Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Mondi plc

JPMorgan Securities Plc
10 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:

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:

9 April 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 & International Paper Company

 

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

1,095,377

 

693,663

14.2650 GBP

 

14.2550 GBP

13.9594 GBP

 

14.1100 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,853

271

10

169

3,814

50

 

7

7

6,080

12,194

105

898

2,444

1,134

196

202

165

340

180

60

829

456

414

134

130

90

 

2,963

42,433

5,701

10,165

51,144

169

375

 

128

60

16,081

829

14,944

112

81

1

90

90

195

14.2137 GBP

14.2418 GBP

332.2100 ZAR

332.2900 ZAR

332.6102 ZAR

332.7900 ZAR

 

14.1972 GBP

14.2060 GBP

14.2109 GBP

14.2189 GBP

14.2190 GBP

14.2221 GBP

14.2243 GBP

332.0931 ZAR

332.3645 ZAR

332.4801 ZAR

332.5855 ZAR

332.6019 ZAR

332.6250 ZAR

332.6900 ZAR

332.7040 ZAR

332.7730 ZAR

332.8779 ZAR

333.1400 ZAR

333.1702 ZAR

333.7700 ZAR

 

14.2077 GBP

14.2178 GBP

14.2182 GBP

14.2386 GBP

14.2389 GBP

332.2834 ZAR

332.6389 ZAR

 

14.1959 GBP

14.1961 GBP

14.2014 GBP

14.2103 GBP

14.2126 GBP

14.2150 GBP

14.2175 GBP

14.2400 GBP

332.4000 ZAR

332.6300 ZAR

332.8684 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:

10 April 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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

 

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

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