Annual Financial Report

Annual Financial Report

DS Smith Plc (the "Company")

2011/12 Annual Report and Accounts and Notice of Annual General Meeting 2012

The Company's 2012 Annual General Meeting will be held at 2.00pm on Tuesday 4 September 2012 at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD.

Copies of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2012 including the Notice of the 2012 Annual General Meeting are available from today on the Company's website: www.dssmith.uk.com and may be viewed and downloaded online at: http://www.dssmith.uk.com/investors/annual-report

Hard copy documents have been posted to shareholders who have elected to receive them.

A copy of the above document has been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection on its Web site: www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

Company Official Responsible for making this notification:

Matt Jowett

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Date of this notification: 25 July 2012