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RNS Number : 6598Q  WH Smith PLC  18 December 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 18 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 25,531 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 18 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 851,751 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,065,183 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:                               18 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  25,531                                              11.8057                                     11.7400                     11.8900

 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
 08:10:17          GMT        89      11.84  GBP       XLON           592207272832517349
 08:10:17          GMT        387     11.84  GBP       XLON           606281024104991162
 08:10:17          GMT        356     11.84  GBP       XLON           592207272832517355
 08:10:17          GMT        356     11.84  GBP       XLON           606281024104991168
 08:10:17          GMT        21      11.84  GBP       XLON           592207272832517364
 08:20:50          GMT        97      11.76  GBP       XLON           606281024105188929
 08:20:50          GMT        98      11.76  GBP       XLON           592207272832726832
 08:20:50          GMT        125     11.76  GBP       XLON           592207272832726830
 08:20:50          GMT        213     11.76  GBP       XLON           592207272832726831
 08:41:49          GMT        100     11.77  GBP       XLON           606281024105560373
 08:41:49          GMT        368     11.77  GBP       XLON           592207272833118736
 08:41:49          GMT        125     11.77  GBP       XLON           592207272833118740
 08:41:49          GMT        152     11.77  GBP       XLON           592207272833118741
 08:41:50          GMT        81      11.77  GBP       XLON           606281024105560661
 08:53:04          GMT        381     11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272833304330
 08:53:04          GMT        89      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272833304338
 09:19:35          GMT        90      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272833811947
 09:30:16          GMT        95      11.77  GBP       XLON           592207272834013833
 09:30:16          GMT        141     11.77  GBP       XLON           606281024106406649
 09:30:16          GMT        245     11.77  GBP       XLON           592207272834013834
 09:30:16          GMT        374     11.77  GBP       XLON           592207272834013843
 09:30:16          GMT        374     11.77  GBP       XLON           606281024106406654
 09:30:17          GMT        106     11.77  GBP       XLON           592207272834014240
 09:41:16          GMT        31      11.76  GBP       XLON           606281024106590385
 09:41:16          GMT        104     11.76  GBP       XLON           606281024106590381
 09:41:41          GMT        116     11.76  GBP       XLON           606281024106598431
 09:41:41          GMT        193     11.76  GBP       XLON           606281024106598432
 09:41:42          GMT        69      11.76  GBP       XLON           606281024106598963
 09:58:41          GMT        104     11.75  GBP       XLON           606281024106895326
 09:58:41          GMT        105     11.75  GBP       XLON           592207272834529729
 09:58:41          GMT        105     11.75  GBP       XLON           592207272834529730
 09:58:41          GMT        105     11.75  GBP       XLON           606281024106895327
 09:58:41          GMT        257     11.75  GBP       XLON           592207272834529728
 10:18:01          GMT        96      11.77  GBP       XLON           606281024107254233
 10:18:01          GMT        325     11.77  GBP       XLON           592207272834907934
 10:18:01          GMT        112     11.77  GBP       XLON           606281024107254238
 10:18:43          GMT        246     11.76  GBP       XLON           606281024107266725
 10:21:40          GMT        140     11.74  GBP       XLON           592207272834982350
 10:50:27          GMT        125     11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272835490507
 10:50:27          GMT        191     11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272835490508
 10:50:27          GMT        342     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024107807580
 10:50:27          GMT        228     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024107807583
 11:15:09          GMT        3       11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024108240424
 11:15:09          GMT        88      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024108240425
 11:27:24          GMT        12      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272836150725
 11:27:24          GMT        26      11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024108434563
 11:27:24          GMT        91      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272836150723
 11:27:24          GMT        91      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272836150724
 11:27:24          GMT        91      11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024108434564
 11:27:24          GMT        92      11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024108434561
 11:27:24          GMT        96      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272836150726
 11:27:24          GMT        139     11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024108434562
 11:27:24          GMT        127     11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024108434573
 12:06:29          GMT        14      11.87  GBP       XLON           606281024109157177
 12:06:29          GMT        34      11.87  GBP       XLON           606281024109157176
 12:06:29          GMT        49      11.87  GBP       XLON           606281024109157175
 12:07:54          GMT        104     11.87  GBP       XLON           592207272836942776
 12:07:54          GMT        238     11.87  GBP       XLON           592207272836942779
 12:07:54          GMT        146     11.87  GBP       XLON           606281024109180631
 12:07:54          GMT        291     11.87  GBP       XLON           606281024109180629
