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Smith WH PLC 23 February 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY WH SMITH PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST THE TRUSTEES OF BT PENSION SCHEME BRITEL FUND TRUSTEES 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 20 FEBRUARY 2004 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 20 FEBRUARY 2004 5) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired. N/A 6) Percentage of issued Class 7) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed N/A 8) Percentage 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 20 FEBRUARY 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 12,536,687 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.004% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries C A WHITE (01793) 562446 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification ... 23 FEBRUARY 2004 From: Hermes Administration Services Ltd Dated: February 20, 2004 DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL INTEREST IN SHARES COMPANIES ACT 1985 SECTION 198 Issued Capital 250,543,464 As at February 19, 2004 the following entities had a material interest(s) in shares of: W H Smith PLC The Trustees of BT Pension Scheme BriTel Fund Trustees Limited Registered Holders: BriTel Fund Nominees Ltd 648,311 shares 0.259% Chase Nominees Ltd (note) 13,096,383 shares 5.228% Less stock on loan 1,208,007 shares 0.482% Total Holding: 12,536,687 shares 5.004% NB. Amount of shares on loan are deducted from Britel's holding, to amount to the total holding. Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited, as general partners of various partnerships managed by Hermes SLP Limited Lens Investors (UK) LCC As partner in one or more of the partnerships Registered Holder: Chase Nominees Ltd 12,140,669 shares 4.847% Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited and Hermes SLP Limited are both subsidiaries of Hermes Pensions Management Limited which is ultimately owned by BriTel Fund Trustees Limited, a company controlled by the trustees of the BT Pension Scheme. Note: This notifiable interest arises either as controller of Hermes Focus Asset Management Limited and/or Hermes SLP Limited and/or as a partner in one or more of the partnerships. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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