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RNS Number : 4750S  WH Smith PLC  07 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 07 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 25,063 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 07 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 1,001,949 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,914,985 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:                               07 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          25,063                                                11.8258                                         11.7600                     11.9700

 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
 08:10:00          GMT          114               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592084825378151636
 08:11:02          GMT          113               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592084825378185442
 08:13:27          GMT          111               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606158576698727967
 08:16:38          GMT          99                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606158576698801620
 08:17:03          GMT          452               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592084825378336493
 08:30:09          GMT          18                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084825378640879
 08:30:09          GMT          39                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084825378640880
 08:30:41          GMT          23                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606158576699112442
 08:30:41          GMT          52                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084825378655216
 08:30:41          GMT          86                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606158576699112441
 08:34:30          GMT          105               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084825378746075
 08:34:30          GMT          360               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592084825378746076
 08:34:30          GMT          384               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606158576699198767
 08:56:40          GMT          101               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158576699758544
 08:56:40          GMT          372               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592084825379333914
 08:56:41          GMT          37                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158576699758552
 08:56:41          GMT          329               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606158576699758553
 08:56:41          GMT          300               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592084825379333938
 08:56:41          GMT          14                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592084825379333953
 09:09:59          GMT          225               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606158576700053890
 09:09:59          GMT          59                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606158576700053891
 09:09:59          GMT          59                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606158576700053892
 09:13:04          GMT          96                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592084825379715021
 09:21:25          GMT          74                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606158576700296840
 09:21:25          GMT          141               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606158576700296844
 09:21:25          GMT          33                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606158576700296845
 09:21:25          GMT          108               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592084825379897105
 09:22:26          GMT          108               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592084825379915769
 09:48:01          GMT          23                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380444137
 09:48:01          GMT          24                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380444135
 09:48:01          GMT          25                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380444139
 09:48:01          GMT          84                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380444138
 09:48:01          GMT          86                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380444136
 09:48:01          GMT          109               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380444140
 09:48:01          GMT          109               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606158576700818433
 09:48:01          GMT          319               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380444134
 09:49:49          GMT          109               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606158576700860686
 10:03:30          GMT          109               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158576701165349
 10:03:30          GMT          139               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380806210
 10:03:30          GMT          202               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825380806209
 10:21:01          GMT          57                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381201067
 10:21:01          GMT          90                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381201064
 10:21:01          GMT          101               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381201068
 10:21:01          GMT          150               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381201065
 10:21:01          GMT          150               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381201066
 10:21:05          GMT          101               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606158576701543093
 10:50:33          GMT          93                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381816713
 10:50:33          GMT          100               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381816714
 10:50:33          GMT          100               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381816715
 10:50:33          GMT          100               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381816716
 10:50:33          GMT          100               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576702128989
 10:50:33          GMT          100               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576702128990
 10:50:33          GMT          101               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381816712
 10:50:33          GMT          150               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381816711
 10:58:00          GMT          134               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381959796
 10:58:00          GMT          209               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825381959797
 11:14:44          GMT          67                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825382303625
 11:14:44          GMT          277               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825382303626
 11:15:55          GMT          99                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825382327249
 11:44:59          GMT          4                 11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576703128231
 11:44:59          GMT          48                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825382861564
 11:44:59          GMT          53                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825382861563
 11:44:59          GMT          97                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576703128234
 11:44:59          GMT          101               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825382861565
 11:44:59          GMT          101               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576703128235
 11:44:59          GMT          344               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576703128232
 11:57:30          GMT          343               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576703365359
 12:15:28          GMT          96                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383450156
 12:23:48          GMT          35                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383598203
 12:23:48          GMT          61                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383598202
 12:23:48          GMT          96                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383598201
 12:23:48          GMT          107               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576703831840
 12:23:48          GMT          110               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383598200
 12:23:48          GMT          110               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383598204
 12:23:48          GMT          126               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383598199
 12:32:35          GMT          104               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383767890
 12:32:35          GMT          110               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592084825383767889
 12:32:35          GMT          110               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158576703993809
 12:32:35          GMT          124               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158576703993810
 13:08:20          GMT          103               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576704652059
 13:08:44          GMT          103               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825384466227
 13:08:44          GMT          103               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825384466228
 13:08:44          GMT          103               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606158576704659167
 13:08:44          GMT          103               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606158576704659169
 13:08:44          GMT          103               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606158576704659171
 13:08:44          GMT          103               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606158576704659172
 13:08:44          GMT          381               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606158576704659168
