Smith (DS) PLC

Share Issue/Capital Change • Sep 27, 2019

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RNS Number : 9488N

Smith (DS) PLC

27 September 2019

DS Smith Plc ("the Company")

Exercise of Options by Director / other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (together "PDMRs")

Date 27 September 2019

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

ADRIAN ROSS THOMAS MARSH

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR

b)

Initial notification /Amendment

INITIAL NOTIFICATION

3

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

Name

DS SMITH PLC

b)

LEI

39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36

4

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

Identification code

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

SMDS

b)

Nature of the transaction

Exercise of options over 199,302 ordinary shares which were nil-cost option awards granted on 1 July 2016 under the DS Smith 2008 Performance Share Plan (PSP) and Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) that vested on 1 July 2019 and the consequential sale of 93,861 shares to pay the tax due on that exercise and transfer of 105,441 shares to Sheilagh Marsh - a Person Closely Associated to Adrian Ross Thomas Marsh (Spouse).

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Item	Price(s)	Volume(s)
Option	£NIL	199,302
Sale	£3.453	93,861
Transfer	£NIL	105,441

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

199,302

£NIL

93,861

£3.453

105,441

£NIL

e)

Date of the transaction

26 SEPTEMBER 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

LONDON

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