GBP 14.0604 GBP 14.0737 GBP 14.0821 GBP 14.0967 GBP 14.0986 GBP 14.1007 GBP 14.1023 GBP 14.1034 GBP 14.1040 GBP 14.1043 GBP 14.1059 GBP 14.1095 GBP 14.1164 GBP 14.1187 GBP 14.1192 GBP 14.1201 GBP 14.1205 GBP 14.1218 GBP 14.1247 GBP 14.1287 GBP 14.1342 GBP 14.1344 GBP 14.1357 GBP 14.1434 GBP 14.1443 GBP 334.7203 ZAR 335.3839 ZAR 337.3204 ZAR 337.4340 ZAR 337.8144 ZAR 338.7337 ZAR 340.2010 ZAR 340.3900 ZAR 340.4267 ZAR 340.6020 ZAR 340.6348 ZAR 340.7579 ZAR 341.3437 ZAR 341.8458 ZAR 342.0079 ZAR 13.8550 GBP 14.0743 GBP 14.0760 GBP 14.0829 GBP 14.0861 GBP 14.0869 GBP 14.0893 GBP 14.0949 GBP 14.1032 GBP 14.1036 GBP 14.1040 GBP 14.1045 GBP 14.1082 GBP 14.1114 GBP 14.1122 GBP 14.1127 GBP 14.1163 GBP 14.1175 GBP 14.1200 GBP 14.1236 GBP 14.1354 GBP 14.1369 GBP 14.1443 GBP 14.1451 GBP 14.1461 GBP 14.1495 GBP 14.1520 GBP 14.1523 GBP 14.1539 GBP 14.1586 GBP 17.3985 ZAR 335.9100 ZAR 337.1836 ZAR 339.6177 ZAR 339.6956 ZAR 341.7144 ZAR 14.0471 GBP 14.0741 GBP 14.0987 GBP 14.1002 GBP 14.1033 GBP 14.1050 GBP 14.1053 GBP 14.1057 GBP 14.1066 GBP 14.1068 GBP 14.1078 GBP 14.1083 GBP 14.1129 GBP 14.1163 GBP 14.1258 GBP 14.1358 GBP 14.1435 GBP 330.9359 ZAR 335.9134 ZAR 337.1553 ZAR 337.4200 ZAR 339.6177 ZAR 340.4543 ZAR 340.6000 ZAR 341.3633 ZAR 341.7144 ZAR 14.0627 GBP 14.1032 GBP 14.1050 GBP 336.1130 ZAR 340.6628 ZAR 14.0315 GBP 14.1109 GBP 334.5630 ZAR 336.5755 ZAR 337.1199 ZAR 337.9098 ZAR 340.0894 ZAR 340.5048 ZAR 340.6400 ZAR 340.6662 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:	23 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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