Holding(s) in Company

Smith (DS) PLC 17 December 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Name of company DS Smith Plc 2. Name of shareholder having a major interest Legal & General Investment Management Limited 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 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 914945 - 140,712 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 775245 - 1,564,858 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 357206 - 13,053,085 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 866203 - 543,480 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 916681 - 20,000 HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd a/c 360509 - 524,474 5. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 2,699,384 6. Percentage of issued class 0.70% 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 17 December 2004 11. Date company informed 17 December 2004 12. Total holding following this notification 15,846,609 13. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.09% 14. Any additional information N/A 15. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Angela Hunter, 020 7932 5032 16. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Carolyn Cattermole, Company Secretary Date of notification 17 December 2004 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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