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RNS Number : 7843L  WH Smith PLC  11 November 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 11 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
 11 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 394,955 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,521,982 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:                               11 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                                                13.3367                                         13.2500                     13.4200

 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
 08:05:15          GMT          430               13.36             GBP                               XLON                            606267929184130478
 08:23:52          GMT          264               13.35             GBP                               XLON                            606267929184480718
 08:47:49          GMT          388               13.37             GBP                               XLON                            606267929184930950
 09:01:50          GMT          199               13.33             GBP                               XLON                            606267929185197206
 09:25:33          GMT          318               13.35             GBP                               XLON                            606267929185668090
 10:31:07          GMT          16                13.38             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735055179
 10:31:07          GMT          18                13.38             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735055180
 10:31:07          GMT          48                13.38             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735055183
 10:31:07          GMT          125               13.38             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735055177
 10:31:07          GMT          131               13.38             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735055178
 10:31:07          GMT          225               13.38             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735055181
 10:31:07          GMT          225               13.38             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735055182
 10:55:19          GMT          132               13.33             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735532649
 10:55:19          GMT          154               13.33             GBP                               XLON                            592194178735532648
 11:42:07          GMT          76                13.4              GBP                               XLON                            606267929188198462
 11:42:07          GMT          76                13.4              GBP                               XLON                            606267929188198463
 11:42:07          GMT          464               13.4              GBP                               XLON                            606267929188198461
 12:14:37          GMT          380               13.42             GBP                               XLON                            606267929188798490
 12:33:52          GMT          69                13.39             GBP                               XLON                            592194178737435421
 12:34:01          GMT          121               13.39             GBP                               XLON                            592194178737439030
 12:51:18          GMT          9                 13.39             GBP                               XLON                            592194178737765327
 12:51:18          GMT          183               13.39             GBP                               XLON                            592194178737765328
 12:51:18          GMT          183               13.39             GBP                               XLON                            606267929189438016
 12:52:46          GMT          214               13.37             GBP                               XLON                            606267929189463860
 13:26:20          GMT          208               13.37             GBP                               XLON                            606267929190111966
 13:26:20          GMT          338               13.37             GBP                               XLON                            592194178738497195
 13:55:07          GMT          45                13.4              GBP                               XLON                            606267929190769413
 13:55:07          GMT          54                13.4              GBP                               XLON                            606267929190769411
 13:55:07          GMT          500               13.4              GBP                               XLON                            606267929190769412
 13:55:07          GMT          136               13.4              GBP                               XLON                            606267929190769423
 14:04:34          GMT          199               13.38             GBP                               XLON                            606267929190991145
 14:14:42          GMT          39                13.37             GBP                               XLON                            592194178739692724
 14:14:42          GMT          160               13.37             GBP                               XLON                            592194178739692725
 14:18:49          GMT          94                13.35             GBP                               XLON                            606267929191299232
 14:20:01          GMT          43                13.35             GBP                               XLON                            606267929191325425
 14:20:01          GMT          63                13.35             GBP                               XLON                            606267929191325426
 14:30:11          GMT          74                13.32             GBP                               XLON                            606267929191593667
 14:30:11          GMT          125               13.32             GBP                               XLON                            606267929191593666
 14:43:58          GMT          12                13.32             GBP                               XLON                            592194178740600070
 14:43:58          GMT          54                13.32             GBP                               XLON                            592194178740600068
 14:43:58          GMT          187               13.32             GBP                               XLON                            592194178740600071
 14:43:58          GMT          228               13.32             GBP                               XLON                            592194178740600069
 14:51:00          GMT          96                13.29             GBP                               XLON                            592194178740870016
 14:51:00          GMT          125               13.29             GBP                               XLON                            592194178740870015
 14:51:00          GMT          143               13.29             GBP                               XLON                            592194178740870014
 15:10:02          GMT          552               13.29             GBP                               XLON                            592194178741615798
 15:17:00          GMT          416               13.28             GBP                               XLON                            606267929193211069
 15:28:40          GMT          22                13.28             GBP                               XLON                            606267929193531294
 15:28:40          GMT          331               13.28             GBP                               XLON                            606267929193531293
 15:41:15          GMT          183               13.29             GBP                               XLON                            606267929193896267
 15:41:15          GMT          331               13.29             GBP                               XLON                            606267929193896266
 16:05:08          GMT          8                 13.27             GBP                               XLON                            592194178743355926
 16:05:08          GMT          187               13.27             GBP                               XLON                            592194178743355924
 16:05:08          GMT          375               13.27             GBP                               XLON                            592194178743355925
 16:05:08          GMT          220               13.27             GBP                               XLON                            592194178743355933
 16:08:50          GMT          80                13.25             GBP                               XLON                            606267929194731593
 16:08:50          GMT          119               13.25             GBP                               XLON                            606267929194731592
 16:14:46          GMT          175               13.26             GBP                               XLON                            592194178743695874
 16:23:12          GMT          8                 13.26             GBP                               XLON                            592194178744043757
 16:23:12          GMT          51                13.26             GBP                               XLON                            592194178744043755
 16:23:12          GMT          125               13.26             GBP                               XLON                            592194178744043756
 16:23:12          GMT          289               13.26             GBP                               XLON                            606267929195251553
 16:25:23          GMT          16                13.27             GBP                               XLON                            606267929195342056
 16:25:23          GMT          141               13.27             GBP                               XLON                            606267929195342057

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