Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

04 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:	1 March 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	60,567 522,018 95,534 337,065	341.1438 ZAR 14.1550 GBP 341.7426 ZAR 14.1550 GBP	341.1438 ZAR 13.9892 GBP 341.1438 ZAR 13.9550 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	3 2,511 272 219 392 276 4,427 2,811 9,989 2,029 8,291 10,648 13,914 229 31,566 461 38 13,826 96 1,490 1,914 378 33,045 9,346 620 297 3,363 49,873 58 10,207 24,875 400 21,499 1,878 110 112 6,062 3 4 4 748 285 60 172 6,053 1,185 11,706 278 60 71 179 14 16 1,995 4 4,654 7,746 244 571 3,549 3,302 386 8,182 442 20 62,685 6,343 3 3 12 181 2,869 232 920 769 7,238 476 125 2,781 1,307 150 2,339 1,165 60,724 190 8,285 269 18 378 1,004 823 59,487 2,789 4,531 4,084 538 9,659 3,902 9 27,922 3,224 1 514 19 1,285 2,549 16 852 206 1,448 772 1,613 3,255 3,957 6,666 1,056 13,832 279 20 1,650 3,180 1,317 2,957 9 1,848 16 11,076 14,013 472 9 464 2,346 3,141 49 11,727 182 916 1 434 1,315 6,677 1,124 286 2,485 8,243 5,345 1,172 502 766 283 586 572 644 820	13.9893 GBP 14.0086 GBP 14.0245 GBP 14.0262 GBP 14.0368 GBP 14.0464 GBP 14.0550 GBP 14.0647 GBP 14.0653 GBP 14.0657 GBP 14.0732 GBP 14.0740 GBP 14.0829 GBP 14.0839 GBP 14.0847 GBP 14.0876 GBP 14.0901 GBP 14.0934 GBP 14.0950 GBP 14.0954 GBP 14.0991 GBP 14.0994 GBP 14.1028 GBP 14.1059 GBP 14.1093 GBP 14.1104 GBP 14.1158 GBP 14.1166 GBP 14.1193 GBP 14.1194 GBP 14.1202 GBP 14.1210 GBP 14.1214 GBP 14.1218 GBP 338.7100 ZAR 339.1600 ZAR 339.3000 ZAR 339.7600 ZAR 340.3900 ZAR 340.4400 ZAR 340.5442 ZAR 340.5699 ZAR 340.6500 ZAR 340.6879 ZAR 340.7324 ZAR 340.7462 ZAR 340.9960 ZAR 341.1257 ZAR 341.8800 ZAR 342.2500 ZAR 14.0449 GBP 14.0739 GBP 14.0799 GBP 14.0810 GBP 14.0836 GBP 14.0883 GBP 14.0918 GBP 14.0947 GBP 14.0965 GBP 14.0987 GBP 14.1013 GBP 14.1021 GBP 14.1027 GBP 14.1084 GBP 14.1190 GBP 14.1200 GBP 339.3149 ZAR 339.7600 ZAR 339.7967 ZAR 340.0433 ZAR 340.0952 ZAR 340.1671 ZAR 340.2454 ZAR 340.5711 ZAR 340.6504 ZAR 340.7347 ZAR 340.7597 ZAR 340.7885 ZAR 341.1494 ZAR 341.1531 ZAR 341.3196 ZAR 341.4972 ZAR 341.7793 ZAR 14.0713 GBP 14.0724 GBP 14.0910 GBP 14.0919 GBP 14.0936 GBP 14.0994 GBP 14.1053 GBP 14.1064 GBP 14.1080 GBP 14.1107 GBP 14.1148 GBP 14.1177 GBP 14.1186 GBP 14.1193 GBP 14.1198 GBP 339.3000 ZAR 340.9208 ZAR 341.0653 ZAR 341.1443 ZAR 14.0148 GBP 14.0600 GBP 14.0607 GBP 14.0614 GBP 14.0650 GBP 14.0688 GBP 14.0700 GBP 14.0717 GBP 14.0755 GBP 14.0763 GBP 14.0819 GBP 14.0841 GBP 14.0846 GBP 14.0847 GBP 14.0898 GBP 14.0905 GBP 14.0908 GBP 14.0914 GBP 14.0951 GBP 14.0960 GBP 14.1047 GBP 14.1076 GBP 14.1124 GBP 14.1200 GBP 14.1201 GBP 14.1204 GBP 14.1237 GBP 339.3000 ZAR 339.9229 ZAR 340.1742 ZAR 340.2792 ZAR 340.6100 ZAR 340.7089 ZAR 341.0300 ZAR 341.1357 ZAR 341.1443 ZAR 341.1605 ZAR 341.3859 ZAR 341.3956 ZAR 341.5049 ZAR 341.5131 ZAR 341.9513 ZAR 14.1150 GBP 340.6184 ZAR 339.6364 ZAR 340.1703 ZAR 340.1753 ZAR 340.7021 ZAR 340.7418 ZAR 341.1462 ZAR 341.3099 ZAR 342.0152 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:	4 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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