Form 8.5 (EPT/RI)-MONDI PLC

GoldmanSachs International

22 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:	21 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	588,729	13.6750 GBP	13.5150 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	Sales	643,258	13.7175 GBP	13.5400 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	CFD	Reducing a long position	192	13.3850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2,978	13.3850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	2,591	13.3850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	771	13.3850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	192	13.3850 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a long position	144,865	13.5500 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	7,044	13.5587 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,964	13.5587 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,381	13.5670 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,500	13.5756 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Opening a short position	2,766	13.5780 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	13,008	13.5824 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	38	13.5830 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	13	13.5830 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	185	13.5831 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	24	13.5831 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	53	13.5831 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	42	13.5880 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	12	13.5880 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	6,100	13.5985 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4	13.5999 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,031	13.6018 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	17,163	13.6094 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	3,144	13.6117 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	40	13.6130 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,545	13.6173 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	18,181	13.6173 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	581	13.6173 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	15,719	13.6173 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	78	13.6193 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	68	13.6230 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	2	13.6329 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	14,615	13.6337 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	5,321	13.6337 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	106	13.6373 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	401	13.6413 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	3,927	13.6448 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	17	13.6465 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4	13.6470 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	11,692	13.6517 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	4,257	13.6517 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	260	13.6601 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	40	13.6601 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	88	13.6601 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	28	13.6603 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	1,796	13.6605 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a long position	35	13.6609 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2,856	13.6636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	473	13.6636 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a short position	2,766	13.6649 GBP
EUR 0.22 ordinary	SWAP	Increasing a short position	78	17.2867 USD

(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

(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:	22 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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