DS Smith Plc
Exercise of Options by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
Date 22 July 2022
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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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STEFANO ROSSI |
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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 PACKAGING |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment |
INITIAL NOTIFICATION |
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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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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 43,055 ordinary shares which were nil cost options granted on 15 July 2019 under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) that vested on 15 July 2022 together with their associated dividend equivalent shares and the consequential sale of 22,865 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 |
43,055 £NIL
22,865 £2.836 |
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e)
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Date of the transaction |
21 July 2022 |
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f)
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Place of the transaction |
LONDON |