Smith (DS) PLC

Director's Dealing • Sep 8, 2023

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 8678L

Smith (DS) PLC

08 September 2023

DS Smith Plc

Exercise of Options by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

Date 8 September 2023

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

MILES WILLIAM ROBERTS

2 

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE

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 vested nil cost options over a total of 642,335 ordinary shares under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) that vested on 15 July 2022 and the Performance Share Plan (PSP) that vested on 14 July 2023, together with their associated dividend equivalent shares and the related sale, primarily to cover the tax due on those exercises, of 391,884 of the shares acquired.

Aggregate holding increased by 250,451 shares after these transactions.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Item	Price(s)	Volume(s)
Option	£NIL	642,335
Sale	£3.058	391,884

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

642,335

£NIL

391,884

£3.058

e)

Date of the transaction

6 September 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

LONDON

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