Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 7739J

Smith (DS) PLC

25 August 2021

 

DS Smith Plc ("the Company")

Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

Date 25 August 2021

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 options over 67,592 ordinary shares which were nil-cost option awards granted on 22 June 2018 under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) that vested on 22 June 2021 together with dividend equivalent shares and their sale, including the consequential sale of shares to pay the tax due on the option exercise .
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) Volume(s) Option exercise £NIL 67,592 Sale £4.445 67,592
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	67,592 £NIL 67,592 £4.445
e)	Date of the transaction	24 August 2021
f)	Place of the transaction	LONDON

 

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