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RNS Number : 9731L  WH Smith PLC  12 November 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 12 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
 12 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 405,955 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,510,984 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:                               12 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                                                13.0267                                         12.9200                     13.1300

 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
 08:29:20          GMT          439               13.13             GBP                               XLON                            592194532631957179
 08:35:28          GMT          199               13.07             GBP                               XLON                            606268283079196113
 09:06:30          GMT          151               13.09             GBP                               XLON                            606268283079957499
 09:06:30          GMT          350               13.09             GBP                               XLON                            606268283079957500
 09:56:03          GMT          127               13.08             GBP                               XLON                            592194532634376699
 09:56:03          GMT          432               13.08             GBP                               XLON                            592194532634376700
 09:56:03          GMT          141               13.08             GBP                               XLON                            606268283081277242
 10:21:59          GMT          72                13.05             GBP                               XLON                            592194532635070991
 10:21:59          GMT          280               13.05             GBP                               XLON                            592194532635070990
 11:18:14          GMT          715               13.11             GBP                               XLON                            606268283083201288
 11:49:01          GMT          109               13.08             GBP                               XLON                            592194532637134924
 11:49:01          GMT          230               13.08             GBP                               XLON                            592194532637134925
 12:30:39          GMT          205               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            606268283084701216
 12:30:39          GMT          347               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            606268283084701217
 12:55:57          GMT          66                13.06             GBP                               XLON                            592194532638647343
 12:55:57          GMT          206               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            592194532638647342
 12:55:57          GMT          215               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            592194532638647341
 13:09:33          GMT          63                13.04             GBP                               XLON                            592194532638973476
 13:09:33          GMT          298               13.04             GBP                               XLON                            592194532638973475
 13:28:00          GMT          51                13.04             GBP                               XLON                            606268283085969433
 13:28:00          GMT          332               13.04             GBP                               XLON                            606268283085969816
 13:41:32          GMT          55                13.01             GBP                               XLON                            606268283086316507
 13:41:32          GMT          284               13.01             GBP                               XLON                            606268283086316508
 13:58:01          GMT          326               13                GBP                               XLON                            592194532640248051
 14:04:39          GMT          72                12.98             GBP                               XLON                            592194532640436859
 14:04:39          GMT          261               12.98             GBP                               XLON                            592194532640436858
 14:17:14          GMT          75                12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532640780448
 14:19:36          GMT          41                12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532640856644
 14:19:36          GMT          41                12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532640856645
 14:19:36          GMT          98                12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532640856642
 14:19:36          GMT          150               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532640856643
 14:33:53          GMT          40                12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532641350931
 14:33:53          GMT          40                12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532641350932
 14:33:53          GMT          180               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532641350930
 14:42:37          GMT          86                12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268283088098672
 14:42:38          GMT          239               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268283088098811
 14:56:55          GMT          116               12.99             GBP                               XLON                            592194532642365732
 14:56:55          GMT          272               12.99             GBP                               XLON                            592194532642365733
 15:03:35          GMT          150               12.98             GBP                               XLON                            606268283089055794
 15:03:35          GMT          210               12.98             GBP                               XLON                            606268283089055795
 15:12:46          GMT          358               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268283089462370
 15:23:28          GMT          153               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            606268283089900995
 15:23:28          GMT          163               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            606268283089900996
 15:48:16          GMT          176               13.04             GBP                               XLON                            592194532644564913
 15:48:16          GMT          592               13.04             GBP                               XLON                            606268283090753812
 15:49:43          GMT          181               13.02             GBP                               XLON                            592194532644618123
 15:55:41          GMT          8                 13.02             GBP                               XLON                            592194532644849462
 15:55:41          GMT          24                13.02             GBP                               XLON                            592194532644849463
 15:55:41          GMT          328               13.02             GBP                               XLON                            592194532644849464
 16:10:31          GMT          189               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            606268283091639263
 16:10:31          GMT          353               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194532645513064
 16:15:00          GMT          3                 12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606268283091855140
 16:21:31          GMT          80                12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194532646090290
 16:21:35          GMT          38                12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194532646094927
 16:23:49          GMT          101               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194532646210238
 16:23:49          GMT          150               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194532646210239
 16:23:49          GMT          150               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194532646210240
 16:23:49          GMT          96                12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194532646210241
 16:27:00          GMT          93                12.94             GBP                               XLON                            606268283092463887

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