Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc

21 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:	20 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	1,316,218 795,251	13.4250 GBP 13.4300 GBP	13.2850 GBP 13.2875 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 Short Position	29,579 1,162 137 178 13,345 833 352 6 75 101 7,025 605 528 20,335 1,531 234 125,492 2,640 529 190 81,747 1,957 13,641 43,868 14,842 21,531 85,347 2 60 774 31 3,412 356 3,090 196 8,573 211 1,074 92 1,124 710 243 32 1,605 10,388 5 1 245 223 11,422 5,968 310 1,950 3,572 13,454 15,481 11,793 12,880 2,817 14,399 289 229 358 1,610 1,673 1,026 9,905 1,857 2 63 1,074 1,071 92 5 1,210 10,599 118 1,599 1 6 22 11 25,280 673 23 67,501 394 25,380 14,883 9,023 8,499 2,691 85,000 2,688 13,500 400 7,306 698 15 60 1,049 1,157 1,032 116 119 453 451 311 720 955 928 110 630 43 1,777 145 1,939 25,872 29,732 12,173 9,100 10,601 368 10,514 1,113 1,591 1,345 217,538 499 11,245 235 6 473 4,971 6,925 2,435 123,075 622 1,282 453 5,691 228 836 83 110 224	13.3113 GBP 13.3151 GBP 13.3157 GBP 13.3256 GBP 13.3318 GBP 13.3349 GBP 13.3368 GBP 13.3372 GBP 13.3428 GBP 13.3447 GBP 13.3451 GBP 13.3453 GBP 13.3573 GBP 13.3650 GBP 13.3689 GBP 13.3702 GBP 13.3840 GBP 13.3848 GBP 13.3852 GBP 13.3867 GBP 13.3875 GBP 13.3891 GBP 13.3892 GBP 13.3933 GBP 13.3943 GBP 13.3964 GBP 13.3967 GBP 13.4127 GBP 13.4250 GBP 319.4140 ZAR 319.6500 ZAR 319.7194 ZAR 319.9107 ZAR 319.9544 ZAR 320.0078 ZAR 320.0473 ZAR 320.0610 ZAR 320.3454 ZAR 320.3700 ZAR 320.4820 ZAR 320.6480 ZAR 320.6701 ZAR 320.7000 ZAR 320.7797 ZAR 320.7800 ZAR 13.3099 GBP 13.3249 GBP 13.3299 GBP 13.3348 GBP 13.3350 GBP 13.3506 GBP 13.3575 GBP 13.3591 GBP 13.3606 GBP 13.3659 GBP 13.3843 GBP 13.3848 GBP 13.3860 GBP 13.3879 GBP 13.3958 GBP 13.4058 GBP 13.4193 GBP 13.4234 GBP 319.6444 ZAR 319.6683 ZAR 319.9448 ZAR 319.9547 ZAR 320.0266 ZAR 320.1550 ZAR 320.1801 ZAR 320.2293 ZAR 320.3454 ZAR 320.3700 ZAR 320.5200 ZAR 320.5854 ZAR 320.7248 ZAR 320.7548 ZAR 320.7794 ZAR 320.7800 ZAR 320.8800 ZAR 13.3049 GBP 13.3314 GBP 13.3364 GBP 13.3386 GBP 13.3531 GBP 13.3583 GBP 13.3637 GBP 13.3663 GBP 13.3721 GBP 13.3818 GBP 13.3837 GBP 13.3848 GBP 13.3852 GBP 13.3916 GBP 13.3955 GBP 13.3988 GBP 13.3997 GBP 13.4049 GBP 13.4133 GBP 13.4250 GBP 319.5378 ZAR 319.6077 ZAR 319.8054 ZAR 319.8900 ZAR 319.9000 ZAR 320.0231 ZAR 320.3621 ZAR 320.3857 ZAR 320.4885 ZAR 320.6140 ZAR 320.6336 ZAR 320.9479 ZAR 13.3064 GBP 13.3089 GBP 13.3227 GBP 13.3304 GBP 13.3383 GBP 13.3427 GBP 13.3428 GBP 13.3469 GBP 13.3480 GBP 13.3558 GBP 13.3604 GBP 13.3613 GBP 13.3681 GBP 13.3682 GBP 13.3739 GBP 13.3779 GBP 13.3783 GBP 13.3791 GBP 13.3792 GBP 13.3850 GBP 13.3859 GBP 13.3870 GBP 13.3891 GBP 13.4007 GBP 13.4013 GBP 13.4094 GBP 13.4153 GBP 320.0231 ZAR 320.0391 ZAR 320.2736 ZAR 320.4086 ZAR 320.9100 ZAR 320.9479 ZAR 13.4104 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:	21 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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