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:	13 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	2,365,909 2,271,307	13.3200 GBP 13.3300 GBP	13.1250 GBP 13.1225 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	22,293  21  4,515  2,361  694  1,960  27,092  2,265  8,561  11,747  1,664  2,462  8,629  1,031  2,866  20,477  8,454  725  107  1,054  10,130  1,924  8,550  1,860  195  137  11  1,414  839  7,897  136  4,236  3,003  518  1,085  12,824  760,000  13,221  14  10,353  23,887  6,433  6,509  29,969  5,942  7,269  3,069  1,070  20,662  11,570  144  38  24,213  37,080  18,749  172  2,744  1,596  41  118,934  999  691  32,155  48  457  10,547  28,876  73,395  36  80  2,718  24  506  2  4,877  731  705  24  802  112  5,487  243  98  991  2,865  1,586  103  313  463  12,261  1,714  1,553  1,992  685  2,469  48  3,631  1,859  1,173  3,491  2,012  270,000  86,715  202,500  190,300  388  17,828  2,866  7  114,970  337,500  862  544  66  236  8,099  67,500  145  67,524  223  117  70,221  1,843  114  1,103  3,988  1,834  530  1,011  490  889  5,028  368  977  179  27  988  72  2,604  60  45  32,944  36  2,105  796  16,044  19  1,821  5,447  20,482  10,318  4,586  26,124  9,354  24,413  5,501  1,213  8  1,112  1,015  2,297  8,954  8,664  5,786  12,150  2,151  39,159  2,041  6,905  15,541  1,623  5,282  285  190  50,000  1,159  114  1,903  5,822  408  241  399  570  8,162  128  371  924  27  72  564  558  53  630  12,322  12  308  1,370  462  265  758  126  5,398  2,362  58,065  1,000  16,514  12  216  1,283  265  78  1,177  5,386  1,056  1,588	13.1517 GBP 13.1563 GBP 13.1579 GBP 13.1653 GBP 13.1671 GBP 13.1727 GBP 13.1728 GBP 13.1741 GBP 13.1755 GBP 13.1757 GBP 13.1776 GBP 13.1788 GBP 13.1790 GBP 13.1793 GBP 13.1800 GBP 13.1803 GBP 13.1805 GBP 13.1822 GBP 13.1828 GBP 13.1840 GBP 13.1850 GBP 13.1866 GBP 13.1871 GBP 13.1873 GBP 13.1893 GBP 13.1897 GBP 13.1898 GBP 13.1905 GBP 13.1924 GBP 13.1938 GBP 13.1947 GBP 13.1949 GBP 13.1975 GBP 13.1986 GBP 13.1988 GBP 13.1998 GBP 13.2000 GBP 13.2007 GBP 13.2009 GBP 13.2025 GBP 13.2027 GBP 13.2035 GBP 13.2040 GBP 13.2046 GBP 13.2060 GBP 13.2088 GBP 13.2103 GBP 13.2126 GBP 13.2137 GBP 13.2143 GBP 13.2150 GBP 13.2155 GBP 13.2179 GBP 13.2197 GBP 13.2215 GBP 13.2310 GBP 13.2508 GBP 13.2676 GBP 13.2775 GBP 13.2825 GBP 13.3016 GBP 313.9300 ZAR 315.2280 ZAR 315.3028 ZAR 315.7218 ZAR 13.1715 GBP 13.1797 GBP 13.1800 GBP 13.1812 GBP 13.1849 GBP 13.1893 GBP 13.1924 GBP 13.1929 GBP 13.1943 GBP 13.1946 GBP 13.1983 GBP 13.1999 GBP 13.2002 GBP 13.2132 GBP 13.2247 GBP 13.2300 GBP 13.2349 GBP 13.2493 GBP 13.2711 GBP 13.2771 GBP 13.2774 GBP 13.2825 GBP 13.3050 GBP 313.9300 ZAR 313.9570 ZAR 314.5636 ZAR 314.7182 ZAR 315.0634 ZAR 315.1254 ZAR 315.2732 ZAR 315.3028 ZAR 315.6709 ZAR 315.6802 ZAR 316.2175 ZAR 317.1450 ZAR 318.0127 ZAR 13.1284 GBP 13.1495 GBP 13.1734 GBP 13.1781 GBP 13.1784 GBP 13.1787 GBP 13.1800 GBP 13.1880 GBP 13.1924 GBP 13.2101 GBP 13.2107 GBP 13.2181 GBP 13.2187 GBP 13.2264 GBP 13.2565 GBP 13.2607 GBP 13.2679 GBP 13.2734 GBP 13.2828 GBP 13.2887 GBP 13.3073 GBP 313.9300 ZAR 314.0000 ZAR 314.1131 ZAR 314.3208 ZAR 314.4136 ZAR 314.6215 ZAR 314.7423 ZAR 314.9816 ZAR 315.1184 ZAR 315.5107 ZAR 315.5826 ZAR 315.9588 ZAR 315.9600 ZAR 315.9652 ZAR 316.0926 ZAR 316.1300 ZAR 317.2066 ZAR 319.0615 ZAR 13.1551 GBP 13.1796 GBP 13.1800 GBP 13.1801 GBP 13.1806 GBP 13.1807 GBP 13.1809 GBP 13.1828 GBP 13.1849 GBP 13.1860 GBP 13.1894 GBP 13.1900 GBP 13.1910 GBP 13.1928 GBP 13.1961 GBP 13.1967 GBP 13.1980 GBP 13.1982 GBP 13.1992 GBP 13.2001 GBP 13.2011 GBP 13.2036 GBP 13.2047 GBP 13.2071 GBP 13.2078 GBP 13.2088 GBP 13.2133 GBP 13.2135 GBP 13.2141 GBP 13.2148 GBP 13.2361 GBP 13.2392 GBP 13.2561 GBP 13.2563 GBP 13.2617 GBP 313.9480 ZAR 314.0000 ZAR 314.1313 ZAR 314.3501 ZAR 314.6436 ZAR 314.6665 ZAR 315.0977 ZAR 315.5216 ZAR 315.7253 ZAR 315.7300 ZAR 315.8789 ZAR 315.9345 ZAR 315.9652 ZAR 316.1332 ZAR 316.2419 ZAR 317.0651 ZAR 317.4300 ZAR 317.6071 ZAR 13.1523 GBP 313.4150 ZAR 314.6478 ZAR 315.0529 ZAR 315.1533 ZAR 315.1861 ZAR 315.5325 ZAR 316.0500 ZAR 316.4106 ZAR 316.9831 ZAR 13.1702 GBP 13.1809 GBP 13.1820 GBP 313.4150 ZAR 314.8103 ZAR 315.0550 ZAR 315.1861 ZAR 315.2700 ZAR 315.9604 ZAR 315.9788 ZAR 317.3621 ZAR 317.4913 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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