Holding(s) in Company

Smith WH PLC
14 January 2004

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

WH SMITH PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

EDWARD C JOHNSON 3RD
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF 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 BELOW

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

SEE BELOW

5)   Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.

N/A

6)   Percentage of issued Class


7)   Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A

8)   Percentage 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

13 JANUARY 2004

12)  Total holding following this notification

15,666,429
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

6.25%

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

     Date of Notification ...14 JANUARY 2004.....


Amendment No 27

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK COMPANIES ACT

1. Company in which shares are held:   SMITH (WH) PLC

2. Notifiable Interest:   ORDINARY SHARES

     
          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 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

           A principal shareholder of 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 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.


SECURITY: ..Smith (WH) Plc..                                  Amendment No 27


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME
(Ordinary Shares)

                        10,092,747      FISL       CHASE NOMINEES LIMITED
                            07,129      FPM           RBS TRUST BANK
                           264,300      FPM        BANK OF NEW YORK EUROPE
                           111,759      FPM        NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                            22,700      FPM        BT GLOBENET NOMINEES LTD
                            58,000      FPM        MSS NOMINEES LTD
                           159,390      FPM           CITIBANK
                           491,450      FIL        RBS TRUST BANK
                           546,000      FIL        CHASE NOMINEES LTD
                           375,628      FIL        NORTRUST NOMINEES LTD
                           229,029      FIL             MORGAN STANLEY
                            44,000      FIL          BANKERS TRUST
                           598,984      FIL           NORTHERN TRUST
                            33,940      FIL              CITIBANK
                           683,262      FIL        BANK OF NEW YORK-LONDON
                         1,112,374      FIL              JP MORGAN
                           511,537      FIL        CHASE MANHATTAN BANK LONDON
                            27,300      FIL          STATE STREET BANK & TRUST
                           163,000      FIL          STATE STREET NOMINEES LTD
                            73,900      FIL          BANK OF NEW YORK BRUSSELS

                     
TOTAL ORDINARY SHARES: 15,666,429

CURRENT OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE:  6.25%

SHARES IN ISSUE:       250,543,464

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS SINCE
 LAST FILING:           +3,130,833 ORDINARY SHARES





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