Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

07 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:	6 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	1,005,462 918,561	14.0546 GBP 14.0550 GBP	13.7950 GBP 13.7950 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	321 99 4,202 6 8,615 1,988 10,212 53,258 98 81 1,843 750 12 84 6,211 443 518 126 15,327 961 757 3,766 398 15 483 607 1,449 143,245 21 8,264 12 525 2,538 1,245 835 358 36,737 187 5,147 52,781 7,703 1,573 112,966 2,635 21 1,245 6 5,371 705 610 9,179 11,639 1 19,242 22,045 1,724 2,360 358 4,348 974 1,032 324 61 29,576 3,300 3,694 2,699 842 704 1,233 816 4,329 2,757 30 76 573 182 1,259 793 644 1,152 1,743 938 65 2,464 462 3,755 711 610 178 39,451 42 9,179 3,431 1 334 58 473 1,112 1,722 140 9,012 105 1,789 1,789 80 331 12,233 579 3,331 567 961 1,876 37 2,271 316 13,280 348 840 5,898 43,099 2,300 7 215 67 23 1,245 422 2 1,422 8,247 5,326 451 1,245 14,852 3,406 9 1,714 727 377 971 182 24,991 1,150 68 385 3,134 85,000 2,460 394 804 1,542 1,412 13,142 2,624 1,135 3,370 7,357 269 3,530 1,125 1,399 782 679 618 476 7,492 607 1,167 673 3,755 908 264 186 39,451 344 537 1,675 15 897 6,393 474 2,465 337 409 22 3 340 37 202 397 2,374 155 204,960	13.8198 GBP 13.8275 GBP 13.8310 GBP 13.8317 GBP 13.8339 GBP 13.8357 GBP 13.8390 GBP 13.8402 GBP 13.8403 GBP 13.8412 GBP 13.8417 GBP 13.8434 GBP 13.8438 GBP 13.8450 GBP 13.8460 GBP 13.8490 GBP 13.8720 GBP 13.8764 GBP 13.8982 GBP 13.9015 GBP 13.9045 GBP 13.9050 GBP 13.9082 GBP 13.9107 GBP 13.9260 GBP 13.9302 GBP 13.9379 GBP 13.9415 GBP 13.9462 GBP 13.9491 GBP 13.9614 GBP 13.9632 GBP 13.9645 GBP 13.9701 GBP 14.0054 GBP 14.0120 GBP 14.0128 GBP 14.0171 GBP 14.0319 GBP 14.0376 GBP 14.0378 GBP 14.0434 GBP 14.0444 GBP 14.0455 GBP 14.0546 GBP 331.5000 ZAR 334.7000 ZAR 334.9458 ZAR 334.9678 ZAR 335.0224 ZAR 335.2987 ZAR 335.6300 ZAR 336.4200 ZAR 13.8393 GBP 13.8400 GBP 13.8464 GBP 13.9069 GBP 13.9119 GBP 13.9149 GBP 13.9192 GBP 13.9199 GBP 13.9255 GBP 13.9299 GBP 13.9327 GBP 13.9389 GBP 13.9406 GBP 13.9415 GBP 13.9421 GBP 13.9444 GBP 13.9495 GBP 13.9903 GBP 13.9968 GBP 14.0308 GBP 14.0349 GBP 14.0399 GBP 14.0449 GBP 14.0499 GBP 333.6856 ZAR 334.1066 ZAR 334.2512 ZAR 334.5003 ZAR 334.5242 ZAR 334.6043 ZAR 334.6900 ZAR 334.7518 ZAR 334.8156 ZAR 334.9456 ZAR 334.9655 ZAR 335.0224 ZAR 335.0546 ZAR 335.0657 ZAR 335.1700 ZAR 335.2987 ZAR 336.3738 ZAR 336.4200 ZAR 336.6655 ZAR 336.7650 ZAR 336.7673 ZAR 336.9220 ZAR 336.9551 ZAR 337.0568 ZAR 13.8383 GBP 13.8386 GBP 13.8394 GBP 13.8401 GBP 13.8436 GBP 13.8453 GBP 13.8495 GBP 13.8539 GBP 13.8584 GBP 13.8606 GBP 13.9015 GBP 13.9083 GBP 13.9127 GBP 13.9353 GBP 13.9376 GBP 13.9383 GBP 13.9553 GBP 13.9556 GBP 13.9722 GBP 13.9761 GBP 13.9836 GBP 13.9934 GBP 14.0254 GBP 14.0359 GBP 14.0423 GBP 17.4842 ZAR 333.6026 ZAR 334.1250 ZAR 334.9344 ZAR 334.9800 ZAR 335.0099 ZAR 335.3784 ZAR 335.4324 ZAR 335.5094 ZAR 335.5149 ZAR 336.1900 ZAR 336.5407 ZAR 336.6175 ZAR 336.8218 ZAR 336.9814 ZAR 13.8400 GBP 13.8401 GBP 13.8414 GBP 13.8465 GBP 13.8942 GBP 13.9029 GBP 13.9169 GBP 13.9187 GBP 13.9199 GBP 13.9202 GBP 13.9226 GBP 13.9303 GBP 13.9376 GBP 13.9378 GBP 13.9499 GBP 13.9529 GBP 13.9580 GBP 13.9698 GBP 13.9877 GBP 14.0158 GBP 14.0369 GBP 333.0888 ZAR 333.7393 ZAR 334.1519 ZAR 334.5762 ZAR 334.6488 ZAR 334.6843 ZAR 334.7098 ZAR 334.7841 ZAR 334.9456 ZAR 334.9800 ZAR 335.0125 ZAR 335.0400 ZAR 335.0658 ZAR 335.2364 ZAR 335.4255 ZAR 335.4877 ZAR 335.5920 ZAR 335.7671 ZAR 336.0948 ZAR 336.5606 ZAR 336.6564 ZAR 336.6700 ZAR 336.7284 ZAR 336.7500 ZAR 336.8867 ZAR 336.9309 ZAR 336.9519 ZAR 336.9700 ZAR 337.0235 ZAR 337.2882 ZAR 337.3668 ZAR 13.8860 GBP

(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:	7 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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