Holding(s) in Company

Mondi Limited

(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)

(Registration number: 1967/013038/06)

JSE share code: MND ISIN: ZAE000097051

 

Mondi plc

(Incorporated in England and Wales)

(Registration number: 6209386)

JSE share code: MNP ISIN: GB00B1CRLC47

 

 

Notification of Major Interests in Shares

 

As part of the dual listed company structure, Mondi Limited and Mondi plc
notify both the JSE Limited and the London Stock Exchange of matters required
to be disclosed under the JSE Listings Requirements and/or the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority.

 

 

Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached:

 

Mondi plc

 

Reason for notification (yes/no)

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: Yes                             
                                                                             
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the  
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached:    
                                                                             
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights:                            
                                                                             
Other (please specify):                                                      
                                                                             

 

Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

 

AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies

 

 

Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

 

 

 

 

Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached
if different):

 

14/10/2008

 

Date on which issuer notified:

 

15/10/2008

 

Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

 

11%

 

Notified details:

 

           

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 

 

Class/type   Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering      
of shares if the triggering        transaction                                   
possible     transaction                                                         
using the                                                                        
ISIN Code                                                                        
                                                                                 
             No. of     No. of     No. of    No. of voting rights % Voting rights
             shares     voting     shares                                        
                        rights                                                   
                                   Direct    Direct    Indirect   Direct Indirect
                                                                                 
GB00B1CRLC47 44,395,845 44,395,845 4,974,625 4,974,625 40,565,346 1.35   11.05   
                                                                                 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

B:  Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

 

Type of     Expiration Exercise/     Number of voting rights that may  % of   
financial   date       Conversion    be acquired if the instrument is  voting 
instrument             Period/ Date  exercised/ converted.             rights 
                                                                              
                                                                              
                                                                              

 

Total (A+B)

 

Number of voting rights                   % of voting rights              
                                                                          
                                          12.40%                          
45,539,971                                                                
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          

Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 

 

Name of Company /    Direct or Indirect   Number of    % of Issued Share  
Fund                 Holding              Shares       Capital            
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
Alliance Capital     Direct               1,639,225    0.44636            
Management                                                                
                                                                          
AXA                  Direct               734,525      0.20001            
                                                                          
AXA Colonia Konzern  Direct               17,583       0.00479            
                                                                          
AXA Colonia Konzern  Indirect             13,026       0.00355            
                                                                          
AXA Financial, Inc   Indirect             29,040,476   7.907747615        
                                                                          
AXA Framlington      Indirect             131,108      0.04               
                                                                          
AXA France           Indirect             8,666        0.00235976         
                                                                          
AXA IM UK            Direct               1,095,075    0.298189903        
                                                                          
AXA IM UK            Indirect             70,000       0.019061063        
                                                                          
AXA Rosenberg        Direct               1,254,000    0.341465323        
                                                                          
AXA Rosenberg        Indirect             11,302,070   3.07756378         
                                                                          
AXA Winterthur       Direct               234,217      0.063777499        
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
Total Direct                              4,974,625    1.35459            
                                                                          
Total Indirect                            40,565,346   11.04598           
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
Total                                     45,539,971   12.40057           
                                                                          

 

 

Proxy Voting:

 

Name of the proxy holder:

 

N/A

 

Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 

N/A

 

Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

N/A

 

Additional information:

 

 

Contact name:

 

Jenny Peterkin

 

 

Contact telephone number:

 

01932 826368