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RNS Number : 3319G  WH Smith PLC  30 September 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 30 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
 30 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 65,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,847,227 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:                               30 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                                                14.7486                                         14.6700                     14.9000

 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
 08:06:31          BST          434               14.9              GBP                               XLON                            592179300425301705
 08:17:47          BST          322               14.84             GBP                               XLON                            592179300425615534
 08:29:54          BST          104               14.81             GBP                               XLON                            606253050871297137
 08:29:54          BST          148               14.81             GBP                               XLON                            606253050871297138
 09:15:35          BST          4                 14.75             GBP                               XLON                            592179300427143176
 09:15:35          BST          135               14.75             GBP                               XLON                            592179300427143177
 09:15:35          BST          155               14.75             GBP                               XLON                            592179300427143175
 09:15:35          BST          171               14.75             GBP                               XLON                            592179300427143174
 09:15:35          BST          216               14.75             GBP                               XLON                            592179300427143178
 09:29:57          BST          51                14.72             GBP                               XLON                            606253050872844653
 09:29:57          BST          169               14.72             GBP                               XLON                            606253050872844654
 09:30:08          BST          71                14.71             GBP                               XLON                            606253050872852597
 09:30:08          BST          122               14.71             GBP                               XLON                            606253050872852649
 10:11:56          BST          310               14.79             GBP                               XLON                            606253050873840340
 10:17:32          BST          276               14.78             GBP                               XLON                            606253050873973979
 10:41:37          BST          31                14.77             GBP                               XLON                            592179300429502742
 10:41:37          BST          220               14.77             GBP                               XLON                            592179300429502741
 11:11:25          BST          282               14.79             GBP                               XLON                            606253050875384946
 11:39:56          BST          322               14.76             GBP                               XLON                            606253050876020662
 12:00:39          BST          346               14.77             GBP                               XLON                            606253050876447645
 12:58:38          BST          41                14.79             GBP                               XLON                            592179300432727681
 12:58:38          BST          154               14.79             GBP                               XLON                            592179300432727682
 13:14:06          BST          45                14.78             GBP                               XLON                            606253050877993995
 13:14:06          BST          101               14.78             GBP                               XLON                            606253050877993997
 13:14:06          BST          125               14.78             GBP                               XLON                            606253050877993994
 13:14:06          BST          125               14.78             GBP                               XLON                            606253050877993996
 13:14:06          BST          243               14.78             GBP                               XLON                            606253050877993993
 13:30:18          BST          106               14.76             GBP                               XLON                            592179300433450421
 13:30:18          BST          254               14.76             GBP                               XLON                            592179300433450422
 14:15:37          BST          355               14.79             GBP                               XLON                            592179300434736520
 14:15:37          BST          400               14.79             GBP                               XLON                            592179300434736519
 14:30:27          BST          95                14.79             GBP                               XLON                            592179300435182368
 14:30:27          BST          277               14.79             GBP                               XLON                            592179300435182369
 14:39:12          BST          191               14.75             GBP                               XLON                            592179300435565706
 14:41:15          BST          303               14.74             GBP                               XLON                            592179300435651441
 14:56:39          BST          15                14.76             GBP                               XLON                            606253050881252564
 14:56:39          BST          204               14.76             GBP                               XLON                            606253050881252565
 14:56:39          BST          332               14.75             GBP                               XLON                            592179300436447951
 15:10:27          BST          221               14.71             GBP                               XLON                            592179300437040144
 15:10:27          BST          302               14.71             GBP                               XLON                            606253050881856526
 15:28:53          BST          219               14.7              GBP                               XLON                            592179300437719712
 15:28:53          BST          344               14.7              GBP                               XLON                            606253050882552332
 15:39:16          BST          70                14.71             GBP                               XLON                            606253050882942595
 15:39:16          BST          130               14.71             GBP                               XLON                            606253050882942596
 15:50:06          BST          22                14.7              GBP                               XLON                            592179300438504493
 15:50:06          BST          103               14.7              GBP                               XLON                            606253050883352751
 15:50:06          BST          106               14.7              GBP                               XLON                            606253050883352750
 15:50:06          BST          187               14.7              GBP                               XLON                            592179300438504494
 15:50:50          BST          325               14.69             GBP                               XLON                            606253050883381656
 15:57:35          BST          449               14.67             GBP                               XLON                            606253050883651995
 16:17:16          BST          94                14.68             GBP                               XLON                            606253050884496681
 16:17:16          BST          125               14.68             GBP                               XLON                            606253050884496680
 16:19:39          BST          187               14.67             GBP                               XLON                            592179300439742616
 16:19:39          BST          339               14.67             GBP                               XLON                            592179300439742615
 16:19:39          BST          522               14.67             GBP                               XLON                            606253050884616845

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