Annual Information Update

DS Smith Plc

Annual information update

As required by Prospectus Rule 5.2, all information which has been made available to the public by the Company over the previous 12 months in the United Kingdom (being the Company's Home State) which is required to be disclosed pursuant to this Rule is outlined below. In order to avoid an unnecessarily lengthy document, information is referred to in this update rather than included in full.

The information referred to in this update was up to date at the time the information was published but some information may now be out-of-date.

1 Announcements made via RNS, a Regulatory Information Service

All of the documents listed below were published via RNS, a Regulatory Information Service on or around the dates indicated.

Date of publication	Brief description of announcement


16 July 2010	Award under the Company's various share-based incentive schemes to Executive Directors
16 July 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
14 July 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
14 July 2010	Binding share purchase agreement re Otor Group
13 July 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
13 July 2010	Total Voting Rights update
7 July 2010	Results of placing of new ordinary shares
7 July 2010	Proposed placing of new ordinary shares
7 July 2010	Proposed acquisition of the Otor Group
24 June 2010	Final Results for 2009/10
16 June 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
1 June 2010	Appointment of Gareth Davis
28 May 2010	Disposal of Corrugated Packaging operation in Turkey
28 April 2010	Pre-Close Trading Update
15 April 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
15 April 2010	Appointment of Miles Roberts and retirement of Tony Thorne as Chief Executive
12 April 2010	Block Listing Interim Review
24 March 2010	Director/PDMR shareholding
22 March 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
9 March 2010	Vesting and sale to cover tax liabilities under the Company's Replacement Deferred Share Bonus Scheme to an Executive Director
4 March 2010	Interim Management Statement
1 March 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
23 February 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
5 February 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
18 January 2010	Block Listing Interim Review
14 January 2010	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
6 January 2010	Sales of Demes Logistics
5 January 2010	Appointment of Gareth Davis and change to Senior Independent Director
14 December 2009	Director/PDMR shareholding
10 December 2009	Half-year results for 2009/10
1 December 2009	Confirmation of appointment of Jonathan Nicholls
16 November 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
3 November 2009	Retirement of Tony Thorne and appointment of Miles Roberts
14 October 2009	Pre-Close Trading Update
13 October 2009	Block Listing Interim Review
2 October 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
15 September 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
8 September 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
8 September 2009	AGM Statement
8 September 2009	Interim Management Statement
27 August 2009	Resignation of Richard Marton
24 August 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
21 August 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
20 August 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
14 August 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
14 August 2009	Change of registered office
27 July 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
27 July 2009	Announcement regarding a notifiable interest in the Company
22 July 2009	Award under the Company's Performance Share Plan to Executive Directors
21 July 2009	Annual information update

2 Documents available on the Company's website (www.dssmith.uk.com)

16 July 2010

Annual accounts for the year ended 30 April 2010

3 Documents filed at Companies House

All of the documents listed below were filed with Companies House in Cardiff on or around the dates indicated.

Date of publication	Brief description of document(s) filed

16 July 2010	SH01 Statement of capital
1 June 2010	AP01 Director appointment
4 May 2010	AP01 Director appointment
4 May 2010	TM01 Director resignation
19 January 2010	CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars
10 December 2009	AP01 Director appointment
10 October 2009	363 annual return
8 October 2009	CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars
8 October 2009	CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars
8 October 2009	CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars
8 October 2009	CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars
8 October 2009	CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars
8 October 2009	CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars
8 October 2009	CH01 Change of Directors' Particulars
6 October 2009	AD02 SAIL Address Changed
6 October 2009	AD03 Register(s) moved to SAIL address
6 October 2009	AD02 SAIL Address Created
18 September 2009	Annual accounts for the year ended 30 April 2008
13 September 2009	Special resolutions passed at the Annual General Meeting
1 September 2009	288 Director resignation
14 August 2009	287 change of registered office

Copies of the documents filed at Companies House can be obtained from Companies House or from the Company Secretary at the Company's Registered Office.

Carolyn Cattermole

Company Secretary

20 July 2010

Tel: 01628 583 400