Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

27 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:	26 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	531,955 236,660	14.2850 GBP 14.2646 GBP	14.0100 GBP 14.0100 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	2,887 5,823 49,284 857 3,361 97 400 4,309 314 7,078 412 170,558 1,967 26 5,539 3,196 2,286 22,716 20,000 124 25 1 99 737 9,660 2 4,902 1,441 9,777 2,518 469 22 39 20 6,265 62 38 10,351 1,223 3,360 1,109 4,119 1,912 2,285 1,726 288 706 239 396 137 157 987 1,179 616 9,660 776 11 560 616 4,904 1,441 502 6,555 2,017 771 289 469 733 956 2,201 166 1,855 20,000 4,483 4,483 64 9,782 1,967 3,631 13,007 10,225 3,558 1,050 277 3,130 429 4,622 4,900 25 6,299 11,185 26 4,619 940 11,685 8,836 2,395 257 91,069 2,302 5,585 6,345 377 738 68 9,349 544 484 5,967 871 182 1,852 3,290 560 1,435 20 1,867 179 60 2,546 6,381 1,538 3,683 67 229 3,026 2,906 2,067 1,740 11 1,824 858 1,189 6,555 1,403 2,395 257 725 214 257 1,640 2,412 144 31	14.0101 GBP 14.0102 GBP 14.0114 GBP 14.0142 GBP 14.0149 GBP 14.0283 GBP 14.0360 GBP 14.0412 GBP 14.0427 GBP 14.0436 GBP 14.0508 GBP 14.0713 GBP 14.0740 GBP 14.0863 GBP 14.0878 GBP 14.0937 GBP 14.1400 GBP 14.1491 GBP 14.1826 GBP 14.1954 GBP 14.2050 GBP 14.2214 GBP 14.2247 GBP 347.3694 ZAR 347.3900 ZAR 347.4450 ZAR 347.7850 ZAR 347.8129 ZAR 347.9999 ZAR 348.2512 ZAR 348.2710 ZAR 348.7701 ZAR 348.7900 ZAR 14.0100 GBP 14.0126 GBP 14.0415 GBP 14.0599 GBP 14.1193 GBP 14.1225 GBP 14.1364 GBP 14.1980 GBP 14.2045 GBP 14.2064 GBP 14.2089 GBP 14.2095 GBP 14.2097 GBP 14.2114 GBP 14.2150 GBP 14.2171 GBP 14.2196 GBP 14.2199 GBP 14.2292 GBP 346.4440 ZAR 347.1773 ZAR 347.3448 ZAR 347.4408 ZAR 347.6033 ZAR 347.6290 ZAR 347.7491 ZAR 347.7849 ZAR 347.8129 ZAR 347.8151 ZAR 347.8626 ZAR 347.9215 ZAR 348.1389 ZAR 348.2081 ZAR 348.2710 ZAR 348.3081 ZAR 348.4187 ZAR 348.4836 ZAR 348.7701 ZAR 348.8287 ZAR 14.0100 GBP 14.0124 GBP 14.0125 GBP 14.0227 GBP 14.0275 GBP 14.0740 GBP 14.1452 GBP 14.1630 GBP 14.1680 GBP 14.1786 GBP 14.1900 GBP 14.1908 GBP 14.1916 GBP 14.1993 GBP 14.2001 GBP 14.2007 GBP 14.2050 GBP 14.2126 GBP 14.2182 GBP 14.2236 GBP 14.2290 GBP 14.2307 GBP 347.7061 ZAR 347.8733 ZAR 348.0686 ZAR 348.1470 ZAR 14.0100 GBP 14.0101 GBP 14.0107 GBP 14.0114 GBP 14.0578 GBP 14.0676 GBP 14.0701 GBP 14.0951 GBP 14.1002 GBP 14.1003 GBP 14.1304 GBP 14.1321 GBP 14.1525 GBP 14.1655 GBP 14.1674 GBP 14.1693 GBP 14.1713 GBP 14.1851 GBP 14.1855 GBP 14.1954 GBP 14.1972 GBP 14.2000 GBP 14.2140 GBP 14.2235 GBP 14.2289 GBP 14.2750 GBP 347.3097 ZAR 347.4204 ZAR 347.4368 ZAR 347.4599 ZAR 347.5316 ZAR 347.6033 ZAR 347.6628 ZAR 347.8168 ZAR 347.8249 ZAR 347.8626 ZAR 347.9129 ZAR 348.0686 ZAR 348.1470 ZAR 348.1759 ZAR 348.2159 ZAR 348.2904 ZAR 348.4386 ZAR 348.6692 ZAR 348.7701 ZAR 349.3148 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:	27 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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