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RNS Number : 5407G  WH Smith PLC  01 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 01 October 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
 01 October 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 76,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,836,227 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:                               01 October 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                                                14.4948                                         14.3200                     14.6500

 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
 08:08:27          BST          243               14.53             GBP                               XLON                            592179654314414184
 08:08:27          BST          320               14.53             GBP                               XLON                            592179654314414182
 08:55:55          BST          184               14.65             GBP                               XLON                            592179654315553191
 08:55:55          BST          528               14.65             GBP                               XLON                            592179654315553192
 09:19:21          BST          345               14.64             GBP                               XLON                            606253404763259580
 09:27:34          BST          233               14.63             GBP                               XLON                            606253404763452370
 10:10:56          BST          92                14.6              GBP                               XLON                            606253404764490194
 10:10:56          BST          155               14.6              GBP                               XLON                            606253404764490193
 10:20:05          BST          13                14.59             GBP                               XLON                            592179654317494451
 10:29:26          BST          57                14.59             GBP                               XLON                            592179654317701536
 10:39:38          BST          169               14.59             GBP                               XLON                            592179654317929419
 10:39:38          BST          203               14.59             GBP                               XLON                            592179654317929420
 10:39:38          BST          203               14.59             GBP                               XLON                            592179654317929421
 11:05:28          BST          254               14.58             GBP                               XLON                            606253404765786609
 11:11:14          BST          111               14.56             GBP                               XLON                            606253404765917830
 11:27:22          BST          9                 14.61             GBP                               XLON                            592179654318999132
 11:27:22          BST          200               14.61             GBP                               XLON                            592179654318999131
 11:43:55          BST          334               14.59             GBP                               XLON                            606253404766629224
 12:09:44          BST          270               14.59             GBP                               XLON                            606253404767197046
 12:18:10          BST          247               14.6              GBP                               XLON                            606253404767385299
 12:54:10          BST          40                14.57             GBP                               XLON                            592179654320825334
 12:59:17          BST          55                14.57             GBP                               XLON                            592179654320945355
 13:31:40          BST          189               14.58             GBP                               XLON                            592179654321697254
 13:31:40          BST          189               14.58             GBP                               XLON                            606253404769081776
 13:31:40          BST          216               14.58             GBP                               XLON                            606253404769081775
 13:48:08          BST          218               14.59             GBP                               XLON                            606253404769490936
 13:48:08          BST          303               14.59             GBP                               XLON                            592179654322093512
 13:48:13          BST          196               14.58             GBP                               XLON                            592179654322095120
 13:48:35          BST          2                 14.57             GBP                               XLON                            592179654322103179
 13:48:47          BST          248               14.57             GBP                               XLON                            592179654322108225
 14:11:40          BST          209               14.59             GBP                               XLON                            592179654322698299
 14:16:23          BST          247               14.58             GBP                               XLON                            592179654322813383
 14:29:42          BST          117               14.5              GBP                               XLON                            592179654323185579
 14:29:42          BST          71                14.5              GBP                               XLON                            592179654323185582
 14:29:42          BST          94                14.5              GBP                               XLON                            592179654323185580
 14:36:24          BST          303               14.45             GBP                               XLON                            592179654323500201
 14:45:22          BST          384               14.41             GBP                               XLON                            592179654323942022
 14:55:04          BST          29                14.38             GBP                               XLON                            592179654324403003
 14:55:04          BST          322               14.38             GBP                               XLON                            592179654324403002
 15:10:43          BST          478               14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592179654325149837
 15:30:59          BST          191               14.33             GBP                               XLON                            592179654325968141
 15:30:59          BST          492               14.33             GBP                               XLON                            592179654325968144
 15:44:12          BST          32                14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606253404773991336
 15:44:12          BST          11                14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606253404773991339
 15:44:12          BST          100               14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606253404773991338
 15:44:12          BST          200               14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606253404773991337
 16:03:16          BST          281               14.34             GBP                               XLON                            592179654327204748
 16:03:16          BST          792               14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606253404774729869
 16:22:34          BST          214               14.32             GBP                               XLON                            592179654328028984
 16:22:34          BST          607               14.32             GBP                               XLON                            592179654328028985

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