WH Smith PLC — Major Shareholding Notification 2013

Jan 29, 2013

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RNS Number : 6372W

WH Smith PLC

29 January 2013

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARESi

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer

of existing shares to which voting rights are

attached: ii

WH Smith Plc

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

YES

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the

notification obligation: iii

JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc.

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):iv

JPMorgan Investment Management Inc.

JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited

JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or

reached: v

28 January 2013

6. Date on which issuer notified:

29 January 2013

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or

reached: vi, vii

5% Upwards

8. Notified details:
A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix
Class/type of shares if possible using the ISIN CODE	Situation previous to the triggering transaction							Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Number of Shares			Number of Voting Rights				Number of shares		Number of voting rights			% of  voting rights x
Direct		Direct xi		Indirect xii	Direct			Indirect
GB00B2PDGW16	Below Minimum Threshold			Below Minimum Threshold								5,987,842				4.70%
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument			Expiration date xiii			Exercise/ Conversion Period xiv					Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.				% of voting rights
C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
Type of financial instrument		Exercise price			Expiration date xvii		Exercise/ Conversion period xviii		Number of voting rights instrument refers to					% of voting rights xix, xx
Contract For Difference									586,706					Nominal			Delta
			0.46%
Total (A+B+C)
Number of voting rights									Percentage of voting rights
6,574,548									5.16%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable: xxi
Total disclosable holding for JPMorgan Asset Management Holdings Inc : 6,574,548 (5.16%) JPMorgan Asset Management (UK) Limited: 6,470,351 (5.08%) JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association JPMorgan Investment Management Inc.
Proxy Voting:
10. Name of the proxy holder:		N/A
11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:		N/A
12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:		N/A
13. Additional information:	N/A
14. Contact name:	Kartik Parekh
15. Contact telephone number:	020 7134 6170

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