Notification of Major Interests in Shares Mondi Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1967/013038/06) JSE share code: MND ISIN: ZAE000156550 Mondi plc (Incorporated in England and Wales) (Registration number: 6209386) JSE share code: MNP ISIN: GB00B1CRLC47 LSE share code: MNDI 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 Listings Requirements of the JSE and/or the Disclosure and Transparency Rules of the United Kingdom Listing Authority. 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Mondi plc 2. Reason for notification Acquisition or disposal of voting rights 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: Capital Group International, Inc 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): 5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different): 07 August 2012 6. Date on which issuer notified: 08 August 2012 7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: 4% 8. Notified details: A: Voting rights attached to shares Class/type of Situation previous to Resulting situation after the triggering transaction shares if the triggering possible using transaction the ISIN Code No. of No. of No. of shares No. of voting % of voting shares voting rights rights rights Indirect Indirect Indirect GB00B1CRLC47 14,964,487 14,964,487 13,909,225 13,909,225 3.7875% B: Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting instrument date Conversion Period rights that may be rights acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments Resulting situation after the triggering transaction Type of financial Exercise Expiration Exercise/ Number of voting % of voting instrument Price date Conversion Period rights instrument rights refers to N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Total (A+B+C) Number of voting rights % of voting rights 13,909,225 3.7875% 9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: No. of Shares % of Outstanding Capital Group International, Inc (“CGII”) Holdings 13,909,225 3.788% Holdings by CGII Management Companies and Funds: * Capital Guardian Trust Company 2,387,984 0.650% * Capital International Limited 84,019 0.023% * Capital International Sarl 3,272,411 0.891% * Capital International, Inc 8,164,811 2.223% Proxy Voting: 10. Name of the proxy holder: N/A 11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold: N/A 12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights: N/A 13. Additional information: N/A 14. Contact name: Abigail Recker 15. Contact telephone number: 01932 826369 09 August 2012 Sponsor in South Africa: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 10/08/2012 07:05:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.