Director/PDMR Shareholding

Smith (DS) PLC 31 July 2007 SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1. Name of company DS Smith Plc 2. Name of director Tony Thorne Gavin Morris 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 or in respect of a non-beneficial interest 4. Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them (if notified) 5. Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) 6. Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary 7. Number of shares / amount of stock acquired 8. Percentage of issued class 9. Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 10. Percentage of issued class 11. Class of security 12. Price per share 13. Date of transaction 14. Date company informed 15. Total holding following this notification 16. Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification If a director has been granted options by the company please complete the following boxes. 17. Date of grant 31 July 2007 18. Period during which or date on which exercisable 31 July 2010 to 30 July 2017 19. Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option Nil 20. Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number Ordinary shares of 10p each Director: Options Granted: Tony Thorne 155,600 Gavin Morris 88,100 21. Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 240p 22. Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification Tony Thorne 1,087,374 Gavin Morris 655,181 23. Any additional information 24. Name of contact and telephone number for queries Angela Hunter, 020 7932 5032 25. Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Carolyn Cattermole, Company Secretary Date of Notification 31 July 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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