DS Smith Plc ("the Company")
Exercise of Options by Director / other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (together "PDMRs")
Date 03 October 2019
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a)
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Name
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COLIN STUART MCINTYRE |
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2
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Reason for the notification |
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a)
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Position/status
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CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUPPLY ENGINE |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment |
INITIAL NOTIFICATION |
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3
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a)
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Name
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DS SMITH PLC |
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b)
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LEI |
39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36 |
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4
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Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted |
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH
SMDS |
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Exercise of options over 77,675 ordinary shares which were nil-cost option awards granted on 1 July 2016 under the DS Smith 2008 Performance Share Plan (PSP) and Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) that vested on 1 July 2019 and the consequential sale of 36,581 shares to pay the tax due on that exercise. |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume - Price
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77,675 £NIL
36,581 £3.539
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e)
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Date of the transaction |
02 OCTOBER 2019 |
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f)
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Place of the transaction |
LONDON |