Director/PDMR Shareholding
DS Smith Plc ("the Company")
Exercise of Options by Director / other Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities (together "PDMRs")
Date 27 September 2019
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1
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Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
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a)
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Name
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ADRIAN ROSS THOMAS MARSH |
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Reason for the notification |
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a)
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Position/status
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GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR |
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b)
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Initial notification /Amendment |
INITIAL NOTIFICATION |
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3
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Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor |
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a)
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Name
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DS SMITH PLC |
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b)
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LEI |
39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36 |
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4
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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 |
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a)
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Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code |
ORDINARY SHARES OF
SMDS |
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b)
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Nature of the transaction
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Exercise of options over 199,302 ordinary shares which were nil-cost option awards granted on 1 July 2016 under the DS Smith 2008 Performance Share Plan (PSP) and Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) that vested on 1 July 2019 and the consequential sale of 93,861 shares to pay the tax due on that exercise and transfer of 105,441 shares to Sheilagh Marsh - a Person Closely Associated to Adrian Ross Thomas Marsh (Spouse). |
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c)
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Price(s) and volume(s)
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d)
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Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume - Price
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199,302 £NIL
93,861
105,441 £NIL
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e)
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Date of the transaction |
26 SEPTEMBER 2019 |
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f)
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Place of the transaction |
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