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RNS Number : 6547S  WH Smith PLC  08 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 08 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 25,295 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 08 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 1,027,244 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,889,690 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:                               08 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          25,295                                                11.6021                                         11.4800                     11.8700

 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
 08:02:50          GMT          574               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606158930835787745
 08:02:50          GMT          34                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606158930835787751
 08:09:54          GMT          97                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592085179271365406
 08:09:54          GMT          162               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158930835932011
 08:09:54          GMT          186               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606158930835932012
 08:17:50          GMT          101               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158930836082175
 08:17:50          GMT          443               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158930836082174
 08:44:49          GMT          103               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606158930836645329
 08:45:47          GMT          9                 11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272139386
 08:45:47          GMT          103               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272139385
 08:45:47          GMT          349               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158930836670077
 08:46:43          GMT          25                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272159171
 08:51:03          GMT          4                 11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272251560
 08:51:03          GMT          65                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272251561
 08:51:03          GMT          103               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272251562
 08:51:03          GMT          103               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272251563
 08:51:03          GMT          103               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272251564
 08:51:03          GMT          103               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158930836777325
 08:51:03          GMT          103               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158930836777326
 08:51:03          GMT          113               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158930836777327
 08:52:20          GMT          36                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606158930836800208
 09:06:52          GMT          135               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158930837120115
 09:06:52          GMT          10                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158930837120116
 09:09:14          GMT          66                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158930837168861
 09:09:14          GMT          108               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606158930837168864
 09:09:14          GMT          108               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158930837168863
 09:09:14          GMT          139               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158930837168860
 09:09:14          GMT          191               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158930837168862
 09:15:54          GMT          108               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272825851
 09:15:54          GMT          249               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592085179272825850
 09:27:30          GMT          95                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592085179273095332
 09:27:30          GMT          348               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158930837582841
 09:51:57          GMT          110               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158930838113137
 09:51:57          GMT          110               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158930838113142
 09:51:57          GMT          398               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158930838113140
 09:51:57          GMT          243               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158930838113166
 09:52:02          GMT          109               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158930838115919
 09:55:37          GMT          109               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158930838193321
 10:01:35          GMT          228               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592085179273869982
 10:01:35          GMT          54                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592085179273869984
 10:01:35          GMT          67                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592085179273869985
 10:27:41          GMT          101               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592085179274502465
 10:29:11          GMT          29                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158930838954220
 10:29:11          GMT          474               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606158930838954219
 10:31:58          GMT          41                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592085179274598567
 10:31:58          GMT          59                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592085179274598568
 10:31:58          GMT          100               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158930839013368
 10:45:23          GMT          102               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606158930839312628
 10:45:23          GMT          174               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592085179274912963
 10:45:23          GMT          175               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592085179274912965
 11:12:17          GMT          24                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158930839889193
 11:12:17          GMT          154               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592085179275519506
 11:12:17          GMT          80                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606158930839889210
 11:12:27          GMT          176               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606158930839895203
 11:12:32          GMT          139               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592085179275528218
 11:12:32          GMT          226               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606158930839897596
 11:16:51          GMT          108               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606158930840008344
 11:28:21          GMT          348               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606158930840329903
 11:59:48          GMT          94                11.64             GBP                               XLON                            592085179276899802
 11:59:48          GMT          94                11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606158930841205415
 12:03:31          GMT          94                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592085179276992197
 12:03:31          GMT          363               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592085179276992196
 12:10:01          GMT          67                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606158930841427004
 12:10:01          GMT          10                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606158930841427005
 12:10:01          GMT          79                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606158930841427008
 12:10:01          GMT          114               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592085179277133741
 12:10:01          GMT          7                 11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592085179277133742
 12:10:01          GMT          71                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592085179277133743
 12:22:32          GMT          397               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            592085179277436254
 12:36:54          GMT          348               11.49             GBP                               XLON                            592085179277741971
 12:57:41          GMT          17                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930842395407
 12:57:43          GMT          86                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930842396489
 12:57:43          GMT          103               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930842396491
 12:57:43          GMT          370               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930842396490
 12:57:49          GMT          73                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930842399092
 13:08:55          GMT          349               11.49             GBP                               XLON                            606158930842651697
 13:17:24          GMT          89                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930842825866
 13:18:03          GMT          260               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930842838694
 13:21:27          GMT          112               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930842915250
 13:34:00          GMT          42                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843183551
 13:34:00          GMT          110               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843183553
 13:34:00          GMT          348               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843183552
 13:34:03          GMT          110               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843186602
 14:00:11          GMT          26                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843839796
 14:01:17          GMT          68                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085179279723967
 14:01:17          GMT          81                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843874680
 14:01:17          GMT          13                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843874919
 14:01:21          GMT          150               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179279726176
 14:01:22          GMT          17                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179279727296
 14:04:37          GMT          23                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843968941
 14:04:37          GMT          71                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843968942
 14:04:37          GMT          94                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179279824109
 14:04:37          GMT          94                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179279824110
 14:04:37          GMT          94                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179279824111
 14:04:37          GMT          94                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843968940
 14:04:37          GMT          94                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930843968943
 14:04:37          GMT          406               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179279824108
 14:17:04          GMT          75                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085179280209410
 14:17:04          GMT          104               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085179280209407
 14:17:04          GMT          307               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085179280209409
 14:17:04          GMT          295               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606158930844332263
 14:29:06          GMT          1                 11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606158930844676364
 14:29:06          GMT          62                11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606158930844676361
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 14:36:23          GMT          106               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179280921278
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 14:43:14          GMT          78                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930845261052
 14:45:22          GMT          21                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281269246
 14:45:22          GMT          37                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281269245
 14:45:22          GMT          39                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281269244
 14:45:27          GMT          8                 11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281271749
 14:45:27          GMT          34                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281271748
 14:45:27          GMT          58                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281271747
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 14:47:09          GMT          475               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930845396863
 14:47:09          GMT          9                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281330509
 14:47:09          GMT          40                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281330511
 14:47:09          GMT          45                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281330510
 14:47:09          GMT          129               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281330508
 14:47:09          GMT          350               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281330507
 14:49:17          GMT          58                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930845474595
 14:52:30          GMT          99                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606158930845601865
 14:52:30          GMT          347               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085179281546113
 15:07:33          GMT          98                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085179282132360
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 15:20:47          GMT          350               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606158930846607663
 15:32:51          GMT          5                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606158930846961689
 15:32:51          GMT          67                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179282973632
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 15:32:51          GMT          34                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179282973644
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 15:56:07          GMT          245               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179283740394
 15:57:17          GMT          105               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            592085179283779134
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 16:00:57          GMT          347               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606158930847873395
 16:05:53          GMT          348               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179284106914
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 16:13:53          GMT          338               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592085179284417569
 16:21:33          GMT          7                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085179284728686
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