Annual Information Update

Smith (DS) PLC
26 July 2005


DS Smith Plc
Annual information update

As required by Prospectus Rule 5.2, all information which has been made
available to the public by the Company over the previous 12 months in the United
Kingdom (being the Company's Home State) which is required to be disclosed
pursuant to this Rule is either on the Company's website at www.dssmith.uk.com
or the Company's Regulatory Information Service, the London Stock Exchange
Regulatory News Service.


Carolyn Cattermole
Company Secretary
26 July 2005
Tel: [phone]


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