Director/PDMR Shareholding

Smith (DS) PLC 01 August 2006 DS Smith Plc ('the Company') We hereby notify you that on 1 August 2006, Mr Jean-Paul Loison a Director of DS Smith Plc exercised his option under the Company's Restricted Share Plan and acquired 42,349 ordinary shares of the Company at a total exercise price of £1. At the same time he sold 4,419 ordinary shares in the Company at a price of 1.463p per share in order to pay the French social charges due on the exercise. Mr Loison holds a total of 115,294 shares of the Company, being 0.03% of the issued share capital, following this notification. Carolyn Cattermole Company Secretary 1 August 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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