Director/PDMR Shareholding

RNS Number : 9794A
Smith (DS) PLC
17 September 2018
 

DS Smith Plc ("the Company")

 

Exercise of Options by Director / other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (together "PDMRs")

 

Date 17 September 2018

 

1

 

Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated

a)

 

Name

 

 MILES WILLIAM ROBERTS

2

 

Reason for the notification

a)

 

Position/status

 

 

GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE

b)

 

Initial notification /Amendment

 

INITIAL NOTIFICATION

3

 

Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor

a)

 

Name

 

 

DS SMITH PLC

b)

 

LEI

 

 

39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36

 

4

 

Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted

a)

 

Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument

 

Identification code

 

 

ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH

 

 

SMDS

b)

 

Nature of the transaction

 

 

Exercise of the option of 556,202 ordinary shares under the 2015 Performance Share Plan (PSP) and Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) which were nil cost options granted on 24 July 2015 and the exercise of the option of 403,124 ordinary shares under the 2014 Performance Share Plan (PSP) which were nil cost options granted on 30 July 2014.  Sale of 754,037 shares

c)

 

Price(s) and volume(s)

 

 

 

Item

Price(s)

 

Volume(s)

Option

Sale

 

£nil

£4.845

 

959,326

754,037

 

d)

 

Aggregated information

- Aggregated volume

- Price

 

 

959,326

£nil

 

-754,037

£4.845

 

e)

 

Date of the transaction

13 September 2018

f)

 

Place of the transaction

 

LONDON

g)

Additional Information

SHAREHOLDING AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE ISSUED ORDINARY SHARE CAPITAL 0.14%

 


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