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RNS Number : 0895O  WH Smith PLC  28 November 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 28 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 23,858 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 28 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 512,737 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,404,197 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:                               28 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          23,858                                                12.5004                                         12.4300                     12.5900

 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
 08:25:29          GMT          167               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606273945380557247
 08:26:13          GMT          218               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606273945380565138
 08:30:21          GMT          10                12.56             GBP                               XLON                            592200194936858228
 08:30:21          GMT          199               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            592200194936858229
 08:31:56          GMT          297               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606273945380634917
 08:31:56          GMT          644               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606273945380634918
 08:31:56          GMT          305               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592200194936880511
 08:31:56          GMT          197               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592200194936880512
 08:56:41          GMT          932               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606273945380990812
 08:56:41          GMT          56                12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592200194937263772
 09:22:12          GMT          77                12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606273945381405267
 09:22:12          GMT          92                12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606273945381405266
 09:47:10          GMT          297               12.59             GBP                               XLON                            592200194938126396
 09:47:10          GMT          266               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606273945381796609
 09:47:10          GMT          266               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606273945381796610
 09:47:10          GMT          293               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606273945381796608
 09:47:10          GMT          320               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606273945381796616
 09:47:10          GMT          197               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606273945381796622
 10:01:56          GMT          110               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592200194938339034
 10:01:56          GMT          170               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592200194938339036
 10:01:56          GMT          249               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592200194938339035
 10:21:53          GMT          1                 12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592200194938695082
 10:21:53          GMT          181               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592200194938695080
 10:21:53          GMT          465               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592200194938695081
 10:33:35          GMT          63                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194938973988
 10:33:35          GMT          89                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606273945382592734
 10:33:35          GMT          93                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606273945382592733
 10:33:35          GMT          119               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194938973987
 10:55:15          GMT          87                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194939408322
 11:17:33          GMT          24                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194939817593
 11:17:33          GMT          48                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194939817591
 11:17:33          GMT          121               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194939817589
 11:17:33          GMT          151               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194939817590
 11:17:33          GMT          175               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194939817592
 11:17:33          GMT          199               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194939817594
 11:17:33          GMT          199               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606273945383377625
 11:59:52          GMT          262               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194940471248
 11:59:52          GMT          611               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            592200194940471247
 11:59:52          GMT          130               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            606273945383984261
 11:59:52          GMT          213               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            606273945383984263
 12:42:54          GMT          100               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606273945384593095
 12:42:54          GMT          125               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606273945384593093
 12:42:54          GMT          156               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606273945384593096
 12:42:54          GMT          173               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592200194941127346
 12:42:54          GMT          173               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606273945384593097
 12:42:54          GMT          355               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606273945384593094
 12:42:54          GMT          30                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592200194941127354
 12:55:24          GMT          7                 12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945384756956
 12:55:24          GMT          24                12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592200194941303396
 12:55:24          GMT          176               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945384756955
 12:55:24          GMT          215               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592200194941303395
 12:55:24          GMT          226               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592200194941303394
 13:19:52          GMT          307               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            606273945385111770
 13:29:01          GMT          40                12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592200194941835647
 13:29:01          GMT          68                12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592200194941835645
 13:29:01          GMT          75                12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592200194941835646
 13:31:45          GMT          106               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            606273945385305960
 13:31:45          GMT          183               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592200194941892507
 13:31:45          GMT          186               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            606273945385305962
 13:31:45          GMT          567               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            606273945385305961
 14:05:46          GMT          177               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606273945385916729
 14:10:38          GMT          100               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592200194942653404
 14:10:38          GMT          178               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592200194942653405
 14:14:48          GMT          184               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606273945386099372
 14:15:00          GMT          139               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592200194942741037
 14:15:00          GMT          463               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592200194942741036
 14:15:00          GMT          320               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606273945386102570
 14:15:00          GMT          556               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606273945386102571
 14:30:02          GMT          167               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592200194943033828
 14:30:02          GMT          608               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            606273945386378422
 14:30:07          GMT          53                12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592200194943035848
 14:43:00          GMT          184               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            606273945386649879
 14:43:00          GMT          465               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592200194943323327
 14:43:20          GMT          2                 12.51             GBP                               XLON                            606273945386656885
 14:43:20          GMT          164               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592200194943330728
 14:43:20          GMT          186               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            606273945386656886
 14:43:30          GMT          22                12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592200194943334117
 14:43:30          GMT          186               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592200194943334116
 14:52:16          GMT          189               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606273945386863171
 15:07:25          GMT          47                12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238153
 15:07:25          GMT          53                12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238149
 15:07:25          GMT          89                12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238157
 15:07:25          GMT          100               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238146
 15:07:25          GMT          101               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238156
 15:07:25          GMT          137               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238150
 15:07:25          GMT          143               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238155
 15:07:25          GMT          190               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592200194943949795
 15:07:25          GMT          190               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238148
 15:07:25          GMT          190               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238151
 15:07:25          GMT          367               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387238147
 15:17:10          GMT          10                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387465993
 15:17:10          GMT          32                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387465991
 15:17:10          GMT          190               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194944191431
 15:17:10          GMT          190               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200194944191432
 15:17:10          GMT          422               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387465992
 15:37:40          GMT          52                12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387902834
 15:37:40          GMT          133               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387902835
 15:37:40          GMT          185               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            592200194944654887
 15:37:40          GMT          185               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606273945387902836
 15:37:40          GMT          342               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            592200194944654886
 15:37:40          GMT          464               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            592200194944654885
 15:53:23          GMT          41                12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945029840
 15:53:23          GMT          150               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945029841
 15:53:23          GMT          191               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945029843
 15:53:23          GMT          191               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606273945388254813
 15:53:23          GMT          466               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945029839
 16:07:27          GMT          174               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606273945388568239
 16:07:27          GMT          841               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945360808
 16:07:27          GMT          50                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945360812
 16:07:36          GMT          312               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606273945388572092
 16:19:53          GMT          179               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606273945388877214
 16:20:00          GMT          171               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606273945388882925
 16:20:00          GMT          176               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945690895
 16:20:00          GMT          176               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945690897
 16:20:00          GMT          176               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606273945388882926
 16:20:00          GMT          230               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200194945690896
 16:20:00          GMT          293               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606273945388882924
 16:29:59          GMT          1                 12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606273945389193525

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