Director/PDMR Shareholding

Smith (DS) PLC

08 September 2023

 

DS Smith Plc

Exercise of Options by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

Date 8 September 2023

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 vested nil cost options over a total of 642,335 ordinary shares under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) that vested on 15 July 2022 and the Performance Share Plan (PSP) that vested on 14 July 2023, together with their associated dividend equivalent shares and the related sale, primarily to cover the tax due on those exercises, of 391,884 of the shares acquired. Aggregate holding increased by 250,451 shares after these transactions.
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) Volume(s) Option £NIL 642,335 Sale £3.058 391,884
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	642,335 £NIL 391,884 £3.058
e)	Date of the transaction	6 September 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	LONDON

 

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