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RNS Number : 5756N  WH Smith PLC  25 November 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 25 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 23,942 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 25 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 440,897 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,476,037 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:                               25 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          23,942                                                12.4998                                         12.3700                     12.6500

 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
 08:05:32          GMT          43                12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606272883731781548
 08:05:32          GMT          150               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606272883731781547
 08:05:32          GMT          159               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606272883731781545
 08:05:32          GMT          300               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606272883731781546
 08:05:32          GMT          34                12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606272883731781551
 08:13:08          GMT          565               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606272883731977074
 08:27:10          GMT          239               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883732288703
 08:50:35          GMT          178               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606272883732832368
 08:50:35          GMT          725               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606272883732832367
 09:01:17          GMT          197               12.46             GBP                               XLON                            606272883733051561
 09:01:17          GMT          310               12.46             GBP                               XLON                            606272883733051562
 09:22:12          GMT          177               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592199133258683250
 09:22:12          GMT          179               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            606272883733494898
 09:22:12          GMT          573               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            606272883733494899
 09:35:48          GMT          23                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606272883733763780
 09:35:51          GMT          1                 12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606272883733764909
 09:35:51          GMT          402               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606272883733764910
 09:59:20          GMT          37                12.46             GBP                               XLON                            592199133259430952
 09:59:20          GMT          168               12.46             GBP                               XLON                            606272883734195179
 09:59:20          GMT          309               12.46             GBP                               XLON                            606272883734195178
 09:59:20          GMT          65                12.46             GBP                               XLON                            592199133259430953
 09:59:20          GMT          65                12.46             GBP                               XLON                            592199133259430954
 10:24:37          GMT          48                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133259948620
 10:24:37          GMT          145               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133259948619
 10:24:37          GMT          193               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133259948621
 10:24:37          GMT          389               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133259948618
 10:30:26          GMT          206               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606272883734801439
 10:53:01          GMT          442               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592199133260519352
 10:55:33          GMT          30                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592199133260589663
 10:55:33          GMT          121               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606272883735287245
 10:59:23          GMT          39                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606272883735376915
 10:59:23          GMT          65                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606272883735376914
 10:59:23          GMT          147               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606272883735376916
 11:25:19          GMT          1                 12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606272883735882028
 11:25:19          GMT          26                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606272883735882027
 11:25:19          GMT          44                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592199133261228120
 11:25:19          GMT          141               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592199133261228122
 11:25:19          GMT          185               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592199133261228123
 11:25:19          GMT          282               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606272883735882029
 11:37:09          GMT          322               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592199133261448563
 11:50:06          GMT          91                12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606272883736307480
 11:50:06          GMT          182               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592199133261685468
 11:50:06          GMT          219               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606272883736307479
 12:15:11          GMT          720               12.41             GBP                               XLON                            606272883736772868
 12:46:42          GMT          201               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606272883737368625
 12:55:16          GMT          83                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606272883737525154
 12:55:16          GMT          100               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606272883737525152
 13:05:00          GMT          130               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606272883737724558
 13:05:00          GMT          198               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606272883737724557
 13:05:00          GMT          490               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606272883737724556
 13:23:24          GMT          179               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606272883738069729
 13:23:24          GMT          96                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606272883738069733
 13:23:24          GMT          410               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606272883738069732
 13:23:24          GMT          531               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592199133263564025
 13:31:37          GMT          309               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606272883738223768
 13:53:05          GMT          184               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592199133264197709
 13:53:05          GMT          184               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592199133264197710
 13:53:05          GMT          685               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606272883738665359
 13:58:01          GMT          309               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592199133264329930
 14:05:16          GMT          67                12.41             GBP                               XLON                            592199133264519607
 14:05:16          GMT          93                12.41             GBP                               XLON                            592199133264519605
 14:05:16          GMT          150               12.41             GBP                               XLON                            592199133264519606
 14:28:40          GMT          172               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133265170390
 14:31:33          GMT          31                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133265295370
 14:31:33          GMT          35                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133265295369
 14:31:33          GMT          62                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133265295372
 14:31:33          GMT          67                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133265295371
