Total Voting Rights

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



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