Notice of the Annual General Meeting of

DS Smith Plc (the 'Company')

Notice of Annual General Meeting 2017 (the 'Notice')

The Company's 2017 Annual General Meeting will be held at 12 noon on Tuesday 5 September 2017 at the offices of Allen & Overy LLP, One Bishops Square, London E1 6AD.

Copy of the Notice is available from today on the Company's Web sitewww.dssmith.comand may be viewed and downloaded online at:http://www.dssmith.com/investors/annual-report. Copies of the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2017 have been available publicly since 11 July 2017 and may be viewed and downloaded online at:http://www.dssmith.com/investors/annual-report

Hard copy documents have been posted to shareholders who have elected to receive them.

A copy of the Notice will be submitted shortly to the National Storage Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection on its Web site:

www.Hemscott.com/nsm.do

Company Official Responsible for making this notification:

Iain Simm

Group General Counsel and Company Secretary

Date of this notification: 24 July 2017

DS Smith plc published this content on 24 July 2017 and is solely responsible for the information contained herein.
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