Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2970Q

Smith (DS) PLC

26 October 2021

 

TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings

1. Issuer Details

ISIN

GB0008220112

Issuer Name

DS SMITH PLC

UK or Non-UK Issuer

UK

2. Reason for Notification

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

3. Details of person subject to the notification obligation

Name

Aggregate of abrdn plc affiliated investment management entities with delegated voting rights on behalf of multiple managed portfolios

City of registered office (if applicable)

Edinburgh

Country of registered office (if applicable)

United Kingdom

4. Details of the shareholder

Full name of shareholder(s) if different from the person(s) subject to the notification obligation, above

City of registered office (if applicable)

Country of registered office (if applicable)

5. Date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

22-Oct-2021

6. Date on which Issuer notified

26-Oct-2021

7. Total positions of person(s) subject to the notification obligation

	% of voting rights attached to shares (total of 8.A)	% of voting rights through financial instruments (total of 8.B 1 + 8.B 2)	Total of both in % (8.A + 8.B)	Total number of voting rights held in issuer
Resulting situation on the date on which threshold was crossed or reached	Below 5%	0.000000	Below 5%	Below 5%
Position of previous notification (if applicable)	5.44	0.00	5.44

8. Notified details of the resulting situation on the date on which the threshold was crossed or reached

8A. Voting rights attached to shares

Class/Type of shares ISIN code(if possible)	Number of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	Number of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)	% of direct voting rights (DTR5.1)	% of indirect voting rights (DTR5.2.1)
GB0008220112		Below 5%		Below 5%
Sub Total 8.A	Below 5%		Below 5%

8B1. Financial Instruments according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (a))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/converted	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B1

8B2. Financial Instruments with similar economic effect according to (DTR5.3.1R.(1) (b))

Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/conversion period	Physical or cash settlement	Number of voting rights	% of voting rights
Sub Total 8.B2

9. Information in relation to the person subject to the notification obligation

2. Full chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held starting with the ultimate controlling natural person or legal entities (please add additional rows as necessary)

Ultimate controlling person	Name of controlled undertaking	% of voting rights if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	% of voting rights through financial instruments if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold	Total of both if it equals or is higher than the notifiable threshold
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	Ignis Asset Management Limited
abrdn plc	Ignis Investment Services Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	abrdn Capital Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	Standard Life Investments Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Investment Group Limited
abrdn plc	Aberdeen Asset Investments Limited
abrdn plc
abrdn plc	Standard Life Investments (Holdings) Limited
abrdn plc	abrdn Capital Limited
abrdn plc	abrdn Capital International Limited

10. In case of proxy voting

Name of the proxy holder

The number and % of voting rights held

The date until which the voting rights will be held

11. Additional Information

In reference to section 9, the shares detailed are managed by the named discretionary investment management entity within multiple portfolios on behalf of underlying clients, based on investment management agreements whereby the client has delegated the exercise of the voting power to the referenced investment manager.

12. Date of Completion

26-Oct-2021

13. Place Of Completion

Belfast, United Kingdom

 

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