 13:08:44          GMT          54                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606158576704659182
 13:23:31          GMT          42                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576704928916
 13:23:31          GMT          69                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576704928915
 13:23:31          GMT          111               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606158576704928917
 13:23:31          GMT          167               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825384749252
 13:23:31          GMT          236               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592084825384749251
 13:42:18          GMT          108               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825385123056
 13:42:18          GMT          108               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576705285338
 13:42:18          GMT          108               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576705285340
 13:42:18          GMT          343               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576705285337
 13:42:18          GMT          6                 11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825385123058
 13:42:18          GMT          102               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825385123057
 13:42:18          GMT          108               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576705285342
 13:58:54          GMT          98                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825385472910
 13:58:54          GMT          98                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576705617343
 13:58:54          GMT          98                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576705617345
 13:58:54          GMT          344               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576705617344
 14:17:18          GMT          7                 11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825385995477
 14:17:18          GMT          94                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825385995478
 14:18:41          GMT          15                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825386030089
 14:18:41          GMT          17                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825386030086
 14:18:41          GMT          17                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825386030087
 14:18:41          GMT          38                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825386030081
 14:18:41          GMT          51                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825386030083
 14:18:41          GMT          129               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825386030084
 14:18:41          GMT          150               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825386030082
 14:18:41          GMT          150               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825386030085
 14:26:15          GMT          4                 11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825386212818
 14:26:15          GMT          62                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706320410
 14:26:15          GMT          104               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825386212817
 14:26:15          GMT          108               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706320411
 14:26:15          GMT          174               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706320412
 14:26:15          GMT          209               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706320413
 14:26:15          GMT          205               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706320416
 14:37:36          GMT          96                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706713351
 14:38:26          GMT          8                 11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706744256
 14:38:26          GMT          55                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706744255
 14:38:26          GMT          35                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825386656493
 14:39:39          GMT          20                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706781307
 14:39:39          GMT          96                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825386694837
 14:39:39          GMT          96                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706781306
 14:39:39          GMT          96                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706781308
 14:39:39          GMT          98                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706781309
 14:39:39          GMT          108               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825386694839
 14:39:39          GMT          354               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706781305
 14:39:39          GMT          270               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825386694851
 14:44:13          GMT          95                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084825386851073
 14:44:13          GMT          95                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084825386851074
 14:44:13          GMT          347               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158576706930980
 14:57:16          GMT          14                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576707383931
 14:57:16          GMT          81                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576707383930
 14:57:16          GMT          95                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825387324972
 14:57:16          GMT          95                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158576707383929
 14:57:16          GMT          501               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825387324971
 14:57:16          GMT          94                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592084825387324980
 15:02:20          GMT          346               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084825387565329
 15:02:28          GMT          89                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576707617791
 15:02:28          GMT          10                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576707617792
 15:02:28          GMT          10                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576707617793
 15:10:55          GMT          97                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825387911932
 15:10:55          GMT          97                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158576707942416
 15:10:55          GMT          350               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592084825387911931
 15:16:24          GMT          104               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084825388120104
 15:16:24          GMT          104               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158576708139762
 15:16:24          GMT          170               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084825388120102
 15:16:24          GMT          174               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592084825388120103
 15:29:52          GMT          96                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606158576708594673
 15:29:52          GMT          98                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825388599259
 15:29:52          GMT          589               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606158576708594672
 15:29:52          GMT          168               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825388599268
 15:38:22          GMT          31                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825388923865
 15:38:22          GMT          69                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825388923863
 15:38:22          GMT          100               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825388923862
 15:38:22          GMT          343               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592084825388923861
 15:45:21          GMT          93                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606158576709172627
 15:45:21          GMT          156               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606158576709172649
 15:45:47          GMT          204               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606158576709187827
 15:45:47          GMT          85                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606158576709187831
 15:55:01          GMT          111               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825389580110
 15:55:01          GMT          262               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606158576709521595
 15:55:01          GMT          352               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825389580111
 15:55:01          GMT          111               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592084825389580118
 15:55:31          GMT          111               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606158576709539536
 16:00:58          GMT          109               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592084825389798104
 16:00:58          GMT          126               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606158576709730019
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 16:12:18          GMT          99                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825390204806
 16:12:18          GMT          99                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825390204807
 16:12:18          GMT          431               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825390204805
 16:12:18          GMT          190               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158576710117900
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 16:23:09          GMT          132               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592084825390653797
 16:23:55          GMT          357               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158576710583747
 16:23:55          GMT          409               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158576710583751
 16:23:55          GMT          275               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592084825390693732

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