Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7678G
Smith (DS) PLC
05 February 2010
 



TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (i) 

 

1.   Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: (ii)

DS Smith Plc

 

2.   Reason for the notification (please mark as appropriate):

 

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

 

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: (    )

 

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments: (  X  )

 

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (    )

 

Other (please specify): (    )

 

3.   Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: (iii)

BlackRock Inc.

 

4.   Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): (iv)

 

 

5.   Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or  reached: (v)

4 February 2010

 

6.   Date on which issuer notified:

5 February 2010

 

7.   Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: (vi) (vii)

5%

 

8.   Notified details:

 

A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii)(ix)

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction




Number of Shares


Number of Voting Rights


GB0008220112

N/A

N/A

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights (x)







Direct (xi)


Indirect (xii)


Direct


Indirect


 

N/A

N/A

16,553,701

N/A

4.21%

 

 

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial instrument


Expiration date (xiii)




Exercise/Conversion Period (xiv)



Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights




 

 

 

 

 

 

 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv)( xvi)

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

 

Type of financial instrument


Exercise

price




Expiration

date (xvii)

Exercise/

Conversion

period (xviii)



Number of voting rights

instrument refers to

% of voting rights (xix) (xx)




 

CFD

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

3,120,817

Nominal

Delta

0.79%

 

0.79%

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights


Percentage of voting rights


19,674,518

5.00%

 

 

9.   Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)

BlackRock Investment Management (UK) Limited - 19,674,518 (5.00%)

 

 

 

Proxy Voting:

 

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 

13. Additional information:

      BlackRock Compliance Disclosures Team

 

14. Contact name:

 

Stuart Watchorn

stuart.watchorn@blackrock.com 

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

(020) 7743 5741



Annex: Notification of major interests in shares (xxii)

 

 

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

 

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

 


Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

 


Phone number & email

 

 


Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

 


 

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

 

Full name

 

Carolyn Cattermole

 

Contact address

 

 

DS Smith Plc, Beech House, Whitebrook Park, Maidenhead SL6 8XY

 

Phone number & email

 

 

01628 583400

carolyn.cattermole@dssmith.co.uk

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)


 

 

C: Additional information

 

 

 

 

 

 


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