RNS Number : 9833R
Smith (DS) PLC
27 September 2017

DS Smith Plc ("the Company")

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

Date 27 September 2017

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 the option over 3,345 ordinary shares under the 2014 SAYE, granted on 1 April 2014 and transfer to Mrs Gillian Janet Roberts - PCA to Miles William Roberts (spouse).

c)

Price(s) and volume(s)

Price(s)

Volume(s)

�2.69

3,345

d)

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

3,345
�2.69

e)

Date of the transaction

27 September 2017

f)

Place of the transaction

Outside a trading venue

g)

Additional Information

SHAREHOLDING AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL 0.15%


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