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Smith WH PLC 5 November 2003 Letter to RNS WH Smith PLC (the 'company') WH Smith Employees' Share Trust 1999 (the 'Trust') In accordance with Chapter 16 Paragraph 13 of the Listing Rules, notification is hereby given that:- On 3 November 2003 the Trustee of the above Trust, Mourant & Co. Trustees Limited, purchased 141,315 Ordinary Shares of 55 5/9 pence each ('Shares') at an average price of 353.82 pence per share. The Company was notified of this transaction today. As a result of this transaction the Trust now holds 6,682,660 Shares (2.67% of the issued Class). The Trust is a discretionary trust and is used to facilitate the acquisition of shares for the purpose of satisfying awards and options granted under the Company's share schemes. The following directors of the Company, being potential beneficiaries of the Trust, are considered to be interested in these shares: R G Handover T M Hely Hutchinson Ms B C Hodson Ms K Swann J A Warren Letter from WH Smith PLC SCHEDULE 11 NOTIFICATION OF INTERESTS OF DIRECTORS AND CONNECTED PERSONS 1) NAME OF COMPANY SMITH WH PLC 2) NAME OF DIRECTOR K SWANN 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 or in respect of an non-beneficial interest IN RESPECT OF THE DIRECTOR 4) Name of the registered holder(s) and, if more than one holder, the number of shares held by each of them. (If notified) N/A 5) Please state whether notification relates to a person(s) connected with the Director named in 2 above and identify the connected person(s) N/A 6) Please state the nature of the transaction. For PEP transactions please indicate whether general/single co PEP and if discretionary/non discretionary CONDITIONAL AWARD OF SHARES 7) Number of shares/amount of stock acquired 141,315 8) Percentage of issued Class 0.056% 9) Number of shares/amount of stock disposed 10) Percentage of issued Class 11) Class of security ORDINARY SHARES OF 55 5/9 PENCE EACH 12) Price per share N/A 13) Date of transaction 4 NOVEMBER 2003 14) Date company informed 4 NOVEMBER 2003 15) Total holding following this notification N/A 16) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification N/A IF A DIRECTOR HAS BEEN GRANTED OPTIONS BY THE COMPANY PLEASE COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING BOXES 17) Date of grant 18) Period during which or date on which exercisable 19) Total amount paid (if any) for grant of the option 20) Description of shares or debentures involved: class, number. 21) Exercise price (if fixed at time of grant) or indication that price is to be fixed at time of exercise 22) Total number of shares or debentures over which options held following this notification 23) Any additional information 24) Name of contact and telephone number for queries AMANDA LAM (01793) 562489 25) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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