21st Jul 2006 13:57
Smith (DS) PLC21 July 2006 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES1)Name of company DS Smith PLC 2) Name of shareholder having a major interest AXA S.A. 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 AXA S.A. and its group companies 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 2,532,790 6) Percentage of issued class 0.65% 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 20 July 2006 11) Date company informed 21 July 2006 12) Total holding following this notification 46,917,220 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 12.00% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries Angela Hunter 020 7932 5032 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible formaking this notification Peter Aubusson, Group Communications Manager Date of notification 21 July 2006 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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