Total Voting Rights

WH Smith PLC
18 January 2007

WH Smith PLC (the 'Company')

Voting Rights and Capital

To conform to the Transparency Directive's transitional provision 6, and further 
to the announcement made by the Company on 15 December 2006, the Company 
confirms that its capital consists of 182,933,941 ordinary shares of 20 pence 
each with voting rights (the 'Shares').

The increase from 182,933,794 at 15 December 2006 to 182,933,941 at 18 January     
2007 is as a result of shares issued to satisfy the exercise of share options by
employees.     

Shareholders may use the 182,933,941 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 interests the Company under the FSA's 
Disclosure and Transparency Rules.





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