Form 8.5 (EPT/RI) - MONDI PLC

GoldmanSachs International

04 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:	(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:	01 March 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	325,677	14.1500 GBP	13.9700 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sales	286,816	14.1550 GBP	13.9800 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	Increasing a long position	303	13.9833 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	46	13.9833 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	24	13.9833 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	128	13.9879 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	537	13.9929 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	211	13.9929 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,835	13.9929 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	81	13.9929 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	35	13.9929 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	9,157	14.0404 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	860	14.0433 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17,127	14.0643 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	5,408	14.0645 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	48	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	19	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	38,276	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	38,276	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	262	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	252	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	17	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	7	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	11	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	341	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	272	14.0850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	715	14.0907 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	5,595	14.0938 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,360	14.0954 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	138	14.1008 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	480	14.1008 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	70	14.1008 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	57	14.1014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	65	14.1014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	197	14.1014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,700	14.1016 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	79	14.1025 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	277	14.1025 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	14.1037 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	109	14.1041 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	373	14.1041 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6	14.1089 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11	14.1093 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	89	14.1102 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	316	14.1160 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1	14.1164 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,993	14.1177 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	292	14.1189 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	6,148	14.1196 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	4,993	14.1199 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,264	14.1200 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,264	14.1200 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	12,911	14.1214 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,045	14.1402 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,786	339.1643 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	592	340.4387 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Reducing a short position	46	17.8665 USD
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Increasing a short position	2,958	339.9243 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:	04 March 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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