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RNS Number : 5058F  WH Smith PLC  24 September 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 24 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 10,777 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 24 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 21,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,890,676 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:                                       24 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                  10,777                                                14.3770                                         14.3100                     14.4400

 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
 08:19:21          BST        315                         14.37             GBP                               XLON                            606250927477309052
 08:19:21          BST        503                         14.37             GBP                               XLON                            606250927477309051
 09:07:44          BST        22                          14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606250927478338706
 09:07:44          BST        186                         14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606250927478338707
 09:07:44          BST        208                         14.35             GBP                               XLON                            592177177050458013
 09:07:44          BST        295                         14.34             GBP                               XLON                            592177177050458015
 09:16:16          BST        192                         14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606250927478511798
 09:38:05          BST        118                         14.31             GBP                               XLON                            606250927479002708
 09:38:05          BST        191                         14.31             GBP                               XLON                            606250927479002707
 10:25:31          BST        5                           14.35             GBP                               XLON                            592177177052311332
 10:25:31          BST        54                          14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606250927480080033
 10:25:31          BST        185                         14.35             GBP                               XLON                            592177177052311334
 10:25:31          BST        200                         14.35             GBP                               XLON                            592177177052311330
 10:25:31          BST        261                         14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606250927480080034
 10:31:16          BST        249                         14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592177177052445146
 10:57:21          BST        204                         14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592177177053032024
 12:02:04          BST        212                         14.35             GBP                               XLON                            592177177054523248
 12:02:04          BST        299                         14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606250927482144388
 13:02:28          BST        59                          14.37             GBP                               XLON                            606250927483540533
 13:02:28          BST        144                         14.37             GBP                               XLON                            606250927483540534
 13:09:30          BST        210                         14.39             GBP                               XLON                            592177177056206638
 13:12:13          BST        726                         14.38             GBP                               XLON                            592177177056274922
 13:12:13          BST        16                          14.38             GBP                               XLON                            592177177056274925
 14:02:53          BST        192                         14.41             GBP                               XLON                            606250927485169159
 14:02:54          BST        62                          14.4              GBP                               XLON                            606250927485169262
 14:02:54          BST        143                         14.4              GBP                               XLON                            606250927485169264
 14:02:54          BST        657                         14.4              GBP                               XLON                            606250927485169263
 14:13:47          BST        1                           14.39             GBP                               XLON                            592177177058086220
 14:30:30          BST        79                          14.39             GBP                               XLON                            592177177058608281
 14:46:29          BST        122                         14.44             GBP                               XLON                            606250927486558216
 14:46:31          BST        96                          14.44             GBP                               XLON                            606250927486559474
 14:51:26          BST        101                         14.43             GBP                               XLON                            592177177059435141
 14:51:26          BST        125                         14.43             GBP                               XLON                            592177177059435140
 14:51:26          BST        197                         14.42             GBP                               XLON                            592177177059435142
 14:57:47          BST        79                          14.42             GBP                               XLON                            592177177059713867
 14:57:47          BST        196                         14.42             GBP                               XLON                            592177177059713869
 14:57:47          BST        392                         14.42             GBP                               XLON                            592177177059713868
 14:57:47          BST        123                         14.42             GBP                               XLON                            606250927487019548
 15:00:23          BST        209                         14.41             GBP                               XLON                            592177177059863768
 15:07:47          BST        22                          14.39             GBP                               XLON                            592177177060222719
 15:19:33          BST        206                         14.4              GBP                               XLON                            592177177060741628
 15:19:33          BST        206                         14.4              GBP                               XLON                            592177177060741629
 15:19:34          BST        53                          14.39             GBP                               XLON                            592177177060742401
 15:19:47          BST        79                          14.39             GBP                               XLON                            592177177060753722
 15:23:05          BST        166                         14.39             GBP                               XLON                            592177177060919260
 15:23:05          BST        497                         14.39             GBP                               XLON                            592177177060919262
 16:05:07          BST        209                         14.36             GBP                               XLON                            592177177062603128
 16:05:07          BST        628                         14.36             GBP                               XLON                            606250927489753192
 16:05:07          BST        79                          14.36             GBP                               XLON                            606250927489753204
 16:05:07          BST        412                         14.36             GBP                               XLON                            606250927489753205
 16:13:51          BST        180                         14.36             GBP                               XLON                            592177177062987280
 16:14:04          BST        318                         14.36             GBP                               XLON                            592177177062997466
 16:14:06          BST        35                          14.36             GBP                               XLON                            592177177062998695
 16:29:53          BST        59                          14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592177177063811405

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