Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 1776Z
Smith (DS) PLC
10 January 2011
 



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)

JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.

 

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

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

 

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

6 January 2011

 

6.   Date on which issuer notified:

7 January 2011

 

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

5% downwards

 

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

22,713,026

22,713,026

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


 

 

 

Below 5%

 

Below 5%

 

 

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)

Exercise/

Conversion

period (xviii)



Number of voting rights

instrument refers to

% of voting rights (xix) (xx)




 

 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta

 

 

 

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights


Percentage of voting rights


Below 5%

Below 5%

 

 

9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)

 

Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc:

 

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited:

 

 

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:

 

Kartik Parekh

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

0207 325 9387



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, Maidenhead SL6 8XY

 

Phone number & email

 

 

01628 583400

carolyn.cattermole@dssmith.co.uk

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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