Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Smith (DS) 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	Smith (DS) 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, Mondi 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
10p ordinary	Purchase Sale	4,865,670 4,656,984	3.4461 GBP 3.4450 GBP	3.4130 GBP 3.4155 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
10p ordinary	Equity Swap	Decrease Long Decrease Short Increase Long Increase Short Opening a Long Position Opening a Short Position	109,910 4,740 18,381 26 2,248 2,609 2,306 30,000 3,856 9,321 25,720 36,967 274 4,509 23,816 6,302 79,167 67,650 1 33,825 36 2,514 23,214 1,501 3,685 51,565 83,273 13,023 2,829 386 3,700 1,025 2,291 4,212 996 266 545 872 3,528 162 89,668 88,507 16 85 149	3.4301 GBP 3.4355 GBP 3.4365 GBP 3.4272 GBP 3.4343 GBP 3.4350 GBP 3.4365 GBP 3.4413 GBP 3.4219 GBP 3.4357 GBP 3.4374 GBP 3.4378 GBP 3.4251 GBP 3.4333 GBP 3.4343 GBP 3.4350 GBP 3.4366 GBP 3.4385 GBP 3.4460 GBP 3.4461 GBP 3.4463 GBP 3.4280 GBP 3.4295 GBP 3.4305 GBP 3.4306 GBP 3.4334 GBP 3.4350 GBP 3.4363 GBP 3.4370 GBP 3.4410 GBP 3.4414 GBP 3.4416 GBP 3.4439 GBP 3.4130 GBP 3.4138 GBP 3.4140 GBP 3.4170 GBP 3.4201 GBP 3.4244 GBP 3.4302 GBP 3.4350 GBP 3.4352 GBP 3.4436 GBP 3.4440 GBP 3.4452 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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