Smith (DS) PLC

Director's Dealing • Jul 31, 2023

National Storage Mechanism | Additional information

RNS Number : 7548H

Smith (DS) PLC

31 July 2023

DS Smith Plc

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

Date 31 July 2023

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

STEFANO ROSSI

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

CHIEF EXECUTIVE PACKAGING

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 110,447 ordinary shares which were nil cost options granted on 14 July 2020 under the Performance Share Plan (PSP) that vested on 14 July 2023 together with their associated dividend equivalent shares and the consequential sale of 52,015 shares to pay the tax due on that exercise

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Item	Price(s)	Volume(s)
Option	£NIL	110,447
Sale	£3.073	52,015

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

110,447

£NIL

52,015

£3.073

e)

Date of the transaction

28 July 2023

f)

Place of the transaction

LONDON

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