20240307_MONDI PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

08 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:	07/03/2024
(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	739,194	13.983 GBP	13.675 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sale	575,391	13.975 GBP	13.67 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	Increasing a long position	1	13.785 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	6	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	10	13.682 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a short position	39	329.448 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a short position	61	13.827 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short position	61	13.761 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	64	13.682 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a short position	150	13.8 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	153	13.8 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	178	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	216	329.882 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	220	329.882 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a short position	238	13.759 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a short position	269	13.849 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	355	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short position	532	13.8 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	1,425	13.792 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a short position	1,481	13.779 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	1,665	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a short position	1,754	13.784 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	2,133	13.802 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	2,425	329.882 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	2,733	13.786 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a short position	2,755	13.801 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	2,838	13.778 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	3,220	13.783 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	3,220	13.783 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	3,857	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	4,385	13.798 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	4,848	13.796 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	5,066	329.882 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	5,253	13.8 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	5,491	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	7,005	13.802 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	8,181	13.786 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a long position	8,972	13.893 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a short position	10,598	13.775 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	12,666	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	13,458	13.788 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a short position	14,454	330.622 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	16,161	13.763 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a short position	16,745	13.815 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	19,244	13.78 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	21,191	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	22,983	13.763 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	23,671	13.812 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a long position	25,846	13.807 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	39,965	13.804 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a long position	53,856	13.763 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:	08/03/2024
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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