Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - MONDI PLC

GoldmanSachs International

28 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:	(GS) GOLDMAN SACHS 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:	SMITH (DS) PLC
(d) Date dealing undertaken:	27 February 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 the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	YES - disclosed previously for SMITH (DS) 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	Purchases	440,531	14.0800 GBP	13.7700 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sales	391,389	14.0850 GBP	13.7675 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	CFD	Reducing a long position	16,700	13.8606 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	442	13.8627 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	377	13.8627 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	189	13.8748 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	153	13.8748 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	115	13.8771 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	386	13.8771 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	170	13.8952 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	45	13.8996 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	125	13.9095 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	43	13.9095 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,018	13.9220 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13	13.9277 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	44	13.9277 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	32	13.9277 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	9	13.9277 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	72	13.9311 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	76	13.9514 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	62	13.9514 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	83	13.9583 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,431	13.9647 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,150	13.9661 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	49,150	13.9661 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	504	13.9745 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	60	13.9779 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	205	13.9779 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	441	14.0029 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	147	14.0029 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	45	14.0029 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,487	14.0029 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	34	14.0029 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	961	14.0029 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	134	14.0029 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,025	14.0032 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	25	14.0100 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	14.0100 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11	14.0100 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8	14.0100 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	14.0100 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	154	14.0107 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	369	14.0107 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	4,251	14.0181 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,624	14.0195 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,781	14.0197 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	32,031	14.0235 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,429	14.0250 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	456	14.0253 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,972	14.0289 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,397	14.0289 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	360	14.0293 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,683	14.0297 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	5,566	14.0300 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,566	14.0300 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	175	14.0311 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,106	14.0314 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	900	14.0314 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	6,329	14.0340 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	168	14.0345 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,530	14.0360 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9,547	14.0360 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,813	14.0360 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	94	14.0360 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,689	14.0444 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	282	14.0482 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	426	14.0543 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	10,947	14.0566 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	798	14.0731 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	727	14.0787 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2,731	336.6642 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	400	336.9447 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Reducing a long position	140	13.9727 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Increasing a long position	140	14.0473 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Increasing a short position	2,731	336.7316 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Reducing a short position	400	336.8437 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

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Exercising / exercised against	Number of securities	Exercise price per unit

(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)

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:	28 February 2024
Contact name:	Papa Lette and Andrzej Szyszka
Telephone number:	[phone] / [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 disclosure requirements on [phone].

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

 

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