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RNS Number : 8213S  WH Smith PLC  09 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 09 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 26,109 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 09 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 1,053,353 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,863,581 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:                               09 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          26,109                                                11.4632                                         11.3000                     11.5500

 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
 08:04:09          GMT          100               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592085533158365449
 08:04:09          GMT          431               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592085533158365450
 08:04:10          GMT          150               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592085533158366295
 08:04:10          GMT          211               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592085533158366296
 08:10:20          GMT          95                11.36             GBP                               XLON                            606159284757712298
 08:13:31          GMT          205               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606159284757769954
 08:20:05          GMT          95                11.39             GBP                               XLON                            606159284757879289
 08:20:05          GMT          519               11.39             GBP                               XLON                            606159284757879288
 08:20:05          GMT          352               11.39             GBP                               XLON                            606159284757879292
 08:36:03          GMT          99                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606159284758172235
 08:49:59          GMT          172               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606159284758415645
 08:49:59          GMT          201               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606159284758415646
 08:50:08          GMT          63                11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606159284758418961
 08:50:08          GMT          365               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606159284758418962
 08:51:12          GMT          177               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606159284758439147
 08:51:12          GMT          247               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606159284758439148
 09:13:57          GMT          330               11.39             GBP                               XLON                            592085533159753213
 09:13:57          GMT          412               11.39             GBP                               XLON                            592085533159753214
 09:13:57          GMT          322               11.39             GBP                               XLON                            592085533159753219
 09:33:00          GMT          509               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606159284759283954
 10:14:54          GMT          111               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161048601
 10:14:54          GMT          111               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606159284760089486
 10:14:54          GMT          628               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606159284760089487
 10:15:00          GMT          100               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161050264
 10:15:01          GMT          293               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161051135
 10:26:57          GMT          154               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161316537
 10:42:26          GMT          200               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161647378
 10:42:30          GMT          28                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161649732
 10:42:30          GMT          101               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606159284760657928
 10:42:30          GMT          171               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161649733
 10:42:35          GMT          59                11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161651960
 10:59:03          GMT          130               11.39             GBP                               XLON                            606159284760977801
 10:59:03          GMT          458               11.39             GBP                               XLON                            592085533161988274
 11:57:47          GMT          66                11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163121722
 11:57:47          GMT          101               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606159284762049766
 12:01:35          GMT          219               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163188759
 12:03:28          GMT          110               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163227500
 12:14:09          GMT          93                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            606159284762349195
 12:16:46          GMT          8                 11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163487143
 12:16:46          GMT          14                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163487144
 12:16:46          GMT          21                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163487142
 12:16:46          GMT          20                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            606159284762396223
 12:16:46          GMT          39                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            606159284762396224
 12:18:47          GMT          93                11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163521091
 12:18:47          GMT          339               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163521090
 12:18:47          GMT          410               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163521094
 12:18:47          GMT          410               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            606159284762428552
 12:18:47          GMT          237               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592085533163521098
 13:07:43          GMT          23                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763305104
 13:07:43          GMT          71                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763305103
 13:11:11          GMT          97                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763369428
 13:12:44          GMT          36                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763398468
 13:12:44          GMT          65                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763398469
 13:15:07          GMT          98                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763437486
 13:17:45          GMT          103               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592085533164629259
 13:17:46          GMT          29                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763483113
 13:17:46          GMT          94                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763483115
 13:17:46          GMT          438               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763483114
 13:17:46          GMT          44                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763483123
 13:17:46          GMT          76                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763483124
 13:17:48          GMT          100               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763483727
 13:17:51          GMT          247               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763484440
 13:19:14          GMT          442               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763511553
 13:19:14          GMT          62                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606159284763511554
 13:40:30          GMT          101               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592085533165121675
 13:40:30          GMT          120               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592085533165121676
 13:47:46          GMT          101               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592085533165279643
 13:47:46          GMT          199               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592085533165279644
 13:56:41          GMT          100               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592085533165469114
 13:56:41          GMT          606               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606159284764284178
 13:56:41          GMT          165               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592085533165469118
 13:56:41          GMT          301               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592085533165469119
 14:24:45          GMT          3                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166134911
 14:24:45          GMT          11                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166134908
 14:24:45          GMT          42                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166134909
