Director/PDMR Shareholding

21 Dec 2006 17:18

Smiths News PLC21 December 2006 21 December 2006 Smiths News PLC (the "Company") W H Smith Employees' Share Trust 1999 (the "Trust") In accordance with Chapter 3 of the Disclosure Rules, notification is hereby given that:- On 14 December 2006, 2,218,488 Ordinary Shares of 5 pence each were transferred out of the above Trust to the WH Smith Employee Benefit Trust. The Company was notified of this transaction on 21 December 2006. The following directors of the Company, being potential beneficiaries of the Trust, are no longer interested in these shares: P B Fitzmaurice M R Cashmore A J Humphrey C A WhiteDeputy Company Secretary This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange