Total Voting Rights

Smiths News PLC (the "Company")Voting Rights and Share Capital

The following information is released in accordance with DTR 5.6:

The Company's capital consists of 183,225,907 ordinary shares of 5 pence each with voting rights. The Company does not hold any shares in Treasury at the date of this disclosure.

Therefore, the total number of voting rights in the Company is 183,225,907.

The above figure can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which to 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. Colin White

Deputy Company Secretary