Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 9877Q

Smith (DS) PLC

13 November 2012

 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (i) 

1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: (ii)

DS Smith Plc

2.   Reason for the notification (please mark as appropriate):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (    )

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: (   )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (    )

Other (please specify): (    )

3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: (iii)

Legal & General Group Plc (Group)

Legal & General Investment Management Limited (LGIM)

4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): (iv)

Legal & General Group Plc (L&G)

5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: (v)

9 November 2012

6.   Date on which issuer notified:

12 November 2012

7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: (vi) (vii)

Group (Above 5%)

LGIM (Above 5%)

8.   Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii)(ix)

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction
	Number of Shares	Number of Voting Rights
GB0008220112	Below 5% (13/07/2012)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights (x)
		Direct (xi)	Indirect (xii)	Direct	Indirect
	46,241,300	36,044,418	10,196,882	3.89%	1.09%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date (xiii)	Exercise/Conversion Period (xiv)	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.	% of voting rights
CFD			160,000	0.02%

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv)( xvi)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument	Exercise price	Expiration date (xvii)	Exercise/ Conversion period (xviii)	Number of voting rights instrument refers to	% of voting rights (xix) (xx)
					Nominal	Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
46,401,300	5.00%

9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: ^(xxi)

Legal & General Group Plc (Direct and Indirect) (Group) (46,401,300- 5.00%= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (LGIMH) (Direct and Indirect)  (46,401,300- 5.00%= Total Position)
Legal & General Investment Management Limited (Indirect) (LGIM) (46,401,300- 5.00% = Total Position)
Legal & General Group Plc (Direct) (L&G) ( 36,044,418 -3.89% = LGAS, LGPL & PMC)
Legal & General Investment Management (Holdings) Limited (Direct) (LGIMHD) (PMC)	Legal & General Insurance Holdings Limited (Direct) (LGIH)
Legal & General Assurance (Pensions Management) Limited  (PMC) (PMC)	Legal & General Assurance Society Limited  (LGAS & LGPL)
	Legal & General Pensions Limited (Direct)  (LGPL)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Notification using the total voting rights figure of 927,044,708

14. Contact name:

Angela Hayter (LGIM)

15. Contact telephone number:

020 3124 3851

Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

Full name:

Matthew Jowett

Contact address:

DS Smith Plc, Beech House, Whitebrook Park, Maidenhead SL6 8XY

Phone number:

01628 583400

 

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