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RNS Number : 4912K  WH Smith PLC  31 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 31 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
 31 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 317,955 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,598,979 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:                               31 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                                                13.3950                                         13.1200                     13.8000

 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
 08:24:15          GMT          15                13.8              GBP                               XLON                            606264036325040439
 08:24:15          GMT          319               13.8              GBP                               XLON                            606264036325040440
 08:30:15          GMT          253               13.76             GBP                               XLON                            606264036325182834
 08:58:25          GMT          425               13.74             GBP                               XLON                            606264036325868602
 09:05:25          GMT          338               13.69             GBP                               XLON                            606264036326047606
 09:22:28          GMT          183               13.67             GBP                               XLON                            606264036326509640
 09:25:03          GMT          209               13.65             GBP                               XLON                            606264036326588017
 09:43:21          GMT          402               13.61             GBP                               XLON                            592190285895930369
 10:14:14          GMT          463               13.61             GBP                               XLON                            592190285896764888
 10:41:41          GMT          101               13.57             GBP                               XLON                            592190285897549179
 10:41:41          GMT          125               13.57             GBP                               XLON                            592190285897549177
 10:41:41          GMT          125               13.57             GBP                               XLON                            592190285897549178
 11:17:07          GMT          15                13.47             GBP                               XLON                            592190285898490565
 11:31:52          GMT          106               13.47             GBP                               XLON                            592190285898852815
 11:31:52          GMT          176               13.47             GBP                               XLON                            592190285898852814
 12:10:37          GMT          12                13.54             GBP                               XLON                            592190285899769284
 12:10:37          GMT          200               13.54             GBP                               XLON                            606264036330607473
 12:10:37          GMT          200               13.54             GBP                               XLON                            606264036330607474
 12:10:37          GMT          291               13.54             GBP                               XLON                            592190285899769285
 12:24:57          GMT          209               13.54             GBP                               XLON                            592190285900121318
 12:46:12          GMT          209               13.51             GBP                               XLON                            606264036331436319
 13:00:41          GMT          146               13.46             GBP                               XLON                            606264036331754273
 13:00:41          GMT          146               13.46             GBP                               XLON                            606264036331754274
 13:22:16          GMT          30                13.41             GBP                               XLON                            606264036332193784
 13:22:16          GMT          109               13.41             GBP                               XLON                            606264036332193786
 13:22:16          GMT          125               13.41             GBP                               XLON                            606264036332193785
 13:36:36          GMT          219               13.42             GBP                               XLON                            606264036332614883
 13:48:15          GMT          209               13.41             GBP                               XLON                            606264036332993349
 14:00:29          GMT          94                13.38             GBP                               XLON                            606264036333390804
 14:00:29          GMT          114               13.38             GBP                               XLON                            606264036333390806
 14:13:08          GMT          30                13.33             GBP                               XLON                            606264036333831785
 14:13:08          GMT          226               13.33             GBP                               XLON                            606264036333831784
 14:24:48          GMT          208               13.36             GBP                               XLON                            592190285903644564
 14:35:20          GMT          179               13.32             GBP                               XLON                            592190285904060833
 14:35:20          GMT          209               13.32             GBP                               XLON                            606264036334578583
 14:48:42          GMT          326               13.25             GBP                               XLON                            606264036335089475
 14:54:43          GMT          209               13.24             GBP                               XLON                            592190285904866615
 15:00:01          GMT          209               13.21             GBP                               XLON                            606264036335560768
 15:05:52          GMT          12                13.21             GBP                               XLON                            606264036335796529
 15:05:52          GMT          196               13.21             GBP                               XLON                            606264036335796530
 15:11:52          GMT          38                13.21             GBP                               XLON                            592190285905603014
 15:12:28          GMT          170               13.21             GBP                               XLON                            592190285905627746
 15:16:16          GMT          260               13.19             GBP                               XLON                            606264036336172872
 15:24:26          GMT          182               13.2              GBP                               XLON                            606264036336467409
 15:26:31          GMT          208               13.18             GBP                               XLON                            606264036336551073
 15:30:34          GMT          209               13.18             GBP                               XLON                            592190285906343632
 15:40:02          GMT          293               13.16             GBP                               XLON                            606264036337018112
 15:45:52          GMT          209               13.14             GBP                               XLON                            592190285906898727
 15:51:05          GMT          209               13.13             GBP                               XLON                            606264036337402842
 15:58:02          GMT          333               13.12             GBP                               XLON                            606264036337675298
 16:02:31          GMT          210               13.14             GBP                               XLON                            592190285907566825
 16:10:45          GMT          594               13.17             GBP                               XLON                            592190285907890375
 16:19:13          GMT          72                13.19             GBP                               XLON                            606264036338465353
 16:19:13          GMT          352               13.19             GBP                               XLON                            606264036338465354
 16:24:40          GMT          91                13.18             GBP                               XLON                            592190285908510698
 16:24:40          GMT          91                13.18             GBP                               XLON                            592190285908510699
 16:24:40          GMT          107               13.18             GBP                               XLON                            592190285908510697

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