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 relevant securities this form relates:

MONDI PLC

(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:

02 Apr 2024

(f)

In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?

YES: 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:

4,527,867

1.03%

4,795,725

1.09%

(2) Cash-settled derivatives:

4,389,270

0.99%

4,133,823

0.94%

(3) Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell: 

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL: 

8,917,137

2.02%

8,929,548

2.02%

(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 PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

(a)

Purchase and sales

Class of relevant security

Purchase/sale

Number of securities

Price per unit

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

242,900

13.8224 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

144,805

13.7834 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

61,102

13.8210 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

55,863

13.8700 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

52,612

13.7682 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

46,777

13.7223 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

36,132

13.8472 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

32,206

13.7928 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

22,735

13.7581 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

22,463

13.8105 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

18,872

13.8192 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

16,167

13.7250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

16,116

13.8340 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

13,518

13.8646 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

9,548

13.8155 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

8,699

13.7322 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

7,591

13.7251 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

6,706

13.8850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

5,528

13.8419 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

4,802

13.8745 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

3,678

13.8229 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

3,151

13.7815 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,891

13.8099 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,631

13.8395 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,555

13.8308 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,449

13.7664 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,422

13.8464 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,376

13.6993 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,673

13.9048 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,559

13.8171 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,475

13.8200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,421

13.8125 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,087

13.7960 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

970

13.7683 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

966

13.8400 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

738

13.8050 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

722

13.7973 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

676

13.7950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

666

13.8328 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

599

13.7814 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

533

13.7994 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

445

13.7985 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

430

13.8625 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

426

13.8307 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

426

13.7375 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

388

13.7650 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

384

13.8377 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

378

13.7900 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

374

13.8450 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

298

13.7500 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

253

13.7850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

229

13.8100 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

213

13.8300 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

213

13.7000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

204

13.7925 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

198

13.8093 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

188

13.8218 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

146

13.7750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

142

13.8250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

121

13.7210 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

62

13.8000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

32

13.8350 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

7

13.7243 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

3

13.8019 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2

13.8886 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

488,608

13.7252 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

112,028

13.7250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

84,298

13.7901 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

62,131

13.8222 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

34,582

13.7341 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

34,559

13.8500 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

22,873

13.8263 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

16,108

13.8274 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

13,681

13.8839 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

10,922

13.8191 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

7,276

13.8021 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

6,853

13.8376 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

6,145

13.8181 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

4,469

13.7407 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

4,054

13.7331 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,871

13.8456 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,791

13.8029 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,096

13.6850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,598

13.8122 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,396

13.8784 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,375

13.8289 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,719

13.8048 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,531

13.7438 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,475

13.8200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,473

13.8134 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,468

13.8359 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,293

13.8294 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,200

13.7825 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,044

13.8483 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,013

14.0750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,000

13.7195 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

678

13.8000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

659

13.7950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

580

13.8853 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

454

13.7850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

446

13.8400 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

411

13.7298 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

400

13.9900 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

391

13.7650 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

374

13.8450 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

350

13.8317 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

335

13.7119 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

321

13.8144 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

306

13.8050 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

298

13.7500 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

239

13.9657 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

188

13.8232 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

182

13.7975 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

176

13.7550 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

146

13.7750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

145

13.8151 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

142

13.8250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

83

14.0600 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

32

13.8350 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3

13.8033 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2

13.8900 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1

13.8863 GBP

ADR

Purchase

527

34.5695 USD

ADR

Purchase

112

34.3600 USD

ADR

Sale

527

34.5695 USD

ADR

Sale

112

34.3600 USD

(b)

Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security

Product description

Nature of dealing

Number of reference securities

Price per unit

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

81

13.7874 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

824

13.9450 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,222

13.7250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,891

13.8099 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

18,632

13.8091 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

18,872

13.8192 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

22,463

13.8105 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

24,286

13.8920 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

32,304

13.7250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

51,250

13.8516 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

70

13.9800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

138

13.8100 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

142

13.8200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

334

13.8521 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,194

14.0750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

2,396

13.8784 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

11,325

13.7253 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,115

13.7283 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

18,179

13.8166 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

63

13.7250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

130

13.8240 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

400

13.9900 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

535

13.8454 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

617

13.7837 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

824

13.9450 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,201

13.8005 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

1,602

13.8122 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

3,944

13.8336 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

13,681

13.8839 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

87,382

13.8202 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

103,649

13.7250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

488,608

13.7252 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

292

13.7629 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

370

13.8314 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

533

13.7995 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

666

13.8328 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

678

13.7707 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

935

13.8306 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,165

13.8410 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,151

13.7815 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,651

13.8485 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

4,539

13.7387 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,509

13.8009 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,591

13.7251 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

13,518

13.8646 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

14,214

13.7963 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

22,735

13.7581 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

27,474

13.8042 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

33,597

13.7250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

46,777

13.7223 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,863

13.8700 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

242,900

13.8224 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

1

13.7250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

11

13.7954 GBP

(c)

Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)

Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security

Product description

Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc

Number of securities to which option relates

Exercise price per unit

Type

Expiry date

Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)

Exercising

Class of relevant security

Product description

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)

Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of Dealings

Details

Price per unit (if 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 person 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:

03 Apr 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213