Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number : 2816C

WH Smith PLC

10 November 2009

 



For filings with the FSA include the annex For filings with issuer exclude the annex

TR-1: Notifications of Major Interests 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 notification (yes/no)
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights	Yes
An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights	Yes
Other (please specify):______________

3. Full name of person(s) subject to 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 PENSION TRUST 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 transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached if different):	04 November 2009
6. Date on which issuer notified:	05 November 2009
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 use 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		Percentage of voting rights
				Direct	Indirect	Direct	Indirect
GB00B2PDGW16	16,656,752	16,656,752	17,497,342	17,497,342		11.20%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument	Expiration date	Exercise/ conversion period/date	No. of voting rights that may be acquired (if the instrument exercised/converted)	Percentage of voting rights

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights	Percentage of voting rights
17,497,342	11.20%

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 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

For notes on how to complete form TR-1 please see the FSA website. 

 

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