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RNS Number : 3335N

WH Smith PLC

07 August 2017

Transactions 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 3 July 2017:

   Date of purchase:                                       7 August 2017 
   Number of Shares purchased:                    20,000 Shares 
   Highest price paid per Share:                     1846.0000 pence 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                      1819.0000 pence 
   Average price paid per Share:                    1831.3454 pence 

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

The Company has 110,878,147 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 J.P. Morgan Cazenove on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Schedule of Purchases

   Shares purchased:           WH Smith PLC (ISIN CODE: GB00B2PDGW16) 
   Date of purchases:          7 August 2017 
   Investment firm:             J.P. Morgan Securities plc 

Aggregate information:

 
        Venue           Volume-weighted  Aggregated 
                         average price,      volume 
                             pence 
----------------------  ---------------  ---------- 
London Stock Exchange         1831.3454      20,000 
----------------------  ---------------  ---------- 
 

Individual transactions:

 
 Number of shares   Transaction   Time of transaction    Trading venue 
  purchased          price 
                     (pence per 
                     share) 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 61                 1822.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:11:01   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 105                1822.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:11:01   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 241                1824.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:16:36   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 153                1823.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:18:35   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 645                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:32:57   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 152                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:36:35   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 152                1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:47:55   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 119                1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:47:55   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 99                 1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:47:55   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 49                 1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:47:55   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 58                 1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:47:55   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 358                1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:47:55   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 166                1819.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:55:00   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 207                1820.0000     07-Aug-2017 08:55:00   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1819.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:02:43   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 196                1820.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:07:55   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1821.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:14:23   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 195                1822.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:18:58   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 152                1822.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:18:58   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 38                 1823.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:24:23   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 49                 1823.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:24:23   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 196                1823.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:26:03   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 166                1824.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:31:53   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 166                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:33:35   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 270                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:40:15   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 315                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:40:15   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 249                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:57:44   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 212                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 09:59:25   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 97                 1834.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:06:44   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 67                 1834.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:06:46   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 207                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:18:15   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 378                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:18:15   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 74                 1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:18:15   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 100                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:36:44   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 76                 1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:36:51   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 66                 1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:36:53   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 163                1833.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:44:48   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 152                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:48:15   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 196                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:49:31   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 142                1832.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:56:01   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 56                 1832.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:56:01   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 36                 1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 10:56:13   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 100                1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:03:56   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 22                 1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:03:56   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 136                1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:03:56   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 120                1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:12:31   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 61                 1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:12:31   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 211                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:25:38   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 174                1824.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:31:03   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 51                 1824.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:43:47   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 115                1824.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:43:47   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 166                1824.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:44:24   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 166                1824.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:52:21   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 182                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 11:57:18   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 167                1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:05:38   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 73                 1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:09:31   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 103                1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:09:49   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 72                 1829.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:17:51   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 95                 1829.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:17:51   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 196                1829.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:17:51   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 155                1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:26:14   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 198                1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:34:24   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 181                1826.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:39:49   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 157                1826.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:46:41   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 163                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 12:58:30   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 201                1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:00:09   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 50                 1825.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:00:18   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 148                1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:07:44   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 160                1827.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:10:13   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 200                1833.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:30:12   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 79                 1833.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:30:14   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 89                 1833.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:30:14   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 308                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:36:04   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 330                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:36:04   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 180                1830.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:44:56   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 81                 1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:55:12   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 100                1828.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:55:13   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 155                1830.0000     07-Aug-2017 13:58:05   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 101                1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:04:24   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 60                 1831.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:04:24   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1830.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:06:07   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 211                1830.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:08:02   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 152                1833.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:15:09   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 150                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:16:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 2                  1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:16:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:17:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 31                 1834.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:28:21   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 150                1834.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:28:21   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 112                1833.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:29:16   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 44                 1833.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:29:16   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 166                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:30:22   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 161                1834.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:30:25   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 165                1837.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:41:52   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 15                 1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:42:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 35                 1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:42:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 101                1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:42:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:46:42   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 166                1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:47:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 152                1841.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:54:16   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1840.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:56:43   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1844.0000     07-Aug-2017 14:59:02   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 17                 1840.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:01:03   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 145                1840.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:01:03   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 99                 1842.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:06:05   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 126                1843.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:11:24   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 172                1846.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:17:21   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 35                 1846.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:17:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 126                1846.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:17:45   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 169                1845.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:19:56   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 152                1845.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:22:24   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 105                1846.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:24:15   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 61                 1846.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:24:25   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 90                 1846.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:24:25   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 122                1845.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:26:05   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 44                 1845.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:26:05   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 39                 1844.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:28:22   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 3                  1844.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:28:22   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 116                1844.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:28:22   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1843.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:29:51   London Stock Exchange 
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 116                1843.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:36:05   London Stock Exchange 
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 35                 1843.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:36:05   London Stock Exchange 
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 49                 1842.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:40:02   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 117                1842.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:40:02   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 147                1841.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:40:24   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 19                 1841.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:40:24   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 105                1840.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:42:38   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 83                 1840.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:42:38   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 127                1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:43:28   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 25                 1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:43:28   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 151                1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:50:05   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 82                 1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:51:43   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 84                 1838.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:51:43   London Stock Exchange 
-----------------  ------------  ---------------------  ---------------------- 
 163                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:53:21   London Stock Exchange 
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 30                 1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:55:17   London Stock Exchange 
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 135                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:55:17   London Stock Exchange 
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 160                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:58:49   London Stock Exchange 
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 104                1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:59:26   London Stock Exchange 
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 50                 1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 15:59:26   London Stock Exchange 
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 54                 1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:03:19   London Stock Exchange 
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 107                1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:03:19   London Stock Exchange 
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 166                1837.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:07:00   London Stock Exchange 
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 15                 1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:07:46   London Stock Exchange 
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 1                  1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:07:46   London Stock Exchange 
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 127                1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:07:46   London Stock Exchange 
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 181                1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:09:58   London Stock Exchange 
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 166                1834.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:11:48   London Stock Exchange 
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 156                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:13:27   London Stock Exchange 
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 152                1836.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:19:12   London Stock Exchange 
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 158                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:20:50   London Stock Exchange 
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 151                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:22:01   London Stock Exchange 
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 106                1834.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:23:09   London Stock Exchange 
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 10                 1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:26:06   London Stock Exchange 
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 141                1835.0000     07-Aug-2017 16:26:06   London Stock Exchange 
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