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Smith (DS) PLC14 October 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1)Name of company DS Smith PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest Deutsche Bank AG 3) Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of holdingof the shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a non-beneficial interestor in the case of an individual holder if it is a holding of that person'sspouse or children under the age of 18 As above 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number ofshares held by each of them Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiary companies 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 345,503 6) Percentage of issued class 0.09% 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage of issued class N/A 9) Class of security Ordinary shares of 10p each 10) Date of transaction 13 October 2005 11) Date company informed 14 October 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 15,792,897 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 4.06% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Anne Steele 020 7932 5031 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Carolyn Cattermole, Company Secretary Date of notification 14 October 2005 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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