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Holding(s) in Company

13th Jul 2010 09:49

RNS Number : 2502P
Smith (DS) PLC
13 July 2010
 



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): Shares acquired in a placing ( X )

 

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

JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.

 

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

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

 

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

8 July 2010

 

6. Date on which issuer notified:

12 July 2010

 

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

5% upwards

 

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

Below 5%

Below 5%

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

 

 

 

22,713,026

 

5.25%

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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)

 

Contract for Difference

 

 

 

 

424,264

Nominal

Delta

 

 

0.10

 

 

Total (A+B+C)

 

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

23,137,290

5.35%

 

 

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

 

Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc: 23,137,290 (5.35%)

 

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited: 23,137,290 (5.35%)

 

 

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:

 

14. Contact name:

 

Kartik Parekh

 

15. Contact telephone number:

 

0207 325 9387

Annex: Notification of major interests in shares (xxii)

 

 

A: Identity of the persons or legal entity subject to the notification obligation

 

Full name

(including legal form of legal entities)

 

Contact address

(registered office for legal entities)

 

Phone number & email

 

 

Other useful information

(at least legal representative for legal persons)

 

 

 

B: Identity of the notifier, if applicable

 

Full name

 

Carolyn Cattermole

 

Contact address

 

 

DS Smith Plc, Beech House, Whitebrook Park, Maidenhead SL6 8XY

 

Phone number & email

 

 

01628 583400

[email protected]

Other useful information

(e.g. functional relationship with the person or legal entity subject to the notification obligation)

 

 

C: Additional information

 

 

 

 

 

 

This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
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