Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

08 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:	7 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	47,569 1,044,467 47,569 801,634	331.2171 ZAR 13.9850 GBP 331.2171 ZAR 13.9750 GBP	329.8900 ZAR 13.6750 GBP 329.8900 ZAR 13.6825 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	37 420 14 204 2,258 175 23,615 1,174 940 274 2,431 3,761 2,500 7,653 8,345 39,619 6,524 228 12,948 731 71,354 2,692 2,364 2,519 335 1,152 43 93 75 143 1,625 469 25,698 3,080 5,812 197 103 2,279 657 9,960 4,907 1,278 173 1,875 1,893 6,113 36,774 141 152,054 1,356 12,077 19,546 1,705 34 16,022 58 341 67 919 326 340 1,444 3,483 22 99,832 10,976 5,055 1,514 38 1,381 277 1,115 1,911 3,058 1,077 1,494 3,125 2,734 291 581 1,098 1,979 1,837 356 517 3,403 1,390 1,705 1,524 7 3,003 2,062 2,099 58 65 721 4,544 35 6 13,480 2,294 1,029 25,114 55 30,193 3,419 4,206 19,366 27,391 3,647 3,286 35,529 2,364 730 9,905 43 2 3,538 336 66,594 201 14 856 519 534 1,257 5,097 991 9,455 695 800 1,641 2,479 40,013 89 1,807 5,000 1,648 810 18,450 37,131 2,044 8 4,988 179 6,384 6,964 26,469 21,482 2,796 9,147 11,470 126 869 2,021 1,700 729 958 211 1,103 1,390 476 11 1,033 1,472 323 519 274 795 544 945 991 65 583 7 1,624 132 469 1,606 336 498 266 1,856 410	13.6825 GBP 13.7050 GBP 13.7164 GBP 13.7614 GBP 13.7816 GBP 13.7862 GBP 13.7866 GBP 13.7890 GBP 13.7914 GBP 13.7916 GBP 13.7928 GBP 13.7946 GBP 13.7962 GBP 13.8002 GBP 13.8003 GBP 13.8013 GBP 13.8014 GBP 13.8017 GBP 13.8023 GBP 13.8042 GBP 13.8046 GBP 13.8060 GBP 13.8068 GBP 13.8108 GBP 13.8154 GBP 13.8155 GBP 13.8168 GBP 13.8176 GBP 13.8180 GBP 13.8184 GBP 13.8201 GBP 13.8202 GBP 13.8242 GBP 13.8289 GBP 13.8333 GBP 13.8337 GBP 13.8339 GBP 13.8344 GBP 13.8346 GBP 13.8354 GBP 13.8362 GBP 13.8392 GBP 13.8457 GBP 13.8466 GBP 13.8476 GBP 13.8506 GBP 13.8567 GBP 13.8906 GBP 13.9008 GBP 330.4902 ZAR 330.5000 ZAR 330.5224 ZAR 330.5438 ZAR 330.7500 ZAR 331.2349 ZAR 333.2500 ZAR 13.7578 GBP 13.7649 GBP 13.7710 GBP 13.7856 GBP 13.7873 GBP 13.7939 GBP 13.7963 GBP 13.7990 GBP 13.8000 GBP 13.8027 GBP 13.8053 GBP 13.8059 GBP 13.8243 GBP 13.8392 GBP 13.8488 GBP 13.8536 GBP 13.8539 GBP 328.1997 ZAR 328.3152 ZAR 329.3975 ZAR 329.4607 ZAR 329.7671 ZAR 329.8318 ZAR 329.9432 ZAR 329.9946 ZAR 330.0575 ZAR 330.0908 ZAR 330.1310 ZAR 330.2221 ZAR 330.4459 ZAR 330.4966 ZAR 330.5438 ZAR 330.7863 ZAR 331.1950 ZAR 331.3669 ZAR 332.3542 ZAR 333.0135 ZAR 333.2467 ZAR 333.5100 ZAR 333.7951 ZAR 333.9623 ZAR 13.7486 GBP 13.7536 GBP 13.7553 GBP 13.7653 GBP 13.7714 GBP 13.7748 GBP 13.7827 GBP 13.7906 GBP 13.7922 GBP 13.7958 GBP 13.7981 GBP 13.7986 GBP 13.7988 GBP 13.7998 GBP 13.8037 GBP 13.8068 GBP 13.8359 GBP 13.8422 GBP 13.8534 GBP 13.8536 GBP 13.8698 GBP 13.8835 GBP 13.9175 GBP 328.4299 ZAR 329.3200 ZAR 329.8913 ZAR 330.2799 ZAR 330.3980 ZAR 330.5000 ZAR 330.5567 ZAR 331.0164 ZAR 331.3140 ZAR 332.4247 ZAR 13.7519 GBP 13.7645 GBP 13.7741 GBP 13.7751 GBP 13.7775 GBP 13.7844 GBP 13.7873 GBP 13.7915 GBP 13.7989 GBP 13.8001 GBP 13.8007 GBP 13.8014 GBP 13.8051 GBP 13.8091 GBP 13.8097 GBP 13.8156 GBP 13.8185 GBP 13.8229 GBP 13.8325 GBP 13.8360 GBP 13.8410 GBP 13.8433 GBP 13.8451 GBP 13.8497 GBP 13.8669 GBP 13.9620 GBP 327.9066 ZAR 328.2480 ZAR 329.4503 ZAR 329.8481 ZAR 330.0926 ZAR 330.1174 ZAR 330.1700 ZAR 330.1893 ZAR 330.2061 ZAR 330.2187 ZAR 330.2799 ZAR 330.2929 ZAR 330.2954 ZAR 330.4081 ZAR 330.4504 ZAR 331.0164 ZAR 331.0500 ZAR 331.1220 ZAR 331.1950 ZAR 331.5073 ZAR 331.5886 ZAR 331.6006 ZAR 332.4218 ZAR 332.4466 ZAR 332.9092 ZAR 333.0706 ZAR 333.6535 ZAR 333.8655 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:	8 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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