Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - MONDI PLC

GoldmanSachs International

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:	(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:	28 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	433,086 1	14.1600 GBP 342.9900 ZAR	13.9800 GBP 342.9900 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sales	503,166 1	14.1650 GBP 342.9900 ZAR	13.9825 GBP 342.9900 ZAR

(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	1	14.0300 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	33	14.0300 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	33	14.0300 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12	14.0300 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11	14.0300 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	800	14.0470 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13	14.0514 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	24	14.0514 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	45	14.0514 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	399	14.0559 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	386	14.0563 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,321	14.0674 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6,365	14.0680 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9	14.0690 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	412	14.0706 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	25	14.0707 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	14.0716 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9	14.0764 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3	14.0781 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	2,275	14.0808 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	32	14.0821 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	232	14.0821 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	17,669	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	544	14.0858 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	5,622	14.0861 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19,600	14.0861 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	50,594	14.0871 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	182	14.0891 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	9	14.0897 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	20	14.0897 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13	14.0897 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,383	14.0914 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,833	14.0914 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	14.0914 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	66	14.0918 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	30,700	14.0924 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	8	14.0937 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	297	14.0937 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	95	14.0937 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16,509	14.0938 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	365	14.0955 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	127	14.0955 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	5,624	14.0979 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	16,224	14.0984 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	898	14.0986 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	269	14.0989 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,341	14.0989 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	237	14.0989 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6,364	14.0999 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	267	14.1003 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	16	14.1003 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	568	14.1003 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,880	14.1006 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	21,342	14.1014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	36	14.1071 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	358	14.1071 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	107	14.1071 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	74	340.9463 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	2,070	340.9463 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Reducing a long position	513	14.0381 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Increasing a short position	8,179	340.7759 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Reducing a short position	2,144	340.8441 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:	29 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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