Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-MONDI PLC

GoldmanSachs International

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:	(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:	15 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	628,941 12	13.4450 GBP 318.8375 ZAR	13.2250 GBP 318.8375 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sales	544,256 12	13.4900 GBP 318.8375 ZAR	13.2350 GBP 318.8375 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	Increasing a long position	59	13.1150 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	64	13.1150 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12	13.1150 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	9	13.1150 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1	13.1150 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	20	13.1150 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3	13.1150 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	37	13.2337 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	1,394	13.2360 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	463	13.2366 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	13.3042 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	13.3042 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1	13.3042 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	400	13.3051 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	90	13.3126 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	35	13.3126 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	73	13.3135 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	25	13.3135 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	400	13.3146 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8,989	13.3180 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	355	13.3182 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	9,194	13.3184 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	463	13.3184 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	1,126	13.3187 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,919	13.3192 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,474	13.3199 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	355	13.3199 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	116	13.3202 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	3,212	13.3202 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,286	13.3203 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,162	13.3203 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,121	13.3203 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	598	13.3211 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	199	13.3211 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,523	13.3212 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,575	13.3213 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	8,864	13.3216 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6,000	13.3221 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	448	13.3230 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	199	13.3230 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	2,737	13.3248 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,576	13.3250 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,969	13.3250 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,605	13.3251 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,177	13.3254 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,980	13.3254 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6,578	13.3261 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,706	13.3274 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	196	13.3292 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	60	13.3302 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17	13.3302 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	198	13.3304 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	137	13.3307 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	91	13.3327 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	2,300	13.3328 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	8,734	13.3328 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	277	13.3331 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	194	13.3333 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	66	13.3334 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	6,295	13.3364 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a short position	6,874	13.3388 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	35	13.3399 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	64	13.3446 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	1,420	13.3466 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	84	13.3472 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	412	13.3507 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	284	13.3508 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	140	13.3510 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	105	13.3557 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	153	13.3558 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	51	13.3560 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	140	13.3580 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	8	13.3580 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	42	13.3580 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	698	13.3605 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	103	13.3605 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	29,700	16.9298 USD
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	300	16.9298 USD
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	29,700	17.0129 USD
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	300	17.0129 USD
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	73,345	315.6800 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	3,365	317.4332 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Increasing a long position	694	13.2937 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Opening a long position	73,345	315.6800 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Increasing a short position	140,265	317.6697 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Reducing a short position	276,107	318.4732 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
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Put Option / (1.00 : 1,001.00)	Exercising	20 (20,020)	13.4900 GBP

(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:	18 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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