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RNS Number : 2648O  WH Smith PLC  29 November 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 29 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 24,096 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 29 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 536,833 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,380,101 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:                               29 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          24,096                                                12.3830                                         12.3100                     12.4800

 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
 08:05:30          GMT          18                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606274299287591400
 08:05:30          GMT          24                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606274299287591402
 08:05:30          GMT          69                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606274299287591401
 08:05:30          GMT          58                12.47             GBP                               XLON                            592200548839300214
 08:12:57          GMT          716               12.47             GBP                               XLON                            606274299287691688
 08:12:57          GMT          305               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            592200548839408214
 08:29:06          GMT          188               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606274299287900653
 08:29:06          GMT          256               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606274299287900652
 08:40:52          GMT          57                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592200548839811685
 08:40:52          GMT          58                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592200548839811684
 08:40:52          GMT          84                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592200548839811686
 08:40:52          GMT          318               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299288071817
 08:53:10          GMT          48                12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592200548839989659
 08:53:10          GMT          125               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592200548839989658
 09:19:22          GMT          19                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299288632515
 09:19:22          GMT          81                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592200548840406578
 09:19:22          GMT          100               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592200548840406577
 09:19:22          GMT          546               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299288632516
 09:19:22          GMT          587               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299288632521
 09:22:44          GMT          122               12.41             GBP                               XLON                            606274299288686258
 09:22:44          GMT          191               12.41             GBP                               XLON                            606274299288686257
 09:52:55          GMT          37                12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592200548840889651
 09:52:55          GMT          100               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592200548840889646
 09:52:55          GMT          153               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592200548840889650
 09:52:55          GMT          171               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592200548840889649
 09:52:55          GMT          300               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592200548840889647
 10:22:39          GMT          197               12.45             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289496677
 10:25:59          GMT          27                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289540048
 10:25:59          GMT          33                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289540047
 10:25:59          GMT          55                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289540045
 10:25:59          GMT          100               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289540046
 10:25:59          GMT          145               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289540044
 10:25:59          GMT          200               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289540042
 10:25:59          GMT          200               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289540043
 10:25:59          GMT          230               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289540054
 10:55:28          GMT          113               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289940536
 10:55:28          GMT          194               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            592200548841805744
 10:55:28          GMT          194               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289940537
 10:55:28          GMT          200               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606274299289940535
 11:35:10          GMT          7                 12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606274299290562496
 11:35:10          GMT          92                12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606274299290562495
 11:35:10          GMT          88                12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200548842469193
 11:39:49          GMT          90                12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200548842551632
 11:39:49          GMT          90                12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200548842551673
 11:39:51          GMT          81                12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592200548842552211
 11:41:14          GMT          776               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200548842576193
 11:41:17          GMT          102               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606274299290663793
 12:02:03          GMT          22                12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606274299290986249
 12:02:03          GMT          156               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606274299290986250
 12:02:03          GMT          178               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            592200548842921213
 12:02:03          GMT          178               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606274299290986251
 12:02:03          GMT          197               12.43             GBP                               XLON                            606274299290986248
 12:31:31          GMT          20                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606274299291417532
 12:31:31          GMT          25                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592200548843384979
 12:31:31          GMT          75                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606274299291417529
 12:31:31          GMT          125               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606274299291417531
 12:31:31          GMT          175               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592200548843384978
 12:31:31          GMT          314               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606274299291417530
 12:31:31          GMT          180               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606274299291417533
 12:35:29          GMT          313               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606274299291485683
 13:08:14          GMT          73                12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606274299291948858
 13:08:14          GMT          125               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606274299291948859
 13:08:14          GMT          198               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592200548843958077
 13:08:14          GMT          531               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606274299291948862
 13:21:59          GMT          177               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292136423
 13:21:59          GMT          313               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592200548844160318
 13:26:32          GMT          9                 12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292204337
 13:26:32          GMT          96                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292204334
 13:26:32          GMT          100               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292204335
 13:26:32          GMT          109               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292204336
 13:42:52          GMT          31                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292466361
 13:42:52          GMT          44                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292466359
 13:42:52          GMT          49                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292466360
 13:42:52          GMT          69                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292466357
 13:42:52          GMT          89                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292466362
 13:42:52          GMT          169               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592200548844515773
 13:42:52          GMT          169               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592200548844515774
 13:42:52          GMT          200               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292466358
 13:55:44          GMT          172               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592200548844753006
 13:57:09          GMT          124               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292706385
 13:57:09          GMT          146               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292706386
 13:57:09          GMT          146               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292706387
 13:57:09          GMT          172               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592200548844774740
 14:14:46          GMT          36                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292991410
 14:14:46          GMT          64                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592200548845079157
 14:14:46          GMT          113               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592200548845079158
 14:14:46          GMT          553               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299292991409
 14:27:13          GMT          61                12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592200548845295281
 14:27:13          GMT          100               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592200548845295279
 14:27:13          GMT          100               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592200548845295280
 14:27:13          GMT          260               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592200548845295278
 14:38:24          GMT          178               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606274299293451874
 14:38:24          GMT          178               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606274299293451875
 14:38:24          GMT          197               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606274299293451873
 14:38:24          GMT          473               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606274299293451872
 14:41:09          GMT          315               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            606274299293510532
 14:59:48          GMT          39                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606274299293916397
 14:59:48          GMT          149               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592200548846066852
 15:02:07          GMT          175               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592200548846127271
 15:04:48          GMT          227               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592200548846195747
 15:04:48          GMT          528               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294037249
 15:04:48          GMT          320               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294037259
 15:04:48          GMT          205               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592200548846195760
 15:15:30          GMT          35                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294273202
 15:15:30          GMT          87                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294273199
 15:15:30          GMT          112               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294273198
 15:15:30          GMT          113               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294273200
 15:15:30          GMT          398               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294273201
 15:21:01          GMT          170               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592200548846572028
 15:21:01          GMT          362               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294389446
 15:39:46          GMT          32                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592200548846957546
 15:39:46          GMT          68                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294749664
 15:39:46          GMT          185               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294749666
 15:39:46          GMT          190               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592200548846957545
 15:39:46          GMT          285               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294749665
 15:39:46          GMT          180               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294749670
 15:39:46          GMT          320               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606274299294749669
 16:00:23          GMT          220               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592200548847446044
 16:00:29          GMT          80                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295212427
 16:00:29          GMT          100               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295212426
 16:00:31          GMT          91                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592200548847450366
 16:00:48          GMT          84                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592200548847456198
 16:00:48          GMT          698               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592200548847456199
 16:10:00          GMT          72                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295466781
 16:10:00          GMT          105               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295466782
 16:10:04          GMT          100               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592200548847720658
 16:10:04          GMT          77                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592200548847720866
 16:10:04          GMT          158               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295469097
 16:10:04          GMT          467               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295469098
 16:11:50          GMT          173               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295519117
 16:11:50          GMT          195               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295519118
 16:21:13          GMT          85                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295781432
 16:21:13          GMT          89                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295781431
 16:21:13          GMT          174               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            592200548848051719
 16:21:13          GMT          174               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            592200548848051720
 16:21:13          GMT          174               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295781429
 16:21:13          GMT          315               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606274299295781430
 16:29:29          GMT          43                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606274299296026043
 16:29:54          GMT          400               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592200548848343187

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