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RNS Number : 0727H  WH Smith PLC  04 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 04 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
 04 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 109,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,805,230 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:                               04 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                                                14.3222                                         14.2300                     14.3800

 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
 08:14:52          BST          77                14.23             GBP                               XLON                            592180715997047450
 08:14:52          BST          669               14.23             GBP                               XLON                            592180715997047451
 08:46:54          BST          439               14.26             GBP                               XLON                            592180715997787216
 08:58:12          BST          273               14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606254466445691789
 09:27:22          BST          99                14.33             GBP                               XLON                            592180715998716568
 09:27:22          BST          229               14.33             GBP                               XLON                            592180715998716567
 09:47:33          BST          274               14.3              GBP                               XLON                            606254466446802175
 10:53:52          BST          362               14.3              GBP                               XLON                            606254466448255803
 11:25:33          BST          431               14.29             GBP                               XLON                            606254466448978026
 11:54:56          BST          20                14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606254466449554271
 11:54:56          BST          192               14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606254466449554270
 12:03:04          BST          459               14.27             GBP                               XLON                            592180716002327596
 12:40:45          BST          32                14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606254466450460539
 12:40:45          BST          51                14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606254466450460541
 12:40:45          BST          165               14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606254466450460540
 12:59:36          BST          61                14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592180716003476038
 12:59:36          BST          66                14.29             GBP                               XLON                            606254466450809261
 12:59:36          BST          139               14.29             GBP                               XLON                            606254466450809262
 12:59:36          BST          185               14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592180716003476039
 13:14:22          BST          208               14.29             GBP                               XLON                            606254466451118096
 13:29:57          BST          116               14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592180716004171434
 13:29:57          BST          304               14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592180716004171435
 13:42:32          BST          222               14.32             GBP                               XLON                            606254466451972494
 14:06:03          BST          10                14.38             GBP                               XLON                            606254466452743139
 14:06:03          BST          207               14.38             GBP                               XLON                            606254466452743140
 14:06:03          BST          247               14.38             GBP                               XLON                            606254466452743138
 14:20:06          BST          200               14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592180716005989007
 14:20:06          BST          229               14.37             GBP                               XLON                            606254466453165565
 14:31:18          BST          353               14.33             GBP                               XLON                            606254466453531109
 14:54:07          BST          190               14.35             GBP                               XLON                            592180716007354969
 14:54:07          BST          245               14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606254466454450194
 14:54:07          BST          329               14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606254466454450195
 14:54:07          BST          129               14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606254466454450213
 15:08:08          BST          51                14.38             GBP                               XLON                            606254466455090230
 15:08:38          BST          135               14.38             GBP                               XLON                            606254466455107732
 15:09:20          BST          341               14.36             GBP                               XLON                            606254466455140812
 15:20:03          BST          374               14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592180716008503495
 15:37:07          BST          17                14.34             GBP                               XLON                            592180716009144860
 15:37:07          BST          746               14.34             GBP                               XLON                            592180716009144861
 15:47:35          BST          9                 14.34             GBP                               XLON                            592180716009513398
 15:47:35          BST          338               14.34             GBP                               XLON                            592180716009513399
 16:06:19          BST          106               14.38             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457103051
 16:06:19          BST          194               14.38             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457103052
 16:06:19          BST          364               14.38             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457103050
 16:13:49          BST          91                14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592180716010462579
 16:13:49          BST          194               14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592180716010462577
 16:13:49          BST          204               14.37             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457376483
 16:13:49          BST          245               14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592180716010462576
 16:19:26          BST          88                14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457599447
 16:19:53          BST          48                14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457617113
 16:20:20          BST          68                14.35             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457645672
 16:24:05          BST          20                14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457833889
 16:24:15          BST          155               14.34             GBP                               XLON                            606254466457839787

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