20240417_MONDI PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

18 April 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:	17/04/2024
(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) (INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO)

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	379,589	13.83 GBP	13.55 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sale	535,805	13.835 GBP	13.587 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 Short Position	1,437	13.563 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	9	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	314	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,688	13.652 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	450	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	15,230	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	72,495	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	1,816	13.634 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	45,000	13.634 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	72,495	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	2,955	13.719 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	51	13.68 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	63	13.67 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	886	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,445	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,370	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	507	13.636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	1	13.652 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	16,211	13.676 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	852	13.666 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	16,424	13.666 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	933	13.615 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	522	13.615 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	927	13.631 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	8	13.643 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	25	13.724 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	26	13.716 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4	13.719 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2,946	323.126 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	5,093	323.126 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	13.647 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3	13.657 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	2	13.601 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	255	13.637 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	172	13.721 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	314	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	412	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4,158	13.715 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	5	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	15,230	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	853	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	51,424	13.673 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	138,995	13.671 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	387	13.674 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	113	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	96	13.642 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	192	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	146	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	770	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	426	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,045	13.635 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	17	13.665 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,411	13.645 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	24	13.642 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	178	13.642 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	12	13.676 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	311	13.64 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	684	13.72 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	684	13.7 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,013	323.097 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	1,053	323.097 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	7,700	323.097 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	767	321.647 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	471	13.655 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	20,851	13.698 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	153	325.319 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	349	325.319 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	767	321.727 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,946	323.126 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	423	323.126 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,806	323.126 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,093	323.126 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	423	323.126 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,806	323.126 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	767	321.727 ZAR

(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:	18/04/2024
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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