TIDMSMDS

RNS Number : 8264P

Smith (DS) PLC

22 November 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: (   ) 

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

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

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

BlackRock, Inc.

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

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

18 November 2016

6. Date on which issuer notified:

21 November 2016

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

Total holding for BlackRock, Inc. has gone below 5%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

 
 Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE     Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi) 
                                                         Number of shares      Number of voting Rights (viii) 
 GB0008220112                                            35,533,799            35,533,799 
 

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

 
Class/type       Number of   Number of voting   % of voting rights 
 of shares if     shares        rights (ix) 
 possible using 
 the ISIN CODE 
                            Direct   Indirect   Direct     Indirect 
                             (x)      (xi) 
                 N/A        N/A      Below 5%   N/A       Below 
                                                           5% 
 

B: Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
 Type of       Expiration     Exercise/Conversion   Number of voting     % of 
  financial     Date (xiii)    Period/ Date          rights that          voting 
  instrument                   (xiv)                 may be acquired      rights 
                                                     if the instrument 
                                                     is exercised/ 
                                                     converted 
 Securities                                         Below 5%             Below 
  Lending                                                                 5% 
 

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

 
 Type            Exercise   Expiration   Exercise/     Number of        % of voting 
  of financial    price      date         Conversion    voting rights    rights (xix) 
  instrument                 (xvii)       period        instrument       (xx) 
                                          (xviii)       refers to 
 CFD                                                   Below 5%         Nominal   Delta 
                                                                        Below     Below 
                                                                         5%        5% 
 

Total (A+B+C)

 
 Number of voting rights   % of voting rights 
 N/A                       Below 5% 
 

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

See Annex 1

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

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:

BlackRock Regulatory Threshold Reporting Team

14. Contact name:

Marc-Oliver Lesch.

15. Contact telephone number:

020 7743 3650

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

 
 Annex 1 
 
 
 Name                              % of voting     % of voting       Total of 
                                    rights if       rights through    both if 
                                    it equals       financial         it equals 
                                    or is higher    instruments       or is higher 
                                    than the        if it equals      than the 
                                    notifiable      or is higher      notifiable 
                                    threshold       than the          threshold 
                                                    notifiable 
                                                    threshold 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Group Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Investment 
  Management (UK) Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Group Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Delaware Holdings 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Fund Advisors 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Institutional 
  Trust Company, National 
  Association 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Capital Holdings, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Advisors, LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 4, LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 6, LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Delaware Holdings 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Fund Advisors 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock (Singapore) 
  Holdco Pte. Ltd. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, 
  LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock HK Holdco Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Asset Management 
  North Asia Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 3, LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Canada Holdings 
  LP 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Canada Holdings 
  ULC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Asset Management 
  Canada Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Group Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Investment 
  Management (UK) Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Asset Management 
  Deutschland AG 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Group Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Advisors (UK) 
  Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock (Singapore) 
  Holdco Pte. Ltd. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Asia-Pac Holdco, 
  LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock HK Holdco Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Cayco Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Trident Holding 
  Company Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Japan Holdings 
  GK 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Japan Co., 
  Ltd. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 Trident Merger, LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Investment 
  Management, LLC 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 BlackRock, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Holdco 2, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Financial Management, 
  Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock International 
  Holdings, Inc. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BR Jersey International 
  Holdings L.P. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Australia Holdco 
  Pty. Ltd. 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 BlackRock Investment 
  Management (Australia) 
  Limited 
--------------------------------  --------------  ----------------  -------------- 
 
 

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