 12:07:54          GMT        223     11.87  GBP       XLON           592207272836942793
 12:07:54          GMT        117     11.87  GBP       XLON           606281024109180636
 12:28:09          GMT        105     11.86  GBP       XLON           606281024109501527
 12:28:09          GMT        226     11.86  GBP       XLON           592207272837284116
 12:28:10          GMT        42      11.86  GBP       XLON           592207272837284493
 12:28:10          GMT        70      11.86  GBP       XLON           592207272837284494
 12:28:17          GMT        15      11.85  GBP       XLON           592207272837288198
 12:28:17          GMT        90      11.85  GBP       XLON           592207272837288199
 12:47:23          GMT        367     11.89  GBP       XLON           592207272837675406
 12:47:23          GMT        169     11.89  GBP       XLON           606281024109870919
 12:49:03          GMT        106     11.87  GBP       XLON           606281024109897717
 13:00:53          GMT        125     11.84  GBP       XLON           606281024110113030
 13:00:53          GMT        134     11.84  GBP       XLON           606281024110113031
 13:00:53          GMT        80      11.84  GBP       XLON           592207272837930675
 13:19:30          GMT        106     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272838298150
 13:19:30          GMT        106     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272838298151
 13:19:30          GMT        106     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272838298153
 13:19:30          GMT        106     11.83  GBP       XLON           606281024110462233
 13:19:30          GMT        238     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272838298149
 13:19:30          GMT        100     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272838298160
 13:23:42          GMT        48      11.81  GBP       XLON           606281024110544841
 13:23:43          GMT        58      11.81  GBP       XLON           606281024110544904
 13:34:50          GMT        53      11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272838604518
 13:34:50          GMT        249     11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272838604517
 13:34:50          GMT        236     11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024110752808
 13:34:52          GMT        81      11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272838605014
 13:34:52          GMT        22      11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272838605015
 13:57:12          GMT        104     11.84  GBP       XLON           592207272839103628
 13:59:30          GMT        30      11.84  GBP       XLON           592207272839162666
 13:59:30          GMT        63      11.84  GBP       XLON           592207272839162665
 14:00:42          GMT        104     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272839201499
 14:00:42          GMT        104     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272839201500
 14:00:42          GMT        273     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272839201502
 14:00:42          GMT        300     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272839201501
 14:00:42          GMT        237     11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272839201510
 14:00:43          GMT        65      11.83  GBP       XLON           606281024111317850
 14:10:30          GMT        111     11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272839459694
 14:10:30          GMT        65      11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272839459695
 14:10:30          GMT        91      11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024111563001
 14:10:30          GMT        91      11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024111563002
 14:10:30          GMT        164     11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272839459696
 14:24:42          GMT        9       11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272839812183
 14:24:42          GMT        29      11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024111897703
 14:24:42          GMT        77      11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024111897705
 14:24:42          GMT        330     11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024111897704
 14:24:42          GMT        97      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272839812184
 14:24:42          GMT        106     11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272839812185
 14:24:43          GMT        8       11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272839812563
 14:31:03          GMT        90      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272840009038
 14:37:14          GMT        5       11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272840225887
 14:37:14          GMT        102     11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272840225886
 14:37:14          GMT        48      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272840225889
 14:37:14          GMT        54      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272840225891
 14:37:14          GMT        97      11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272840225888
 14:37:14          GMT        102     11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024112290464
 14:37:14          GMT        102     11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024112290465
 14:37:14          GMT        102     11.78  GBP       XLON           606281024112290466
 14:37:14          GMT        251     11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272840225890
 14:37:14          GMT        219     11.78  GBP       XLON           592207272840225896
 14:46:49          GMT        18      11.8   GBP       XLON           606281024112610469
 14:46:49          GMT        74      11.8   GBP       XLON           606281024112610468
 14:56:03          GMT        91      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272840935382
 14:56:03          GMT        91      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966662
 14:56:03          GMT        91      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966664
 14:56:03          GMT        91      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966667
