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RNS Number : 0218J  WH Smith PLC  21 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 21 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
 21 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 230,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,686,095 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:                               21 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                                                14.0706                                         14.0000                     14.1500

 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
 08:21:13          BST          634               14.14             GBP                               XLON                            606260482638409790
 08:21:13          BST          73                14.14             GBP                               XLON                            592186732202630756
 08:21:18          BST          2                 14.14             GBP                               XLON                            592186732202632134
 08:29:43          BST          77                14.15             GBP                               XLON                            592186732202816439
 08:29:43          BST          150               14.15             GBP                               XLON                            592186732202816440
 08:52:08          BST          5                 14.12             GBP                               XLON                            606260482639026914
 08:52:08          BST          100               14.12             GBP                               XLON                            606260482639026912
 08:52:08          BST          100               14.12             GBP                               XLON                            606260482639026913
 09:15:59          BST          214               14.1              GBP                               XLON                            606260482639491505
 09:21:15          BST          460               14.13             GBP                               XLON                            606260482639599268
 09:30:17          BST          65                14.13             GBP                               XLON                            592186732204116870
 09:35:21          BST          238               14.13             GBP                               XLON                            592186732204231615
 09:58:59          BST          288               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592186732204728140
 10:16:43          BST          88                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592186732205118584
 10:16:43          BST          273               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592186732205118585
 10:52:55          BST          261               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606260482641575948
 11:38:07          BST          180               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            592186732206941906
 11:38:07          BST          265               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            606260482642480342
 11:58:19          BST          202               14.02             GBP                               XLON                            606260482642891559
 12:12:04          BST          295               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592186732207671521
 12:37:11          BST          181               14                GBP                               XLON                            592186732208172912
 12:37:11          BST          283               14                GBP                               XLON                            606260482643639126
 13:25:24          BST          85                14.03             GBP                               XLON                            592186732209145725
 13:25:24          BST          218               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            606260482644562426
 13:25:24          BST          439               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            592186732209145726
 13:35:09          BST          291               14.02             GBP                               XLON                            606260482644778626
 14:01:16          BST          175               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            592186732210037429
 14:01:16          BST          243               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606260482645400879
 14:34:57          BST          15                14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606260482646306133
 14:34:57          BST          107               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606260482646306137
 14:34:57          BST          179               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606260482646306136
 14:34:57          BST          512               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606260482646306135
 14:34:57          BST          149               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            592186732210994332
 14:53:53          BST          133               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592186732211708972
 14:53:53          BST          144               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592186732211708971
 14:53:53          BST          288               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592186732211708970
 15:12:46          BST          189               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606260482647737902
 15:19:16          BST          195               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592186732212732847
 15:19:16          BST          640               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606260482647953880
 15:19:16          BST          15                14.08             GBP                               XLON                            592186732212732853
 15:46:01          BST          110               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592186732213687090
 15:46:01          BST          121               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592186732213687091
 15:46:01          BST          201               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592186732213687088
 15:46:01          BST          201               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606260482648861173
 15:46:01          BST          243               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606260482648861172
 16:02:04          BST          42                14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606260482649449537
 16:02:28          BST          140               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606260482649465719
 16:02:28          BST          182               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592186732214323451
 16:02:28          BST          245               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592186732214323450
 16:19:52          BST          665               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592186732215125737
 16:19:52          BST          135               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592186732215125749
 16:22:22          BST          31                14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606260482650388683
 16:22:22          BST          100               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606260482650388684
 16:22:22          BST          133               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606260482650388685

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