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

6th Mar 2024 12:01

RNS Number : 8431F
UBS AG (EPT)
06 March 2024
 

This announcement replaces the previous RNS announcement 6543F released at 11:58 on the 5th March2024. Amendments to sections 2a and 2b. All other information remains unchanged

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:

04 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

 

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

 

5616258

3.32884 GBP

3.21555 GBP

10p Ordinary

Sell

 

3882984

3.31553 GBP

3.21600 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

611

3.299332 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1000

3.297 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2040

3.293 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1893

3.3 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1194

3.231 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1525

3.2885 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3786

3.29 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1892

3.266 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

19449

3.225817 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

466

3.328841 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

27

3.2152676 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

27

3.221 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

9697

3.281724 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8674

3.30460507 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8488

3.267922 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

268

3.23678 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

313

3.238645 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

10512

3.237827 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2060

3.24165 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7113

3.240333 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7155

3.22051712089448 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

6742

3.2845489 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3584

3.2880279 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

227

3.24251542 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1715

3.2273137 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1155

3.234483 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

11315

3.282798 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2647

3.266172 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

202

3.26469307 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1192

3.292 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1991

3.269 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2024

3.282 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

151

3.2378 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

320000

3.23562776 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

12342

3.25822395073732 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5979

3.27308245526008 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7949

3.230929 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

24900

3.29446947791165 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1218

3.264507 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1266

3.217 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

56605

3.281935 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

154642

3.229197 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1226571

3.23506 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1226571

3.23506 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1000

3.2165 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

54

3.21669541481481 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1706

3.221002 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

41120

3.23777952 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

15132

3.228629 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1404

3.283066 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

240

3.26808333 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

57009

3.221 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

190

3.21926842 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1715000

3.237787 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1776

3.288979 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

106947

3.291144 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1193

3.25549791 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

11967

3.2346555 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

37740

3.240488 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

9073

3.255087 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

1404

3.24152386 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4082

3.2211921 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

25000

3.3101 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

25000

3.2849 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

5000

3.27249825 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4881

3.22011677934849 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

64

3.2372 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

14415

3.220791 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

10200

3.22457254901961 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2619

3.2215 GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

19299

3.221161 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:

06 March 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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