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Regulatory Report on Payments to Governments in Respect of Logging Industries for the Year 2021

Published: 2022-06-10 10:20:00 ET
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Mondi plc
Incorporated in England and Wales
Registered number: 6209386
LEI: 213800LOZA69QFDC9N34
LSE share code: MNDI        ISIN: GB00B1CRLC47
JSE share code: MNP


10 June 2022

Regulatory Report on Payments to Governments in respect of Logging Industries for the Year 2021

This report of payments to governments is made by Mondi plc and its subsidiary undertakings (‘Mondi’) for the year ended 31 December 2021 as required by
companies in the extractive and logging industries of their payments to governments in countries in which they operate.
The report is prepared in compliance with the UK’s Report on Payments to Governments Regulations 2014 (as amended in December 2015) (the ‘Regulation’)
and in accordance with DTR 4.3A of the Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules of the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
To read details of Mondi’s payments to governments go to www.mondigroup.com/en/governance/regulatory-reports

Basis of preparation

The application of the Regulation for Mondi relates to our logging activities and specifically to the disclosure of payments to governments relating to the logging
of primary forests.
We have used the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations definition of ‘primary forest’ being:

‘Naturally regenerated forest of native tree species, where there are no clearly visible indications of human activities and the ecological processes are not
significantly disturbed’.

Also, for the purposes of this report, the original ‘IFL 2000’ (Greenpeace, World Resources Institute (WRI) and Transparent World) inventory of intact forests
has been used as the base for reporting on the harvesting of primary forests in the Komi Republic, Russia (‘Komi’).

Only a portion of our Syktyvkar logging operations in Komi fall within the above definition of primary forests. Our operations in South Africa comprise plantation
forests that are not associated with any primary forests and therefore are excluded from the report.
Our logging operations in Komi do not result in deforestation. In terms of the Russian Forestry Code and Mondi’s sustainable development policies all logged
areas are regenerated, either naturally or via planting where required, including tending and protection of the young forest stands for the next sustainable forest
cycle. During logging operations protected areas, High Conservation Value (HCV) areas and sensitive biotopes, comprising approximately 1/4 of the area, are
set aside for conservation.

Exchange rate
Payments made in currencies other than the euro (Mondi Group’s reporting currency) are translated for this report using the average exchange rate during the
financial year to which it relates.

Further information

For further information regarding the Mondi Group’s approach to sustainably managing our forests, please refer to our Sustainable development report 2021
which can be found at www.mondigroup.com/sd21 and our sustainable forestry policy, one of our issue specific SD policies at
www.mondigroup.com/en/sustainability/approach/governance-of-sustainability


Report
 Government Report
 Country    Production      Taxes          Royalties   Dividends    Bonuses    Licence        Infrastructure   Total
            entitlement                                                        fees, etc      improvements
 Russia     Nil             -€101,349      Nil         Nil          Nil        €531,782       Nil              €430,433


 Projects Report
 Entity      Production     Taxes          Royalties   Dividends    Bonuses    Licence        Infrastructure   Total
             entitlement                                                       fees, etc      improvements
 JSC         Nil            -€101,349      Nil         Nil          Nil        €531,782       Nil              €430,433
 Mondi
 Syktyvkar
The report has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
https://data.fca.org.uk/#/nsm/nationalstoragemechanism.

Contact:

Mondi Group

Kerry Cooper
Group Head of External Communications
+44 1932 826323


About Mondi

Mondi is a global leader in packaging and paper, contributing to a better world by making innovative packaging and paper solutions that are sustainable by
design. Our business is integrated across the value chain – from managing forests and producing pulp, paper and films, to developing and manufacturing
effective industrial and consumer packaging solutions. Sustainability is at the centre of our strategy and intrinsic in the way we do business. We lead the industry
with our customer-centric approach, EcoSolutions, where we ask the right questions to find the most sustainable solution. In 2021, Mondi had revenues of €7.7
billion and underlying EBITDA of €1.5 billion.

Mondi has a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (MNDI), and a secondary listing on the JSE Limited (MNP). Mondi is a FTSE 100 constituent, and
has been included in the FTSE4Good Index Series since 2008 and the FTSE/JSE Responsible Investment Index Series since 2007.

Sponsor in South Africa: Merrill Lynch South Africa Proprietary Limited t/a BofA Securities.

Date: 10-06-2022 12:20:00
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