Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 8606F

WH Smith PLC

20 January 2010

 



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		Yes
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:	Artemis Investment Management Limited
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):	Artemis Income Fund Artemis UK Special Situations Fund Artemis Capital Fund MT Income Fund City of London Cash A/c City of London Pension A/c P&O Pension Scheme Institutional Equity Income Fund Institutional Special Situations Hampstead Heath (COL)  Charities Pool (COL) Pearson Prudential Staff Pension Scheme Akzo Nobel Pension Scheme L&G Barclays Income 1 L&G Barclays Income 2 BBC Saul Barclays UK Alpha L&G (Barclays) MM Alpha Fund L&G (Barclays) Series2 MM Alpha Fund Witan Investment Trust Artemis Strategic Assets Fund
5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:	19 January 2010
6. Date on which issuer notified:	20 January 2010
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	11%

8. Notified details:
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 Voting Rights	Number of shares	Number of voting rights		% of voting rights
			Direct	Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B2PDGW16	16,735,905	16,735,905	15,396,934	15,396,934		10.14%

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

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
15,396,934	10.14%

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

Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:
14. Contact name:	Nicola Collins
15. Contact telephone number:	0131 718 0429

 

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