Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 3343Y
WH Smith PLC
01 September 2009
 






TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES


1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

  WH Smith PLC


2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):


An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

 X


An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

 


An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

 


An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

 


Other (please specify):

  

 


3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:


 Sanderson Asset Management Ltd

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):


 

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:


 27/08/09

6. Date on which issuer notified:


 28/08/09

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:


 3%

  

8. Notified details:                                                       Not Applicable

A: Voting rights attached to shares


Class/type of
shares


if possible using
the ISIN CODE

Situation previous
to the 
triggering
transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number
of

Shares

Number
of

V
oting
Rights

Number
of shares

Number of voting
rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

 

 4,854,041

 4,854,041

 4,639,041

 4,639,041

 0

 2.96%

 0%

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B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial
instrument

Expiration
date

Exercise/ 
Conversion 
Period

Number of voting
rights that may be

acquired if the

instrument is

exercised/ converted.


% of voting
rights

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

N/A


C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction


Type of financial
instrument

Exercise 
price

Expiration 
date

Exercise/
Conversion 

period

Number of voting 
rights instrument 
refers to

% of voting rights


 

 

 

 

 

Nominal

Delta


 

 


Total (A+B+C)


Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

 4,639,041

 2.96%


9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

 Not Applicable


Proxy Voting:


10. Name of the proxy holder:


 Sanderson Asset Management Ltd

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:


 Not Applicable

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:


 Not Applicable


13. Additional information:


 

Sanderson Asset Management Ltd ('Sanderson') acts as Investment manager for our clients. In acting for our clients, Sanderson are given full discretion over their investments and are empowered to vote on their behalf. However, we do not act as our clients’ custodian and therefore shares are not held in our name but in the name of each client's custodian bank

 

14. Contact name:


 Jalpa Taank

15. Contact telephone number:


 0207 - 468- 5977



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