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:

13 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:

3,044,244

0.69%

2,865,466

0.65%

(2)

Cash-settled derivatives:

and/or controlled:

2,643,296

0.60%

2,751,593

0.62%

(3)

Stock-settled derivatives (including options)

and agreements to purchase/sell:

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

TOTAL:

5,687,540

1.29%

5,617,059

1.27%

(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

247,502

13.1841 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

195,407

13.1819 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

119,026

13.1716 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

81,253

13.1496 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

65,915

13.2131 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

51,100

13.1966 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

30,409

13.1916 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

27,197

13.1917 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

23,828

13.2155 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

21,868

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

21,114

13.1805 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

18,204

13.1925 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

17,982

13.1905 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

17,540

13.2079 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

16,468

13.1902 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

10,831

13.1950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

7,132

13.1802 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

6,801

13.1991 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

6,462

13.2400 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

4,593

13.1954 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

4,379

13.1480 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

3,740

13.1935 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,880

13.2097 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,834

13.1897 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,828

13.1862 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,627

13.1901 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,458

13.1686 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,398

13.1823 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

2,198

13.1500 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,900

13.1985 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,880

13.2916 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,879

13.1908 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,824

13.1812 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,819

13.1795 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,750

13.2023 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,581

13.1438 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,524

13.1340 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,442

13.1909 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,173

13.1735 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,131

13.1860 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,065

13.2074 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,057

13.2000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1,029

13.1900 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

889

13.1978 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

760

13.1997 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

710

13.2100 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

641

13.2114 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

505

13.2800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

492

13.1677 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

437

13.2009 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

394

13.1850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

388

13.1619 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

300

13.1848 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

283

13.2197 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

282

13.1781 GBP

ADR

Purchase

206

33.5108 USD

ADR

Purchase

200

33.6500 USD

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

188

13.2485 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

187

13.1762 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

139

13.1436 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

50

13.1875 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

23

13.2900 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1

13.2250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Purchase

1

13.2200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

196,645

13.1876 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

130,685

13.1960 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

104,121

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

70,158

13.2941 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

60,610

13.1799 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

60,294

13.1510 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

54,581

13.1797 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

33,636

13.2025 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

26,877

13.2127 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

17,865

13.1808 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

17,540

13.2989 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

12,960

13.1822 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

12,216

13.1500 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

11,152

13.2078 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

8,770

13.2696 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

8,770

13.2698 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

8,444

13.1256 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

8,082

13.1941 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

7,748

13.1721 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

5,511

13.1860 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

5,186

13.1584 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

4,379

13.1494 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

4,067

13.2170 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

4,050

13.1552 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,956

13.2034 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,951

13.2040 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,290

13.1789 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3,177

13.2019 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,898

13.1820 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,790

13.1871 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,761

13.2117 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,731

13.2136 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,730

13.1529 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,274

13.2351 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

2,028

13.1776 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,863

13.1806 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,697

13.1855 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,182

13.2168 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,173

13.1748 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,057

13.2000 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1,002

13.1956 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

985

13.1950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

892

13.1798 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

710

13.2100 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

672

13.1900 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

648

13.1830 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

598

13.2219 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

590

13.1920 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

499

13.1850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

330

13.2200 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

321

13.1826 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

233

13.1829 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

216

13.1761 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

211

13.1827 GBP

ADR

Sale

206

33.5108 USD

ADR

Sale

200

33.6500 USD

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

139

13.1450 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

113

13.1675 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

77

13.1506 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

76

13.1805 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

38

13.1480 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

23

13.2913 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

8

13.1875 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

3

13.2750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

1

13.2250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

Sale

362

13.1762 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

SWAP

Closing Short

1,112

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Closing Short

54,581

13.1797 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

555

13.2153 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

587

13.2058 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

905

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

2,398

13.1823 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

2,448

13.1819 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Decreasing Long

27,030

13.1962 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

27,197

13.1917 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Long

83,295

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

46

13.3250 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

47

13.1819 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

77

13.1750 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

193

13.1943 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

362

13.2100 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

598

13.2219 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

700

13.2457 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

776

13.2040 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

1,020

13.2850 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

15,574

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

33,636

13.2025 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

48,304

13.1816 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

60,610

13.1799 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Decreasing Short

70,158

13.2941 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

80

13.3237 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

128

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

2,274

13.2351 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

8,444

13.1256 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

15,778

13.1789 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

23,457

13.2053 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

42,526

13.2124 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

CFD

Increasing Long

107,377

13.1874 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Long

130,685

13.1960 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30

13.2050 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

220

13.1988 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

283

13.2197 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

300

13.1848 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

505

13.2800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

541

13.2137 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,131

13.1860 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,442

13.1909 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,524

13.1340 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,819

13.1795 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

1,880

13.2916 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,458

13.1686 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

2,627

13.1901 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

3,195

13.1998 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,236

13.2012 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

5,694

13.1684 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,050

13.1942 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

6,890

13.2069 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,002

13.2010 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,132

13.1802 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

7,399

13.2186 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

8,551

13.1701 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

12,156

13.1968 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

16,468

13.1902 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,359

13.1704 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

17,865

13.1738 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

30,409

13.1916 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

36,656

13.2131 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

51,100

13.1966 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

55,763

13.2021 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

67,097

13.1820 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

73,226

13.1626 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Increasing Short

92,717

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

17

13.2041 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

10,046

13.1950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

12,960

13.1822 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Long

29,628

13.1800 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

2,880

13.2097 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

10,000

13.1950 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

17,982

13.1905 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

18,204

13.1925 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

21,114

13.1805 GBP

EUR 0.22 ordinary

SWAP

Opening Short

22,545

13.2118 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:

14 Mar 2024

Contact name:

Large Holdings Regulatory Operations

Telephone number:

020 3134 7213