Director/PDMR Shareholding

Smith (DS) PLC 02 August 2007 DS Smith Plc ('the Company') Directors' Shareholdings We hereby notify you that on 2 August 2007, Tony Thorne, a Director of DS Smith Plc exercised his option under the Company's Restricted Share Plan Scheme and acquired 43,610 ordinary shares of the Company at a total exercise price of 100p. At the same time Mr Thorne sold 17,917 of the acquired shares at a price of 241.34p per share in order to pay the income tax, NIC, and dealing expenses due on the exercise. Mr Thorne holds a total of 276,862 shares of the Company, being 0.07% of the issued share capital following this notification. We also notify you that on the same date, Gavin Morris, a Director of DS Smith Plc exercised his option under the Company's Restricted Share Plan Scheme and acquired 25,948 ordinary shares of the Company at a total exercise price of 100p. At the same time Mr Morris sold 10,661 of the acquired shares at a price of 241.34p per share in order to pay the income tax, NIC, and dealing expenses due on the exercise. Mr Morris holds a total of 44,609 shares of the Company, being 0.01% of the issued share capital following this notification. Carolyn Cattermole 2 August 2007 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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