 14:24:45          GMT          46                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166134910
 14:26:14          GMT          8                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166176482
 14:26:14          GMT          9                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166176484
 14:26:14          GMT          12                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166176483
 14:26:14          GMT          31                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166176486
 14:26:14          GMT          42                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166176485
 14:27:30          GMT          10                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284764992439
 14:27:30          GMT          40                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284764992441
 14:27:30          GMT          44                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284764992440
 14:28:50          GMT          9                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166246157
 14:28:50          GMT          94                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166246156
 14:30:05          GMT          7                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765055810
 14:30:05          GMT          13                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765055808
 14:30:05          GMT          34                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765055807
 14:30:05          GMT          47                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765055809
 14:31:07          GMT          11                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166304662
 14:31:07          GMT          37                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166304661
 14:31:07          GMT          48                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166304663
 14:32:09          GMT          9                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765107614
 14:32:09          GMT          34                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166332130
 14:32:09          GMT          7                 11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166332137
 14:32:09          GMT          22                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166332138
 14:32:09          GMT          22                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166332139
 14:33:56          GMT          100               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166380594
 14:35:11          GMT          54                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166415491
 14:42:51          GMT          7                 11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765385661
 14:42:51          GMT          593               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166624489
 14:47:59          GMT          48                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166783721
 14:47:59          GMT          111               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166783723
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 14:47:59          GMT          166               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166783722
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 14:47:59          GMT          449               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765537143
 14:47:59          GMT          10                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765537157
 14:47:59          GMT          24                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765537158
 14:47:59          GMT          80                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765537156
 14:47:59          GMT          195               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765537154
 14:47:59          GMT          350               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765537153
 14:47:59          GMT          300               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166783730
 14:49:39          GMT          82                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592085533166838091
 14:49:39          GMT          155               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765588616
 14:50:14          GMT          273               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606159284765611085
 15:09:12          GMT          30                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167462515
 15:11:10          GMT          193               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167517473
 15:11:33          GMT          16                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284766244573
 15:11:33          GMT          83                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284766244572
 15:11:33          GMT          99                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167528195
 15:11:33          GMT          99                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167528196
 15:11:33          GMT          99                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167528197
 15:11:33          GMT          99                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167528198
 15:11:33          GMT          99                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284766244569
 15:11:33          GMT          99                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284766244570
 15:11:33          GMT          99                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284766244571
 15:11:33          GMT          136               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167528194
 15:11:33          GMT          205               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167528206
 15:11:33          GMT          300               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533167528205
 15:16:59          GMT          406               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284766385718
 15:16:59          GMT          105               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284766385722
 15:23:01          GMT          25                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606159284766564385
 15:23:01          GMT          150               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606159284766564386
 15:23:01          GMT          153               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606159284766564389
 15:23:01          GMT          155               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606159284766564387
 15:24:18          GMT          28                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606159284766600923
 15:24:18          GMT          96                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606159284766600924
 15:34:11          GMT          94                11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533168180378
 15:34:11          GMT          469               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606159284766867996
 15:34:11          GMT          125               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592085533168180404
 15:50:06          GMT          395               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767295393
 15:52:41          GMT          53                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767371146
 15:52:41          GMT          98                11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592085533168709802
 15:52:41          GMT          151               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767371145
 15:52:41          GMT          113               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767371151
 15:52:41          GMT          200               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767371152
 15:52:41          GMT          360               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767371150
 16:05:44          GMT          98                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767790529
 16:10:37          GMT          15                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767956300
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 16:10:37          GMT          146               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767956301
 16:10:37          GMT          356               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606159284767956298
 16:14:09          GMT          18                11.55             GBP                               XLON                            592085533169451491
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 16:14:09          GMT          103               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606159284768077899
 16:14:09          GMT          467               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            592085533169451492
 16:14:09          GMT          200               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606159284768077906
 16:14:09          GMT          350               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606159284768077905
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 16:14:09          GMT          27                11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606159284768078105
 16:29:56          GMT          1                 11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606159284768775097
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