1 |
Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated |
a) |
Name |
COLIN STUART MCINTYRE |
2 |
Reason for the notification |
a) |
Position/status |
CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUPPLY ENGINE |
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 77,675 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 36,581 shares to pay the tax due on that exercise. |
c) |
Price(s) and volume(s) |
Item |
Price(s) |
Volume(s) |
Option |
£NIL |
77,675 |
Sale |
£3.539 |
36,581 |
|
d) |
Aggregated information - Aggregated volume - Price |
77,675 £NIL 36,581 £3.539 |
e) |
Date of the transaction |
02 OCTOBER 2019 |
f) |
Place of the transaction |
LONDON |