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

Released : Mar 04, 2024

RNS Number : 4846F
UBS AG (EPT)
04 March 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:

            01 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

 

131048

3.27000        GBP

3.23240        GBP

10p Ordinary

Sell

 

471177

3.27000        GBP

3.22399        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

3147

3.266        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

25640

3.2642293        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

24181

3.26205        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1520

3.253341        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3096

3.254945        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

26695

3.26375255        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

33717

3.263837        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

16766

3.260699        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

8494

3.258615        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

259

3.246834        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

110

3.263818        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

163

3.26222086        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3112

3.225        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

71142

3.264        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5111

3.255        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

5786

3.267879        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

22515

3.26296989        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

403

3.260012        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

304

3.263508        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

1293

3.25748646558391        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

4201

3.260443        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

15000

3.26        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

50000

3.25931445        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

3195

3.26406259780908        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7139

3.2553803053649        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

7320

3.26536557        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

2979

3.26001        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Long

62358

3.2624227        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4025

3.26448944099379        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

19262

3.264337        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

277

3.23999459        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

8414

3.26640332        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

23

3.26852174        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6494

3.264        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2047

3.26185        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

6355

3.26372958        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

4485

3.26517725752508        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

209

3.269        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

487

3.261047        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

12079

3.261759        GBP

10p Ordinary

CFD

 

Short

2775

3.2496859        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:

04 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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