Holding(s) in Company

Smith WH PLC
9 June 2003


                  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 5 JUNE 2003

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 5 JUNE 2003

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



10)  Date of transaction

     N/A

11)  Date company informed

     6 JUNE 2003

12)  Total holding following this notification

     17,323,773
               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     6.93%

14)  Any additional information



15)  Name of contact and telephone number for queries

     A LAM [phone]

16)  Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for 
     making this notification

     Date of Notification .....9 JUNE 2003....



Letter to WH Smith PLC

Below are amended notifications of disclosable interests under the U.K.
Companies Act 1985.  Please note that while this information details the 
disclosable interests of more than one entity, the enclosed disclosure 
constitutes separate notifications of interest which have been combined solely 
for purposes of clarity and efficiency.  It is not intended to indicate that any
of these entities act as a group or in concert with respect to these interests.

These disclosures are made in the interest of conformity with the Companies 
Act.  The Interest detailed herein was acquired solely for investment purposes.
For disclosure purposes, holdings should be represented as FMR Corp. and its 
direct and indirect subsidiaries, and Fidelity International Limited (FIL) and 
its direct and indirect subsidiaries, both being non-beneficial holders.


Amendment #23

NOTIFICATIONS UNDER SECTIONS 198 TO 202 -- UK 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 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.


SCHEDULE A

SECURITY:  Smith (WH) Plc                                  Amendment # 23


                      SHARES HELD   MANAGEMENT   NOMINEE/REGISTERED
                                     COMPANY     NAME
(Ordinary Shares)
                     
                         1,500          FMTC     State Street Nominees Ltd
                     9,537,125          FISL     Chase Nominees Limited
                       505,729          FPM      RBS Trust Bank
                       344,100          FPM      Bank of New York Europe
                       176,659          FPM      Norturst Nominees Ltd
                        35,300          FPM      BT Globenet Nominees Ltd
                        58,000          FPM      MSS Nominees Ltd
                        36,500          FPM      Chase Nominees Ltd
                       186,690          FPM      Citibank
                       189,988          FPM      Bankers Trust
                       671,250          FIL      RBS Trust Bank
                       385,600          FIL      Chase Nominees Ltd
                       388,828          FIL      Nortrust Nominees Ltd
                       229,029          FIL      Morgan Stanley
                        70,100          FIL      Bankers Trust
                       788,660          FIL      Northern Trust
                        53,140          FIL      Citibank
                     1,511,938          FIL      HSBC, London
                       961,462          FIL      Bank of New York - London
                       401,310          FIL      JP Morgan
                       413,391          FIL      Chase Manhattan Bank London
                       137,174          FIL      State Street Bank & Trust
                       163,000          FIL      State Street Nominees Ltd
                        77,300          FIL      Bank of New York Brussels

TOTAL ORDINARY
 SHARES:            17,323,773

CURRENT OWNERSHIP
 PERCENTAGE:              6.93%

SHARES IN ISSUE:   249,899,308

CHANGE IN HOLDINGS 
 SINCE LAST FILING: (2,042,611) ordinary shares



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