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RNS Number : 1983J  WH Smith PLC  22 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 22 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
 22 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 241,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,675,095 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:                               22 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                                                14.1056                                         13.9000                     14.2400

 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
 08:14:30          BST          618               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            592187086098291011
 08:29:45          BST          112               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606260836533012103
 08:29:45          BST          79                13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606260836533012104
 08:45:21          BST          21                13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592187086098822332
 08:45:21          BST          87                13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592187086098822333
 08:45:21          BST          87                13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592187086098822334
 09:35:19          BST          175               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606260836534118619
 10:22:43          BST          297               13.96             GBP                               XLON                            606260836534844221
 10:22:43          BST          391               13.96             GBP                               XLON                            606260836534844223
 10:22:43          BST          173               13.96             GBP                               XLON                            606260836534844228
 10:22:43          BST          233               13.96             GBP                               XLON                            592187086100510958
 10:44:31          BST          21                13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535231826
 10:44:31          BST          34                13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535231822
 10:44:31          BST          83                13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535231823
 10:44:31          BST          192               13.95             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535231824
 11:27:47          BST          3                 13.98             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535987463
 11:27:47          BST          59                13.98             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535987462
 11:27:47          BST          135               13.98             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535987461
 11:27:47          BST          2                 13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535987467
 11:27:47          BST          271               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606260836535987468
 11:47:44          BST          412               13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606260836536315770
 12:29:38          BST          204               13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592187086102763399
 12:29:38          BST          261               13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592187086102763398
 12:48:22          BST          94                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592187086103092450
 12:48:22          BST          100               13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592187086103092451
 12:48:22          BST          139               13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592187086103092452
 13:32:14          BST          207               14.15             GBP                               XLON                            606260836537992103
 13:32:14          BST          385               14.15             GBP                               XLON                            606260836537992104
 13:39:34          BST          297               14.16             GBP                               XLON                            592187086104013373
 13:51:21          BST          222               14.17             GBP                               XLON                            606260836538334857
 14:21:17          BST          13                14.16             GBP                               XLON                            606260836538990795
 14:21:17          BST          187               14.16             GBP                               XLON                            606260836538990796
 14:21:17          BST          200               14.16             GBP                               XLON                            592187086104946759
 14:21:17          BST          221               14.16             GBP                               XLON                            592187086104946758
 14:31:14          BST          244               14.19             GBP                               XLON                            592187086105218977
 14:42:47          BST          10                14.21             GBP                               XLON                            606260836539583506
 14:42:47          BST          26                14.21             GBP                               XLON                            606260836539583504
 14:42:47          BST          100               14.21             GBP                               XLON                            606260836539583505
 14:42:47          BST          397               14.21             GBP                               XLON                            606260836539583507
 14:52:58          BST          222               14.19             GBP                               XLON                            606260836539917262
 15:05:03          BST          202               14.17             GBP                               XLON                            592187086106386142
 15:05:03          BST          267               14.17             GBP                               XLON                            592187086106386141
 15:08:28          BST          210               14.16             GBP                               XLON                            606260836540434307
 15:20:04          BST          190               14.15             GBP                               XLON                            606260836540757493
 15:20:04          BST          285               14.15             GBP                               XLON                            592187086106841154
 15:40:04          BST          715               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592187086107483028
 15:40:04          BST          15                14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592187086107483034
 15:40:10          BST          180               14.23             GBP                               XLON                            592187086107486296
 15:56:17          BST          522               14.22             GBP                               XLON                            606260836541795608
 16:05:01          BST          27                14.23             GBP                               XLON                            592187086108205535
 16:05:01          BST          267               14.23             GBP                               XLON                            592187086108205536
 16:07:52          BST          223               14.23             GBP                               XLON                            592187086108288906
 16:20:13          BST          603               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            606260836542533280
 16:25:39          BST          280               14.24             GBP                               XLON                            592187086108981748

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