Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

29 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:	28 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	381,403 572,054	14.1700 GBP 14.1600 GBP	13.9800 GBP 14.0050 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	75 619 1,139 40 1,352 66 4,594 45 4 1,937 51 355 249 492 2,381 775 1,538 46 1,350 6 21,180 20,310 54,273 5 5,320 60,931 6,146 32 10,112 912 4,892 1,100 80 3,796 9,813 60 98 3 22,557 3,352 27 1 7,772 2,442 32,654 2,469 580 2,168 14,445 3,547 2,650 7,334 67 41 7,443 7,332 70,147 1,976 272 7 213 374 924 298 172 143 202 509 443 63 98 14,318 20 554 3,352 3,251 192 388 1 1,313 2,255 1,332 614 1,176 380 2,500 1,296 1,261 646 3 5,296 2,791 1,820 2,245 2,122 1,204 60,092 2,348 2,348 5,320 28,251 161 3,769 1,738 6,300 15,656 28 26,907 226 2 71,894 1,188 719 64 13,529 230 11,460 256 2,551 719 890 3,229 3,401 805 18,928 59 2,223 23,735 22,394 2,711 2,717 4,289 60 90 490 7,999 1,054 947 269 1,006 4 64 2,210 13,393 20 622 3 387 165 3,065 1,467 2,144 1,072 1,115	14.0014 GBP 14.0434 GBP 14.0487 GBP 14.0564 GBP 14.0701 GBP 14.0705 GBP 14.0733 GBP 14.0734 GBP 14.0738 GBP 14.0768 GBP 14.0770 GBP 14.0806 GBP 14.0808 GBP 14.0809 GBP 14.0813 GBP 14.0815 GBP 14.0833 GBP 14.0847 GBP 14.0859 GBP 14.0881 GBP 14.0883 GBP 14.0886 GBP 14.0907 GBP 14.0914 GBP 14.0929 GBP 14.0955 GBP 14.0960 GBP 14.0989 GBP 14.0992 GBP 14.1003 GBP 14.1006 GBP 14.1010 GBP 14.1019 GBP 14.1101 GBP 14.1275 GBP 340.9025 ZAR 340.9357 ZAR 341.3100 ZAR 341.6312 ZAR 341.8278 ZAR 342.2242 ZAR 342.4600 ZAR 343.0025 ZAR 14.0390 GBP 14.0442 GBP 14.0535 GBP 14.0724 GBP 14.0730 GBP 14.0758 GBP 14.0800 GBP 14.0888 GBP 14.0906 GBP 14.0949 GBP 14.0990 GBP 14.0993 GBP 14.0997 GBP 14.1000 GBP 14.1004 GBP 14.1043 GBP 14.1049 GBP 14.1099 GBP 14.1101 GBP 14.1124 GBP 14.1129 GBP 14.1340 GBP 14.1474 GBP 14.1546 GBP 340.0720 ZAR 340.3524 ZAR 340.9219 ZAR 340.9357 ZAR 341.0517 ZAR 341.0826 ZAR 341.2407 ZAR 341.8278 ZAR 342.1946 ZAR 342.2242 ZAR 342.2700 ZAR 342.4600 ZAR 342.5151 ZAR 342.6168 ZAR 343.2932 ZAR 343.3162 ZAR 343.4004 ZAR 343.4500 ZAR 343.8254 ZAR 343.9510 ZAR 14.0093 GBP 14.0106 GBP 14.0136 GBP 14.0529 GBP 14.0799 GBP 14.0833 GBP 14.0837 GBP 14.0843 GBP 14.0846 GBP 14.0900 GBP 14.0913 GBP 14.0919 GBP 14.0929 GBP 14.0939 GBP 14.0965 GBP 14.0985 GBP 14.0986 GBP 14.0996 GBP 14.0998 GBP 14.1036 GBP 14.1058 GBP 14.1073 GBP 14.1136 GBP 14.1143 GBP 14.1202 GBP 14.1223 GBP 338.1791 ZAR 340.8100 ZAR 342.0442 ZAR 342.1413 ZAR 342.9377 ZAR 14.0300 GBP 14.0398 GBP 14.0483 GBP 14.0494 GBP 14.0495 GBP 14.0536 GBP 14.0552 GBP 14.0557 GBP 14.0585 GBP 14.0643 GBP 14.0647 GBP 14.0668 GBP 14.0726 GBP 14.0736 GBP 14.0786 GBP 14.0850 GBP 14.0871 GBP 14.0943 GBP 14.1001 GBP 14.1007 GBP 14.1055 GBP 14.1167 GBP 14.1284 GBP 338.2400 ZAR 339.2827 ZAR 340.8747 ZAR 341.0827 ZAR 341.6857 ZAR 341.8300 ZAR 341.8928 ZAR 342.2242 ZAR 342.2879 ZAR 342.4964 ZAR 342.7163 ZAR 343.9555 ZAR 344.2083 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:	29 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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