Holding(s) in Company

Smith WH PLC
21 June 2002


                  DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     WH SMITH PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     EDWARD C JOHNSON 3RD
     PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

3)   Please state whether notification indicates that it is in respect of 
     holding of the Shareholder named in 2 above or in respect of a 
     non-beneficial interest or in the case of an individual holder if it is a
     holding of that person's spouse or children under the age of 18

     SEE LETTER BELOW DATED 20 JUNE 2002

4)   Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the 
     number of shares held by each of them.

     SEE LETTER BELOW DATED 20 JUNE 2002

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

     N/A

6)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed

     N/A

8)   ( N/A %) of issued Class

9)   Class of security

     ORDINARY SHARES OF 55 5/9 PENCE EACH

10)  Date of transaction

     N/A

11)  Date company informed

     21 JUNE 2002

12)  Total holding following this notification

     28,188,043
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     11.28%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     A LAM [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification      I HOUGHTON, SECRETARY

     Date of Notification .........21 JUNE 2002...............



Amendment # 12


NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:   Smith (WH) Plc

2. Notifiable Interest:    Ordinary Shares

     (A)   FMR Corp.
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company 
           (FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds. (See Schedule A for 
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

     (B)   Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
           P.O. Box HM 670
           Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda

           Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
           including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity 
           Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US 
           investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for 
           listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).

3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:

           Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d
           82 Devonshire Street
           Boston, MA 02109

           Principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International 
           Limited.

4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized
   unit trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from 
   reporting pursuant to Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.

5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
   notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for 
   the purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate 
   that FMR Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, 
   Fidelity International Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries
   or Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d act as a group or in concert in respect of 
   the disclosed interests, or that they are required to submit these 
   notifications on a joint basis.

6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act,
   namely where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled
   to exercise a right conferred by the holding of the shares or to 
   control the exercise of such rights, or under section 203 of the Act
   respectively.



SCHEDULE A

SECURITY: Smith (WH) Plc                                        Amendment # 12


                    SHARES HELD     MANAGEMENT    NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
                                     COMPANY     
(Ordinary Shares)
                        592,100        FMRCO      Chase Nominees Limited
                        165,200        FMRCO      State Street Nominees Limited
                      6,801,508         FISL      Chase Nominees Limited
                        365,929          FPM      RBS Trust Bank
                        305,100          FPM      Bank of New York Europe
                         93,959          FPM      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                         59,000          FPM      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                        121,800          FPM      MSS Nominees Ltd
                        695,750          FPM      Chase Nominees Ltd
                        136,590          FPM      Citibank
                        895,656          FPM      Bankers Trust
                         70,300          FPM      Mellon Nominees Ltd
                        220,150          FPM      Northern Trust
                      1,158,557          FIL      RBS Trust Bank
                      1,113,300          FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                        695,900          FIL      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                        204,229          FIL      Morgan Stanley
                        113,460          FIL      Bankers Trust
                      1,155,100          FIL      Northern Trust
                         66,010          FIL      Citibank
                     11,210,221          FIL      HSBC, London
                        182,450          FIL      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                         16,100          FIL      Deutsche Bank AG, London
                      1,084,356          FIL      Bank of New York - London
                        296,289          FIL      JP Morgan
                         77,649          FIL      Chase Manhattan Bank London
                        137,480          FIL      State Street Bank & Trust
                        153,900          FIL      State Street Nominees Ltd      
                                                    


TOTAL ORDINARY 
SHARES:              28,188,043

CURRENT OWNERSHIP 
PERCENTAGE:               11.28%

SHARES IN ISSUE:    249,863,292

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS 
SINCE LAST FILING:   +3,221,409 ordinary shares



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