Transaction in Own Shares

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: 26 January 2017

Number of Shares purchased: 3,784 Shares

Highest price paid per Share: 1593.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share: 1586.0 pence

Average price paid per Share: 1590.6726 pence

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

The Company has 111,902,678 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: 26 January 2017

Investment firm: Barclays Capital Securities Limited

Aggregate information:

Individual transactions: