Board Meeting Notification

Smith(David S)(Holdings) PLC
11 November 1999

Letter to Company Announcements Office

We write to advise you that a Board Meeting of David S.Smith (Holdings) PLC has
been convened for the purposes of approving the announcement on 8 December 1999
of the Interim Results of the Company for the six months ended 30 October 1999
and to consider the payment of an interim dividend to ordinary shareholders.

Letter from Group Co.Secretary, David S.Smith (Holdings) PLC