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Smith (DS) PLC 22 December 2006 DS Smith Plc ('the Company') Voting Rights and Share Capital In conformity with transitional provision 6 of the Transparency Directive, the Company notifies that as at the date of this announcement, it has a single class of shares in issue being ordinary shares of 10 pence each 'Ordinary Shares') and that there are 391,675,888 Ordinary Shares in issue. There are no Ordinary Shares held in Treasury. Each Ordinary Share entitles the holder to a single vote at general meetings of the Company. This figure (391,675,888) may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Carolyn Cattermole Company Secretary 22 December 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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