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RNS Number : 9342J  WH Smith PLC  28 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 28 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
 28 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 285,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,631,095 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:                               28 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                                                14.0819                                         14.0100                     14.2300

 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
 08:04:03          GMT          35                14.03             GBP                               XLON                            606262974640620020
 08:24:06          GMT          492               14.23             GBP                               XLON                            606262974641061398
 08:24:06          GMT          270               14.23             GBP                               XLON                            606262974641061399
 08:36:07          GMT          214               14.17             GBP                               XLON                            592189224211186407
 09:08:38          GMT          80                14.2              GBP                               XLON                            606262974641961941
 09:08:38          GMT          381               14.2              GBP                               XLON                            606262974641961942
 09:24:20          GMT          120               14.15             GBP                               XLON                            592189224212218724
 09:24:20          GMT          123               14.15             GBP                               XLON                            592189224212218725
 09:24:20          GMT          123               14.15             GBP                               XLON                            592189224212218726
 10:07:00          GMT          228               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606262974643165487
 10:29:10          GMT          127               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            592189224213599611
 10:29:10          GMT          242               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            592189224213599610
 10:48:15          GMT          275               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            592189224213974208
 11:30:52          GMT          105               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606262974644770247
 11:30:52          GMT          177               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606262974644770249
 12:22:16          GMT          98                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606262974645702672
 12:22:16          GMT          364               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606262974645702671
 12:22:16          GMT          314               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606262974645702673
 13:07:19          GMT          272               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592189224216779612
 13:07:19          GMT          290               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            592189224216779611
 14:01:20          GMT          100               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592189224217968102
 14:01:20          GMT          100               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592189224217968103
 14:01:20          GMT          100               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592189224217968105
 14:01:20          GMT          103               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592189224217968106
 14:01:20          GMT          198               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592189224217968104
 14:01:21          GMT          225               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            606262974647629640
 14:04:24          GMT          33                14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592189224218048695
 14:04:24          GMT          100               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592189224218048692
 14:04:24          GMT          100               14.07             GBP                               XLON                            592189224218048694
 14:20:10          GMT          94                14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606262974648045104
 14:20:10          GMT          129               14.06             GBP                               XLON                            606262974648045105
 14:54:14          GMT          182               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592189224219414755
 14:54:14          GMT          613               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592189224219414756
 14:54:14          GMT          44                14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592189224219414771
 14:54:14          GMT          200               14.11             GBP                               XLON                            592189224219414770
 15:07:13          GMT          223               14.08             GBP                               XLON                            592189224219871519
 15:11:00          GMT          226               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606262974649496598
 15:11:00          GMT          239               14.09             GBP                               XLON                            606262974649496597
 15:12:01          GMT          269               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220001769
 15:15:11          GMT          224               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220096729
 15:35:29          GMT          4                 14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220728922
 15:35:29          GMT          18                14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220728925
 15:35:29          GMT          18                14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606262974650200169
 15:35:29          GMT          82                14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220728928
 15:35:29          GMT          98                14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220728927
 15:35:29          GMT          100               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220728923
 15:35:29          GMT          100               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220728924
 15:35:29          GMT          162               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            606262974650200170
 15:35:29          GMT          180               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224220728926
 15:48:00          GMT          206               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            606262974650552977
 15:48:00          GMT          223               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            592189224221107862
 15:49:36          GMT          101               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            592189224221152033
 15:50:54          GMT          123               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            592189224221191273
 15:58:29          GMT          334               14.01             GBP                               XLON                            606262974650853851
 16:03:57          GMT          223               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            606262974651010693
 16:08:06          GMT          224               14.04             GBP                               XLON                            592189224221730859
 16:14:27          GMT          222               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            606262974651327829
 16:15:12          GMT          60                14.03             GBP                               XLON                            592189224221964359
 16:15:12          GMT          117               14.03             GBP                               XLON                            592189224221964358
 16:18:33          GMT          121               14.02             GBP                               XLON                            592189224222079992
 16:18:33          GMT          179               14.02             GBP                               XLON                            592189224222079995
 16:24:48          GMT          273               14.02             GBP                               XLON                            606262974651670870

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