 14:34:04          GMT          37                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133265389444
 14:34:04          GMT          62                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592199133265389443
 14:34:04          GMT          1                 12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606272883739786336
 14:34:04          GMT          3                 12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606272883739786344
 14:44:04          GMT          71                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606272883740125297
 14:54:15          GMT          194               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606272883740503359
 14:54:15          GMT          123               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592199133266150384
 14:54:15          GMT          85                12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592199133266150391
 14:54:15          GMT          36                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266150404
 14:54:15          GMT          77                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883740503373
 14:54:15          GMT          150               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883740503372
 14:54:15          GMT          300               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266150403
 14:54:15          GMT          126               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266150416
 14:55:18          GMT          30                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883740541273
 14:55:18          GMT          200               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883740541274
 14:55:18          GMT          7                 12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266190725
 14:55:18          GMT          39                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266190727
 14:55:18          GMT          50                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266190726
 14:55:18          GMT          150               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883740541289
 14:55:18          GMT          8                 12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883740541291
 14:55:18          GMT          11                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883740541292
 14:57:41          GMT          15                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266286236
 14:57:41          GMT          31                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266286238
 14:57:41          GMT          34                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266286237
 15:01:22          GMT          109               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606272883740782875
 15:01:22          GMT          804               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266447379
 15:01:22          GMT          216               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592199133266447385
 15:10:30          GMT          185               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606272883741150985
 15:10:30          GMT          677               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592199133266836121
 15:28:38          GMT          2                 12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267547901
 15:28:38          GMT          4                 12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883741824525
 15:28:38          GMT          1                 12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883741824530
 15:28:38          GMT          4                 12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267547908
 15:28:38          GMT          1                 12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883741824535
 15:28:38          GMT          188               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267547913
 15:28:38          GMT          192               12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883741824536
 15:31:20          GMT          33                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883741924011
 15:31:20          GMT          34                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883741924012
 15:31:20          GMT          15                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267653280
 15:31:20          GMT          35                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267653279
 15:31:20          GMT          63                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267653278
 15:34:03          GMT          7                 12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267756714
 15:34:03          GMT          9                 12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267756715
 15:34:03          GMT          27                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267756713
 15:34:03          GMT          31                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883742021741
 15:34:03          GMT          34                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883742021739
 15:34:03          GMT          41                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606272883742021740
 15:34:03          GMT          39                12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267756728
 15:35:28          GMT          232               12.6              GBP                               XLON                            592199133267804038
 15:35:33          GMT          532               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606272883742070120
 15:35:34          GMT          92                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267808147
 15:35:34          GMT          369               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592199133267808148
 15:46:43          GMT          184               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592199133268207745
 15:46:43          GMT          548               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606272883742447775
 15:56:44          GMT          54                12.6              GBP                               XLON                            592199133268590474
 15:56:44          GMT          137               12.6              GBP                               XLON                            592199133268590473
 15:58:12          GMT          515               12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592199133268643055
 16:07:55          GMT          55                12.61             GBP                               XLON                            592199133269075503
 16:07:55          GMT          95                12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606272883743266660
 16:07:55          GMT          115               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606272883743266662
 16:07:55          GMT          122               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            592199133269075502
 16:07:55          GMT          177               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606272883743266663
 16:07:55          GMT          292               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606272883743266661
 16:07:55          GMT          205               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            592199133269075511
 16:14:27          GMT          173               12.62             GBP                               XLON                            606272883743563250
 16:14:27          GMT          386               12.62             GBP                               XLON                            606272883743563249
 16:22:16          GMT          18                12.65             GBP                               XLON                            592199133269817624
 16:22:16          GMT          155               12.65             GBP                               XLON                            592199133269817625
 16:22:16          GMT          173               12.64             GBP                               XLON                            592199133269817627
 16:22:16          GMT          173               12.64             GBP                               XLON                            606272883743968161
 16:22:16          GMT          173               12.64             GBP                               XLON                            606272883743968162
 16:22:16          GMT          309               12.64             GBP                               XLON                            592199133269817626
 16:26:17          GMT          364               12.63             GBP                               XLON                            592199133270055747

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