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RNS Number : 6961F  WH Smith PLC  25 September 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 25 September 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 11,000 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 25 September 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 32,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,879,676 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:                                               25 September 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                  11,000                                              14.4395                                         14.3500                       14.5600

 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
           08:49:15          BST        498                       14.45                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281377391568
           08:49:15          BST        125                       14.45                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281377391569
           08:49:15          BST        323                       14.45                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281377391570
           09:08:20          BST        668                       14.52                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530944820970
           09:08:20          BST        4                         14.52                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530944820971
           09:34:35          BST        274                       14.46                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281378455972
           10:22:10          BST        220                       14.46                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281379591433
           10:24:03          BST        192                       14.45                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530946771291
           10:24:03          BST        43                        14.45                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530946771292
           10:24:03          BST        125                       14.45                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281379638244
           10:24:03          BST        156                       14.45                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281379638245
           11:59:41          BST        207                       14.56                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530948940926
           11:59:41          BST        42                        14.56                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281381669288
           11:59:41          BST        18                        14.56                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281381669290
           12:00:13          BST        767                       14.55                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281381705990
           12:00:33          BST        111                       14.55                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530948993832
           12:00:33          BST        5                         14.55                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530948993833
           12:05:36          BST        228                       14.53                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530949126607
           12:31:20          BST        129                       14.51                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530949680778
           12:31:20          BST        94                        14.51                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530949680780
           12:47:06          BST        25                        14.43                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530950047049
           12:47:14          BST        217                       14.43                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530950049720
           13:05:58          BST        340                       14.41                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530950489737
           13:29:47          BST        90                        14.42                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530951052898
           13:29:47          BST        125                       14.42                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530951052899
           13:29:47          BST        125                       14.42                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530951052900
           13:29:47          BST        57                        14.42                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530951052902
           13:45:52          BST        200                       14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530951466300
           13:53:29          BST        80                        14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530951683355
           14:04:56          BST        69                        14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530952003311
           14:04:56          BST        55                        14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530952003312
           14:04:57          BST        9                         14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530952003762
           14:04:57          BST        272                       14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530952003763
           14:42:29          BST        105                       14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530953212217
           14:42:29          BST        103                       14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530953212218
           14:42:29          BST        189                       14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530953212219
           14:42:29          BST        189                       14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530953212220
           14:42:29          BST        189                       14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              606251281385659411
           14:42:29          BST        22                        14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281385659414
           14:42:29          BST        125                       14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281385659415
           14:42:29          BST        42                        14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281385659416
           14:42:29          BST        189                       14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281385659417
           14:55:16          BST        160                       14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530953673934
           14:55:16          BST        125                       14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530953673935
           14:55:16          BST        218                       14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              592177530953673936
           15:14:11          BST        210                       14.44                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281386742144
           15:19:26          BST        125                       14.43                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281386918588
           15:19:26          BST        310                       14.43                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281386918589
           15:20:05          BST        30                        14.42                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281386944733
           15:20:05          BST        186                       14.42                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281386944734
           15:38:47          BST        642                       14.43                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281387560918
           15:52:20          BST        88                        14.41                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281388026113
           15:52:20          BST        106                       14.41                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281388026114
           15:52:26          BST        311                       14.4                                  GBP         XLON                              606251281388029688
           16:10:08          BST        747                       14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530956413069
           16:10:08          BST        61                        14.39                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530956413074
           16:10:09          BST        51                        14.38                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530956413837
           16:10:09          BST        151                       14.38                                 GBP         XLON                              592177530956413841
           16:24:56          BST        433                       14.35                                 GBP         XLON                              606251281389356306

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