Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

01 March 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:	29 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	202,765 600,966 202,765 859,691	342.3188 ZAR 14.2393 GBP 342.3185 ZAR 14.2393 GBP	342.3000 ZAR 13.9750 GBP 342.3185 ZAR 13.9650 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	270 473 245 172 197 136 1,177 13,791 387 12,006 1,022 8,028 324 20,963 121 914 36,169 168 282 1,146 611 112,467 709 6,409 46,508 1,005 3,112 400 21,366 2,304 9,706 111 1,934 592 4,770 2,849 867 1,743 22,491 9,616 29 12 24 51 15 36 8 62 12 10 671 17,890 45 1,799 205 9,614 191 5,448 479 2,660 51 173 987 1,251 31 351 34,173 83 14,064 8 933 2,111 4,201 1,084 113 1,363 750 101 6,475 153 4,220 70 5,686 67 10,298 450 1,509 66,919 902 1,830 308 1,668 136 2,153 403 564 709 777 323,851 76,158 3,374 6,729 20,082 14,957 2,849 3,380 69 868 12,983 246 22 12,992 14,468 2,285 37 789 173 5,028 2,736 1,640 319 5,389 520 690 8,215 14,162 17,909 2,368 513 249 4,651 1,060 127 407 4,578 1,522 1,010 2,177 1,258 21 113 2,526 293 957 2,558 12,992 1,777 4,838 2,163 932 1,158 1,328	13.9908 GBP 13.9983 GBP 14.0024 GBP 14.0069 GBP 14.0102 GBP 14.0150 GBP 14.0171 GBP 14.0183 GBP 14.0299 GBP 14.0316 GBP 14.0508 GBP 14.0523 GBP 14.0563 GBP 14.0595 GBP 14.0621 GBP 14.0667 GBP 14.0679 GBP 14.0756 GBP 14.0776 GBP 14.0778 GBP 14.0781 GBP 14.0788 GBP 14.0804 GBP 14.0819 GBP 14.0852 GBP 14.0853 GBP 14.0855 GBP 14.0860 GBP 14.0864 GBP 14.0868 GBP 14.0917 GBP 14.0924 GBP 14.0939 GBP 14.0983 GBP 14.0992 GBP 14.1000 GBP 14.1005 GBP 14.1012 GBP 14.1054 GBP 14.1158 GBP 14.1227 GBP 14.1233 GBP 14.1299 GBP 14.1321 GBP 14.1444 GBP 14.1445 GBP 14.1464 GBP 14.1509 GBP 14.1623 GBP 14.1664 GBP 14.2137 GBP 340.6539 ZAR 341.0514 ZAR 341.0520 ZAR 341.5441 ZAR 341.9709 ZAR 343.0676 ZAR 343.4499 ZAR 344.2323 ZAR 14.0299 GBP 14.0622 GBP 14.0679 GBP 14.0693 GBP 14.0839 GBP 14.0840 GBP 14.0849 GBP 14.0850 GBP 14.0854 GBP 14.0963 GBP 14.0965 GBP 14.0995 GBP 14.1246 GBP 14.1355 GBP 14.1476 GBP 14.1524 GBP 14.1634 GBP 14.1792 GBP 14.2049 GBP 339.8376 ZAR 340.0912 ZAR 340.6983 ZAR 340.7900 ZAR 341.0761 ZAR 341.5400 ZAR 342.0676 ZAR 342.3385 ZAR 342.4007 ZAR 342.4754 ZAR 343.0622 ZAR 343.3191 ZAR 343.4177 ZAR 344.4035 ZAR 14.0150 GBP 14.0664 GBP 14.0736 GBP 14.0755 GBP 14.0804 GBP 14.0832 GBP 14.0836 GBP 14.0839 GBP 14.0857 GBP 14.0859 GBP 14.0898 GBP 14.0932 GBP 14.1000 GBP 14.1400 GBP 14.1409 GBP 14.1492 GBP 14.1644 GBP 14.1693 GBP 14.1836 GBP 341.5400 ZAR 342.0263 ZAR 343.7375 ZAR 14.0008 GBP 14.0322 GBP 14.0389 GBP 14.0427 GBP 14.0561 GBP 14.0579 GBP 14.0585 GBP 14.0734 GBP 14.0798 GBP 14.0852 GBP 14.0857 GBP 14.0873 GBP 14.0926 GBP 14.0930 GBP 14.0951 GBP 14.0961 GBP 14.1013 GBP 14.1180 GBP 14.1208 GBP 14.1259 GBP 14.1330 GBP 14.1358 GBP 14.1479 GBP 14.1562 GBP 14.1691 GBP 14.1704 GBP 14.2450 GBP 339.9501 ZAR 340.8371 ZAR 341.4391 ZAR 341.5397 ZAR 341.5844 ZAR 341.8510 ZAR 342.3606 ZAR 343.0331 ZAR 343.4559 ZAR 343.5461 ZAR 345.5003 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:	1 March 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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