New lightweight recycled containerboard machine

Mondi Limited

(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)

(Registration number: 1967/013038/06)

JSE share code: MND ISIN: ZAE000097051

Mondi plc

(Incorporated in England and Wales)

(Registration number: 6209386)

JSE share code: MNP ISIN: GB00B1CRLC47

As part of the dual listed company structure, Mondi Limited and Mondi plc
(together "Mondi Group") notify both the JSE Limited and the London Stock
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31 January 2008

New lightweight recycled containerboard machine

Pursuant to the announcement released on 18 September 2007, it is confirmed
that the new lightweight recycled containerboard machine will be situated at
the Åšwiecie mill in Poland. The following was released by Mondi Packaging Paper
Åšwiecie S.A. to the Warsaw Stock Exchange earlier today:

"The Management Board of Mondi Packaging Paper Åšwiecie S.A. hereby informs that
the Supervisory Board approval of releasing EUR 305 million for the investment
in a new PM7 was obtained on 30 January 2008.

The Management Board of the Company has already informed about the inclusion of
the Company's area into the Pomorska Special Economic Zone and the planned
purchase of land for new investment purposes as well as about being granted the
permit to run business in the Zone on 20 December, 2007.

The approval of the Supervisory Board is the last stage of acceptance process
for the new investment in Åšwiecie.

The new paper machine capacity will be approx. 470 thousand tones per year and
it will be designed to manufacture light weight recycled containerboard
(Current reports 10/2007, 37/2007, 40/2007, 42/2007).

Furthermore, Mondi Group decided to invest EUR 45 million in Åšwiecie in a new
corrugator including converting. The new corrugator capacity is estimated to be
250 million m2. This corrugator will consume significant volumes of recycled
testliner and fluting."

For further information, please contact:

Mondi Group

Lisa Attenborough + 44 (0) 1932 826380

Mondi Europe and International Division

Wolfgang Brunner

Phone: [phone]

About Mondi

Mondi is an integrated paper and packaging group founded in South Africa in
1967. In 2006 it had revenues of €5.751 billion. Its key operations and
interests are in Western Europe, Emerging Europe and South Africa. Mondi is
principally involved in the manufacture of packaging paper, converted packaging
products (including corrugated packaging, bags and flexible packaging) and
office paper.

Mondi is integrated across the paper and packaging production process from the
growing of wood for pulp production and the manufacture of pulp and paper to
the conversion of packaging papers into corrugated packaging and industrial
bags. It also has a growing flexibles business focused on the production of
release liner, extrusion coating and consumer flexibles products. Mondi has
production operations in 112 locations across 34 countries and averaged
approximately 34,000 employees in 2006.