RNS Number : 8682S
Smith (DS) PLC
05 October 2017
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DS Smith Plc ("the Company")

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

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Date 05 October 2017

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1

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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

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Name

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�MILES WILLIAM ROBERTS

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Reason for the notification

a)

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Position/status

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GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE

b)

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Initial notification /Amendment

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INITIAL NOTIFICATION

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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

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Name

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DS SMITH PLC

b)

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LEI

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39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36

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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)

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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

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Identification code

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ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

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SMDS

b)

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Nature of the transaction

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EXERCISE OF NIL COST OPTIONS AND SUBSEQUENT PARTIAL SALE AND TRANSFER TO MRS ROBERTS, A PERSON CLOSELY ASSOCIATED (PCA)

c)

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Price(s) and volume(s)

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Item (s)

Price(s)

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Volume(s)


Option

Sale

nil

�5.15

261,079

261,079

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Share Matching Plan

Option

Sale

nil

�5.15

158,733

158,733

Deferred Share Bonus Plan

Option

Partial Sale

nil

�5.15

36,260

17,042

Performance Share Plan

d)

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Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

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Volume

Price

456,072

£5.15

 

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

05 October 2017

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

London

g)

Additional Information

SHAREHOLDING AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL 0.155%

 


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