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RNS Number : 6594W

WH Smith PLC

10 February 2017

WH Smith PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 25 January 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme announced on 25 January 2017:

   Date of purchase:                                            10 February 2017 
   Number of Shares purchased:                   20,000 Shares 
   Highest price paid per Share:                     1655.0 pence 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                      1646.0 pence 
   Average price paid per Share:                    1652.3558 pence 

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

The Company has 111,729,942 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 and Transparency Rules.

The schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Barclays on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

For further information, please contact:

WH Smith PLC

Mark Boyle

Investor Relations

020 7406 6320

Schedule of Purchases

   Shares purchased:           WH Smith PLC (ISIN CODE: GB00B2PDGW16) 
   Date of purchases:          10 February 2017 
   Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited 

Aggregate information:

 
         Venue            Volume-weighted   Aggregated volume 
                           average price, 
                               pence 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 BATS Europe                    1653.7647                 170 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Chi-X Europe                   1653.1817                 798 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Turquoise                      1654.0000                 210 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 London Stock Exchange          1652.2897              18,822 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 

Individual transactions:

 
 Number of shares purchased   Transaction price    Time of transaction       Trading venue 
                               (pence per share) 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         31                16.53        08:02:11         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        378                16.50        08:10:35         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        203                16.50        08:10:35         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        105                16.50        08:10:35         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         79                16.50        08:10:35         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        265                16.47        08:13:03         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         70                16.51        08:27:15         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        253                16.51        08:27:15         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        570                16.53        08:41:59         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.53        08:41:59         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        268                16.53        08:48:04         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        203                16.53        08:48:04         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        266                16.52        09:03:32         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.52        09:03:32         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        334                16.53        09:16:07         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        212                16.53        09:16:07         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         46                16.52        09:32:01         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        164                16.52        09:32:01         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        299                16.51        09:33:50         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        169                16.51        09:33:50         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         41                16.51        09:33:50         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.51        09:33:50         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         48                16.54        09:53:21         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        250                16.54        09:53:21         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.54        09:53:21         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        204                16.54        09:54:00         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        349                16.54        09:54:00         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.54        10:04:39         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        314                16.55        10:04:39         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        287                16.55        10:12:22         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.54        10:12:45         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.54        10:28:24         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.54        10:28:24         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        428                16.54        10:41:54         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.54        10:41:54         Turquoise 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.51        10:43:07         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        163                16.49        10:51:14         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         87                16.49        10:51:14         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         17                16.49        10:51:14         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        327                16.46        10:55:08         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        131                16.54        11:20:42         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        173                16.54        11:22:11         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         37                16.55        11:25:12         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.55        11:25:12         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.55        11:29:14         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        599                16.55        11:32:13         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         31                16.55        11:35:10         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        179                16.55        11:35:10         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        267                16.54        11:44:35         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         15                16.54        11:52:56         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        195                16.54        11:52:56         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        439                16.52        11:57:53         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        275                16.52        11:57:53         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        331                16.52        12:04:32         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         74                16.52        12:14:26         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        221                16.52        12:14:26         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        250                16.53        12:33:06         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        196                16.53        12:33:06         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        101                16.53        12:33:06         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         43                16.54        12:35:48         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        110                16.55        12:39:37         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        100                16.55        12:39:37         BATS Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.55        12:44:29         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        211                16.55        12:44:32         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.55        12:49:22         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         64                16.53        12:53:10         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        148                16.53        12:53:10         Chi-X Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        325                16.53        12:53:10         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.53        12:55:16         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        268                16.52        13:06:08         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        100                16.52        13:06:08         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.52        13:06:08         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        267                16.51        13:11:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.52        13:24:00         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        574                16.52        13:24:00         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        140                16.51        13:39:07         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         70                16.52        13:39:08         BATS Europe 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.51        13:39:12         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.52        13:47:05         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.52        13:47:05         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.51        13:51:42         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        190                16.52        13:55:24         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         46                16.52        13:55:24         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.52        13:58:27         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        210                16.53        14:00:51         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        437                16.51        14:15:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         98                16.51        14:15:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        248                16.51        14:15:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        809                16.51        14:15:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                         30                16.51        14:15:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        333                16.51        14:15:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        215                16.51        14:15:17         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
                        400                16.49        14:22:00         London Stock Exchange 
---------------------------  -------------------  --------------------  ---------------------- 
 

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