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Smith WH PLC 11 October 2005 SCHEDULE 10 NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1) NAME OF COMPANY WH SMITH PLC 2) NAME OF SHAREHOLDER HAVING A MAJOR INTEREST STANDARD LIFE GROUP 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 OCTOBER 2005 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 OCTOBER 2005 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 2 13/81 PENCE EACH 10) Date of transaction N/A 11) Date company informed 11 OCTOBER 2005 12) Total holding following this notification 5,522,332 13) Total percentage holding of issued class following this notification 3.05% 14) Any additional information 15) Name of contact and telephone number for queries MISS A LAM 01793 562489 16) Name and signature of authorised company official responsible for making this notification Date of Notification 11 OCTOBER 2005 LETTER TO: WH SMITH WH Smith Ord GBP0.021605 shares In terms of part VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended), I have to inform you on behalf of Standard Life Investments that on 10/10/05, Standard Life Investments acquired 211,936 shares on behalf of Standard Life Group. This increased the total held as a material interest to 5,522,332 shares being 3.052% of the issued stock of that class. No. of shares held Registered Name 5,522,332 Vidacos Nominees From: Citigroup This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange

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