Result of AGM

WH Smith PLC
01 February 2007


                              WH SMITH PLC

                 Annual General Meeting - Proxy Votes

At the AGM of WH Smith PLC held today at 11.30am, the following levels of proxy 
appointments and associated voting instructions were received prior to the 
meeting. All of the resolutions were carried on a show of hands.


Resolution      Proxy Votes For      Proxy Votes Against      Votes withheld
Number           the Resolution           the Resolution
1                    99,464,082                   64,342              61,711
2                    74,539,159                4,973,409          20,077,567
3                    99,585,906                    1,873               2,356
4                    99,522,106                   44,531              23,498
5                    99,464,130                  104,901              21,104
6                    98,280,690                  492,834             816,611
7                    90,717,587                8,717,190             155,358
8                    90,808,446                8,718,662              63,027
9                    96,984,786                2,585,104              20,245
10                   99,479,263                   70,843              40,029
11                   99,548,946                   31,029              10,160

Notes

1.     Any proxy appointments which gave discretion to the Chairman have been
       included in the 'for' total.

2.     The proxy votes shown reflect the position as at 11 30am on Tuesday 
       30 January 2007, being 48 hours before the time of the meeting and 
       conforming to Regulation 41 of the Uncertificated Securities Regulations 
       2001. Voting instructions can be changed at any time prior to a poll 
       being demanded, and a shareholder having lodged a proxy is still entitled 
       to attend the meeting and vote their shares themselves as they see fit.

3.     A 'vote withheld' is not a vote in law and is not counted in the 
       calculation of the proportion of the votes 'for' and 'against' a 
       resolution.

I Houghton 
Company Secretary
 


                      This information is provided by RNS
            The company news service from the London Stock Exchange