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RNS Number : 4999O  WH Smith PLC  02 December 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 02 December 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 24,390 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 02 December 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 561,223 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,355,711 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:                               02 December 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          24,390                                                12.3567                                         12.2800                     12.4200

 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
 08:10:35          GMT          547               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606275360951153321
 08:10:48          GMT          603               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606275360951155587
 08:17:55          GMT          58                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606275360951266710
 08:18:10          GMT          57                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606275360951273633
 08:18:10          GMT          97                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606275360951273639
 08:19:06          GMT          136               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606275360951286891
 08:34:52          GMT          196               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606275360951517754
 08:34:52          GMT          518               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606275360951517753
 09:03:19          GMT          226               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610515831500
 09:03:19          GMT          483               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610515831499
 09:03:19          GMT          25                12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610515831505
 09:03:19          GMT          313               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610515831506
 09:07:54          GMT          353               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610515916254
 09:25:00          GMT          198               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610516212011
 09:41:38          GMT          194               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            606275360952612164
 09:41:38          GMT          283               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610516495009
 09:41:38          GMT          600               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610516495008
 09:41:38          GMT          24                12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592201610516495014
 10:00:00          GMT          116               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606275360952924524
 10:00:00          GMT          181               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            592201610516825405
 10:00:00          GMT          206               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606275360952924525
 10:27:45          GMT          30                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606275360953445449
 10:27:45          GMT          37                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610517379276
 10:27:45          GMT          70                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610517379279
 10:27:45          GMT          144               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606275360953445450
 10:27:45          GMT          260               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610517379277
 10:27:45          GMT          260               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610517379278
 10:27:45          GMT          100               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610517379284
 11:05:34          GMT          45                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518042668
 11:05:34          GMT          137               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606275360954068317
 11:05:34          GMT          177               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606275360954068318
 11:05:34          GMT          278               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606275360954068316
 11:05:34          GMT          40                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606275360954068319
 11:05:34          GMT          71                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518042669
 11:05:34          GMT          100               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518042670
 11:05:36          GMT          6                 12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518043271
 11:05:38          GMT          105               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518044073
 11:05:57          GMT          72                12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518049568
 11:50:05          GMT          209               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518721184
 11:50:08          GMT          318               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518722522
 11:50:08          GMT          587               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518722523
 11:50:08          GMT          91                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518722531
 11:50:08          GMT          126               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610518722530
 12:15:18          GMT          129               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606275360955166904
 12:15:18          GMT          509               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606275360955166905
 12:24:00          GMT          77                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606275360955325706
 12:24:00          GMT          276               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606275360955325707
 13:01:36          GMT          659               12.41             GBP                               XLON                            592201610520126075
 13:01:36          GMT          343               12.41             GBP                               XLON                            606275360956026805
 13:22:02          GMT          8                 12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606275360956373988
 13:22:02          GMT          11                12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606275360956373987
 13:22:02          GMT          154               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606275360956373989
 13:27:57          GMT          53                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592201610520620239
 13:27:57          GMT          73                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606275360956490143
 13:27:57          GMT          80                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606275360956490145
 13:27:57          GMT          100               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606275360956490137
 13:27:57          GMT          100               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606275360956490140
 13:27:57          GMT          100               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606275360956490142
 13:27:57          GMT          120               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592201610520620237
 13:27:57          GMT          180               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606275360956490141
 13:27:57          GMT          10                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592201610520620247
 13:27:57          GMT          43                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606275360956490147
 13:27:57          GMT          50                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606275360956490146
 13:27:57          GMT          57                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592201610520620244
 13:27:57          GMT          127               12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592201610520620250
 13:36:20          GMT          191               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592201610520816312
 13:36:20          GMT          355               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606275360956673654
 13:53:47          GMT          94                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610521238467
 13:53:47          GMT          149               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610521238468
 13:53:47          GMT          149               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610521238469
 13:53:47          GMT          191               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610521238466
 13:53:47          GMT          191               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360957071631
 13:59:09          GMT          150               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606275360957212015
 13:59:09          GMT          202               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606275360957212014
 14:07:43          GMT          138               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606275360957398474
 14:07:43          GMT          215               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606275360957398473
 14:32:07          GMT          188               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592201610522157505
 14:32:07          GMT          611               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592201610522157504
 14:32:07          GMT          426               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606275360957938449
 14:45:25          GMT          180               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610522629431
 14:45:25          GMT          180               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360958376412
 14:45:25          GMT          666               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610522629430
 14:45:25          GMT          189               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610522629464
 14:49:13          GMT          354               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592201610522769250
 15:06:14          GMT          194               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606275360959112041
 15:06:14          GMT          282               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592201610523413902
 15:06:14          GMT          501               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592201610523413901
 15:10:27          GMT          79                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360959235926
 15:10:27          GMT          96                12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360959235925
 15:10:27          GMT          100               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360959235927
 15:10:27          GMT          199               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360959235928
 15:25:59          GMT          818               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592201610523994249
 15:25:59          GMT          104               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592201610523994252
 15:25:59          GMT          261               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592201610523994253
 15:46:34          GMT          45                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592201610524590608
 15:46:34          GMT          49                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592201610524590606
 15:46:34          GMT          100               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592201610524590607
 15:49:25          GMT          197               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610524670843
 15:53:28          GMT          170               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360960402553
 15:53:28          GMT          921               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360960402554
 15:53:28          GMT          132               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360960402560
 15:53:28          GMT          281               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360960402561
 16:07:54          GMT          193               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606275360960807525
 16:15:14          GMT          3                 12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610525455292
 16:15:14          GMT          7                 12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610525455293
 16:16:00          GMT          137               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961062933
 16:16:00          GMT          189               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            592201610525484670
 16:16:00          GMT          316               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961062930
 16:16:00          GMT          485               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961062932
 16:16:00          GMT          346               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961062939
 16:16:00          GMT          484               12.37             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961062938
 16:25:35          GMT          40                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961411392
 16:25:35          GMT          114               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961411389
 16:25:35          GMT          198               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961411390
 16:25:35          GMT          199               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961411394
 16:25:35          GMT          202               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606275360961411395
 16:27:46          GMT          193               12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592201610525929310

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