RNS Number : 0362X
Smith (DS) PLC
07 August 2018

DS Smith Plc ("the Company")

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

Date 07 August 2018

1

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

Name

COLIN STUART MCINTYRE

2

Reason for the notification

a)

Position/status

DIVISIONAL 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 the 2015 Performance Share Plan (PSP) award which were nil cost options granted on 24 July 2015.

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Item

Price(s)

Volume(s)

Option

Sale

nil

�4.952

84,968

40,016

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price


198,159.23

e)

Date of the transaction

03 August 2018

f)

Place of the transaction

LONDON


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