Director/PDMR Shareholding

Smith (DS) PLC

31 July 2023

 

DS Smith Plc

Exercise of Options by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")

Date 31 July 2023

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated
a)	Name	STEFANO ROSSI
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	CHIEF EXECUTIVE PACKAGING
b)	Initial notification /Amendment	INITIAL NOTIFICATION
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	DS SMITH PLC
b)	LEI	39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36
4	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
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH SMDS
b)	Nature of the transaction	Exercise of options over 110,447 ordinary shares which were nil cost options granted on 14 July 2020 under the Performance Share Plan (PSP) that vested on 14 July 2023 together with their associated dividend equivalent shares and the consequential sale of 52,015 shares to pay the tax due on that exercise
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Item Price(s) Volume(s) Option £NIL 110,447 Sale £3.073 52,015
d)	Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price	110,447 £NIL 52,015 £3.073
e)	Date of the transaction	28 July 2023
f)	Place of the transaction	LONDON

 

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