REG - JPMorgan Sec.Plc Smith (DS) PLC - Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-Smith (DS) plc Amendment

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RNS Number : 5801L  JPMorgan Securities Plc  22 April 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  Smith (DS) plc
 relates:

      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree
 (c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is        Corporate broker to Smith (DS) plc
 connected:
 (d) Date dealing undertaken:                                                    18 April 2024
 (e) In addition to the company in 1(b) above, is the exempt principal trader    Yes, Mondi plc & International Paper Company
 making disclosures in respect of any other party to this offer?

      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"

 

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                2,776,194             3.9960 GBP                            3.9500 GBP

                             Sale               2,053,466                  3.9960 GBP                            3.9480 GBP

 

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Nature of dealing                                                              Number of reference securities  Price per unit

                             e.g. CFD             e.g. opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short
                                                  position
 10p ordinary                Equity Swap          Decrease Long                                                                  2,920                           3.9715 GBP

                                                                                                                                  48,824                         3.9761 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,691                          3.9854 GBP

                                                  Decrease Short                                                                  168,688                        3.9658 GBP

                                                                                                                                  500,000                        3.9700 GBP

                                                                                                                                  6,187                          3.9767 GBP

                                                                                                                                  55,983                         3.9815 GBP

                                                                                                                                  2,022                          3.9823 GBP

                                                                                                                                  220,000                        3.9960 GBP

                                                  Increase Long                                                                   6,834                          3.9954 GBP

                                                                                                                                  15,354                         3.9956 GBP

                                                  Increase Short                                                                  47,869                         3.9515 GBP

                                                                                                                                  220,000                        3.9720 GBP

                                                                                                                                  4,767                          3.9815 GBP

                                                                                                                                  1,357,019                      3.9838 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                           Expiry date  Option money paid/ received per unit

                                                                                                                                                                                      e.g. American, European etc.

 

(ii)        Exercise

 

 Class of relevant security  Product description  Exercising/ exercised against  Number of securities  Exercise price per unit

                             e.g. call option

 

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

 

 Class of relevant security  Nature of dealing               Details  Price per unit (if applicable)

                             e.g. subscription, conversion

 

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:  22 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
(http://www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk) .

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