DS Smith Plc ("the Company")
Notification of Transactions of
Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMR")
This notification is made pursuant to Disclosure and Transparency Rule 3.1.4.
We hereby notify you that on 2 March 2011, Gary Edward Saunders, a PDMR of the Company, notified us that he has today purchased 5,130 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company for a consideration of 193.76p to be held in his own name and 5,129 ordinary shares of 10p each in the Company for a consideration of 193.79p to be held in the name of his wife, Susan Saunders.
Following this transaction Mr Saunders has an interest in a total of 10,259 shares of the Company, being 0.002% of the issued share capital.
Carolyn Cattermole
2 March 2011