Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 7092A

WH Smith PLC

13 October 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:	AXA S.A., 25 Avenue Matignon, 75008 Paris and its group of companies
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:	12/10/2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	13/10/2009
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:	DECREASE IN TOTAL HOLDINGS FROM 5.41% TO 4.82%

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
	8,490,018	8,490,018	800,533	800,533	6,753,779	0.51	4.31
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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

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
7,554,312	4.82%

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

Name of the Company / Fund              Number of Shares        % of issued share capital Alliance Capital Management                  490,500.00                       0.31270 Direct ________________________________________________________________________ AXA                                                          303,600.00                      0.19355 Direct ________________________________________________________________________ AXA Financial, Inc                                   4,749,279.00                    3.02770 Indirect ________________________________________________________________________ AXA IM UK                                               6,433.00                           0.00410 Direct ________________________________________________________________________ AXA Rosenberg                                      2,004,500.00                    1.277881305 Indirect ________________________________________________________________________                                         Total Direct                    800,533                                   0.51034                                       Total Indirect                6,753,779                                   4.30558 ________________________________________________________________________                                                 TOTAL                 7,554,312                                   4.81592 ________________________________________________________________________

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:	Kyere Tabiri
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7003 1510

 

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