Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc Amend

JPMorgan Securities Plc

20 March 2024

 

AMENDMENT

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:	12 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 Purchase Sale Sale	988    1,291,837   988    1,870,747	319.3791 ZAR  13.5664 GBP  319.3791 ZAR  13.5650 GBP	319.3791 ZAR  13.2850 GBP  319.3791 ZAR  13.2850 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 Opening a short position	36,031  48,917  12,472  2  11,294  292  6,539  23,472  3,221  1  1,636  161  1,383  490  6,106  8,370  14,886  305  3,159  73,123  12,754  736  72  1,307  127  7,589  733  8,050  187  91  957  18,543  1,760  208  1,619  157  27,012  42  17,240  363  1,979  5,613  13  81  92  543  255  47,387  115  29,665  376  576  675  12  254  1,187  4,859  325  939  4,273  48  2,760  2,151  144  16,893  705  360  1,313  979  835  116  319  1,022  180  167  38,998  102,621  100,000  7,949  3,786  2,005  161  286  1,940  405,000  4,038  14  8,482  67,500  1,654  732  135,000  5  1,901  3,681  8  1,359  378,000  30,695  67  2  286  4  2  856  5  3,195  2  17  363  1,979  310  2,115  1,710  2,147  939  5,037  659  485  258  2,794  1  814  971  693  49  4,662  450  38  301  1,442  6,003  7,240  13,902  1,962  15,808  4,371  66  6,785  222,752  577  3,587  10,223  4,038  1,666  310  22,847  7,694  39,520  36,550  762  1,867  38,251  4,693  81  453  5,639  43  123  30,182  1,772  307  14  914  526  124  315  70  17  533  4,417  199  396  684  512  8,620  669  659  485  363  318  240  127  315  387  832  6,802  2,177  544  350,000  272  1,088  2,721  1,382  4,456  1,585  1,263  743  169  956  91  2,096  14,596  1,870  167  6,802  350,000  387  1,919  2,349  2,002  14,687  427  1,323  91  1,318  1,236  493  864  2,278	13.2902 GBP 13.2913 GBP 13.2915 GBP 13.2917 GBP 13.2922 GBP 13.2959 GBP 13.3126 GBP 13.3221 GBP 13.3340 GBP 13.3463 GBP 13.3479 GBP 13.3483 GBP 13.3546 GBP 13.3818 GBP 13.3875 GBP 13.3941 GBP 13.4087 GBP 13.4223 GBP 13.4224 GBP 13.4285 GBP 13.4381 GBP 13.4393 GBP 13.4394 GBP 13.4411 GBP 13.4415 GBP 13.4428 GBP 13.4429 GBP 13.4439 GBP 13.4447 GBP 13.4502 GBP 13.4503 GBP 13.4587 GBP 13.4625 GBP 13.4687 GBP 13.4697 GBP 13.4700 GBP 13.4875 GBP 13.5664 GBP 319.6300 ZAR 319.9550 ZAR 319.9600 ZAR 320.2488 ZAR 321.0983 ZAR 321.3571 ZAR 321.4641 ZAR 321.4818 ZAR 321.4876 ZAR 13.2893 GBP 13.2899 GBP 13.2900 GBP 13.3587 GBP 13.4089 GBP 13.4110 GBP 13.4246 GBP 13.4249 GBP 13.4258 GBP 13.4296 GBP 13.4319 GBP 13.4343 GBP 13.4361 GBP 13.4413 GBP 13.4695 GBP 13.5650 GBP 318.8583 ZAR 319.5896 ZAR 319.6083 ZAR 319.6300 ZAR 319.8255 ZAR 320.0609 ZAR 320.1534 ZAR 320.2894 ZAR 320.8726 ZAR 320.9213 ZAR 321.6733 ZAR 13.2883 GBP 13.2887 GBP 13.2896 GBP 13.2900 GBP 13.3064 GBP 13.3070 GBP 13.3143 GBP 13.3483 GBP 13.3662 GBP 13.3682 GBP 13.3895 GBP 13.3896 GBP 13.3928 GBP 13.4237 GBP 13.4316 GBP 13.4327 GBP 13.4369 GBP 13.4373 GBP 13.4397 GBP 13.4443 GBP 13.4448 GBP 13.4462 GBP 13.4576 GBP 13.4590 GBP 13.4610 GBP 13.4685 GBP 13.4687 GBP 13.4766 GBP 319.4300 ZAR 319.4800 ZAR 319.6162 ZAR 319.6300 ZAR 319.6479 ZAR 319.8050 ZAR 319.9500 ZAR 319.9550 ZAR 319.9600 ZAR 320.0000 ZAR 320.0647 ZAR 320.1198 ZAR 320.2874 ZAR 320.3100 ZAR 320.3310 ZAR 320.6470 ZAR 320.8437 ZAR 321.0000 ZAR 321.1475 ZAR 321.2000 ZAR 321.4002 ZAR 321.4712 ZAR 321.7562 ZAR 13.2900 GBP 13.2984 GBP 13.3011 GBP 13.3154 GBP 13.3431 GBP 13.3528 GBP 13.3716 GBP 13.3805 GBP 13.3889 GBP 13.3956 GBP 13.3961 GBP 13.3974 GBP 13.4051 GBP 13.4054 GBP 13.4084 GBP 13.4119 GBP 13.4155 GBP 13.4165 GBP 13.4177 GBP 13.4190 GBP 13.4223 GBP 13.4262 GBP 13.4290 GBP 13.4317 GBP 13.4342 GBP 13.4355 GBP 13.4398 GBP 13.4412 GBP 13.4421 GBP 13.4451 GBP 13.4501 GBP 13.4554 GBP 13.4625 GBP 13.4626 GBP 13.4648 GBP 13.4757 GBP 319.5686 ZAR 319.6886 ZAR 319.6909 ZAR 319.7061 ZAR 319.8700 ZAR 319.9178 ZAR 319.9257 ZAR 319.9500 ZAR 319.9656 ZAR 319.9927 ZAR 320.0849 ZAR 320.1277 ZAR 320.1956 ZAR 320.2087 ZAR 320.2931 ZAR 320.4251 ZAR 320.6470 ZAR 320.8437 ZAR 321.0766 ZAR 321.0857 ZAR 321.2550 ZAR 321.2927 ZAR 321.4452 ZAR 322.6408 ZAR 323.1738 ZAR 13.2900 GBP 13.2934 GBP 13.3285 GBP 13.3850 GBP 13.3859 GBP 13.4558 GBP 13.4933 GBP 319.8084 ZAR 319.8958 ZAR 319.9023 ZAR 319.9465 ZAR 320.0845 ZAR 320.0978 ZAR 320.4519 ZAR 320.5400 ZAR 320.8320 ZAR 320.8745 ZAR 321.6148 ZAR 322.4559 ZAR 13.2900 GBP 13.3850 GBP 319.4300 ZAR 319.9312 ZAR 320.1546 ZAR 320.1822 ZAR 320.3255 ZAR 320.3525 ZAR 320.3886 ZAR 320.5400 ZAR 320.7990 ZAR 321.3269 ZAR 321.4879 ZAR 321.6927 ZAR 323.0210 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:	20 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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