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):

 

22/12/2008

 

Date on which issuer notified:

 

23/12/2008

 

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

 

9%

 

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  37,444,962  37,444,962  4,304,262  4,304,262  27,858,297  1.17    7.59    
                                                                                 

 

 

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              
                                                                          
32,162,559                                8.76%                           
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          

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               339,225      0.09237            
Management                                                                
                                                                          
AXA                  Direct               734,525      0.20001            
                                                                          
AXA Colonia Konzern  Direct               27,533       0.00750            
                                                                          
AXA Colonia Konzern  Indirect             35,718       0.00973            
                                                                          
AXA Financial, Inc   Indirect             8,317,896    2.264970528        
                                                                          
AXA IM UK            Direct               1,215,075    0.33               
                                                                          
AXA IM UK            Indirect             27,479       0.007482556        
                                                                          
AXA Rosenberg        Direct               1,535,156    0.418024353        
                                                                          
AXA Rosenberg        Indirect             19,477,204   5.303660088        
                                                                          
AXA Winterthur       Direct               452,748      0.123283686        
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
Total Direct                              4,304,262    1.17205            
                                                                          
Total Indirect                            27,858,297   7.58584            
                                                                          
                                                                          
                                                                          
Total                                     32,162,559   8.75789            
                                                                          

 

 

 

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