Director/PDMR Shareholding
Updated : 17:52
DS Smith Plc ("the Company")
Transactions in shares by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities ("PDMRs")
23 June 2021
On 22 June 2021 nil-cost option awards over the Company's Ordinary Shares of 10p each ("Shares") granted on 22 June 2018 under the terms of the DS Smith Deferred Share Bonus Plan ("DSBP") vested to the following PDMRs as shown in the table below.
Name | Number of DSBP awards vested | Number of dividend equivalent Shares on vested DSBP awards |
Miles Roberts | 132,849 | 10,588 |
Adrian Marsh | 62,603 | 4,989 |
Colin McIntyre | 30,366 | 2,420 |
Stefano Rossi | 31,797 | 2,534 |
· These awards vesting on 22 June 2021 relate to the deferral into Shares of half of the bonus paid in June 2018 in relation to the financial year 2017/18.
· The number of dividend equivalent Shares is added to the vested DSBP awards on vesting in accordance with the rules of the DSBP and the approved remuneration policy.
The forms required under the Market Abuse Regulation follow.
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a)
| Name
| MILES WILLIAM ROBERTS | ||||||
2
| Reason for the notification | |||||||
a)
| Position/status
| GROUP CHIEF EXECUTIVE | ||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a)
| Name
| DS SMITH PLC | ||||||
b)
| LEI
| 39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36
| ||||||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH
SMDS | ||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Vesting of DSBP award granted on 22 June 2018 under the terms of the DS Smith Deferred Share Bonus Plan and associated dividend equivalent Shares. | ||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
143,437 £NIL
| ||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 22 June 2021 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| LONDON |
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a)
| Name
| ADRIAN ROSS THOMAS MARSH | ||||||
2
| Reason for the notification | |||||||
a)
| Position/status
| GROUP FINANCE DIRECTOR | ||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a)
| Name
| DS SMITH PLC | ||||||
b)
| LEI
| 39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36
| ||||||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH
SMDS | ||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Vesting of DSBP award granted on 22 June 2018 under the terms of the DS Smith Deferred Share Bonus Plan and associated dividend equivalent Shares. | ||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
£NIL
| ||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 22 June 2021 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| LONDON |
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a)
| Name
| COLIN STUART MCINTYRE | ||||||
2
| Reason for the notification | |||||||
a)
| Position/status
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE SUPPLY ENGINE | ||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a)
| Name
| DS SMITH PLC | ||||||
b)
| LEI
| 39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36
| ||||||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH
SMDS | ||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Vesting of DSBP award granted on 22 June 2018 under the terms of the DS Smith Deferred Share Bonus Plan and associated dividend equivalent Shares. | ||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
32,786 £NIL
| ||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 22 June 201 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| LONDON |
1
| Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities / person closely associated | |||||||
a)
| Name
| STEFANO ROSSI | ||||||
2
| Reason for the notification | |||||||
a)
| Position/status
| CHIEF EXECUTIVE PACKAGING | ||||||
b)
| Initial notification /Amendment
| INITIAL NOTIFICATION | ||||||
3
| Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor | |||||||
a)
| Name
| DS SMITH PLC | ||||||
b)
| LEI
| 39RSBE4RCI4M15BLWH36
| ||||||
4
| Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted | |||||||
a)
| Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument
Identification code
|
ORDINARY SHARES OF 10 PENCE EACH
SMDS | ||||||
b)
| Nature of the transaction
| Vesting of DSBP award granted on 22 June 2018 under the terms of the DS Smith Deferred Share Bonus Plan and associated dividend equivalent Shares. | ||||||
c)
| Price(s) and volume(s)
|
| ||||||
d)
| Aggregated information
- Aggregated volume
- Price
|
34,331 £NIL
| ||||||
e)
| Date of the transaction | 22 June 2021 | ||||||
f)
| Place of the transaction
| LONDON |
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