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RNS Number : 0443P  WH Smith PLC  05 December 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 05 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 22,796 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 05 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 631,600 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,285,334 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:                               05 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          22,796                                                12.5463                                         12.4800                     12.6600

 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
 08:10:10          GMT          74                12.63             GBP                               XLON                            606276422656124830
 08:10:10          GMT          167               12.63             GBP                               XLON                            592202672208258048
 08:10:10          GMT          739               12.63             GBP                               XLON                            606276422656124831
 08:30:39          GMT          194               12.66             GBP                               XLON                            592202672208756800
 08:32:44          GMT          776               12.65             GBP                               XLON                            592202672208808436
 08:32:44          GMT          250               12.65             GBP                               XLON                            606276422656632575
 08:44:17          GMT          311               12.63             GBP                               XLON                            592202672209067843
 08:53:00          GMT          310               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            592202672209271343
 09:09:26          GMT          32                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592202672209649792
 09:09:26          GMT          72                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592202672209649791
 09:09:26          GMT          73                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592202672209649790
 09:09:26          GMT          131               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422657422006
 09:09:26          GMT          177               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422657422004
 09:09:26          GMT          269               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422657422005
 09:26:46          GMT          182               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606276422657799539
 09:26:46          GMT          443               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            592202672210049992
 09:38:55          GMT          186               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422658051674
 09:38:55          GMT          315               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422658051673
 09:45:35          GMT          19                12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672210474039
 09:45:35          GMT          175               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672210474038
 09:49:27          GMT          57                12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672210562914
 09:49:27          GMT          153               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672210562915
 10:02:25          GMT          365               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672210859811
 10:17:22          GMT          71                12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672211220691
 10:17:22          GMT          113               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672211220692
 10:17:22          GMT          166               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672211220693
 10:17:22          GMT          166               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            606276422658903810
 10:25:37          GMT          310               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672211416085
 10:56:39          GMT          12                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422659743586
 10:56:39          GMT          76                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422659743584
 10:56:39          GMT          184               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422659743587
 10:56:39          GMT          196               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592202672212108072
 10:56:39          GMT          252               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422659743585
 11:13:23          GMT          186               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592202672212495087
 11:13:23          GMT          310               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422660107270
 11:18:25          GMT          186               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592202672212621186
 11:37:28          GMT          334               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213040150
 11:37:31          GMT          63                12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213041231
 11:59:59          GMT          64                12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213517454
 11:59:59          GMT          192               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213517453
 12:18:27          GMT          71                12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213909625
 12:18:27          GMT          182               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213909626
 12:18:27          GMT          456               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213909627
 12:18:27          GMT          200               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213909630
 12:18:31          GMT          29                12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213910923
 12:18:31          GMT          92                12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213910924
 12:18:31          GMT          1                 12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592202672213910926
 12:19:11          GMT          195               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606276422661458309
 12:45:49          GMT          180               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422662027693
 12:45:49          GMT          455               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422662027692
 13:08:15          GMT          20                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422662554482
 13:08:15          GMT          20                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422662554483
 13:08:15          GMT          501               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422662554481
 13:08:15          GMT          25                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422662554493
 13:08:15          GMT          199               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422662554492
 13:14:26          GMT          310               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422662711176
 13:39:27          GMT          59                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422663335778
 13:39:27          GMT          134               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422663335779
 13:43:30          GMT          186               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592202672216068455
 13:47:19          GMT          191               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606276422663569142
 13:50:40          GMT          732               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            592202672216295456
 13:50:40          GMT          84                12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422663662927
 13:50:40          GMT          84                12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422663662928
 13:50:40          GMT          100               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422663662926
 14:15:43          GMT          23                12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606276422664353576
 14:20:30          GMT          79                12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422664496491
 14:20:30          GMT          92                12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422664496489
 14:20:34          GMT          100               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422664498475
 14:20:34          GMT          154               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422664498477
 14:20:34          GMT          171               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592202672217193565
 14:20:34          GMT          171               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592202672217193566
 14:20:34          GMT          658               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606276422664498644
 14:20:34          GMT          34                12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592202672217193572
 14:26:44          GMT          49                12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592202672217392247
 14:26:44          GMT          261               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592202672217392248
 14:34:31          GMT          123               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422664992414
 14:34:31          GMT          256               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422664992415
 14:34:31          GMT          36                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422664992416
 14:35:26          GMT          5                 12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422665031570
 14:35:26          GMT          168               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422665031571
 14:48:42          GMT          189               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672218324555
 14:51:28          GMT          2                 12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422665673271
 14:51:28          GMT          187               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422665673269
 14:51:28          GMT          189               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            592202672218438538
 14:51:28          GMT          639               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422665673270
 14:51:32          GMT          100               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422665676248
 14:51:32          GMT          11                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422665676249
 14:51:39          GMT          77                12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422665682178
 15:10:26          GMT          90                12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422666519194
 15:10:26          GMT          102               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606276422666519193
 15:11:06          GMT          243               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592202672219366982
 15:11:06          GMT          799               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606276422666546862
 15:16:01          GMT          312               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            606276422666744499
 15:28:38          GMT          184               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            606276422667245093
 15:33:49          GMT          204               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672220304915
 15:36:45          GMT          193               12.53             GBP                               XLON                            592202672220425028
 15:37:29          GMT          168               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            606276422667567748
 15:44:12          GMT          193               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592202672220713949
 15:44:12          GMT          649               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            606276422667811849
 15:44:12          GMT          340               12.52             GBP                               XLON                            592202672220713952
 15:50:02          GMT          308               12.5              GBP                               XLON                            606276422668041360
 15:57:15          GMT          312               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592202672221250352
 15:57:16          GMT          80                12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606276422668313895
 15:57:16          GMT          118               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606276422668313894
 16:08:52          GMT          46                12.48             GBP                               XLON                            606276422668787198
 16:08:52          GMT          122               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            606276422668787197
 16:08:52          GMT          168               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            592202672221755304
 16:08:52          GMT          168               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            592202672221755306
 16:08:52          GMT          168               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            592202672221755307
 16:08:52          GMT          309               12.48             GBP                               XLON                            592202672221755305
 16:16:52          GMT          88                12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606276422669142677
 16:16:52          GMT          103               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606276422669142679
 16:19:54          GMT          192               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            592202672222280659
 16:22:58          GMT          49                12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672222441040
 16:22:58          GMT          49                12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672222441041
 16:22:58          GMT          51                12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672222441039
 16:22:58          GMT          52                12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672222441042
 16:23:23          GMT          48                12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672222464232
 16:23:23          GMT          53                12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672222464233
 16:23:23          GMT          159               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592202672222464234
 16:29:52          GMT          45                12.51             GBP                               XLON                            606276422669777641

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