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20240418_MONDI PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI
20240418_MONDI PLC_8.5 EPT RI_UK_MLI.
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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: 18/04/2024 (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 499,056 13.766 GBP 13.59 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Sale 437,465 13.765 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 Increasing a Long Position 736 323.638 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 110 325.176 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Long Position 1,379 13.764 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 1,362 13.644 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 1,438 13.712 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 357 13.765 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 1,810 13.7 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Long Position 4,951 13.765 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 4,665 325.666 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 1,139 13.693 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 736 323.638 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 6,422 325.176 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 1,311 325.176 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 299 13.641 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 39 13.766 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Long Position 3,605 13.765 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 15,648 13.674 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 3,704 13.764 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Long Position 357 13.765 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 4,951 13.765 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 41,819 13.674 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 258 13.765 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Long Position 48,624 13.708 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 83 13.674 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 11,896 13.674 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 2,441 13.674 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 32 13.699 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 6,284 13.766 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 1,614 13.766 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 331 13.766 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 1 13.678 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Short Position 23,067 13.674 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Long Position 965 13.673 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 213 13.674 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Short Position 23,067 13.673 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Long Position 1 13.67 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Long Position 1,309 13.765 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Short Position 960 13.72 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Short Position 960 13.765 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Long Position 450 325.271 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Long Position 450 323.557 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Closing a Short Position 286 323.557 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Opening a Short Position 1,832 325.271 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 315 13.671 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 27,907 13.742 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 1,418 13.742 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Increasing a Short Position 62,353 13.658 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Short Position 25,165 13.742 GBP EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 7 323.394 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 266 323.394 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 606 323.394 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 17 323.394 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 6,422 325.176 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 110 325.176 ZAR EUR 0.22 ordinary Swaps - Equity Swaps Reducing a Long Position 1,311 325.176 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 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: 19/04/2024 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. The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk .