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Smith WH PLC 2 July 2004 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY WH SMITH PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST DEUTSCHE BANK AG 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 1 JULY 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 1 JULY 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 2 JULY 2004 12) Total holding following this notification NOT KNOWN 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification LESS THAN 3% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries AMANDA LAM (01793) 562489 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification I HOUGHTON COMPANY SECRETARY Date of Notification ....2 JULY 2004.... LETTER TO: W H SMITH PLC DATED: 01 JULY 2004 Disclosure of interests in shares Further to our letter of 09 June 2004, and in accordance with Section 198-202 of the UK Companies Act 1985, we are writing on behalf of Deutsche Bank AG to inform you that on the basis that the relevant issued share capital of your company is 250,543,733 ordinary shares, Deutsche Bank AG, and its subsidiary companies no longer have a notifiable interest in the ordinary shares of W H Smith Plc. Deutsche Bank AG is a corporation domiciled in Frankfurt, Germany. If you require any further information concerning this notification, please contact Cheryl Slater or David Lindsay in the Compliance Department of Deutsche Bank AG London. LETTER FROM: DEUTSCHE BANK AG LONDON This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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