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RNS Number : 7575P  WH Smith PLC  11 December 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 11 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 24,469 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 11 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 727,870 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,189,064 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:                               11 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          24,469                                                12.3057                                         12.1900                     12.4100

 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
 08:08:21          GMT          83                12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592204795580467608
 08:09:51          GMT          150               12.27             GBP                               XLON                            606278547127670296
 08:11:39          GMT          362               12.23             GBP                               XLON                            606278547127700823
 08:11:39          GMT          238               12.23             GBP                               XLON                            592204795580524481
 08:11:40          GMT          64                12.23             GBP                               XLON                            606278547127701176
 08:11:40          GMT          174               12.23             GBP                               XLON                            606278547127701177
 08:11:42          GMT          190               12.23             GBP                               XLON                            606278547127701615
 08:25:40          GMT          98                12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592204795580750416
 08:25:40          GMT          98                12.19             GBP                               XLON                            606278547127913805
 08:25:40          GMT          346               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592204795580750415
 08:44:27          GMT          245               12.2              GBP                               XLON                            592204795581114007
 08:44:27          GMT          17                12.2              GBP                               XLON                            592204795581114010
 08:44:27          GMT          367               12.2              GBP                               XLON                            592204795581114011
 08:46:42          GMT          11                12.2              GBP                               XLON                            592204795581172478
 08:46:42          GMT          39                12.2              GBP                               XLON                            592204795581172477
 08:46:42          GMT          92                12.2              GBP                               XLON                            592204795581172479
 09:02:15          GMT          89                12.21             GBP                               XLON                            592204795581528895
 09:11:22          GMT          64                12.23             GBP                               XLON                            606278547128861555
 09:11:22          GMT          29                12.23             GBP                               XLON                            592204795581753026
 09:13:41          GMT          88                12.23             GBP                               XLON                            592204795581804924
 09:14:39          GMT          13                12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592204795581823855
 09:14:39          GMT          375               12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592204795581823856
 09:14:39          GMT          311               12.22             GBP                               XLON                            606278547128928386
 09:14:39          GMT          12                12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592204795581823863
 09:14:39          GMT          58                12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592204795581823864
 09:14:39          GMT          180               12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592204795581823862
 09:15:31          GMT          20                12.22             GBP                               XLON                            606278547128947077
 09:41:25          GMT          114               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606278547129445545
 09:41:25          GMT          250               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592204795582371913
 09:41:25          GMT          156               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592204795582371918
 09:41:25          GMT          174               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592204795582371917
 09:41:25          GMT          229               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592204795582371924
 10:15:42          GMT          92                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592204795583159621
 10:27:04          GMT          21                12.25             GBP                               XLON                            592204795583427265
 10:27:04          GMT          94                12.25             GBP                               XLON                            592204795583427263
 10:27:04          GMT          102               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            606278547130446097
 10:27:04          GMT          354               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            592204795583427264
 10:27:04          GMT          374               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            606278547130446100
 10:27:04          GMT          62                12.25             GBP                               XLON                            592204795583427274
 10:27:04          GMT          180               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            592204795583427273
 10:27:05          GMT          64                12.25             GBP                               XLON                            606278547130446322
 10:27:05          GMT          98                12.25             GBP                               XLON                            606278547130446323
 10:38:56          GMT          109               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592204795583688663
 10:38:56          GMT          216               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592204795583688664
 10:53:41          GMT          69                12.23             GBP                               XLON                            606278547131003677
 10:53:41          GMT          79                12.23             GBP                               XLON                            606278547131003675
 10:53:41          GMT          177               12.23             GBP                               XLON                            606278547131003676
 11:36:31          GMT          124               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            606278547131917884
 11:37:35          GMT          100               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592204795584997651
 11:37:35          GMT          14                12.26             GBP                               XLON                            606278547131939460
 11:43:04          GMT          45                12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592204795585111811
 11:43:04          GMT          52                12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592204795585111810
 11:45:15          GMT          289               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            606278547132090098
 11:45:15          GMT          52                12.25             GBP                               XLON                            606278547132090107
 11:45:15          GMT          200               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            606278547132090106
 11:45:15          GMT          180               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            592204795585155667
 11:45:15          GMT          100               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            606278547132090118
 12:02:04          GMT          87                12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592204795585504127
 12:02:04          GMT          87                12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592204795585504128
 12:02:04          GMT          87                12.26             GBP                               XLON                            606278547132422576
 12:02:04          GMT          153               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            606278547132422575
 12:07:07          GMT          104               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592204795585625724
 12:28:52          GMT          96                12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592204795586110289
 12:31:36          GMT          6                 12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795586169802
 12:31:36          GMT          30                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795586169801
 12:31:36          GMT          49                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795586169800
 12:35:49          GMT          90                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606278547133141108
 12:38:32          GMT          86                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606278547133191135
 12:40:23          GMT          415               12.27             GBP                               XLON                            606278547133227519
 12:40:23          GMT          67                12.27             GBP                               XLON                            606278547133227524
 12:53:23          GMT          84                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795586617269
 12:53:23          GMT          393               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606278547133479511
 12:53:23          GMT          62                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606278547133479518
 12:53:23          GMT          320               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606278547133479517
