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RNS Number : 2521H  WH Smith PLC  07 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 07 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
 07 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 120,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,794,230 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:                               07 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                                                14.2716                                         14.2000                     14.4200

 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
 08:02:12          BST          97                14.42             GBP                               XLON                            592181777681762780
 08:02:12          BST          295               14.42             GBP                               XLON                            592181777681762779
 08:10:59          BST          302               14.37             GBP                               XLON                            592181777681996252
 08:25:09          BST          10                14.31             GBP                               XLON                            592181777682374936
 08:25:09          BST          280               14.31             GBP                               XLON                            592181777682374935
 08:46:22          BST          113               14.23             GBP                               XLON                            606255528116287963
 08:46:22          BST          162               14.23             GBP                               XLON                            606255528116287964
 09:14:39          BST          100               14.22             GBP                               XLON                            606255528116924040
 09:14:39          BST          197               14.22             GBP                               XLON                            606255528116924041
 09:14:39          BST          220               14.22             GBP                               XLON                            592181777683568131
 09:39:13          BST          196               14.21             GBP                               XLON                            592181777684125463
 09:58:52          BST          195               14.21             GBP                               XLON                            606255528117848188
 09:59:42          BST          276               14.2              GBP                               XLON                            592181777684570357
 10:49:08          BST          40                14.2              GBP                               XLON                            592181777685756513
 10:49:08          BST          100               14.2              GBP                               XLON                            592181777685756511
 10:49:08          BST          171               14.2              GBP                               XLON                            592181777685756509
 10:49:08          BST          200               14.2              GBP                               XLON                            592181777685756510
 12:02:36          BST          243               14.3              GBP                               XLON                            592181777687316067
 12:02:41          BST          336               14.28             GBP                               XLON                            606255528120432492
 12:02:41          BST          489               14.28             GBP                               XLON                            606255528120432491
 12:49:49          BST          20                14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592181777688300232
 12:49:49          BST          80                14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592181777688300229
 12:49:49          BST          95                14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592181777688300227
 12:49:49          BST          100               14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592181777688300231
 12:49:49          BST          274               14.29             GBP                               XLON                            592181777688300224
 13:53:06          BST          15                14.31             GBP                               XLON                            592181777689780832
 13:53:06          BST          68                14.31             GBP                               XLON                            592181777689780831
 13:53:06          BST          35                14.31             GBP                               XLON                            606255528122733019
 13:55:28          BST          103               14.32             GBP                               XLON                            592181777689840762
 13:55:28          BST          19                14.32             GBP                               XLON                            606255528122789014
 13:55:28          BST          19                14.32             GBP                               XLON                            606255528122789015
 13:55:28          BST          32                14.32             GBP                               XLON                            606255528122789016
 13:55:28          BST          84                14.32             GBP                               XLON                            606255528122789013
 14:08:40          BST          288               14.35             GBP                               XLON                            592181777690207598
 14:11:22          BST          292               14.32             GBP                               XLON                            592181777690288010
 14:11:22          BST          552               14.32             GBP                               XLON                            592181777690288011
 14:11:22          BST          63                14.32             GBP                               XLON                            606255528123208053
 14:27:03          BST          262               14.28             GBP                               XLON                            592181777690700967
 14:32:26          BST          296               14.25             GBP                               XLON                            606255528123778896
 14:56:07          BST          35                14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606255528124659117
 14:56:07          BST          68                14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606255528124659119
 14:56:07          BST          100               14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606255528124659118
 14:56:07          BST          203               14.27             GBP                               XLON                            592181777691830406
 14:56:07          BST          450               14.27             GBP                               XLON                            606255528124659120
 15:09:09          BST          100               14.26             GBP                               XLON                            592181777692318309
 15:09:09          BST          100               14.26             GBP                               XLON                            592181777692318310
 15:09:09          BST          100               14.26             GBP                               XLON                            592181777692318312
 15:09:09          BST          290               14.26             GBP                               XLON                            592181777692318313
 15:21:38          BST          26                14.27             GBP                               XLON                            592181777692790345
 15:21:38          BST          62                14.27             GBP                               XLON                            592181777692790347
 15:21:38          BST          75                14.27             GBP                               XLON                            592181777692790346
 15:21:38          BST          203               14.27             GBP                               XLON                            592181777692790344
 15:31:02          BST          74                14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777693130105
 15:31:02          BST          100               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777693130106
 15:31:02          BST          184               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777693130108
 15:40:15          BST          335               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777693456529
 16:00:06          BST          145               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777694186936
 16:00:06          BST          194               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777694186937
 16:00:06          BST          218               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777694186938
 16:00:06          BST          218               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            606255528126871110
 16:23:56          BST          44                14.25             GBP                               XLON                            592181777695213823
 16:23:56          BST          60                14.25             GBP                               XLON                            592181777695213825
 16:23:56          BST          72                14.25             GBP                               XLON                            592181777695213824
 16:23:56          BST          96                14.25             GBP                               XLON                            592181777695213826
 16:29:47          BST          211               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777695477140
 16:29:47          BST          518               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592181777695477139

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