25th Jun 2015 10:55
TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES (i)
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 (please mark as appropriate):
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: ( )
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.): (iv)
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached: (v)
23 June 2015
6. Date on which issuer notified:
24 June 2015
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: (vi) (vii)
Voting rights attached to shares holding has gone above 5%
8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares (viii)(ix)
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Situation previous to the triggering transaction | |
Number of Shares | Number of Voting Rights | |
GB0008220112 | 46,015,139 | 46,015,139 |
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE | Number of shares | Number of voting rights | % of voting rights (x) | ||
Direct (xi) | Indirect (xii) | Direct | Indirect | ||
| N/A | N/A | 50,101,126 | N/A | 5.31% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date (xiii) | Exercise/Conversion Period (xiv) | Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted. | % of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments (xv)( xvi)
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument | Exercise price | Expiration date (xvii) | Exercise/ Conversion period (xviii) | Number of voting rights instrument refers to | % of voting rights (xix) (xx) | |
CFD |
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2,621,681 | Nominal | Delta |
0.27% | 0.27% | |||||
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
52,722,807 | 5.59% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: (xxi)
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:
Tim Dudley
15. Contact telephone number:
020 7743 1540
Identity of the notifier, if applicable (xvii)
Full name:
Matthew Jowett
Contact address:
DS Smith Plc, 350 Euston Road, London NW1 3AX
Phone number:
020 7756 1800
Related Shares:
Smith (DS)