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RNS Number : 7137C

Smith (DS) PLC

29 June 2016

TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached (ii):

DS Smith Plc

2. Reason for the notification:

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( X )

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments ( )

   An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: (    ) 
   Other (please specify): (   ) 

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):

Aviva plc & its subsidiaries

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.)

Registered Holder:

   Available on request                                                    28,474* 
   BNY Norwich Union Nominees Limited                      1,234,484* 
   Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited                        24,350,198* 
   Chase Nominees Limited                                           245,443* 
   CUIM Nominee Limited                                               601,173* 
   State Street Nominees Limited                                   28,289,893* 

* denotes direct interest

   BNP Paribas - London                                               439,040 
   Chase (GA Group) Nominees Limited                        797,076 
   Chase Nominees Limited                                           4,418,746 
   Vidacos Nominees Limited                                         5,644,092 

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different) (v):

28 June 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29 June 2016

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

6% to 5% Change at Direct Interest Level

(Box 8A&B)

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii, ix)

 
 Class/type       Situation previous              Resulting situation after the triggering 
  of               to the triggering               transaction 
  shares           transaction 
 
 
  if possible 
  using 
  the ISIN 
  CODE 
---------------  ------------------------------  ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
                  Number          Number          Number         Number of voting              % of voting rights 
                   of              of              of shares      rights                        (x) 
                   Shares          Voting 
                                   Rights 
---------------  --------------  --------------  -------------  ----------------------------  --------------------- 
                                                  Direct         Direct         Indirect       Direct     Indirect 
                                                                  (xi)           (xii) 
---------------  --------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 
  Ordinary 
  Shares 
 
  GB0008220112      68,254,628*     68,254,628*     66,048,619     54,749,665     11,298,954     5.79%       1.20% 
---------------  --------------  --------------  -------------  -------------  -------------  ---------  ---------- 
 

*INC. RIGHT TO RECALL LOANED SHARES (4,178,950)

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

 
 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 Type of financial    Expiration      Exercise/             Number of voting          % of voting 
  instrument           date (xiii)     Conversion Period     rights that may           rights 
                                       (xiv)                 be 
                                                             acquired if the 
                                                             instrument is 
                                                             exercised/ converted. 
-------------------  --------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
                                                                  1,717,668 * 
  RIGHT TO RECALL 
    LOANED SHARES          N/A                N/A              * Direct Interest         0.18% 
-------------------  --------------  --------------------  ------------------------  ------------ 
 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv, xvi)

 
 Resulting situation after the triggering transaction 
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 
 Type of financial   Exercise   Expiration     Exercise/     Number of voting     % of voting rights 
  instrument          price      date (xvii)    Conversion    rights instrument    (xix, xx) 
                                                period        refers to 
                                                (xviii) 
------------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  -------------------  --------------------- 
                                                                                  Nominal      Delta 
------------------  ---------  -------------  ------------  -------------------  -----------  -------- 
 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   Percentage of voting rights 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 67,766,287                7.17% 
------------------------  ---------------------------- 
 

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):

The voting rights are managed and controlled by Aviva Investors Global Services Limited and Friends Provident International Limited, with the following chains of controlled undertakings:-

Aviva Investors Global Services Limited:

   --     Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
   --     Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) 
   --     Aviva Investors Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 

-- Aviva Investors Global Services Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Investors Holdings Limited)

Friends Provident International Limited:

   --     Aviva plc (Parent Company) 
   --     Aviva Group Holdings Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva plc) 
   --     Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Group Holdings Limited) 
   --     Friends Life FPG Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Aviva Life Holdings UK Limited) 
   --     Friends Life FPL Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life FPG Limited) 
   --     Friends Life Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life FPL Limited) 
   --     Friends Life and Pensions Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life Limited) 

-- Friends Provident International Limited (wholly owned subsidiary of Friends Life and Pensions Limited)

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder: (See Section 4)

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

Figures are based on the total number of voting rights of 944,840,476, as per the Company's Total Voting Rights announcement of 1 June 2016.

14. Contact name:

Neil Whittaker, Aviva Plc

15. Contact telephone number:

01603 684420

Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)

Full name:

Iain Simm

Contact address:

DS Smith Plc, 7(th) Floor, 350 Euston Road, London NW1 3AX

Phone number:

020 7756 1800

This information is provided by RNS

The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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