Holding(s) in Company

Smith WH PLC
27 July 2004

                           SCHEDULE 10
 
             NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES


1)   NAME OF COMPANY

     WH SMITH PLC

2)   NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST

     DEUTSCHE BANK AG

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

     26 JULY 2004

12)  Total holding following this notification

      NOT KNOWN
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     LESS THAN 3%

14)  Any additional information

     

15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     AMANDA LAM  [phone]

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


     Date of Notification ...27 JULY 2004.......



Letter to W H Smith Plc

Disclosure of interests in shares


Further to our letter of 05 July, 2004 and in accordance with Section 198-202
of the UK Companies Act 1985, we are writing on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG to
inform you that on the basis that the relevant Issued share capital of your
company is 250,543,733 ordinary shares, Deutsche Bank AG, and its subsidiary
companies no longer have a notifiable interest in the ordinary shares of W H 
Smith Plc. 


Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany. 



Letter from  DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON



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