Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)_Mondi Mli

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

18 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:	15/03/2024
(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	896,680	13.445 GBP	13.23 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sale	1,220,839	13.435 GBP	13.235 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	926	13.317 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	8,011	13.332 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	61,182	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,114	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	14,652	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4,522	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	12,960	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	54,743	13.335 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	683	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	20,288	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	243	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,047	13.335 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	61,182	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	431,829	13.322 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	759	13.331 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	66	13.331 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	151	13.299 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	712	13.331 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	66	13.331 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	192	13.319 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,618	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	10,598	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	9,115	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	83	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	46	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,574	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	224	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	10,187	13.353 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	1	13.329 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2	13.371 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,555	13.326 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	11,405	13.327 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,660	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	14,776	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	47	13.304 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,577	13.36 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4,760	13.328 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,281	13.334 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,100	13.326 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	664	13.327 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	2,425	317.568 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,041	317.63 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	174	317.568 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	174	317.568 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	2,425	317.568 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,041	317.63 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	695	317.512 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	313	317.513 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	9,831	13.327 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	42,911	13.34 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2,095	13.311 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	2,599	317.647 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	33	319.68 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	498	13.306 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	841	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,151	13.306 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	1,464	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	21,229	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	18,745	13.325 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,808	13.321 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,037	13.323 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,565	13.359 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2	13.371 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	482	13.333 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,799	13.335 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	26	13.304 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	61	13.319 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	196	13.306 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	8,253	13.319 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	39	13.319 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	351	13.319 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	9	13.336 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	13.336 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	17	13.336 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	1	13.336 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	684	13.336 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	9	13.336 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	36	0 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	10,164	0 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	10,200	0 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	10	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	10	13.345 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	15,218	13.328 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	15,218	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	101	13.33 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	235	13.32 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	4,830	13.319 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	1,617	13.322 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:	18/03/2024
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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