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RNS Number : 3004Q  WH Smith PLC  16 December 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 16 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 24,551 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 16 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 801,032 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,115,902 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:                               16 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          24,551                                                11.9356                                         11.8500                     12.0800

 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
 08:12:19          GMT          87                12.04             GBP                               XLON                            606280316312314177
 08:12:27          GMT          86                12.04             GBP                               XLON                            592206565040847871
 08:14:13          GMT          93                12.06             GBP                               XLON                            592206565040877173
 08:14:23          GMT          133               12.06             GBP                               XLON                            606280316312345389
 08:14:42          GMT          75                12.05             GBP                               XLON                            592206565040885618
 08:14:42          GMT          168               12.05             GBP                               XLON                            592206565040885619
 08:26:21          GMT          103               12.08             GBP                               XLON                            606280316312515294
 08:26:21          GMT          383               12.08             GBP                               XLON                            606280316312515293
 08:26:21          GMT          235               12.08             GBP                               XLON                            606280316312515298
 08:26:21          GMT          235               12.08             GBP                               XLON                            592206565041059423
 08:26:21          GMT          235               12.08             GBP                               XLON                            606280316312515301
 08:26:21          GMT          99                12.08             GBP                               XLON                            592206565041059428
 08:40:15          GMT          100               12.01             GBP                               XLON                            592206565041265944
 08:41:13          GMT          100               12                GBP                               XLON                            606280316312726226
 08:41:13          GMT          128               12                GBP                               XLON                            592206565041283569
 08:41:13          GMT          211               12                GBP                               XLON                            592206565041283570
 08:41:13          GMT          71                12                GBP                               XLON                            592206565041283575
 08:49:24          GMT          111               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592206565041419587
 08:49:24          GMT          149               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592206565041419588
 08:49:24          GMT          50                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316312854585
 08:49:24          GMT          50                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316312854586
 09:16:50          GMT          95                12                GBP                               XLON                            592206565041878017
 09:16:50          GMT          349               12                GBP                               XLON                            592206565041878018
 09:28:06          GMT          98                12.03             GBP                               XLON                            592206565042078711
 09:29:05          GMT          13                12.01             GBP                               XLON                            606280316313489464
 09:29:05          GMT          85                12.01             GBP                               XLON                            606280316313489462
 09:29:05          GMT          315               12.01             GBP                               XLON                            606280316313489463
 09:29:05          GMT          319               12.01             GBP                               XLON                            592206565042093475
 09:29:09          GMT          306               12.01             GBP                               XLON                            606280316313490251
 09:29:09          GMT          39                12.01             GBP                               XLON                            606280316313490254
 09:42:47          GMT          94                12                GBP                               XLON                            606280316313733993
 09:42:47          GMT          361               12                GBP                               XLON                            592206565042352382
 09:43:44          GMT          94                11.99             GBP                               XLON                            606280316313749269
 10:07:18          GMT          98                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565042809523
 10:07:18          GMT          98                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565042809524
 10:07:18          GMT          98                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565042809525
 10:07:18          GMT          98                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316314168039
 10:07:18          GMT          266               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316314168038
 10:08:28          GMT          94                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316314190657
 10:40:43          GMT          101               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565043481663
 10:40:43          GMT          101               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316314803942
 10:40:43          GMT          197               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316314803943
 10:40:43          GMT          272               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565043481662
 10:40:43          GMT          345               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565043481661
 10:48:58          GMT          101               11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606280316314935605
 11:02:09          GMT          36                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592206565043868430
 11:02:09          GMT          37                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315170032
 11:02:09          GMT          53                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315170031
 11:02:09          GMT          54                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592206565043868431
 11:02:09          GMT          101               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315170047
 11:02:09          GMT          260               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315170048
 11:26:41          GMT          279               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315618848
 11:26:41          GMT          10                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315618851
 11:26:41          GMT          14                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315618850
 11:26:41          GMT          17                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315618854
 11:26:41          GMT          32                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315618855
 11:35:27          GMT          41                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315772850
 11:35:27          GMT          70                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315772849
 11:35:27          GMT          102               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315772851
 11:35:27          GMT          102               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316315772852
 11:49:20          GMT          102               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565044746941
 11:49:20          GMT          142               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565044746943
 11:57:02          GMT          55                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565044880784
 11:57:02          GMT          95                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606280316316123567
 11:57:02          GMT          95                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606280316316123568
 11:57:02          GMT          99                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565044880785
 11:57:02          GMT          99                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606280316316123569
 12:24:13          GMT          87                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592206565045400533
 12:25:40          GMT          320               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565045427171
 12:27:12          GMT          100               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606280316316666455
