Result of AGM

Smiths News PLC
07 February 2007


                              Smiths News PLC 
                     Annual General Meeting - Proxy Votes


At the AGM of Smiths News 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    Proxy Votes
                     the Resolution       the Resolution

1                     119,380,617             278,412            2,158
2                     116,183,559           1,548,631        1,928,997
3                     119,654,197               2,832            4,158
4                     119,031,121              13,977          616,089
5                     119,601,713              32,887           26,587
6                     118,830,039             822,511            8,637
7                     117,155,687           1,440,964        1,064,536
8                     117,148,377           1,444,854        1,067,956
9                     117,082,600           2,555,866           22,721
10                    119,550,555              64,456           46,176
11                    119,613,017              26,904           21,266               


Notes


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

2.  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.

3.  The proxy votes shown reflect the position as at 11.30am on Monday 5 February
    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.





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