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DS Smith Plc
Transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
Date 22 August 2024
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 options over 204,584 ordinary shares which were nil cost options granted on 8 July 2021 under the Deferred Share Bonus Plan (DSBP) that vested on 8 July 2024 together with their associated dividend equivalent shares and the related sale to cover tax, statutory deductions and dealing costs due on their exercise. Aggregate holding increased by 108,236 shares after these transactions. | |||||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| |||||||||
d)
| Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
204,584 £NIL
96,348 £4.714 | |||||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 21 August 2024 | |||||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction | LONDON |
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