WH Smith PLC — AGM Information 2014

Jan 22, 2014

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WH Smith PLC

22 January 2014

22 January 2014

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 the Resolution	Proxy Votes Against the Resolution	Votes withheld
1	82,909,095	4,314	200,218
2	79,316,074	3,344,561	452,992
3	83,111,288	209	2,130
4	83,006,076	95,627	11,924
5	79,898,965	3,205,372	9,290
6	83,005,746	98,635	9,246
7	# 83,004,125	# 98,388	# 11,114
8	82,970,270	132,803	10,554
9	82,631,923	474,734	6,970
10	81,278,125	930,094	905,408
11	81,756,844	1,117,208	239,575
12	81,717,068	1,231,711	164,512
13	79,604,923	3,292,598	216,106
14	79,474,427	2,262,677	1,376,523
15	80,046,973	2,815,656	250,998
16	75,645,203	7,450,422	18,002

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.   At the date of the AGM the issued share capital of the Company is 121,771,258 ordinary shares.

In accordance with paragraph 9.6.2 of the Listing Rules, a copy of the resolutions passed as special business at the AGM have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do.

I Houghton

Company Secretary

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Enquiries:

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Mark Boyle                              Investor Relations       020 7406 6320

Nicola Hillman                         Media Relations          020 7406 6350

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