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RNS Number : 3062K  WH Smith PLC  30 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 30 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
 30 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 306,955 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,609,337 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:                               30 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                                                13.9225                                         13.8300                     14.0500

 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
 08:10:34          GMT          135               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            592189931998733477
 08:10:34          GMT          200               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            592189931998733476
 08:10:34          GMT          272               13.84             GBP                               XLON                            592189931998733475
 08:22:17          GMT          227               13.83             GBP                               XLON                            592189931998999228
 08:46:50          GMT          242               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            606263682435336140
 09:00:03          GMT          28                13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592189931999859900
 09:00:03          GMT          100               13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592189931999859899
 09:00:03          GMT          279               13.9              GBP                               XLON                            592189931999859897
 09:43:22          GMT          92                13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606263682436536106
 09:43:22          GMT          100               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            606263682436536105
 10:30:13          GMT          666               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            592189932002023938
 10:30:13          GMT          62                13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606263682437592975
 10:30:13          GMT          151               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606263682437592976
 10:30:16          GMT          559               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606263682437594946
 11:48:27          GMT          33                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            592189932003869450
 11:48:27          GMT          100               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            592189932003869451
 11:48:27          GMT          288               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            592189932003869452
 11:59:06          GMT          95                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682439543452
 11:59:06          GMT          118               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682439543453
 12:21:11          GMT          61                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682440054459
 12:21:11          GMT          100               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682440054460
 12:22:09          GMT          37                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682440073420
 12:27:58          GMT          98                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682440200647
 12:29:53          GMT          41                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682440240786
 12:30:07          GMT          61                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682440248670
 12:30:07          GMT          192               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682440248669
 13:00:58          GMT          580               13.98             GBP                               XLON                            592189932005604754
 13:21:10          GMT          259               13.96             GBP                               XLON                            592189932006111573
 13:49:46          GMT          202               14.02             GBP                               XLON                            592189932007073275
 13:49:46          GMT          373               14.02             GBP                               XLON                            606263682442257797
 14:08:37          GMT          79                14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592189932007682070
 14:08:37          GMT          239               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            592189932007682071
 14:23:00          GMT          211               14.05             GBP                               XLON                            606263682443285956
 14:38:14          GMT          380               13.99             GBP                               XLON                            606263682443859879
 14:44:04          GMT          211               13.97             GBP                               XLON                            606263682444064837
 14:52:37          GMT          211               13.93             GBP                               XLON                            592189932009374115
 14:57:20          GMT          210               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592189932009530461
 15:03:28          GMT          212               13.86             GBP                               XLON                            592189932009760981
 15:11:46          GMT          12                13.86             GBP                               XLON                            592189932010038759
 15:11:46          GMT          99                13.86             GBP                               XLON                            592189932010038762
 15:11:46          GMT          100               13.86             GBP                               XLON                            592189932010038761
 15:19:23          GMT          182               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            592189932010293081
 15:19:23          GMT          332               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            592189932010293082
 15:30:42          GMT          179               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592189932010622350
 15:30:42          GMT          274               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592189932010622351
 15:41:55          GMT          219               13.91             GBP                               XLON                            592189932010946899
 15:52:46          GMT          198               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            592189932011275200
 15:59:23          GMT          17                13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682446326074
 15:59:23          GMT          172               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682446326071
 16:04:53          GMT          187               13.9              GBP                               XLON                            606263682446475072
 16:09:16          GMT          158               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682446600101
 16:09:16          GMT          195               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682446600100
 16:09:16          GMT          428               13.89             GBP                               XLON                            606263682446600102
 16:14:00          GMT          211               13.87             GBP                               XLON                            606263682446736117
 16:24:37          GMT          533               13.88             GBP                               XLON                            592189932012266902

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