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RNS Number : 6064H  WH Smith PLC  09 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 09 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
 09 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 142,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,772,230 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:                               09 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                                                14.0871                                         14.0400                     14.1400

 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
 08:10:04          BST          166               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235917458883
 08:10:04          BST          17                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235917458884
 08:16:34          BST          562               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            592182485473986604
 08:42:06          BST          75                14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606256235918190253
 08:42:06          BST          131               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606256235918190254
 08:42:06          BST          131               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606256235918190255
 08:59:46          BST          331               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606256235918571055
 09:21:49          BST          28                14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606256235919116246
 09:21:49          BST          181               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606256235919116247
 09:21:49          BST          402               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592182485475588660
 10:16:35          BST          482               14.13             GBP                               XLON                            606256235920315600
 10:18:36          BST          215               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606256235920365546
 10:25:11          BST          304               14.14             GBP                               XLON                            606256235920522840
 11:48:26          BST          89                14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592182485479111718
 11:48:26          BST          125               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592182485479111719
 11:48:26          BST          214               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606256235922434326
 11:48:26          BST          233               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            606256235922434325
 11:52:51          BST          97                14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592182485479226547
 11:52:51          BST          117               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592182485479226548
 12:24:06          BST          200               14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606256235923241507
 12:39:45          BST          319               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606256235923602319
 13:31:40          BST          41                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235924835894
 13:31:40          BST          207               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485481685758
 13:31:40          BST          207               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485481685759
 13:31:40          BST          207               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485481685760
 13:31:40          BST          363               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235924835896
 13:42:16          BST          89                14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592182485481995706
 13:42:16          BST          128               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592182485481995705
 13:54:01          BST          193               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606256235925452036
 14:35:25          BST          219               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606256235926723145
 14:40:31          BST          14                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235926907926
 14:40:31          BST          171               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235926907925
 14:47:01          BST          8                 14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485484168215
 14:47:01          BST          98                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485484168214
 14:47:01          BST          100               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485484168213
 14:50:01          BST          682               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592182485484300274
 14:50:01          BST          2                 14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606256235927285880
 14:50:01          BST          298               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606256235927285889
 15:18:54          BST          212               14.13             GBP                               XLON                            592182485485568190
 15:19:50          BST          950               14.12             GBP                               XLON                            606256235928512574
 15:19:53          BST          22                14.12             GBP                               XLON                            592182485485612524
 15:36:53          BST          33                14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606256235929181973
 15:36:53          BST          181               14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606256235929181974
 15:38:21          BST          358               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592182485486385466
 16:08:26          BST          11                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235930430617
 16:08:26          BST          25                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485487657597
 16:08:26          BST          33                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485487657598
 16:08:26          BST          78                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485487657599
 16:08:26          BST          188               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485487657600
 16:12:20          BST          81                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485487829722
 16:12:20          BST          198               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485487829721
 16:15:15          BST          302               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235930730331
 16:15:15          BST          437               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235930730332
 16:15:15          BST          360               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606256235930730340
 16:26:07          BST          85                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592182485488563394

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