20240419_MONDI PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI

RNS Number : 5328L

Bank of America Merrill Lynch

22 April 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:

19/04/2024

(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) (INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO)

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	2,768,061	15.24 GBP	13.565 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sale	2,519,638	15.365 GBP	13.59 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	Opening a Short Position	8,562	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,115	14.283 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	454	14.283 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,983	14.962 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	26,575	14.907 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	26,814	14.907 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	43,270	14.907 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	29,803	14.907 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2,989	14.907 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	759	15.042 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,300	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	357	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	314	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	286	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	291	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,450	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	30	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	286	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,360	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	1,450	15.02 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,438	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	290	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	2,553	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,203	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	45,174	14.907 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	10,335	14.907 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	2	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	25,693	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	11,806	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	8,548	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,553	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	17,500	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	1,203	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	286	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	754	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	75,889	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,649	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	15	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	20,640	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,084	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	216	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,302	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,383	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	215,802	14.854 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	53,744	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	19,310	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	452	13.645 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	6,488	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	17,523	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,591	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	18	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	4,850	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	290	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	24	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	36,558	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	30,515	14.843 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,437	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	9	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	1,786	14.345 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	3,495	14.962 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1,141	14.962 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	2,955	14.962 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	2,353	15.048 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,250	14.922 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	3,600	14.922 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	545	14.922 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,375	14.922 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	10,000	15.08 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,000	15.08 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,000	15.08 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,000	14.926 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,500	13.687 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,500	14.926 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,500	14.926 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	5,000	14.943 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	12,500	13.687 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	5,254	15.023 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	100,000	14.918 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	36,735	15.052 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	95,175	15.052 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	23,090	14.787 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	150,000	14.897 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	45,000	15.052 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	87,254	14.124 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	86,605	14.129 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	965	14.129 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	10,977	15.027 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	5,099	14.915 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	5,374	14.991 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	11,645	15.077 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	251	15.001 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	280	15.06 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	24	15.036 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	71	15.039 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	13	15.06 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	23	14.868 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	9	15.003 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	75	15.045 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	115	15.107 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	1,452	15.107 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	142	15.015 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	489	15.06 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	843	13.641 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	466	13.685 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	16,489	15.024 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	6,366	353.799 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Short Position	1,832	353.799 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Long Position	2,659	15.115 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	80,022	14.775 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	11,652	14.775 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	29,598	14.775 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	3,781	14.775 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	153,207	14.779 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	3,025	357.058 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	6,892	357.058 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	18,115	355.652 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Short Position	18,115	355.652 ZAR
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Closing a Long Position	81,927	15.047 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	68	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Short Position	64,366	15.047 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	34,962	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	151	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	81,927	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	11,955	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	7	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Reducing a Short Position	1	15.014 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	80	13.684 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	25,000	14.799 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	20,424	15.01 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Increasing a Long Position	9,750	15.022 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Swaps - Equity Swaps	Opening a Long Position	3,357	15.007 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:	22/04/2024
Contact name:	Frank Lui
Telephone number:	+44207 996 6418

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 +44 (0)20 7638 0129.

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TIDM	MNDI
Share Price	837.20p-2.24%

Date	22 Apr 2024
Time	11:40:43
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5328L

TIDM	MNDI
Share Price	837.20p-2.24%

Date	22 Apr 2024
Time	11:40:43
Category	Holding(s) in company
ID	5328L

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