Smith (DS) PLC

Director's Dealing • Oct 3, 2019

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RNS Number : 6804O

Smith (DS) PLC

03 October 2019

DS Smith Plc ("the Company")

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

Date 03 October 2019

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

COLIN STUART MCINTYRE

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUPPLY ENGINE

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 77,675 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 36,581 shares to pay the tax due on that exercise.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Item	Price(s)	Volume(s)
Option	£NIL	77,675
Sale	£3.539	36,581

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

77,675

£NIL

36,581

£3.539

e)

Date of the transaction

02 OCTOBER 2019

f)

Place of the transaction

LONDON

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