 12:27:12          GMT          291               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606280316316666456
 12:27:12          GMT          36                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565045459674
 12:27:12          GMT          340               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565045459673
 13:06:00          GMT          102               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606280316317299549
 13:06:36          GMT          121               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592206565046138103
 13:07:26          GMT          277               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565046150800
 13:07:26          GMT          286               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606280316317319763
 13:07:26          GMT          68                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606280316317319766
 13:07:26          GMT          90                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565046150806
 13:07:26          GMT          272               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565046150805
 13:07:44          GMT          8                 11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592206565046156184
 13:07:44          GMT          113               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606280316317324893
 13:18:45          GMT          300               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606280316317509558
 13:18:45          GMT          61                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592206565046351715
 13:41:26          GMT          45                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316317964181
 13:41:26          GMT          53                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316317964180
 13:43:31          GMT          44                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318001794
 13:43:31          GMT          44                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318001795
 13:45:38          GMT          102               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318042375
 13:47:50          GMT          100               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318086794
 13:49:58          GMT          27                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318127201
 13:49:58          GMT          75                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318127200
 13:51:56          GMT          97                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318166966
 13:53:02          GMT          93                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047070438
 13:54:16          GMT          124               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318214785
 13:54:17          GMT          374               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047096113
 13:54:17          GMT          100               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318215297
 13:54:19          GMT          210               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318215769
 13:54:19          GMT          190               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318215773
 14:05:15          GMT          27                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047362734
 14:05:15          GMT          38                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047362733
 14:05:15          GMT          65                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047362735
 14:05:15          GMT          192               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047362732
 14:05:15          GMT          276               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047362740
 14:13:36          GMT          38                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047563902
 14:13:36          GMT          324               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047563903
 14:22:07          GMT          41                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047768952
 14:22:07          GMT          50                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047768953
 14:26:54          GMT          80                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318967463
 14:26:54          GMT          100               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047889507
 14:26:54          GMT          262               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047889509
 14:26:54          GMT          11                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318967489
 14:26:54          GMT          93                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047889556
 14:26:54          GMT          93                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206565047889558
 14:26:54          GMT          93                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316318967490
 14:38:24          GMT          90                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316319373197
 14:40:05          GMT          101               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316319430685
 14:41:06          GMT          101               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206565048410117
 14:41:55          GMT          87                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316319499203
 14:42:51          GMT          96                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316319526729
 14:43:47          GMT          99                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280316319555674
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 14:50:05          GMT          95                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316319757251
 14:50:05          GMT          139               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316319757252
 14:50:05          GMT          112               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280316319757253
 14:50:05          GMT          136               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206565048715365
 14:50:05          GMT          86                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206565048715372
 14:50:05          GMT          113               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206565048715371
 15:04:24          GMT          45                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606280316320288813
 15:04:24          GMT          58                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049271655
 15:06:22          GMT          92                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049341444
 15:07:35          GMT          96                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049382329
 15:10:00          GMT          44                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316320483136
 15:10:00          GMT          96                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049475016
 15:10:00          GMT          267               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049475017
 15:10:00          GMT          291               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316320483137
 15:10:00          GMT          70                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049475027
 15:10:00          GMT          101               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606280316320483146
 15:10:00          GMT          330               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049475026
 15:10:00          GMT          84                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049475038
 15:18:44          GMT          100               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049753861
 15:18:44          GMT          100               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606280316320748089
 15:18:44          GMT          361               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592206565049753860
 15:25:08          GMT          94                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606280316320923872
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 15:25:08          GMT          259               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606280316320923871
 15:42:55          GMT          100               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606280316321433947
 15:44:25          GMT          99                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606280316321479045
 15:45:38          GMT          91                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592206565050560854
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 15:45:38          GMT          252               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606280316321517474
 15:45:38          GMT          164               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606280316321517484
 15:45:38          GMT          17                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606280316321517485
 15:47:05          GMT          18                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606280316321561801
 15:53:43          GMT          128               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592206565050829771
 15:53:43          GMT          158               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592206565050829772
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