Share Repurchase Programme

Prohibited period repurchase programme

WH Smith PLC ("WH Smith" or the "Company") announces that the Company has entered into an irrevocable and non-discretionary arrangement with its broker, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, to repurchase on its behalf and within certain pre-set parameters, ordinary shares in WH Smith for cancellation during the Company's prohibited period commencing on 3 December 2012 and ending on the day prior to the announcement of the Company's Christmas Trading Statement on 23 January 2013. This arrangement is in accordance with Chapter 12 of the UKLA Listing Rules and the Company's general authority to repurchase shares.