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RNS Number : 9557H  WH Smith PLC  11 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 11 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
 11 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 164,514 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,751,778 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:                               11 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                                                13.9372                                         13.8700                     14.0500

 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
 08:11:27          BST          613               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            592183193258009987
 08:34:56          BST          220               13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592183193258517995
 08:46:43          BST          80                13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592183193258783208
 08:58:25          BST          502               13.92             GBP                               XLON                            606256943701081302
 09:26:00          BST          393               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592183193259700835
 09:49:06          BST          56                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943702238567
 09:49:06          BST          260               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943702238568
 09:49:57          BST          200               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592183193260313463
 10:44:29          BST          61                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943703608556
 10:44:29          BST          188               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943703608557
 10:44:29          BST          344               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943703608555
 10:55:48          BST          83                13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592183193262055445
 10:55:48          BST          200               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592183193262055446
 11:33:22          BST          387               13.87             GBP                               XLON                            606256943704771085
 12:09:16          BST          209               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943705557725
 12:51:42          BST          19                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943706395481
 13:12:46          BST          71                13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592183193265268608
 13:12:46          BST          123               13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592183193265268609
 13:16:03          BST          43                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943706932631
 13:16:03          BST          132               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943706932630
 13:16:03          BST          194               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943706932633
 13:16:03          BST          194               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943706932634
 13:16:03          BST          350               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606256943706932632
 13:31:15          BST          185               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592183193265761540
 13:53:04          BST          207               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256943707847993
 13:56:43          BST          62                13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592183193266427769
 13:56:43          BST          145               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592183193266427770
 13:56:43          BST          221               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592183193266427768
 14:01:14          BST          81                13.9              GBP                               XLON                            606256943708038548
 14:01:14          BST          151               13.9              GBP                               XLON                            606256943708038549
 14:18:08          BST          246               13.9              GBP                               XLON                            606256943708459315
 14:51:02          BST          111               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268104711
 14:52:11          BST          4                 13.92             GBP                               XLON                            606256943709529627
 14:52:11          BST          29                13.92             GBP                               XLON                            606256943709529628
 14:52:11          BST          32                13.92             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268144371
 14:52:11          BST          76                13.92             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268144370
 14:52:11          BST          147               13.92             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268144369
 14:52:11          BST          2                 13.92             GBP                               XLON                            606256943709529632
 15:02:16          BST          27                13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256943709874320
 15:02:16          BST          63                13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256943709874319
 15:02:16          BST          122               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256943709874318
 15:02:16          BST          2                 13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268513428
 15:08:00          BST          45                13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268728640
 15:08:00          BST          52                13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268728641
 15:08:00          BST          45                13.94             GBP                               XLON                            606256943710075421
 15:08:00          BST          45                13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268728651
 15:08:00          BST          127               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268728653
 15:12:31          BST          256               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592183193268903062
 15:12:31          BST          666               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256943710237349
 15:19:40          BST          270               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606256943710492101
 15:31:37          BST          71                13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592183193269596492
 15:31:37          BST          175               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592183193269596491
 15:31:37          BST          190               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592183193269596493
 15:31:37          BST          160               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606256943710885975
 15:47:07          BST          82                14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592183193270146062
 15:54:32          BST          185               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592183193270409891
 15:54:32          BST          185               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606256943711645802
 16:07:42          BST          196               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606256943712100615
 16:07:42          BST          847               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592183193270897619
 16:20:00          BST          42                14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606256943712596917
 16:20:00          BST          100               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606256943712596915
 16:20:00          BST          110               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606256943712596911
 16:20:00          BST          158               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606256943712596922
 16:20:00          BST          158               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606256943712596924

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