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RNS Number : 3100S  WH Smith PLC  06 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 06 January 2025

 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 24,937 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 06 January 2025 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 976,886 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,940,048 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:                               06 January 2025
 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          24,937                                                11.8833                                         11.7500                     12.0000

 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
 08:09:21          GMT          93                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158223008952117
 08:11:15          GMT          97                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158223008977536
 08:14:03          GMT          27                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479008711
 08:14:03          GMT          103               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479008712
 08:14:42          GMT          111               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158223009016528
 08:16:46          GMT          389               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479046184
 08:16:46          GMT          219               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158223009044660
 08:16:46          GMT          409               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158223009044659
 08:16:46          GMT          165               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479046190
 09:08:45          GMT          101               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479778887
 09:08:45          GMT          101               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606158223009736233
 09:08:45          GMT          619               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479778886
 09:08:45          GMT          115               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479778893
 09:08:45          GMT          267               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606158223009736239
 09:08:45          GMT          402               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479778897
 09:08:45          GMT          2                 11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479778898
 09:08:45          GMT          45                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606158223009736248
 09:08:45          GMT          159               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479778908
 09:08:47          GMT          9                 11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479779602
 09:08:54          GMT          198               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606158223009738784
 09:19:19          GMT          101               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479939699
 09:19:19          GMT          265               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606158223009888880
 09:19:29          GMT          9                 11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479944140
 09:19:29          GMT          90                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592084471479944139
 09:44:54          GMT          48                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158223010264145
 09:44:54          GMT          377               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084471480336362
 09:44:54          GMT          46                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158223010264246
 09:44:54          GMT          76                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158223010264245
 09:44:54          GMT          260               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158223010264244
 10:00:16          GMT          45                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158223010472906
 10:00:16          GMT          181               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592084471480557115
 10:00:16          GMT          95                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592084471480557116
 10:00:16          GMT          95                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592084471480557117
 10:00:16          GMT          140               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158223010472907
 10:29:54          GMT          1                 11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592084471481013329
 10:29:54          GMT          98                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592084471481013328
 10:33:21          GMT          109               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592084471481066329
 11:01:02          GMT          110               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158223011304382
 11:01:02          GMT          123               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084471481432340
 11:01:02          GMT          151               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084471481432341
 11:02:09          GMT          71                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084471481454084
 11:02:09          GMT          217               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084471481454086
 11:02:09          GMT          300               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084471481454085
 11:02:09          GMT          350               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158223011324827
 11:25:57          GMT          98                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606158223011767209
 11:30:37          GMT          135               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606158223011862998
 11:31:25          GMT          110               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592084471482040765
 11:33:33          GMT          74                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223011920417
 11:33:33          GMT          375               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223011920415
 11:33:33          GMT          475               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223011920425
 11:41:45          GMT          24                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223012071486
 11:41:45          GMT          37                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223012071489
 12:12:26          GMT          14                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084471482770404
 12:12:26          GMT          79                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084471482770410
 12:14:37          GMT          374               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084471482815411
 12:14:37          GMT          60                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084471482815418
 12:14:37          GMT          455               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084471482815417
 12:14:39          GMT          15                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084471482816178
 12:14:39          GMT          207               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084471482816182
 12:27:43          GMT          98                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084471483059554
 12:27:43          GMT          268               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084471483059553
 12:33:27          GMT          111               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084471483166170
 12:46:08          GMT          367               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592084471483399154
 13:05:36          GMT          94                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592084471483768385
 13:05:36          GMT          95                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592084471483768387
 13:05:36          GMT          273               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592084471483768386
 13:05:36          GMT          332               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606158223013529405
 13:25:16          GMT          103               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471484153232
 13:34:05          GMT          16                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014039562
 13:34:05          GMT          34                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014039563
 13:34:05          GMT          46                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014039564
 13:35:58          GMT          97                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471484334622
 13:46:15          GMT          109               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592084471484522269
 13:46:15          GMT          109               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014246356
 13:47:00          GMT          201               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014260453
 13:47:00          GMT          215               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014260455
 13:47:00          GMT          297               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014260454
 13:57:37          GMT          13                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014467033
 13:57:37          GMT          36                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471484755349
 13:57:37          GMT          60                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471484755348
 13:57:37          GMT          96                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471484755350
 13:57:37          GMT          96                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471484755351
 13:57:37          GMT          96                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014467035
 13:57:37          GMT          96                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014467036
 13:57:37          GMT          110               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471484755347
 13:57:37          GMT          470               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014467034
 13:57:37          GMT          56                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014467047
 13:57:37          GMT          104               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014467046
 14:11:05          GMT          104               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592084471485014390
 14:11:37          GMT          104               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471485024073
 14:11:37          GMT          455               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471485024074
 14:15:26          GMT          100               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592084471485102132
 14:18:42          GMT          367               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606158223014953378
 14:37:08          GMT          2                 11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592084471485756263
 14:37:08          GMT          100               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592084471485756262
 14:37:08          GMT          435               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606158223015423755
 14:37:08          GMT          632               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592084471485756267
 14:37:08          GMT          165               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606158223015423761
 14:48:50          GMT          69                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486036682
 14:48:50          GMT          107               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486036683
 14:48:50          GMT          377               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486036681
 14:50:37          GMT          305               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486077343
 14:59:55          GMT          102               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486290926
 15:02:34          GMT          96                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606158223015998394
 15:02:34          GMT          102               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606158223015998393
 15:02:34          GMT          186               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606158223015998392
 15:02:34          GMT          221               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606158223015998391
 15:03:15          GMT          474               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016021204
 15:04:12          GMT          82                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016043767
 15:04:12          GMT          87                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016043768
 15:12:30          GMT          106               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486616080
 15:12:30          GMT          106               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486616081
 15:12:30          GMT          369               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486616079
 15:25:47          GMT          41                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016547440
 15:25:47          GMT          63                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016547441
 15:27:15          GMT          40                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486964440
 15:27:19          GMT          61                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486966111
 15:28:45          GMT          7                 11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486995322
 15:28:45          GMT          26                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486995325
 15:28:45          GMT          33                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486995324
 15:28:45          GMT          34                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471486995323
 15:30:24          GMT          107               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016640188
 15:32:02          GMT          12                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487077320
 15:32:02          GMT          36                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487077321
 15:32:02          GMT          54                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487077322
 15:33:36          GMT          104               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487110624
 15:35:11          GMT          25                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487144498
 15:35:11          GMT          73                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487144497
 15:37:16          GMT          95                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016788749
 15:39:07          GMT          97                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016826523
 15:40:37          GMT          87                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016859310
 15:41:05          GMT          3                 11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016871779
 15:41:05          GMT          4                 11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016871780
 15:41:05          GMT          11                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016871781
 15:41:16          GMT          431               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016876052
 15:41:16          GMT          117               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487281361
 15:41:16          GMT          314               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487281362
 15:41:16          GMT          223               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016876077
 15:42:01          GMT          36                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016891633
 15:42:01          GMT          141               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158223016891634
 15:55:27          GMT          110               12                GBP                               XLON                            606158223017187862
 15:56:06          GMT          108               11.99             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487623399
 16:00:04          GMT          154               11.99             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487721739
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 16:00:24          GMT          345               11.99             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487735217
 16:00:24          GMT          152               11.99             GBP                               XLON                            606158223017308664
 16:00:55          GMT          127               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606158223017319653
 16:08:15          GMT          97                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592084471487926984
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 16:08:15          GMT          368               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606158223017491869
 16:19:27          GMT          106               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592084471488209747
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 16:29:51          GMT          70                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592084471488546270

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