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RNS Number : 8922F  WH Smith PLC  26 September 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 26 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
 26 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 43,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,869,227 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:                                       26 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                                                14.7131                                         14.5100                           14.8400

 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
 08:06:02          BST        423                         14.51             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884843060143
 08:20:00          BST        407                         14.6              GBP                               XLON                                      606251635284076568
 09:09:58          BST        194                         14.61             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635285489939
 09:09:58          BST        544                         14.59             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635285489959
 09:49:05          BST        125                         14.58             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884846307526
 09:49:05          BST        119                         14.58             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884846307527
 09:49:05          BST        66                          14.58             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884846307528
 09:49:05          BST        209                         14.58             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635286692756
 10:11:11          BST        28                          14.55             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884846985962
 10:24:51          BST        243                         14.55             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884847393853
 10:24:51          BST        206                         14.55             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635287713874
 10:24:51          BST        206                         14.55             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635287713875
 11:05:42          BST        10                          14.55             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884848551145
 11:05:42          BST        319                         14.55             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884848551147
 11:47:55          BST        125                         14.63             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884849705213
 11:47:55          BST        81                          14.63             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884849705214
 12:04:16          BST        559                         14.7              GBP                               XLON                                      592177884850166457
 12:04:16          BST        151                         14.7              GBP                               XLON                                      592177884850166462
 12:21:18          BST        241                         14.69             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884850612360
 13:02:13          BST        324                         14.67             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884851760085
 13:02:13          BST        216                         14.67             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635291816073
 13:50:04          BST        23                          14.74             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635293185635
 13:50:04          BST        18                          14.74             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635293185636
 13:50:04          BST        110                         14.74             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635293185637
 13:50:04          BST        41                          14.74             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635293185638
 13:58:21          BST        528                         14.76             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884853563277
 13:58:21          BST        70                          14.76             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884853563278
 13:58:21          BST        1                           14.76             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884853563279
 13:58:21          BST        161                         14.76             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884853563288
 14:29:22          BST        24                          14.78             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884854677008
 14:30:37          BST        230                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635294635493
 14:30:37          BST        136                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635294635494
 14:48:22          BST        708                         14.84             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884855570743
 14:48:23          BST        68                          14.84             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635295415564
 14:48:23          BST        313                         14.84             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635295415565
 15:07:44          BST        209                         14.83             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884856556559
 15:09:57          BST        306                         14.82             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635296453897
 15:09:57          BST        33                          14.82             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635296453898
 15:09:57          BST        246                         14.82             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635296453899
 15:24:21          BST        39                          14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884857369827
 15:24:21          BST        160                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884857369828
 15:24:21          BST        315                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635297122939
 15:36:26          BST        285                         14.76             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635297649583
 15:47:59          BST        326                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884858478862
 15:47:59          BST        67                          14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635298176187
 15:47:59          BST        148                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635298176188
 15:56:57          BST        400                         14.77             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635298614485
 16:15:09          BST        100                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884859890160
 16:15:09          BST        9                           14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635299516102
 16:15:09          BST        607                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635299516103
 16:15:09          BST        98                          14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635299516104
 16:15:09          BST        98                          14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      606251635299516106
 16:21:59          BST        156                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884860308080
 16:29:24          BST        171                         14.79             GBP                               XLON                                      592177884860724993

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