Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - Mondi PLC, 25 Mar 2024 11:14

25 March 2024, 11:14

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 1634I

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

25 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:

Merrill Lynch International

(b)	Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates: Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree

MONDI PLC

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

MONDI PLC

(d)	Date dealing undertaken:

22/03/2024

(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

If YES, specify which:

(DS SMITH 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
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Purchase	862,060	13.655 GBP	13.59 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sale	671,897	13.648 GBP	13.6 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
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	362	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	7,595	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	362	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	7,595	13.645 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	12,219	13.624 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	96,410	13.634 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	362	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	224	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,891	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,572	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	87	13.624 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	52,939	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	51,536	13.624 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4,637	13.624 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	165,933	13.633 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	37	13.624 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	763	13.624 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	6,224	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,112	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,630	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	5,071	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	38	13.634 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	1,720	13.629 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	10	13.607 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2	13.616 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	7	13.643 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	13.594 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	14	13.61 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4	13.616 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	177	322.59 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	2,726	325.396 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	309	322.59 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	177	322.59 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	2,726	325.396 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	309	322.59 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	305	322.438 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	136	322.438 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	20,114	13.619 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	6,108	13.633 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	40,774	13.633 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	792	13.604 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	45	324.631 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2,726	325.315 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	576	13.631 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	121	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	46	13.631 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	7	13.643 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	7	13.629 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	16	13.639 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	68	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	438	13.642 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	835	13.622 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	2	13.644 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	2	13.639 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	29	13.62 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	53	13.643 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	23,851	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	1,780	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	43	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	32	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	4,892	13.627 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	8	13.65 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	1,148	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	2,061	13.626 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	947	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	593	13.608 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	593	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	1,537	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,061	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	947	13.639 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	1,537	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	19	13.634 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	4	13.608 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	227	13.631 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2,449	13.623 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	28	13.629 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	194	13.634 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	346	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	17	13.639 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	320	13.634 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	5,459	13.631 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	381	13.624 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	5,567	13.624 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
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(ii)

Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising/ exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise Price per unit
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

(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)
N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

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:	25/03/2024
Contact name:	Frank Lui
Telephone number:	+44207 996 6418

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.

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