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

Released : Feb 19, 2024

RNS Number : 6519D
GoldmanSachs International
19 February 2024
 

Amendment - due to the amendment of Equity and Derivative transactions, the disclosure made on 12th February for dealings on 08th February has been updated. Sections 2(a) and 2(b) have been updated.

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:

(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS INTERNATIONAL

(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:

SMITH (DS) PLC

(d) Date dealing undertaken:

08 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 the offer?

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

YES - disclosing today for MONDI 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

10p ordinary

Purchases

18,010,823

6.4770 GBP

2.8042 GBP

10p ordinary

Sales

15,969,944

3.2540 GBP

2.8040 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

Reducing a long position

492

2.8042 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

65

2.8110 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

14

2.8110 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

4

2.8110 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1

2.8110 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

46

2.8110 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

7,615

2.8626 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

1,068

2.8626 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

1,946

2.8925 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

531

2.8925 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

101

2.8925 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

6,522

2.8925 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

13,396

2.9169 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

345

2.9280 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

94

2.9280 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

66

2.9280 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

317

2.9280 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

11,525

2.9406 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

22,000

2.9406 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

16,475

2.9406 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

554

2.9676 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

22,137

2.9750 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

14,500

2.9944 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

12,365

3.0087 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

3,300

3.0167 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

4,537

3.0192 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

7,155

3.0192 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

16,467

3.0331 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

4,084

3.0518 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

793

3.0572 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

3,837

3.0674 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

201,400

3.0736 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

3,837

3.0783 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,129

3.0796 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3,820

3.0796 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

910

3.0858 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

9,838

3.0858 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

39,959

3.0860 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4,013

3.0861 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

4,883

3.0861 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

1,542

3.0862 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

722

3.0867 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

281,700

3.0876 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

196,859

3.0926 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

149,283

3.0926 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

8,940

3.0957 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

158

3.0959 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

44,325

3.0966 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

23,475

3.1003 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

26,525

3.1003 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

337

3.1023 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

634

3.1023 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

3,803

3.1023 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

592

3.1023 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

12,810

3.1023 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

42,792

3.1042 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

34,011

3.1075 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

25,032

3.1094 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

6,682

3.1094 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

74,066

3.1094 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

76

3.1101 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

145

3.1101 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

54

3.1101 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

107

3.1113 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

204

3.1113 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

76

3.1113 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Opening a long position

13,396

3.1129 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

341

3.1139 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

725

3.1139 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

2,440

3.1139 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

667

3.1204 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

521

3.1229 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

23,847

3.1238 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

2,967

3.1288 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

173,250

3.1305 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Opening a short position

1,750

3.1305 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

80,337

3.1312 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

26,414

3.1313 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

109,084

3.1314 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

202,258

3.1314 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

76,825

3.1314 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

33,752

3.1334 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

45,040

3.1360 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a long position

3,026

3.1395 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Increasing a short position

9,403

3.1425 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

2,129

3.1441 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

5,421

3.1441 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

17,153

3.1441 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

25,930

3.1441 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

100,000

3.1441 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

12,865

3.1441 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

26,502

3.1441 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

60,849

3.1444 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

12,311

3.1587 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a short position

19,416

3.1587 GBP

10p ordinary

CFD

Reducing a long position

5,339

3.2000 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:

19 February 2024

Contact name:

Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka

Telephone number:

+33(1) 4212 1459 / +48(22) 317 4817

 

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 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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