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Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Smith (DS) Plc

14th Feb 2024 11:56

RNS Number : 1413D
UBS AG (EPT)
14 February 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:

UBS Investment Bank, London

(b) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:

Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

Smith (DS) plc

(c) Name of the party to the offer with which exempt principal trader is connected:

 Mondi Plc connected to UBS

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

13 February 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

 

 

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

Buy

 

2696847

3.25000 GBP

3.16993 GBP

10p Ordinary

Sell

 

3171873

3.25000 GBP

3.16925 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

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

18746

3.183839 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3500

3.178 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1896

3.187 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5197

3.16996038 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

19643

3.211388 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

232401

3.17 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

760

3.193826 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

714

3.19363 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2468

3.196582 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

33548

3.194215 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2200

3.2373352005 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

21430

3.20198600093327 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8179

3.20729673554224 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1136

3.208906 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10

3.19780406 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5224

3.19833941 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4636

3.19928128125108 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4298

3.19676491 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

32807

3.22008098 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

9899

3.19467643 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2975

3.23010982 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

24100

3.21062199170124 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1662

3.16952466907341 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

64688

3.212602 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

91670

3.209958 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

21919

3.221311 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7362

3.192354 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

14183

3.222223 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2827

3.18835999599929 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

24245

3.180452 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

48

3.22876 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

60282

3.17911947 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

25150

3.222204 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8905

3.219783 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

15934

3.187752 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

650

3.170154 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

810

3.192 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2329

3.188 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

989

3.19 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

7667

3.19562 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

8284

3.17 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

11371

3.201117 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1933

3.212453 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

9404

3.173185 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

7709

3.19594521 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

7249

3.19004848 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

27662

3.20087326 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

10539

3.19435427 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5390

3.19146717 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6900

3.18929420289855 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

10766

3.198681 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

135069

3.171078 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

334

3.191937 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1

3.21 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6777

3.170158 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

895

3.187 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

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:

14 February 2024

Contact name:

Richard Howard

Telephone number:

+44 (0)207 568 9128

 

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service and must also be emailed to the Takeover Panel at [email protected]

 

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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