2012 Final Dividend ZAR/euro Exchange Rate

MONDI PLC - 2012 Final Dividend ZAR/euro Exchange Rate

PR Newswire

London, February 21

Mondi Limited

Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa

Registered office: 4th Floor, No.3 Melrose Boulevard, Melrose Arch 2196,Gauteng, RSA

Registration number: 1967/013038/06

Tax registration number: 920/0017/71/4P

JSE share code: MND ISIN: ZAE000156550

Mondi plc

Incorporated in England and Wales

Registered office: 1st Floor, Building 1, Aviator Park, Station Road,Addlestone, Surrey KT15 2PG, UK

Registered number: 6209386

Tax registration number: 454 12394 14454

JSE share code: MNP ISIN: GB00B1CRLC47

LSE share code: MNDI

As part of the dual listed company structure, Mondi Limited and Mondi plc(together "Mondi Group") notify both the JSE Limited and the London StockExchange of matters required to be disclosed under the Listings Requirements ofthe JSE Limited and/or the Disclosure and Transparency and Listing Rules of theUnited Kingdom Listing Authority.

21 February 2013

Mondi Group - 2012 Final Dividend ZAR/euro Exchange Rate

On 21 February 2013 Mondi Group announced, in its Preliminary Resultsannouncement, that a proposed final dividend for the year ended 31 December2012 of 19.1 euro cents per ordinary share will be paid on 16 May 2013 to allMondi Limited and Mondi plc ordinary shareholders on the relevant registers on19 April 2013. The final dividend is subject to the approval of theshareholders of Mondi Limited and Mondi plc at the respective annual generalmeetings scheduled for 3 May 2013.

Mondi Limited and Mondi plc will pay their respective dividends as follows:

Mondi Limited

Mondi Limited will pay its dividend in South African rand cents. The applicableexchange rate is EUR 1 to ZAR 11.788811.

Therefore, the equivalent gross final dividend in rand cents per ordinary sharewill be 225.16629. Dividend tax will be withheld from Mondi Limitedshareholders at a rate of 15%, unless a shareholder qualifies for an exemption,resulting in a net dividend of 191.39135 rand cents per ordinary share.

Mondi plc

Mondi plc will pay its dividend in euro.

However, ordinary shareholders resident in the United Kingdom will receive thedividend in sterling (unless shareholders have elected to receive theirdividend in euro). The last date for euro currency elections will be 19 April2013. The exchange rate for this payment will be set on 30 April 2013.

In addition, Mondi plc South African branch register shareholders will receivethe dividend in South African rand cents, converted at a rate of EUR 1 to ZAR11.788811. Therefore, the equivalent gross final dividend in rand cents perordinary share will be 225.16629. Dividend tax will be withheld from Mondi plcSouth African branch register shareholders at a rate of 15%, unless ashareholder qualifies for an exemption, resulting in a net dividend of191.39135 rand cents per ordinary share.

Additional Information

No secondary tax on companies (STC) credits will be used for the payment of thefinal dividend which will be paid from income reserves.

Mondi Limited had a total of 118,312,975 ordinary shares in issue and Mondi plc367,240,805 ordinary shares in issue of which 159,958,396 were held on thebranch register, excluding treasury shares, at the dividend declaration date of21 February 2013.

Sponsor in South Africa: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd