Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 1214O

Smith (DS) PLC

02 March 2009

 



DS Smith Plc ('the Company')

Director's Shareholding

This notification is made pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.

We hereby notify you that on 2 March 2009, Steve Dryden, a Director of DS Smith Plc, acquired 30,226 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company pursuant to his Replacement Deferred Share Bonus Plan.  No consideration is payable on the vesting of shares pursuant to the Plan.

At the same time, Mr Dryden sold 12,429 of the acquired shares at a price of 70.0p per share in order to pay the income tax, NIC, and dealing expenses due following the vesting.

Mr Dryden holds a total of 32,797 shares of the Company, being 0.008% of the issued share capital following this notification.

Carolyn Cattermole

2 March 2009

 

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