Barclays Regulatory News (BARC)

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR

MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.

KEY INFORMATION

(a)

Full name of discloser:

Barclays PLC.

(b)

Owner or controller of interest and short

positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):

(c)

Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose

MONDI PLC

relevant securities this form relates:

(d)

If an exempt fund manager connected with an

offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of

offeror/offeree:

(e)

Date position held/dealing undertaken:

15 Mar 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making

YES:

disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

DS SMITH PLC

2.

POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree

to which the disclosure relates following the dealing(if any)

Class of relevant security:

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Interests

Short Positions

Number

(%)

Number

(%)

(1)

Relevant securities owned

and/or controlled:

3,635,421

0.82%

3,502,755

0.79%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

3,208,556

0.73%

3,383,418

0.77%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

6,843,977

1.55%

6,886,173

1.56%

(b)

Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors and other executive

options)

Class of relevant security in relation to

which subscription right exists

Details, including nature of the rights

concerned and relevant percentages:

3.

DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE EXEMPT PRINCIPAL TRADER

(a)

Purchases and sales

Class of relevant

Purchase/sale

Number of

Price per unit

security

securities

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

174,381

13.3302 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

109,280

13.3200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

86,743

13.2836 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

66,300

13.3186 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

65,622

13.3237 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

42,168

13.3212 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

41,976

13.3209 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

40,276

13.3195 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

38,166

13.3443 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

31,589

13.3193 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

31,476

13.3275 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

29,890

13.3213 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

23,457

13.3064 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

18,110

13.3328 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

14,711

13.3253 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

14,427

13.3269 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

13,655

13.3351 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

12,309

13.3271 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

11,446

13.3181 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

8,347

13.3049 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

7,068

13.3242 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

7,013

13.3220 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

6,220

13.3128 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

4,749

13.3080 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

4,466

13.3226 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

4,401

13.3376 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

4,309

13.3144 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

3,928

13.3173 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

3,586

13.3068 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

3,045

13.3250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,958

13.3243 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,882

13.3100 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,718

13.3308 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,712

13.3119 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,510

13.3389 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,247

13.3758 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,865

13.3488 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,806

13.3466 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,642

13.3849 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,626

13.3150 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,589

13.3350 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,583

13.3700 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,554

13.2850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,548

13.3561 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,431

13.3047 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,404

13.3650 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,394

13.3868 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,366

13.3841 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,315

13.3497 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,270

13.3832 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,247

13.3191 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,209

13.3300 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,149

13.2947 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,139

13.3800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,121

13.3416 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,036

13.2950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

997

13.2750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

911

13.3000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

905

13.2800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

893

13.4000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

845

13.2300 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

760

13.3440 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

739

13.2500 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

732

13.3950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

654

13.3750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

619

13.3714 GBP

ADR

Purchase

600

34.0300 USD

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

556

13.3221 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

463

13.3600 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

450

13.3187 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

439

13.3090 GBP

ADR

Purchase

400

33.9900 USD

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

311

13.3036 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

177

13.3294 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

111

13.3400 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

84

13.2700 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

74

13.2550 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

71

13.2450 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

57

13.3011 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

43

13.3675 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

26

13.2650 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

20

13.3124 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

179,161

13.3138 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

149,217

13.3200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

95,985

13.3390 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

51,217

13.3214 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

44,902

13.3228 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

43,253

13.3119 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

42,682

13.3263 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

41,976

13.3209 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

37,793

13.3179 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

29,700

13.3180 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

18,702

13.3071 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

15,324

13.3199 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

11,743

13.3312 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

8,315

13.3234 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

8,224

13.3172 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

7,692

13.3248 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

7,422

13.3187 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

6,753

13.3329 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

5,891

13.3083 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

5,862

13.2929 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

5,738

13.3256 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

5,243

13.3254 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

4,856

13.3478 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

4,401

13.3376 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,684

13.3252 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,537

13.3255 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,344

13.3650 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,254

13.3250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,001

13.3249 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,925

13.3100 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,545

13.3055 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,067

13.3141 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,865

13.3488 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,852

13.3208 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,769

13.3358 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,747

13.3230 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,704

13.3700 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,649

13.3285 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,589

13.3350 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,554

13.2850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,548

13.3574 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,545

13.3481 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,209

13.3300 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,181

13.3446 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,145

13.3480 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,139

13.3800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,122

13.3523 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,091

13.2800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,090

13.3003 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,036

13.2950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

997

13.2750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

919

13.3296 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

911

13.3000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

893

13.4000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

845

13.2300 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

770

13.3211 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

740

13.2899 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

739

13.2500 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

732

13.3950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

654

13.3750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

615

13.3628 GBP

ADR

Sale

600

34.0300 USD

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

556

13.3221 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

522

13.2746 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

463

13.3600 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

434

13.3575 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

401

13.3309 GBP

ADR

Sale

400

33.9900 USD

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

356

13.3500 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

311

13.3050 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

271

13.3363 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

270

13.2744 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

120

13.4050 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

111

13.3400 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

84

13.2700 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

74

13.2550 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

71

13.2450 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

59

13.3299 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

57

13.3025 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

26

13.2650 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

8

13.3241 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

993

13.3124 GBP

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of

Product

Nature of dealing

Number of

Price per

relevant

description

reference

unit

security

securities

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

439

13.3090 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,169

13.3200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

1,456

13.3069 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,196

13.3224 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

4,481

13.3309 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

4,702

13.3414 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

8,424

13.3127 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

10,660

13.3271 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

16,155

13.3200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

26,250

13.3142 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

27,104

13.3210 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

43,989

13.3543 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

70,254

13.3259 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

59

13.3299 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

120

13.4050 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

271

13.3363 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

548

13.3453 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

638

13.3170 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,106

13.3330 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,324

13.3199 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,702

13.3071 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

52,915

13.3200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

243

13.3200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

848

13.2492 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,122

13.3523 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,940

13.3650 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,067

13.3141 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,716

13.3200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

2,790

13.3381 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

8,402

13.2653 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

37,793

13.3179 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

60,240

13.2973 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

95,985

13.3390 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

158,342

13.3229 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

110

13.3101 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

177

13.3294 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

220

13.3437 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

303

13.3357 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

323

13.3140 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

548

13.3416 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

638

13.3477 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

674

13.3163 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

770

13.3255 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,252

13.3396 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,127

13.3356 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,586

13.3068 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,802

13.3468 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,922

13.3312 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,466

13.3226 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,826

13.3399 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,003

13.3346 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,201

13.3476 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

10,781

13.3167 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,108

13.3196 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

15,907

13.3445 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,369

13.3308 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

21,066

13.3275 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

23,457

13.3064 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

26,168

13.3195 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

66,361

13.3200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

86,743

13.2836 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

13,655

13.3351 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

14,427

13.3269 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

58,800

13.3233 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class

Product

Writing,

Number

Exercise

Type

Expiry

Option

of

description

purchasing,

of

price

date

money

relevant

selling,

securities

per unit

paid/

security

varying etc

to which

received

option

per unit

relates

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of

Exercise price per

security

securities

unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if

security

applicable)

4.

OTHER INFORMATION

(a)

Indemnity and other dealings 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:

NONE

(b)

Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between

the person 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 of future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which

any derivative is referenced:

NONE

(c)

Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

NO

Date of disclosure:

18 Mar 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213