RNS Number : 8660M
Smith (DS) PLC
02 August 2017

DS Smith Plc ("the Company")

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

Date 2 August 2017

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 the option and subsequent sale of 330,271 ordinary shares under the 2014 Performance Share Plan (PSP), Share Matching Plan (SMP) and Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) which were nil cost options granted on 30 July 2014.� Market purchase of 175,044 ordinary shares.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Item

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Option

Sale

Purchase

nil

�4.8216

�4.8350

330,271

330,271

175,044

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

330,271
�nil

- 330,271

�4.8216

175,044

�4.8350

e)

Date of the transaction

31 July 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

LONDON

g)

Additional Information

SHAREHOLDING 221,893 ORDINARY SHARES BEING 0.219% OF THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL


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