Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9190X

Smith (DS) PLC

24 August 2009

 

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (i) 

 

1.    Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to
       which voting rights are attached: (ii)

       DS Smith Plc

 

2.    Reason for the notification (please mark as appropriate): 

 

       An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

 

       An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may
       result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are
       attached: ( )

 

       An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to
       qualifying financial instruments: ( )

 

       An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

 

       Other (please specify): ( )

 

3.    Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: (iii)

       Barclays Global Investors

 

4.    Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): (iv)

       Barclays Global Fund Advisors

       Barclays Global Investors Ltd

       Barclays Global Investors, N.A.

 

5.    Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed        
       or reached: (v)

       20 August 2009

 

6.    Date on which issuer notified:

       21 August 2009 

 

7.    Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: (vi) (vii)

       6% to 5%

 

8.    Notified details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii)(ix)

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights
GB0008220112	20,057,213	20,057,213

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights (x)
		Direct (xi)	Indirect (xii)	Direct	Indirect
	20,106,416	0	20,106,416	0.00	5.11

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date (xiii)	Exercise/Conversion Period (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights

 

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv)( xvi)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial instrument	Exercise  price	Expiration  date (xvii)	Number of voting rights  instrument refers to	% of voting rights (xix) (xx)
			2,393,023	0.61

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
22,499,439	5.72

 

 

9.    Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights

       and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^(xxi)

 

       Barclays Global Fund Advisors

       Barclays Global Investors Ltd

       Barclays Global Investors, N.A.

 

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10.  Name of the proxy holder:

11.  Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 

12.  Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

13.  Additional information:

 

14.  Contact name:

 

       Geoff Smith

 

15.  Contact telephone number:

 

020 7116 2913

  

 

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares ^(xxii)

 

 

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation
Full name (including legal form of legal entities)
Contact address (registered office for legal entities)
Phone number & email
Other useful information (at least legal representative for legal persons)

 

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable
Full name	Carolyn Cattermole
Contact address	DS Smith Plc, Beech House, Whitebrook Park, 68 Lower Cookham Road, Maidenhead SL6 8XY
Phone number & email	01628 583400 [e-mail]
Other useful information (e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

 

 

C: Additional information

 

 

 

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