Holding(s) in Company
Smith WH PLC
17 September 2002
DEALINGS BY SUBSTANTIAL SHAREHOLDERS
1) NAME OF COMPANY
WH SMITH PLC
2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST
EDWARD C JOHNSON 3RD
PRINCIPAL SHAREHOLDER OF FMR CORP. AND
FIDELITY INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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 LETTER BELOW DATED 13 SEPTEMBER 2002
4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the
number of shares held by each of them.
SEE LETTER BELOW DATED 13 SEPTEMBER 2002
5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired.
N/A
6) ( %) of issued Class
7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed
N/A
8) ( %) 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
16 SEPTEMBER 2002
12) Total holding following this notification
32,434,762
13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification
12.98%
14) Any additional information
15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries
A LAM (01793) 562489
16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for
making this notification
I. HOUGHTON, COMPANY SECRETARY
Date of Notification .........17 SEPTEMBER 2002...............
Letter to W.H. Smith Plc
dated September 13, 2002
Amendment # 15
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- U.K. COMPANIES ACT
1. Company in which shares are held: Smith (WH) Plc
2. Notifiable Interest: Ordinary Shares
(A) FMR Corp.
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Parent holding company of Fidelity Management & Research Company
(FMRCO), investment manager for US mutual funds, and Fidelity
Management Trust Company (FMTC), a US state chartered bank which
acts as a trustee or investment manager of various pension and trust
accounts. (See Schedule A for listing of Registered Shareholders
and their holdings).
(B) Fidelity International Limited (FIL)
P.O. Box HM 670
Hamilton HMCX, Bermuda
Parent holding company for various direct and indirect subsidiaries,
including Fidelity Investment Services Ltd. (FISL) and Fidelity
Pension Management (FPM), investment managers for various non-US
investment companies and institutional clients. (See Schedule A for
listing of Registered Shareholders and their holdings).
3. The notifiable interests also comprise the notifiable interest of:
Mr. Edward C. Johnson 3d
82 Devonshire Street
Boston, MA 02109
Principal shareholder of FMR Corp. and Fidelity International
Limited.
4. The notifiable interests include interest held on behalf of authorized unit
trust schemes in the U.K., notwithstanding the exemption from reporting
pursuant to Section 209(1)(h) of the Companies Act 1985.
5. These notifications of disclosable interests constitute separate
notifications of interest in the shares and are combined solely for the
purposes of clarity. Nothing herein should be taken to indicate that FMR
Corp. and its direct and indirect subsidiaries, Fidelity International
Limited and its direct and indirect subsidiaries or Mr. Edward C. Johnson
3d act as a group or in concert in respect of the disclosed interests, or
that they are required to submit these notifications on a joint basis.
6. The disclosable interests arise under section 208(4)(b) of the Act, namely
where a person, not being the registered holder, is entitled to exercise a
right conferred by the holding of the shares or to control the exercise of
such rights, or under section 203 of the Act respectively.
Letter from Fidelity Management & Research Company
SCHEDULE A
SECURITY: Smith (WH) Plc Amendment # 15
SHARES HELD MANAGEMENT NOMINEE/REGISTERED NAME
COMPANY
(Ordinary Shares)
592,100 FMRCO Chase Nominees Limited
165,200 FMRCO State Street Nominees Limited
1,500 FMTC State Street Nominees Ltd
10,000 FMTC
7,786,135 FISL Chase Nominees Limited
365,929 FPM RBS Trust Bank
305,100 FPM Bank of New York Europe
104,059 FPM Nortrust Nominees Ltd
56,700 FPM BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
121,800 FPM MSS Nominees Ltd
695,750 FPM Chase Nominees Ltd
143,290 FPM Citibank
1,044,448 FPM Bankers Trust
72,800 FPM Mellon Nominees Ltd
220,150 FPM Northern Trust
1,156,257 FIL RBS Trust Bank
893,012 FIL Chase Nominees Ltd
695,900 FIL Nortrust Nominees Ltd
204,229 FIL Morgan Stanley
114,760 FIL Bankers Trust
1,198,720 FIL Northern Trust
65,840 FIL Citibank
12,493,366 FIL HSBC, London
175,950 FIL BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
16,100 FIL Deutsche Bank AG, London
2,613,629 FIL Bank of New York - London
296,289 FIL JP Morgan
169,386 FIL Chase Manhattan Bank London
198,057 FIL State Street Bank & Trust
316,900 FIL State Street Nominees Ltd
141,406 FIL
TOTAL ORDINARY
SHARES: 32,434,762
CURRENT OWNERSHIP
PERCENTAGE: 12.98%
SHARES IN ISSUE: 249,894,911
CHANGE IN HOLDINGS
SINCE LAST FILING: (102,063) ordinary shares
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