26 January 2012
For immediate release
DS SMITH PLC PUBLICATION OF SUPPLEMENTARY PROSPECTUS PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF SCA PACKAGING AND RIGHTS ISSUEDS Smith Plc ("DS Smith" or "the Company") has today published a prospectus (the "Supplementary Prospectus") which is supplementary to the prospectus published by the Company on 17 January 2012 in relation to the proposed Acquisition of the packaging division of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA (publ) ("SCA") excluding the kraftliner assets ("SCA Packaging") and the Rights Issue (the "Original Prospectus").
The publication of the Supplementary Prospectus is a regulatory requirement under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 following the announcement today by SCA of its year