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RNS Number : 3144I  WH Smith PLC  15 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 15 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
 15 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 186,514 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,729,778 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:                               15 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                                                13.8577                                         13.7900                     13.9500

 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
 08:05:06          BST          379               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606258359271745011
 08:10:45          BST          318               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606258359271891989
 08:30:48          BST          96                13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592184608837591504
 08:30:48          BST          107               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592184608837591505
 08:45:25          BST          206               13.86             GBP                               XLON                            592184608838014025
 09:11:28          BST          539               13.9              GBP                               XLON                            606258359273542278
 09:29:00          BST          300               13.83             GBP                               XLON                            606258359274031753
 10:05:27          BST          117               13.8              GBP                               XLON                            606258359274955362
 10:05:27          BST          173               13.8              GBP                               XLON                            606258359274955363
 10:30:31          BST          13                13.83             GBP                               XLON                            606258359275539868
 10:30:31          BST          170               13.83             GBP                               XLON                            606258359275539867
 10:30:31          BST          199               13.83             GBP                               XLON                            606258359275539866
 10:59:42          BST          239               13.83             GBP                               XLON                            592184608841608826
 11:24:47          BST          47                13.82             GBP                               XLON                            592184608842251551
 11:24:47          BST          169               13.82             GBP                               XLON                            592184608842251552
 11:51:57          BST          82                13.83             GBP                               XLON                            592184608842882664
 11:51:57          BST          286               13.83             GBP                               XLON                            592184608842882665
 12:26:11          BST          50                13.82             GBP                               XLON                            606258359278171665
 12:26:59          BST          279               13.82             GBP                               XLON                            606258359278188313
 13:05:27          BST          202               13.8              GBP                               XLON                            606258359279075575
 13:15:45          BST          184               13.8              GBP                               XLON                            606258359279323889
 13:24:48          BST          32                13.79             GBP                               XLON                            606258359279546627
 13:24:48          BST          41                13.79             GBP                               XLON                            592184608845158147
 13:24:48          BST          100               13.79             GBP                               XLON                            592184608845158144
 13:24:48          BST          100               13.79             GBP                               XLON                            592184608845158145
 13:24:48          BST          100               13.79             GBP                               XLON                            592184608845158146
 13:24:48          BST          155               13.79             GBP                               XLON                            606258359279546626
 13:51:21          BST          11                13.81             GBP                               XLON                            592184608845926562
 13:51:21          BST          62                13.81             GBP                               XLON                            606258359280270893
 13:51:21          BST          88                13.81             GBP                               XLON                            592184608845926564
 13:51:21          BST          94                13.81             GBP                               XLON                            592184608845926563
 13:51:21          BST          262               13.81             GBP                               XLON                            606258359280270894
 14:21:03          BST          196               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            592184608846804552
 14:39:56          BST          120               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            592184608847542798
 14:39:56          BST          802               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            592184608847542799
 14:55:02          BST          239               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            592184608848177206
 14:55:02          BST          351               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            592184608848177207
 15:13:44          BST          178               13.87             GBP                               XLON                            592184608848960273
 15:19:43          BST          4                 13.87             GBP                               XLON                            592184608849208554
 15:19:43          BST          200               13.87             GBP                               XLON                            592184608849208553
 15:25:16          BST          61                13.86             GBP                               XLON                            606258359283572604
 15:25:16          BST          410               13.86             GBP                               XLON                            606258359283572605
 15:25:16          BST          523               13.86             GBP                               XLON                            606258359283572603
 15:25:16          BST          84                13.86             GBP                               XLON                            592184608849434396
 15:31:02          BST          217               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            606258359283831437
 15:31:02          BST          239               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            592184608849708577
 15:59:04          BST          98                13.86             GBP                               XLON                            592184608851172614
 16:05:19          BST          40                13.88             GBP                               XLON                            606258359285491930
 16:05:19          BST          55                13.88             GBP                               XLON                            606258359285491931
 16:05:19          BST          36                13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592184608851464925
 16:05:19          BST          36                13.88             GBP                               XLON                            606258359285491938
 16:05:19          BST          91                13.88             GBP                               XLON                            606258359285491940
 16:10:25          BST          321               13.87             GBP                               XLON                            592184608851712341
 16:10:25          BST          574               13.87             GBP                               XLON                            606258359285726289
 16:18:02          BST          20                13.92             GBP                               XLON                            592184608852117076
 16:18:02          BST          550               13.92             GBP                               XLON                            592184608852117078
 16:24:32          BST          170               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592184608852513749
 16:24:32          BST          185               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592184608852513748

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