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RNS Number : 0126R  WH Smith PLC  20 December 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 20 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 25,641 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 20 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 901,432 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,015,502 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:                               20 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          25,641                                                11.7445                                         11.6000                     11.8700

 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
 08:02:08          GMT          289               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614318156
 08:02:35          GMT          11                11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614327404
 08:02:36          GMT          75                11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614327514
 08:13:26          GMT          15                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614504208
 08:13:26          GMT          75                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614504207
 08:13:26          GMT          90                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614504205
 08:13:26          GMT          90                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614504209
 08:13:26          GMT          90                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614504210
 08:13:26          GMT          90                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            606281732129911853
 08:13:26          GMT          90                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            606281732129911854
 08:13:26          GMT          334               11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614504206
 08:13:26          GMT          123               11.68             GBP                               XLON                            606281732129911861
 08:21:20          GMT          91                11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592207980614635321
 08:21:20          GMT          225               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            606281732130036073
 08:21:20          GMT          116               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            606281732130036078
 08:26:27          GMT          129               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732130101857
 08:33:04          GMT          283               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606281732130200781
 08:47:20          GMT          58                11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606281732130421870
 09:02:02          GMT          102               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592207980615285924
 09:02:02          GMT          308               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732130655302
 09:02:02          GMT          295               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732130655306
 09:02:02          GMT          295               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592207980615285929
 09:02:02          GMT          44                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732130655309
 09:12:05          GMT          7                 11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732130852453
 09:12:05          GMT          88                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732130852452
 09:30:27          GMT          107               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131216555
 09:32:05          GMT          24                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131248117
 09:32:05          GMT          67                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131248116
 09:33:22          GMT          19                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131272685
 09:36:00          GMT          73                11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131314513
 09:36:23          GMT          11                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131322448
 09:36:23          GMT          93                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131322446
 09:36:23          GMT          250               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131322447
 09:36:23          GMT          21                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592207980615990728
 09:37:02          GMT          31                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592207980616004029
 09:37:02          GMT          63                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592207980616004028
 09:37:02          GMT          125               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592207980616004026
 09:37:02          GMT          187               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592207980616004027
 09:37:02          GMT          135               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131335205
 09:39:26          GMT          115               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592207980616044128
 09:39:26          GMT          125               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131373196
 09:39:26          GMT          157               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131373197
 09:50:31          GMT          53                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592207980616255403
 09:50:31          GMT          103               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732131572752
 09:50:31          GMT          287               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592207980616255404
 10:05:53          GMT          103               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606281732131835773
 10:22:51          GMT          103               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732132155440
 10:22:51          GMT          290               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732132155439
 10:22:51          GMT          349               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732132155444
 10:22:51          GMT          75                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592207980616870174
 10:22:51          GMT          148               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592207980616870173
 10:22:52          GMT          175               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592207980616870314
 10:38:49          GMT          129               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606281732132436137
 10:38:49          GMT          211               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606281732132436138
 10:50:29          GMT          100               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592207980617463027
 10:58:39          GMT          19                11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606281732133107135
 10:58:39          GMT          81                11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606281732133107134
 10:58:39          GMT          100               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592207980617872300
 10:58:39          GMT          24                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732133107230
 10:59:59          GMT          12                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732133167920
 10:59:59          GMT          78                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732133167919
 10:59:59          GMT          100               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592207980617936662
 10:59:59          GMT          118               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732133167921
 10:59:59          GMT          172               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606281732133167918
 11:20:24          GMT          277               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606281732133613248
 11:20:24          GMT          16                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606281732133613253
 11:20:24          GMT          125               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606281732133613252
 11:20:51          GMT          202               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592207980618415065
 11:40:25          GMT          264               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592207980618789406
 11:42:13          GMT          194               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606281732134011885
 11:42:56          GMT          98                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592207980618838876
 12:20:44          GMT          108               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592207980619580872
 12:24:06          GMT          104               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606281732134791616
 12:27:05          GMT          92                11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592207980619699095
 12:30:26          GMT          101               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606281732134900261
 12:33:15          GMT          25                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606281732134953708
 12:33:15          GMT          18                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606281732134953709
 12:50:37          GMT          44                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592207980620142117
 12:50:37          GMT          44                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135264105
 12:50:37          GMT          53                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135264104
 12:50:37          GMT          67                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592207980620142118
 12:50:41          GMT          148               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135265331
 12:50:43          GMT          51                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135265809
 12:50:43          GMT          65                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135265810
 12:50:47          GMT          337               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135266713
 12:50:47          GMT          65                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592207980620144866
 12:50:47          GMT          248               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592207980620144865
 12:51:04          GMT          115               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135273251
 12:51:04          GMT          313               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592207980620151688
 12:51:04          GMT          76                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135273257
 13:22:24          GMT          80                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592207980620772786
 13:22:24          GMT          104               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592207980620772788
 13:22:24          GMT          104               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135864365
 13:22:24          GMT          104               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135864366
 13:22:24          GMT          104               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135864367
 13:22:24          GMT          104               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135864368
 13:22:24          GMT          104               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135864370
 13:22:24          GMT          271               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592207980620772787
 13:22:25          GMT          149               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606281732135864961
 13:40:32          GMT          39                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606281732136275359
 13:40:32          GMT          54                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606281732136275360
 13:40:32          GMT          92                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980621204871
 13:40:32          GMT          399               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606281732136275358
 13:40:32          GMT          105               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980621204878
 13:41:01          GMT          92                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592207980621219322
 13:51:25          GMT          26                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592207980621479083
 13:51:25          GMT          68                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592207980621479082
 13:51:25          GMT          339               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592207980621479081
 13:56:23          GMT          120               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592207980621601975
 14:30:48          GMT          15                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592207980622500797
 14:30:48          GMT          90                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592207980622500796
 14:30:48          GMT          105               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592207980622500799
 14:30:48          GMT          287               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606281732137511894
 14:30:48          GMT          69                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592207980622500800
 14:31:01          GMT          143               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592207980622509107
 14:31:10          GMT          323               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606281732137525953
 14:31:13          GMT          114               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606281732137528590
 14:32:45          GMT          100               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606281732137596094
 14:33:24          GMT          42                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606281732137620391
 14:33:24          GMT          355               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606281732137620392
 14:33:24          GMT          22                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592207980622613850
 14:36:57          GMT          194               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606281732137750145
 14:51:20          GMT          234               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980623273644
 14:51:20          GMT          278               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606281732138250626
 14:51:20          GMT          206               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980623273648
 14:52:11          GMT          98                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980623308102
 14:52:11          GMT          4                 11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980623308114
 14:52:11          GMT          7                 11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980623308116
 14:52:11          GMT          29                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980623308123
 14:52:11          GMT          277               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980623308122
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 14:52:11          GMT          146               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592207980623308131
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 14:53:38          GMT          101               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606281732138335726
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 15:24:37          GMT          230               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592207980624465493
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 15:25:03          GMT          230               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606281732139400611
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 15:25:03          GMT          7                 11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606281732139400632
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 15:49:38          GMT          23                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592207980625365499
 15:49:38          GMT          56                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606281732140243299
 15:49:38          GMT          95                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606281732140243298
 15:49:38          GMT          125               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592207980625365497
 15:49:38          GMT          125               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592207980625365498
 15:49:38          GMT          368               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606281732140243296
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 15:55:32          GMT          31                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606281732140452692
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