Total Voting Rights

WH Smith PLC

31 August 2011

LETTER TO RNS

WH Smith PLC (the "Company")

Voting Rights and Capital

To conform to the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, the Company confirms that its capital consists of 139,203,120 ordinary shares of 226/67 pence each with voting rights (the "Shares").

Shareholders may use the 139,203,120 Shares as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in or a change to their interest in the Company under the FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

I Houghton

Company Secretary