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RNS Number : 9795S  WH Smith PLC  10 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 10 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 25,839 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 10 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 1,079,192 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,837,742 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:                               10 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  25,839                                              11.4551                                     11.3600                     11.6100

 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
 08:02:21          GMT        379     11.57  GBP       XLON           606159638361509538
 08:10:07          GMT        483     11.61  GBP       XLON           606159638361658788
 08:10:07          GMT        255     11.61  GBP       XLON           606159638361658791
 08:28:36          GMT        103     11.61  GBP       XLON           592085887053508657
 08:28:36          GMT        103     11.61  GBP       XLON           592085887053508660
 08:28:36          GMT        172     11.61  GBP       XLON           606159638361948639
 08:28:36          GMT        348     11.61  GBP       XLON           606159638361948636
 08:28:36          GMT        157     11.61  GBP       XLON           592085887053508671
 08:44:01          GMT        107     11.61  GBP       XLON           606159638362219192
 08:44:01          GMT        418     11.61  GBP       XLON           592085887053797064
 08:49:57          GMT        15      11.57  GBP       XLON           592085887053896397
 08:49:57          GMT        92      11.57  GBP       XLON           592085887053896396
 09:00:16          GMT        106     11.56  GBP       XLON           592085887054084290
 09:00:16          GMT        106     11.56  GBP       XLON           592085887054084291
 09:00:16          GMT        106     11.56  GBP       XLON           606159638362490809
 09:00:16          GMT        108     11.56  GBP       XLON           606159638362490808
 09:00:16          GMT        141     11.56  GBP       XLON           606159638362490807
 09:13:08          GMT        111     11.54  GBP       XLON           606159638362743354
 09:13:20          GMT        150     11.53  GBP       XLON           592085887054354653
 09:13:20          GMT        197     11.53  GBP       XLON           592085887054354654
 09:16:05          GMT        111     11.51  GBP       XLON           606159638362799386
 09:43:44          GMT        99      11.52  GBP       XLON           592085887054935645
 09:46:16          GMT        98      11.52  GBP       XLON           606159638363346185
 09:49:40          GMT        95      11.52  GBP       XLON           592085887055051975
 09:51:47          GMT        100     11.52  GBP       XLON           606159638363444701
 09:56:17          GMT        99      11.51  GBP       XLON           592085887055171799
 09:56:17          GMT        99      11.51  GBP       XLON           606159638363522373
 09:56:17          GMT        99      11.51  GBP       XLON           606159638363522374
 09:56:17          GMT        99      11.51  GBP       XLON           606159638363522375
 09:56:17          GMT        99      11.51  GBP       XLON           606159638363522376
 09:56:17          GMT        99      11.51  GBP       XLON           606159638363522377
 09:56:17          GMT        108     11.52  GBP       XLON           592085887055171798
 09:56:17          GMT        467     11.51  GBP       XLON           606159638363522372
 10:09:00          GMT        541     11.48  GBP       XLON           592085887055447845
 10:09:12          GMT        6       11.48  GBP       XLON           592085887055454496
 10:18:31          GMT        347     11.47  GBP       XLON           592085887055653196
 10:31:06          GMT        12      11.47  GBP       XLON           592085887055912342
 10:31:06          GMT        24      11.47  GBP       XLON           606159638364225474
 10:31:06          GMT        97      11.47  GBP       XLON           592085887055912341
 10:31:06          GMT        98      11.47  GBP       XLON           606159638364225475
 10:31:06          GMT        214     11.47  GBP       XLON           606159638364225473
 10:44:35          GMT        112     11.48  GBP       XLON           606159638364476183
 10:44:35          GMT        112     11.48  GBP       XLON           606159638364476184
 10:44:35          GMT        123     11.48  GBP       XLON           606159638364476182
 10:53:18          GMT        234     11.48  GBP       XLON           606159638364629027
 10:55:30          GMT        112     11.46  GBP       XLON           592085887056382965
 11:14:15          GMT        102     11.46  GBP       XLON           592085887056755293
 11:14:15          GMT        102     11.46  GBP       XLON           606159638365025125
 11:14:15          GMT        346     11.46  GBP       XLON           592085887056755292
 11:14:15          GMT        102     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887056755298
 11:27:25          GMT        274     11.41  GBP       XLON           592085887057023443
 11:47:53          GMT        20      11.42  GBP       XLON           606159638365680022
 11:47:53          GMT        80      11.42  GBP       XLON           606159638365680020
 11:47:53          GMT        81      11.42  GBP       XLON           606159638365680019
 11:47:53          GMT        93      11.42  GBP       XLON           606159638365680018
 11:47:53          GMT        100     11.42  GBP       XLON           592085887057441366
 11:47:53          GMT        100     11.42  GBP       XLON           592085887057441368
 11:47:53          GMT        100     11.42  GBP       XLON           606159638365680021
 11:47:53          GMT        241     11.42  GBP       XLON           592085887057441367
 12:05:28          GMT        21      11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887057829650
 12:05:28          GMT        354     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887057829651
 12:05:28          GMT        152     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638366048566
 12:50:34          GMT        45      11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736332
 12:50:34          GMT        52      11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736336
 12:50:34          GMT        55      11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736335
 12:50:34          GMT        103     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736334
 12:50:34          GMT        107     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638366910542
 12:50:34          GMT        113     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638366910538
 12:50:34          GMT        123     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638366910541
 12:50:34          GMT        134     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736337
 12:50:34          GMT        198     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736333
 12:50:34          GMT        17      11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736349
 12:50:34          GMT        26      11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736348
 12:50:34          GMT        97      11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887058736347
 12:50:34          GMT        451     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638366910563
 13:03:50          GMT        106     11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638367172042
 13:03:50          GMT        106     11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638367172044
 13:03:50          GMT        347     11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638367172043
 13:29:51          GMT        95      11.46  GBP       XLON           592085887059590796
 13:29:51          GMT        564     11.46  GBP       XLON           592085887059590797
 13:29:51          GMT        139     11.46  GBP       XLON           606159638367724311
 13:29:53          GMT        7       11.46  GBP       XLON           606159638367725734
 13:29:53          GMT        146     11.46  GBP       XLON           606159638367725733
 13:30:01          GMT        95      11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638367729184
 13:38:16          GMT        125     11.39  GBP       XLON           592085887059960635
