DS Smith Plc ("the Company")
Voting Rights and Share Capital Update
In conformity with DTR 5.6.1 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 a further 62,793,629 Ordinary Shares have been issued since the last notification on 6 June 2017. This includes the 62,637,363 Placing Shares issued on 3 July 2017, bringing the total number to 1,014,426,719 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 (1,014,426,719) 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 FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.
Iain Simm
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
3 July 2017