20240228_MONDI PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

29 February 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:	28/02/2024
(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	851,406	14.14 GBP	14.000 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sale	299,616	14.14 GBP	13.823 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	Reducing a Short Position	106	14.074 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	593	14.074 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	18,498	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	30,047	14.085 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	11,035	14.077 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	103	340.657 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	31	14.074 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	4	14.128 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4,038	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	190	14.101 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	6,753	14.101 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	18,498	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	682	14.118 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,200	14.114 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4,516	14.117 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	3,696	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,182	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	429	13.999 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	15,635	14.077 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4,933	14.101 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	9	14.14 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	179	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,504	14.111 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	15,668	14.112 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	213,338	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	497	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	53	14.112 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	49	14.118 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	83	14.101 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	46	14.115 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,182	14.12 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	3,784	14.066 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	463	14.116 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	736	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	15,107	14.115 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	33	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	198	14.117 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	329	14.118 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	480	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	798	14.116 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	965	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,418	14.112 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	549	14.112 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	32,328	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	179	14.118 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	9,313	14.107 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	816	14.119 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	303	14.116 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,144	14.119 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	281	14.114 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	36	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2	14.14 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	777	14.111 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	586	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	26	14.117 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	31,781	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,837	14.101 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	247	14.117 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	128	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	360	14.081 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	131	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,210	14.118 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,579	14.116 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,371	14.108 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	220	14.119 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	7,329	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	361	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	88	14.051 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	7,730	341.325 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,474	14.101 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,560	14.101 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	1,068	340.759 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	550	14.116 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	10	14.14 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	7,730	341.325 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	1,680	14.082 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	13	14.072 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	66,950	14.083 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,485	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	1,393	14.07 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	11,296	14.069 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	18	14.085 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	3,478	342.017 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	7,561	14.099 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	47	14.074 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	157	14.051 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	139	14.099 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	1,066	338.534 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	170	14.051 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	473	340.759 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	3,718	14.054 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,787	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	158	14.07 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	6,319	14.07 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	90	14.099 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	52	14.071 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	429	14.101 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	9,973	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,508	14.111 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	6,304	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	83	14.087 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	5,100	14.077 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	77	14.069 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,044	14.066 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	70,147	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	256	14.093 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	765	14.098 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,784	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,290	14.107 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	364	14.118 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,587	14.121 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	271	14.119 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,995	14.116 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	14.072 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,545	14.056 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	105	14.1 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	1,542	342.016 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	900	14.09 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	13,089	14.1 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:	29/02/2024
Contact name:	Frank Lui
Telephone number:	[phone]

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 [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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