 14:56:03          GMT        91      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966669
 14:56:03          GMT        97      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272840935383
 14:56:03          GMT        103     11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272840935385
 14:56:03          GMT        103     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966672
 14:56:03          GMT        103     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966675
 14:56:03          GMT        161     11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272840935386
 14:56:03          GMT        200     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966671
 14:56:03          GMT        399     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966661
 14:56:03          GMT        110     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024112966693
 15:19:18          GMT        44      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272841912524
 15:19:18          GMT        55      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272841912523
 15:19:18          GMT        95      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272841912520
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 15:19:18          GMT        99      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272841912527
 15:19:18          GMT        99      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024113899852
 15:19:18          GMT        99      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024113899854
 15:19:18          GMT        99      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024113899856
 15:19:18          GMT        121     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024113899853
 15:19:18          GMT        148     11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272841912528
 15:19:18          GMT        175     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024113899855
 15:19:18          GMT        266     11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272841912522
 15:19:18          GMT        293     11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272841912525
 15:19:18          GMT        77      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272841912534
 15:19:18          GMT        99      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024113899872
 15:36:43          GMT        101     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024114381200
 15:37:25          GMT        100     11.8   GBP       XLON           592207272842440124
 15:41:03          GMT        92      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272842552438
 15:41:03          GMT        246     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024114506899
 15:41:03          GMT        38      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024114506912
 15:41:03          GMT        190     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024114506911
 15:41:03          GMT        43      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272842552449
 15:41:03          GMT        90      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272842552448
 15:41:03          GMT        30      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024114506926
 15:41:03          GMT        36      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024114506925
 15:41:03          GMT        84      11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024114506924
 15:41:03          GMT        164     11.79  GBP       XLON           606281024114506923
 15:41:03          GMT        12      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272842552458
 15:41:03          GMT        26      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272842552455
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 15:41:03          GMT        84      11.79  GBP       XLON           592207272842552456
 15:50:06          GMT        276     11.85  GBP       XLON           592207272842817468
 15:50:06          GMT        340     11.85  GBP       XLON           606281024114758446
 15:50:06          GMT        3       11.85  GBP       XLON           592207272842817477
 15:50:06          GMT        77      11.85  GBP       XLON           592207272842817478
 15:54:43          GMT        1       11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272842959520
 15:57:43          GMT        78      11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272843053033
 15:58:43          GMT        28      11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272843082551
 16:02:41          GMT        3       11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024115135052
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 16:02:41          GMT        20      11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024115135051
 16:02:41          GMT        82      11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024115135050
 16:02:41          GMT        93      11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024115135053
 16:02:41          GMT        102     11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272843214767
 16:02:41          GMT        102     11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272843214768
 16:02:41          GMT        102     11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272843214769
 16:02:41          GMT        102     11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024115135048
 16:02:41          GMT        102     11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024115135049
 16:02:41          GMT        258     11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272843214766
 16:07:41          GMT        383     11.83  GBP       XLON           606281024115304206
 16:07:41          GMT        35      11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272843394097
 16:11:01          GMT        337     11.82  GBP       XLON           592207272843534051
 16:18:36          GMT        90      11.83  GBP       XLON           592207272843841785
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 16:19:44          GMT        20      11.82  GBP       XLON           606281024115773513
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