 13:38:16          GMT        253     11.39  GBP       XLON           592085887059960634
 14:03:42          GMT        12      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638368762802
 14:03:54          GMT        90      11.44  GBP       XLON           592085887060691213
 14:04:38          GMT        102     11.42  GBP       XLON           592085887060711010
 14:04:38          GMT        102     11.42  GBP       XLON           592085887060711011
 14:04:38          GMT        102     11.42  GBP       XLON           606159638368786186
 14:04:38          GMT        502     11.42  GBP       XLON           606159638368786185
 14:30:30          GMT        110     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887061614254
 14:30:30          GMT        110     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887061614255
 14:30:30          GMT        110     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638369641494
 14:30:30          GMT        110     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638369641496
 14:30:30          GMT        128     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638369641499
 14:30:30          GMT        192     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887061614251
 14:30:30          GMT        198     11.45  GBP       XLON           606159638369641498
 14:30:30          GMT        320     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887061614253
 14:30:30          GMT        42      11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887061614272
 14:30:30          GMT        303     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887061614271
 14:30:31          GMT        109     11.45  GBP       XLON           592085887061615937
 14:41:45          GMT        105     11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370120620
 14:42:20          GMT        94      11.44  GBP       XLON           592085887062141520
 14:43:14          GMT        11      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370175818
 14:43:14          GMT        12      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370175820
 14:43:14          GMT        27      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370175817
 14:43:14          GMT        45      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370175819
 14:44:20          GMT        31      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370216972
 14:44:20          GMT        67      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370216973
 14:45:19          GMT        11      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370256834
 14:45:19          GMT        26      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370256833
 14:45:19          GMT        62      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370256835
 14:46:19          GMT        100     11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370292997
 14:47:32          GMT        11      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370344275
 14:47:32          GMT        25      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370344277
 14:47:32          GMT        30      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370344274
 14:47:32          GMT        41      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370344276
 14:48:46          GMT        15      11.44  GBP       XLON           592085887062406731
 14:48:46          GMT        26      11.44  GBP       XLON           592085887062406733
 14:48:46          GMT        70      11.44  GBP       XLON           592085887062406732
 14:50:04          GMT        10      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370444840
 14:50:04          GMT        46      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370444839
 14:50:04          GMT        48      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370444838
 14:51:20          GMT        22      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370491570
 14:51:20          GMT        77      11.44  GBP       XLON           606159638370491569
 14:52:32          GMT        105     11.42  GBP       XLON           592085887062562505
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 14:52:32          GMT        105     11.42  GBP       XLON           606159638370541448
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 14:57:33          GMT        398     11.41  GBP       XLON           606159638370720281
 15:06:01          GMT        153     11.42  GBP       XLON           592085887063094955
 15:06:01          GMT        219     11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063094953
 15:06:01          GMT        249     11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063094954
 15:20:26          GMT        1       11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638371575002
 15:20:26          GMT        19      11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638371575000
 15:20:26          GMT        78      11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638371575001
 15:21:49          GMT        22      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063694979
 15:21:49          GMT        39      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063694978
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 15:23:22          GMT        13      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063748423
 15:23:22          GMT        19      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063748422
 15:23:22          GMT        75      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063748421
 15:24:45          GMT        99      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063792376
 15:26:29          GMT        46      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063859308
 15:26:29          GMT        64      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063859309
 15:27:59          GMT        21      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063907071
 15:27:59          GMT        36      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063907069
 15:27:59          GMT        46      11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887063907067
 15:29:37          GMT        23      11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638371872071
 15:29:37          GMT        32      11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638371872073
 15:29:37          GMT        45      11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638371872072
 15:30:18          GMT        115     11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638371899611
 15:35:01          GMT        29      11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638372059585
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 15:35:01          GMT        111     11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887064163870
 15:35:01          GMT        395     11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638372059582
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 15:36:11          GMT        8       11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887064208497
 15:36:11          GMT        174     11.43  GBP       XLON           592085887064208496
 15:36:11          GMT        250     11.43  GBP       XLON           606159638372101803
 15:40:39          GMT        348     11.42  GBP       XLON           592085887064373154
 15:54:59          GMT        111     11.41  GBP       XLON           592085887064930216
 15:55:36          GMT        73      11.4   GBP       XLON           606159638372809697
 15:55:36          GMT        111     11.4   GBP       XLON           592085887064954443
 15:55:36          GMT        111     11.4   GBP       XLON           606159638372809698
 15:55:36          GMT        111     11.4   GBP       XLON           606159638372809699
 15:55:36          GMT        111     11.4   GBP       XLON           606159638372809701
 15:55:36          GMT        111     11.4   GBP       XLON           606159638372809702
 15:55:36          GMT        111     11.4   GBP       XLON           606159638372809704
 15:55:36          GMT        111     11.4   GBP       XLON           606159638372809705
 15:55:36          GMT        273     11.4   GBP       XLON           606159638372809696
 16:01:11          GMT        11      11.37  GBP       XLON           592085887065176162
 16:01:11          GMT        31      11.37  GBP       XLON           606159638373020197
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