Total Voting Rights

WH Smith PLC

3 January 2012

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 as at 31 December 2011 its capital consisted of 137,309,281 ordinary shares of 226/67 pence each with voting rights (the "Shares").

Shareholders may use the 137,309,281 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