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RNS Number : 6754I  WH Smith PLC  17 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 17 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 10,683 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 17 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 208,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,708,095 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:                                                                                    17 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                 10,683                                              13.8213                                         13.7700                         13.8600

 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
           08:03:24          BST                                 381                                   13.8                    GBP                 XLON                            606259067058981314
           08:12:47          BST                                 295                                   13.78                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067059236069
           08:28:51          BST                                 279                                   13.81                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067059602214
           09:15:11          BST                                 579                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067060908605
           09:57:48          BST                                 188                                   13.83                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067061985921
           09:57:51          BST                                 100                                   13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067061987599
           09:57:51          BST                                 199                                   13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067061987600
           10:25:47          BST                                 205                                   13.83                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316629937218
           11:19:37          BST                                 61                                    13.85                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316631233376
           11:19:37          BST                                 120                                   13.85                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316631233375
           11:48:09          BST                                 60                                    13.85                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316631876757
           11:48:09          BST                                 128                                   13.85                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316631876758
           12:03:19          BST                                 178                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067064797296
           12:03:19          BST                                 665                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067064797297
           12:04:37          BST                                 208                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067064831857
           12:04:37          BST                                 119                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316632263937
           12:04:38          BST                                 109                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316632264081
           12:11:17          BST                                 305                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067064965116
           12:34:13          BST                                 296                                   13.86                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067065467580
           13:15:03          BST                                 421                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316633840136
           13:19:14          BST                                 230                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316633952225
           13:47:26          BST                                 207                                   13.83                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316634702575
           14:07:37          BST                                 191                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316635248500
           14:16:09          BST                                 101                                   13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067067884051
           14:16:09          BST                                 72                                    13.84                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067067884057
           14:16:10          BST                                 191                                   13.83                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067067884543
           14:16:10          BST                                 257                                   13.83                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316635518079
           14:32:22          BST                                 152                                   13.83                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316636005982
           14:32:23          BST                                 197                                   13.83                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067068341132
           14:32:23          BST                                 224                                   13.83                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067068341226
           14:53:39          BST                                 73                                    13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316636751535
           14:53:39          BST                                 377                                   13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316636751536
           14:57:16          BST                                 173                                   13.81                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316636884314
           14:57:16          BST                                 188                                   13.81                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316636884313
           15:05:07          BST                                 240                                   13.79                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316637196093
           15:19:41          BST                                 206                                   13.78                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067069981281
           15:19:41          BST                                 241                                   13.78                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067069981282
           15:27:33          BST                                 7                                     13.78                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316638004042
           15:27:33          BST                                 193                                   13.78                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316638004041
           15:35:01          BST                                 124                                   13.77                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067070485456
           15:35:01          BST                                 222                                   13.77                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067070485457
           15:58:51          BST                                 206                                   13.8                    GBP                 XLON                            606259067071257416
           16:03:13          BST                                 836                                   13.81                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316639272971
           16:03:13          BST                                 62                                    13.81                   GBP                 XLON                            606259067071433010
           16:11:46          BST                                 89                                    13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316639657490
           16:12:28          BST                                 7                                     13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316639693908
           16:14:00          BST                                 161                                   13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316639770249
           16:14:00          BST                                 191                                   13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316639770251
           16:14:00          BST                                 369                                   13.82                   GBP                 XLON                            592185316639770250

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