Close Period Repurchase Programme

Close period repurchase programme

WH Smith PLC (the "Company") announces that it has entered into an irrevocable and non-discretionary arrangement with its broker, BofA Merrill Lynch, to repurchase on its behalf and within certain pre-set parameters, ordinary shares in the Company for cancellation during the Company's close period commencing on 1 December 2011 and ending on the day of the announcement of the Company's Christmas Trading Statement on 25 January 2012. This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the UKLA Listing Rules and the Company's general authority to repurchase shares.

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WH Smith PLC

Mark Boyle

Investor Relations

020 7851 8820