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RNS Number : 8879K  WH Smith PLC  04 November 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 04 November 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
 04 November 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 339,955 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,576,979 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:                               04 November 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                                                13.2654                                         13.1800                     13.3200

 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
 08:02:29          GMT          138               13.28             GBP                               XLON                            592191701477025600
 08:02:29          GMT          241               13.28             GBP                               XLON                            592191701477025601
 08:32:32          GMT          527               13.28             GBP                               XLON                            606265451937632328
 08:49:40          GMT          315               13.28             GBP                               XLON                            592191701477875526
 09:13:41          GMT          1                 13.25             GBP                               XLON                            606265451938430046
 09:13:41          GMT          381               13.25             GBP                               XLON                            606265451938430047
 09:23:17          GMT          199               13.18             GBP                               XLON                            606265451938644610
 09:51:15          GMT          354               13.19             GBP                               XLON                            606265451939308741
 10:17:57          GMT          353               13.28             GBP                               XLON                            606265451939990005
 10:50:17          GMT          315               13.27             GBP                               XLON                            606265451940750383
 11:14:51          GMT          55                13.29             GBP                               XLON                            592191701481480231
 11:14:51          GMT          230               13.29             GBP                               XLON                            592191701481480230
 12:20:17          GMT          536               13.3              GBP                               XLON                            592191701483051460
 12:20:17          GMT          29                13.3              GBP                               XLON                            606265451942787216
 12:20:17          GMT          58                13.3              GBP                               XLON                            606265451942787217
 12:20:17          GMT          61                13.3              GBP                               XLON                            606265451942787218
 12:28:02          GMT          37                13.28             GBP                               XLON                            606265451942951653
 12:28:02          GMT          171               13.28             GBP                               XLON                            606265451942951654
 12:52:54          GMT          191               13.25             GBP                               XLON                            592191701483800623
 12:53:09          GMT          209               13.24             GBP                               XLON                            606265451943491515
 13:09:09          GMT          208               13.24             GBP                               XLON                            606265451943842276
 13:24:40          GMT          28                13.24             GBP                               XLON                            592191701484553264
 13:24:40          GMT          73                13.24             GBP                               XLON                            592191701484553260
 13:24:40          GMT          132               13.24             GBP                               XLON                            592191701484553261
 13:24:40          GMT          243               13.24             GBP                               XLON                            592191701484553263
 13:36:59          GMT          80                13.23             GBP                               XLON                            592191701484849391
 13:36:59          GMT          102               13.23             GBP                               XLON                            592191701484849392
 13:36:59          GMT          208               13.23             GBP                               XLON                            592191701484849390
 13:44:57          GMT          10                13.19             GBP                               XLON                            606265451944661335
 13:44:57          GMT          198               13.19             GBP                               XLON                            606265451944661336
 14:11:51          GMT          242               13.22             GBP                               XLON                            606265451945379392
 14:11:51          GMT          298               13.22             GBP                               XLON                            606265451945379393
 14:18:57          GMT          208               13.2              GBP                               XLON                            606265451945570165
 14:31:02          GMT          81                13.21             GBP                               XLON                            592191701486449614
 14:31:02          GMT          264               13.21             GBP                               XLON                            592191701486449613
 14:42:57          GMT          6                 13.23             GBP                               XLON                            592191701486956181
 14:42:57          GMT          203               13.23             GBP                               XLON                            592191701486956182
 14:47:43          GMT          135               13.22             GBP                               XLON                            592191701487144518
 14:48:23          GMT          73                13.22             GBP                               XLON                            592191701487179254
 14:52:56          GMT          27                13.22             GBP                               XLON                            592191701487376280
 14:52:56          GMT          317               13.22             GBP                               XLON                            592191701487376279
 15:03:24          GMT          23                13.23             GBP                               XLON                            592191701487798556
 15:03:24          GMT          222               13.23             GBP                               XLON                            592191701487798557
 15:23:09          GMT          668               13.31             GBP                               XLON                            592191701488586624
 15:23:09          GMT          55                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            592191701488586630
 15:23:09          GMT          56                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            592191701488586629
 15:33:30          GMT          384               13.32             GBP                               XLON                            606265451948368633
 15:44:13          GMT          11                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            606265451948772102
 15:44:13          GMT          422               13.31             GBP                               XLON                            606265451948772101
 15:55:04          GMT          208               13.32             GBP                               XLON                            592191701489923702
 16:06:07          GMT          15                13.3              GBP                               XLON                            592191701490422614
 16:06:07          GMT          83                13.3              GBP                               XLON                            592191701490422613
 16:06:07          GMT          111               13.3              GBP                               XLON                            592191701490422612
 16:06:07          GMT          191               13.3              GBP                               XLON                            606265451949677835
 16:07:13          GMT          191               13.31             GBP                               XLON                            606265451949726837
 16:20:50          GMT          18                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            592191701491142932
 16:20:50          GMT          106               13.31             GBP                               XLON                            592191701491142931
 16:24:42          GMT          37                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            592191701491340999
 16:24:42          GMT          48                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            592191701491340998
 16:24:42          GMT          85                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            606265451950530825
 16:24:42          GMT          199               13.31             GBP                               XLON                            592191701491341000
 16:24:42          GMT          16                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            606265451950530826
 16:25:18          GMT          79                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            606265451950566910
 16:25:18          GMT          98                13.31             GBP                               XLON                            606265451950566909
 16:25:18          GMT          137               13.31             GBP                               XLON                            606265451950566911

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