20240417_MONDI PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI

Bank of America Merrill Lynch
18 April 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:

Merrill Lynch International

(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:

MONDI PLC

(d)

Date dealing undertaken:

17/04/2024

(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

If YES, specify which:


(DS SMITH PLC) (INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO)

 

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

379,589

13.83 GBP

13.55 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

535,805

13.835 GBP

13.587 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

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

1,437

13.563 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

9

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

314

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

1,688

13.652 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

450

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

15,230

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Short Position

72,495

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Long Position

1,816

13.634 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Long Position

45,000

13.634 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Short Position

72,495

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

2,955

13.719 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

51

13.68 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

63

13.67 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

886

13.636 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

3,445

13.636 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

2,370

13.636 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

507

13.636 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Long Position

1

13.652 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

16,211

13.676 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Short Position

852

13.666 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Long Position

16,424

13.666 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

933

13.615 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

522

13.615 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

927

13.631 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

8

13.643 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

25

13.724 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

26

13.716 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

4

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

4

13.719 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

2,946

323.126 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

5,093

323.126 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

1

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

1

13.647 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

3

13.657 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

2

13.601 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

255

13.637 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

172

13.721 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

314

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

412

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

4,158

13.715 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

5

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

15,230

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

853

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

51,424

13.673 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

138,995

13.671 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

387

13.674 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

113

13.665 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

96

13.642 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

192

13.665 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

1

13.665 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

146

13.665 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

770

13.665 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

426

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

1,045

13.635 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

17

13.665 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

1,411

13.645 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

24

13.642 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

178

13.642 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

12

13.676 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

311

13.64 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Short Position

684

13.72 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Short Position

684

13.7 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

1,013

323.097 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Opening a Short Position

1,053

323.097 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Closing a Long Position

7,700

323.097 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

767

321.647 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

471

13.655 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

20,851

13.698 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

153

325.319 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

349

325.319 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Long Position

767

321.727 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

2,946

323.126 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

423

323.126 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

1,806

323.126 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Long Position

5,093

323.126 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

423

323.126 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Reducing a Short Position

1,806

323.126 ZAR

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Swaps - Equity Swaps

Increasing a Short Position

767

321.727 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

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(ii)

Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description
e.g. call option

Exercising/
exercised
against

Number of
securities

Exercise Price per
unit

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

(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)

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

 

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:

18/04/2024

Contact name:

Frank Lui

Telephone number:

+44207 996 6418

 

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at
www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

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