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Smith (DS) PLC 24 May 2002 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) Name of company DS Smith Plc 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Henderson Global Investors Limited and its associated companies. 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holding of the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18 As above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them Henderson Global Investors Limited 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 663,957 6) Percentage of issued class 0.21% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary Shares of 10p each 10) Date of transaction 24 May 2002 11) Date company informed 24 May 2002 12) Total holding following this notification 35,658,618 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 11.10% 14) Any additional information Henderson Global Investors Limited has advised the Company today that it and its associated companies (acting as agent for its discretionary clients) hold either directly or indirectly 35,658,618 ordinary 10p shares in the Company, representing 11.10% of the issued share capital. 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Angela Hunter, 020 7932 5000 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Carolyn Cattermole, Company Secretary Date of notification 24 May 2002 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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