Result of AGM

WH Smith PLC
31 January 2008

                                  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 Number     Proxy Votes For     Proxy Votes Against     Votes withheld
                       the Resolution          the Resolution          

1                         107,179,041              88,563             12,618
2                         102,201,204           3,630,502          1,443,516
3                         107,270,980               4,798              4,444
4                         107,110,224             153,381             16,617
5                         106,823,192             437,684             19,346
6                         107,004,553             268,940              6,729
7                         104,711,184           1,078,571          1,490,467
8                         100,101,239           5,956,438          1,222,545
9                         105,617,426           1,639,063             23,733
10                        106,180,497           1,049,786             49,939
11                        107,231,820              24,696             23,706
12                        107,073,193             159,851             47,178
13                        107,021,130             108,460            150,632


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 
     29 January 2008, 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.


Board Change

As previously announced on 3 August 2007, MT Rainey, Non-Executive Director 
stepped down from the Board following today's AGM.


I Houghton
Company Secretary

 

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