Annual Information Update

DS Smith Plc

Annual information update

As required by Prospectus Rule 5.2, all information which has been made available to the public by the Company over the previous 12 months in the United Kingdom (being the Company's Home State) which is required to be disclosed pursuant to this Rule is outlined below. In order to avoid an unnecessarily lengthy document, information is referred to in this update rather than included in full.

The information referred to in this update was up to date at the time the information was published but some information may now be out-of-date.

1 Announcements made via RNS, a Regulatory Information Service

All of the documents listed below were published via RNS, a Regulatory Information Service on or around the dates indicated.

Date of publication

Brief description of announcement

16 July 2010

Award under the Company's various share-based incentive schemes to Executive Directors

16 July 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

14 July 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

14 July 2010

Binding share purchase agreement re Otor Group

13 July 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

13 July 2010

Total Voting Rights update

7 July 2010

Results of placing of new ordinary shares

7 July 2010

Proposed placing of new ordinary shares

7 July 2010

Proposed acquisition of the Otor Group

24 June 2010

Final Results for 2009/10

16 June 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

1 June 2010

Appointment of Gareth Davis

28 May 2010

Disposal of Corrugated Packaging operation in Turkey

28 April 2010

Pre-Close Trading Update

15 April 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

15 April 2010

Appointment of Miles Roberts and retirement of Tony Thorne as Chief Executive

12 April 2010

Block Listing Interim Review

24 March 2010

Director/PDMR shareholding

22 March 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

9 March 2010

Vesting and sale to cover tax liabilities under the Company's Replacement Deferred Share Bonus Scheme to an Executive Director

4 March 2010

Interim Management Statement

1 March 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

23 February 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

5 February 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

18 January 2010

Block Listing Interim Review

14 January 2010

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

6 January 2010

Sales of Demes Logistics

5 January 2010

Appointment of Gareth Davis and change to Senior Independent Director

14 December 2009

Director/PDMR shareholding

10 December 2009

Half-year results for 2009/10

1 December 2009

Confirmation of appointment of Jonathan Nicholls

16 November 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

3 November 2009

Retirement of Tony Thorne and appointment of Miles Roberts

14 October 2009

Pre-Close Trading Update

13 October 2009

Block Listing Interim Review

2 October 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

15 September 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

8 September 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

8 September 2009

AGM Statement

8 September 2009

Interim Management Statement

27 August 2009

Resignation of Richard Marton

24 August 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

21 August 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

20 August 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

14 August 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

14 August 2009

Change of registered office

27 July 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

27 July 2009

Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company

22 July 2009

Award under the Company's Performance Share Plan to Executive Directors

21 July 2009

Annual information update

2 Documents available on the Company's website (www.dssmith.uk.com)

16 July 2010

Annual accounts for the year ended 30 April 2010

3 Documents filed at Companies House

All of the documents listed below were filed with Companies House in Cardiff on or around the dates indicated.

Date of publication

Brief description of document(s) filed

16 July 2010

SH01 Statement of capital

1 June 2010

AP01 Director appointment

4 May 2010

AP01 Director appointment

4 May 2010

TM01 Director resignation

19 January 2010

CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars

10 December 2009

AP01 Director appointment

10 October 2009

363 annual return

8 October 2009

CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars

8 October 2009

CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars

8 October 2009

CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars

8 October 2009

CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars

8 October 2009

CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars

8 October 2009

CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars

8 October 2009

CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars

6 October 2009

AD02 SAIL Address Changed

6 October 2009

AD03 Register(s) moved to SAIL address

6 October 2009

AD02 SAIL Address Created

18 September 2009

Annual accounts for the year ended 30 April 2008

13 September 2009

Special resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting

1 September 2009

288 Director resignation

14 August 2009

287 change of registered office

Copies of the documents filed at Companies House can be obtained from Companies House or from the Company Secretary at the Company's Registered Office.

Carolyn Cattermole

Company Secretary

20 July 2010

Tel: 01628 583 400