Total Voting Rights

WH Smith PLC
20 December 2007


LETTERS TO RNS


W H 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 182,941,732 ordinary shares of 
20 pence each with voting rights (the 'Shares').

Shareholders may use the 182,941,732 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



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