Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC
06 March 2008


                                  WH Smith PLC

                           Transaction in Own Shares


WH Smith PLC announces that on 6 March 2008 it acquired 331,440 of its own
ordinary shares for cancellation at an average price of 382.578096 pence per
ordinary share.



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