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RNS Number : 3211F  WH Smith PLC  23 September 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 23 September 2024

 WH Smith PLC
 Transactions in own shares

 WH Smith PLC (the 'Company') announces the purchase, in accordance with the
 authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on
 26 January 2024, of 11,000 ordinary shares of

 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 September 2024 as part of the buyback
 programme announced on 23 September 2024 (the 'Programme').

The Company intends to cancel these shares.

Since the announcement of the programme (the 'Programme'), the Company has
 purchased a total of 11,000 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,901,453 shares in issue . This number represents the total
 voting rights in the Company and may be used by shareholders as the
 denominator for the calculations by which they can determine  if they are
 required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the
 Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's Disclosure Guidance and
 Transparency Rules.

The table below contains detailed information about the purchases referred to
 above.

 Schedule of purchases

 Shares purchased:                                              WH Smith PLC (ISIN: GB00B2PDGW16)
 Date of purchases:                                             23 September 2024
 Investment firm:                                               Barclays

 Aggregate information

 Venue                                        Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased        Volume-weighted average price per share         Lowest price per share      Highest price per share
 London Stock Exchange                        11,000                                                14.0825                                         13.9300                     14.2200

 In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No
 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of
 the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual
 trades made by Barclays on behalf of the Company is set out below.
         Transaction Time  Time Zone  Volume                    Price             Currency                          Platform Code                   Transaction reference number
         08:09:53          BST        141                       13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592176823159045604
         08:09:53          BST        260                       13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592176823159045606
         08:49:15          BST        185                       14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606250573596503148
         08:49:55          BST        153                       13.97             GBP                               XLON                            592176823159907920
         08:49:55          BST        485                       13.97             GBP                               XLON                            592176823159907921
         09:13:23          BST        36                        13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606250573597008578
         09:13:23          BST        258                       13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606250573597008579
         09:32:19          BST        77                        13.95             GBP                               XLON                            592176823160798230
         09:32:19          BST        202                       13.95             GBP                               XLON                            592176823160798229
         10:01:11          BST        392                       13.96             GBP                               XLON                            592176823161456543
         10:49:00          BST        223                       13.97             GBP                               XLON                            592176823162507340
         10:49:00          BST        378                       13.97             GBP                               XLON                            592176823162507341
         11:35:03          BST        569                       14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592176823163436371
         12:47:06          BST        11                        14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606250573601221208
         12:47:06          BST        200                       14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606250573601221209
         12:51:45          BST        125                       14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592176823165003505
         12:51:45          BST        125                       14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592176823165003506
         12:51:45          BST        391                       14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592176823165003507
         13:45:20          BST        3                         14.13             GBP                               XLON                            592176823166243584
         13:45:20          BST        708                       14.13             GBP                               XLON                            592176823166243585
         13:45:21          BST        304                       14.13             GBP                               XLON                            592176823166244081
         13:48:32          BST        145                       14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592176823166334559
         13:53:42          BST        79                        14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592176823166460283
         14:12:55          BST        12                        14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592176823166956088
         14:12:55          BST        218                       14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592176823166956087
         14:12:55          BST        271                       14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592176823166956089
         14:20:32          BST        79                        14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573603333620
         14:29:51          BST        10                        14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573603561656
         14:29:51          BST        67                        14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573603561652
         14:29:51          BST        125                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573603561651
         14:29:51          BST        125                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573603561654
         14:29:51          BST        125                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573603561655
         14:29:51          BST        215                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573603561653
         14:46:05          BST        210                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            592176823168020231
         14:46:05          BST        239                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            592176823168020232
         15:03:03          BST        194                       14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606250573604882586
         15:03:03          BST        379                       14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592176823168807479
         15:27:40          BST        25                        14.13             GBP                               XLON                            606250573605706541
         15:27:40          BST        165                       14.13             GBP                               XLON                            606250573605706540
         15:32:58          BST        190                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573605859778
         15:32:58          BST        197                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573605859776
         15:32:58          BST        534                       14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606250573605859777
         15:51:37          BST        712                       14.15             GBP                               XLON                            592176823170507758
         15:51:37          BST        42                        14.15             GBP                               XLON                            606250573606477334
         16:06:11          BST        87                        14.17             GBP                               XLON                            592176823171077731
         16:06:11          BST        498                       14.17             GBP                               XLON                            592176823171077732
         16:11:07          BST        217                       14.19             GBP                               XLON                            592176823171291994
         16:19:18          BST        614                       14.22             GBP                               XLON                            606250573607558096

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