Disposal

Smith (DS) PLC 03 January 2006 3 January 2006 DS Smith Sells BSK Plastic Packaging Business DS Smith Plc (SMDS), the international packaging manufacturer and office products wholesaler, has completed the sale of BSK, a plastic coating and laminating business, to BSK Materials Limited. BSK had net assets of £8 million as at 31 October 2005 and employs 117 people at Rochester, Kent. The sale of BSK, one of the smaller businesses within DS Smith's Plastic Packaging segment, enables DS Smith to increase further its focus on its principal Plastic Packaging businesses of liquid packaging and dispensing and returnable transit packaging. Enquiries DS Smith Plc 020 7932 5000 Peter Aubusson, Group Communications Manager Financial Dynamics 020 7269 7291 Richard Mountain This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange KPDK

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