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RNS Number : 1574M  WH Smith PLC  13 November 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 13 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
 13 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 416,955 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,499,979 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:                               13 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                                                12.9842                                         12.9200                     13.0800

 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
 08:10:03          GMT          534               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194886520273518
 08:30:56          GMT          67                13.08             GBP                               XLON                            592194886520752978
 08:30:56          GMT          287               13.08             GBP                               XLON                            592194886520752979
 09:11:48          GMT          2                 13.06             GBP                               XLON                            606268636953452800
 09:11:48          GMT          4                 13.06             GBP                               XLON                            606268636953452799
 09:11:48          GMT          49                13.06             GBP                               XLON                            606268636953452802
 09:11:48          GMT          82                13.06             GBP                               XLON                            592194886521721064
 09:11:48          GMT          105               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            592194886521721065
 09:11:48          GMT          107               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            606268636953452797
 09:11:48          GMT          128               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            606268636953452801
 09:11:48          GMT          150               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            606268636953452798
 10:00:54          GMT          202               13.08             GBP                               XLON                            606268636954460661
 10:08:12          GMT          114               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            592194886522999206
 10:08:12          GMT          303               13.06             GBP                               XLON                            592194886522999205
 10:20:39          GMT          91                13.05             GBP                               XLON                            606268636954900279
 10:20:39          GMT          279               13.05             GBP                               XLON                            606268636954900280
 11:05:22          GMT          11                13.02             GBP                               XLON                            592194886524325069
 11:05:22          GMT          71                13.02             GBP                               XLON                            592194886524325071
 11:05:22          GMT          337               13.02             GBP                               XLON                            592194886524325070
 11:59:14          GMT          143               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636957003632
 11:59:14          GMT          144               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636957003631
 11:59:14          GMT          175               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636957003633
 12:14:14          GMT          238               12.93             GBP                               XLON                            592194886525944672
 12:27:57          GMT          320               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194886526233335
 12:46:45          GMT          185               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194886526644169
 13:11:00          GMT          367               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194886527169152
 13:18:14          GMT          68                12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606268636958591010
 13:18:14          GMT          332               12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606268636958591009
 13:34:05          GMT          186               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194886527747790
 13:46:43          GMT          153               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636959351790
 13:46:43          GMT          219               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636959351791
 14:09:47          GMT          5                 12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636959934083
 14:09:47          GMT          77                12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636959934079
 14:09:47          GMT          77                12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636959934080
 14:09:47          GMT          182               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606268636959934078
 14:28:19          GMT          10                12.97             GBP                               XLON                            592194886529247300
 14:30:15          GMT          563               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            592194886529315162
 14:48:59          GMT          150               12.98             GBP                               XLON                            606268636961066023
 14:48:59          GMT          150               12.98             GBP                               XLON                            606268636961066024
 14:48:59          GMT          349               12.98             GBP                               XLON                            606268636961066021
 14:50:03          GMT          186               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194886530038493
 15:05:18          GMT          122               12.94             GBP                               XLON                            592194886530696839
 15:05:18          GMT          150               12.94             GBP                               XLON                            592194886530696838
 15:05:18          GMT          197               12.94             GBP                               XLON                            606268636961729218
 15:12:47          GMT          306               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            606268636962043479
 15:22:03          GMT          346               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194886531428081
 15:33:52          GMT          48                12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194886531898351
 15:33:53          GMT          26                12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194886531899035
 15:33:53          GMT          407               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592194886531899036
 15:56:53          GMT          350               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194886532821293
 15:56:53          GMT          422               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            592194886532821292
 16:05:02          GMT          186               12.96             GBP                               XLON                            606268636963999967
 16:14:29          GMT          206               12.99             GBP                               XLON                            592194886533553207
 16:14:29          GMT          519               12.99             GBP                               XLON                            606268636964372496
 16:28:14          GMT          513               13.02             GBP                               XLON                            606268636964967756

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