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Smith WH PLC 11 May 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 11 MAY 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 11 MAY 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 11 MAY 2004 12) Total holding following this notification 14,499,419 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 5.787% 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 Date of Notification 11 MAY 2004 Fax from: Hermes Administration Services Ltd Dated: May 11, 2004 DISCLOSURE OF MATERIAL INTEREST IN SHARES COMPANIES ACT 1985 SECTION 198 Issued Capital 250,543,733 As at May 10, 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 596,511 shares 0.238% Chase Nominees Ltd (note) 15,239,559 shares 6.083% Less stock on loan 1,336,651 shares 0.534% Total Holding: 14,499,419 shares 5.787% 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 14,283,845 shares 5.701% 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 SELI

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