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RNS Number : 4802Q  WH Smith PLC  17 December 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 17 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 25,188 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 17 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 826,220 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,090,714 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:                               17 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          25,188                                                11.8037                                         11.7000                     11.8900

 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
 08:09:20          GMT          86                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606280670508740257
 08:09:20          GMT          144               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592206918935702873
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 08:09:20          GMT          75                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592206918935702932
 08:09:20          GMT          149               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592206918935702933
 08:09:20          GMT          224               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606280670508740694
 08:09:21          GMT          77                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606280670508741170
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 08:09:21          GMT          38                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606280670508741173
 08:16:47          GMT          352               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280670508936227
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 08:43:38          GMT          177               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592206918936427952
 08:43:38          GMT          179               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592206918936427953
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 08:43:38          GMT          136               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606280670509420986
 09:09:58          GMT          112               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606280670509836094
 09:10:49          GMT          100               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206918936886918
 09:12:59          GMT          89                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592206918936927200
 09:13:17          GMT          103               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206918936936825
 09:13:17          GMT          376               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206918936936826
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 09:13:17          GMT          256               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280670509904425
 09:13:17          GMT          54                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206918936936838
 09:35:21          GMT          72                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606280670510293903
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 09:35:21          GMT          95                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606280670510293909
 09:40:27          GMT          41                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280670510385819
 09:40:27          GMT          125               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606280670510385820
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 09:40:27          GMT          56                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206918937440876
 09:47:16          GMT          73                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206918937563836
 09:47:16          GMT          162               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592206918937563835
 09:48:00          GMT          117               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606280670510515551
 09:50:06          GMT          98                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606280670510553964
 10:09:19          GMT          96                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592206918938021987
 10:09:19          GMT          96                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592206918938021989
 10:09:19          GMT          382               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592206918938021988
 10:09:19          GMT          61                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592206918938021993
 10:14:34          GMT          34                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592206918938131987
 10:14:34          GMT          62                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592206918938131989
 10:26:57          GMT          35                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606280670511277928
 10:26:57          GMT          93                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606280670511277930
 10:26:57          GMT          100               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606280670511277929
 10:26:57          GMT          113               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606280670511277927
 10:26:57          GMT          125               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606280670511277926
 10:26:57          GMT          78                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606280670511277936
 11:02:01          GMT          93                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592206918939040546
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 11:02:01          GMT          152               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606280670511911342
 11:02:36          GMT          193               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592206918939052468
 11:11:42          GMT          27                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592206918939237260
 11:11:42          GMT          13                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592206918939237287
 11:11:42          GMT          76                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592206918939237286
 11:13:42          GMT          45                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592206918939272355
 11:16:04          GMT          37                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592206918939315722
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 11:16:26          GMT          182               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606280670512182557
 11:43:00          GMT          51                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606280670512645008
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 11:43:00          GMT          22                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606280670512645010
 11:43:00          GMT          96                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606280670512645011
 11:43:00          GMT          96                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606280670512645012
 11:43:02          GMT          21                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592206918939809854
 11:54:35          GMT          15                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592206918940043616
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 12:50:09          GMT          91                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592206918941053177
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 12:50:09          GMT          6                 11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606280670513821333
 12:50:09          GMT          262               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606280670513821334
 12:50:09          GMT          92                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592206918941053187
 12:50:09          GMT          176               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592206918941053186
 12:50:09          GMT          203               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606280670513821338
 13:02:15          GMT          96                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606280670514057689
 13:02:15          GMT          332               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606280670514057690
 13:02:15          GMT          20                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606280670514057696
 13:25:07          GMT          74                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592206918941790913
 13:37:20          GMT          48                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592206918942077102
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 13:55:17          GMT          40                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592206918942515997
 14:15:04          GMT          6                 11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592206918943024045
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 14:18:31          GMT          98                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606280670515754521
 14:20:11          GMT          107               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606280670515804683
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 14:26:15          GMT          70                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606280670515969940
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