Holding(s) in Company

Smith WH PLC
10 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
     
     ORBIS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT 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 2 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 2 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

     10 FEBRUARY 2004


12)  Total holding following this notification

     7,986,900

               
13)  Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification

     3.19%


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

     I HOUGHTON


     Date of Notification

     10 FEBRUARY 2004


Letter to WH Smith PLC
Dated 2 February 2004


          Notification under Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985

Orbis Investment Management Limited ('OIML') hereby gives notice pursuant to 
Section 198 of the Companies Act 1985 that it holds a material interest in 
7,986,900 ordinary shares of WH Smith PLC. OIML is the investment manager or 
investment advisor of the following collective investment schemes which hold the 
number of ordinary shares of WH Smith PLC set out beside their names:

          Orbis Global Equity Fund Limited  7,555,000
          G.A.-Fund-L                         265,100 
          Orbis Optimal Global Fund, L.P      166,800
    

Letter from Orbis Investment Management Limited


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