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RNS Number : 7849H  WH Smith PLC  10 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 10 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 10,737 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 10 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 153,514 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,762,778 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:                               10 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          10,737                                                13.9527                                         13.9100                     14.0600

 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
 08:02:54          BST          381               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606256589796438329
 08:30:00          BST          363               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            592182839364476647
 08:33:13          BST          239               13.92             GBP                               XLON                            592182839364567238
 09:00:22          BST          100               13.92             GBP                               XLON                            606256589797884572
 09:00:22          BST          118               13.92             GBP                               XLON                            606256589797884573
 09:16:10          BST          189               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            606256589798285274
 09:16:10          BST          200               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592182839365707666
 09:46:26          BST          304               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592182839366474868
 10:08:28          BST          303               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256589799507475
 10:43:54          BST          46                13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589800355150
 10:43:54          BST          149               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589800355152
 10:43:54          BST          300               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589800355151
 12:06:37          BST          215               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            592182839369897026
 12:06:37          BST          215               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589802196788
 12:06:37          BST          215               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589802196789
 12:06:37          BST          245               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589802196786
 12:07:24          BST          1                 13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589802216605
 12:07:24          BST          58                13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589802216606
 12:07:24          BST          218               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606256589802216604
 12:18:42          BST          121               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            592182839370175646
 12:20:18          BST          73                13.95             GBP                               XLON                            592182839370212342
 12:20:18          BST          88                13.95             GBP                               XLON                            592182839370212343
 12:53:49          BST          323               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592182839370955014
 13:30:01          BST          93                13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256589804020730
 13:30:01          BST          107               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256589804020735
 13:30:02          BST          369               13.92             GBP                               XLON                            606256589804025640
 13:40:12          BST          293               13.92             GBP                               XLON                            592182839372275946
 14:28:25          BST          22                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592182839373883434
 14:28:25          BST          34                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592182839373883432
 14:28:25          BST          79                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592182839373883433
 14:28:25          BST          55                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606256589805906139
 14:29:10          BST          13                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606256589805928291
 14:29:10          BST          21                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606256589805928292
 14:29:10          BST          83                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606256589805928293
 14:29:10          BST          76                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592182839373907441
 14:34:01          BST          37                13.98             GBP                               XLON                            592182839374131894
 14:34:01          BST          73                13.98             GBP                               XLON                            592182839374131891
 14:34:01          BST          100               13.98             GBP                               XLON                            592182839374131892
 14:34:01          BST          200               13.98             GBP                               XLON                            592182839374131893
 14:34:01          BST          411               13.98             GBP                               XLON                            592182839374131896
 14:34:01          BST          53                13.98             GBP                               XLON                            592182839374131909
 14:40:33          BST          2                 13.96             GBP                               XLON                            606256589806418320
 14:40:33          BST          428               13.96             GBP                               XLON                            606256589806418339
 15:02:36          BST          211               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592182839375364807
 15:02:36          BST          211               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256589807290052
 15:02:36          BST          423               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256589807290053
 15:14:23          BST          412               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            592182839375836842
 15:31:30          BST          8                 13.95             GBP                               XLON                            592182839376471559
 15:31:30          BST          66                13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606256589808324651
 15:31:30          BST          100               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606256589808324650
 15:31:30          BST          204               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            592182839376471558
 15:31:30          BST          218               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606256589808324649
 15:48:19          BST          117               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592182839377058569
 15:48:19          BST          187               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256589808873170
 15:48:19          BST          250               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592182839377058568
 15:54:23          BST          459               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            606256589809081318
 16:16:19          BST          217               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606256589809963459
 16:18:29          BST          80                13.94             GBP                               XLON                            606256589810054985
 16:19:09          BST          95                13.94             GBP                               XLON                            606256589810082053
 16:19:09          BST          218               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            606256589810082054
 16:19:09          BST          248               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            606256589810082056

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