 12:53:23          GMT          61                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795586617279
 13:20:30          GMT          2                 12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134038026
 13:20:30          GMT          8                 12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134038024
 13:20:30          GMT          8                 12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134038025
 13:20:30          GMT          69                12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134038023
 13:22:38          GMT          87                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587258307
 13:22:38          GMT          97                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587258306
 13:22:38          GMT          132               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134085385
 13:22:38          GMT          273               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134085384
 13:22:38          GMT          78                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587258313
 13:22:38          GMT          180               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587258314
 13:22:38          GMT          43                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587258315
 13:39:56          GMT          84                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134550085
 13:40:30          GMT          362               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134567496
 13:40:30          GMT          100               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134567507
 13:40:30          GMT          112               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134567510
 13:40:30          GMT          112               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134567511
 13:48:18          GMT          87                12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587998807
 13:48:18          GMT          87                12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587998808
 13:48:18          GMT          87                12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134785259
 13:48:18          GMT          87                12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606278547134785260
 13:48:18          GMT          114               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587998806
 13:48:18          GMT          172               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592204795587998805
 14:05:10          GMT          227               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592204795588497182
 14:05:10          GMT          395               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592204795588497206
 14:05:10          GMT          73                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606278547135257374
 14:13:59          GMT          91                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592204795588755013
 14:13:59          GMT          250               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606278547135501558
 14:13:59          GMT          76                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592204795588755017
 14:29:53          GMT          85                12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589234418
 14:29:53          GMT          85                12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589234419
 14:29:53          GMT          85                12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589234420
 14:29:53          GMT          85                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592204795589234417
 14:29:53          GMT          301               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606278547135955499
 14:29:53          GMT          78                12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606278547135955506
 14:29:53          GMT          320               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606278547135955507
 14:29:53          GMT          28                12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589234428
 14:39:15          GMT          88                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606278547136321806
 14:39:54          GMT          91                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            592204795589644745
 14:40:46          GMT          98                12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606278547136384760
 14:41:41          GMT          98                12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589722488
 14:41:46          GMT          2                 12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589725809
 14:41:46          GMT          86                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589725810
 14:41:46          GMT          88                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589725811
 14:41:46          GMT          88                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589725812
 14:41:46          GMT          94                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606278547136421647
 14:41:46          GMT          304               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606278547136421646
 14:41:46          GMT          12                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589725818
 14:41:46          GMT          320               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592204795589725817
 14:50:41          GMT          20                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592204795590077057
 14:50:41          GMT          72                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592204795590077058
 14:50:41          GMT          92                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592204795590077056
 14:50:41          GMT          92                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592204795590077059
 14:50:41          GMT          92                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606278547136755459
 14:50:41          GMT          94                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606278547136755458
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 15:10:26          GMT          97                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592204795590863154
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 15:10:26          GMT          98                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592204795590863153
 15:10:26          GMT          98                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606278547137501580
 15:10:26          GMT          357               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592204795590863150
 15:10:50          GMT          54                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592204795590878209
 15:14:34          GMT          302               12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606278547137642489
 15:14:41          GMT          22                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606278547137646066
 15:29:20          GMT          46                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            592204795591552456
 15:29:20          GMT          46                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            592204795591552457
 15:31:39          GMT          74                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606278547138236500
 15:31:56          GMT          11                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            592204795591646314
 15:31:56          GMT          25                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606278547138248620
 15:31:56          GMT          64                12.36             GBP                               XLON                            606278547138248621
 15:32:03          GMT          92                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592204795591651976
 15:32:03          GMT          92                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592204795591651977
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 15:48:27          GMT          85                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606278547138828549
 15:49:32          GMT          84                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606278547138865902
 15:50:46          GMT          90                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592204795592340665
 15:51:56          GMT          86                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606278547138948479
 15:53:14          GMT          19                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592204795592430059
 15:53:24          GMT          79                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            592204795592435409
 15:53:47          GMT          19                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606278547139011236
 15:53:47          GMT          80                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606278547139011235
 15:55:05          GMT          94                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606278547139066345
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 15:58:39          GMT          95                12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606278547139189135
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 15:59:32          GMT          2                 12.33             GBP                               XLON                            592204795592669255
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 15:59:32          GMT          44                12.33             GBP                               XLON                            606278547139220329
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 16:18:04          GMT          110               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606278547139939030
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 16:18:04          GMT          180               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            592204795593426078
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 16:29:47          GMT          1                 12.4              GBP                               XLON                            606278547140450938
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