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RNS Number : 7534J  WH Smith PLC  25 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 25 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
 25 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 274,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,642,095 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:                               25 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                                                13.9943                                         13.8000                     14.1000

 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
 08:02:42          BST          429               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            606261898232568985
 08:15:15          BST          303               13.8              GBP                               XLON                            592188147782447476
 08:31:20          BST          206               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            592188147782786001
 08:57:08          BST          283               13.85             GBP                               XLON                            606261898233607696
 09:51:15          BST          196               13.86             GBP                               XLON                            606261898234668049
 09:51:15          BST          410               13.86             GBP                               XLON                            606261898234668048
 10:13:57          BST          196               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            606261898235121111
 10:13:57          BST          624               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592188147784952090
 11:11:50          BST          210               14                GBP                               XLON                            606261898236353164
 11:15:39          BST          349               14                GBP                               XLON                            606261898236438314
 11:59:47          BST          37                13.96             GBP                               XLON                            606261898237358315
 11:59:47          BST          147               13.96             GBP                               XLON                            606261898237358314
 11:59:47          BST          386               13.96             GBP                               XLON                            606261898237358313
 12:41:05          BST          332               13.94             GBP                               XLON                            606261898238160556
 13:26:31          BST          206               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            592188147789376836
 13:26:31          BST          714               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            606261898239204121
 13:40:30          BST          57                14.01             GBP                               XLON                            592188147789768103
 13:40:30          BST          192               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            592188147789768104
 14:01:31          BST          12                14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606261898240093981
 14:01:31          BST          109               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606261898240093980
 14:01:31          BST          114               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606261898240093979
 14:01:31          BST          162               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606261898240093982
 14:09:51          BST          90                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592188147790560306
 14:12:05          BST          92                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            592188147790624527
 14:19:33          BST          306               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            592188147790844468
 14:30:30          BST          45                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606261898240910572
 14:32:10          BST          99                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606261898240994404
 14:33:21          BST          81                13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606261898241046727
 14:40:33          BST          29                13.98             GBP                               XLON                            606261898241312397
 15:00:08          BST          460               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606261898242109831
 15:00:24          BST          202               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606261898242119501
 15:00:24          BST          771               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606261898242119500
 15:00:24          BST          130               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592188147792541281
 15:17:11          BST          23                14.1              GBP                               XLON                            592188147793269419
 15:18:51          BST          77                14.1              GBP                               XLON                            592188147793344600
 15:19:48          BST          123               14.1              GBP                               XLON                            592188147793383796
 15:27:11          BST          18                14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606261898243169114
 15:27:11          BST          319               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606261898243169115
 15:32:12          BST          25                14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606261898243342527
 15:39:52          BST          92                14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606261898243622451
 15:39:52          BST          106               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606261898243622452
 15:39:52          BST          172               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606261898243622453
 15:45:50          BST          28                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592188147794418331
 15:45:50          BST          195               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592188147794418332
 15:50:58          BST          31                14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606261898244049932
 15:55:19          BST          338               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606261898244219848
 16:07:03          BST          202               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592188147795275695
 16:07:03          BST          156               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606261898244634823
 16:07:03          BST          219               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            606261898244634822
 16:12:01          BST          93                14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606261898244807879
 16:12:01          BST          129               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606261898244807878
 16:20:31          BST          100               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606261898245138100
 16:20:31          BST          319               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606261898245138101
 16:27:12          BST          11                14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606261898245399212
 16:27:12          BST          245               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606261898245399213

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