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RNS Number : 1540T  WH Smith PLC  13 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 13 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 26,386 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 13 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 1,105,578 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,811,356 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:                               13 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          26,386                                                11.3334                                         11.2700                     11.3800

 In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No
 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of
 the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual
 trades made by Barclays on behalf of the Company is set out below.
 Transaction Time  Time Zone    Volume            Price             Currency                          Platform Code                   Transaction reference number
 08:09:34          GMT          23                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592086952464756349
 08:09:34          GMT          100               11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592086952464756348
 08:12:54          GMT          23                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701302108849
 08:12:54          GMT          139               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701302108848
 08:15:42          GMT          132               11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606160701302162923
 08:17:17          GMT          108               11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592086952464913228
 08:18:52          GMT          94                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606160701302233328
 08:20:07          GMT          304               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701302261564
 08:20:07          GMT          150               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952464985788
 08:20:07          GMT          174               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952464985789
 08:20:07          GMT          360               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701302261571
 08:20:10          GMT          41                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952464987645
 08:33:03          GMT          396               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952465251164
 08:33:03          GMT          146               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952465251168
 08:39:14          GMT          102               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701302624395
 08:56:37          GMT          8                 11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701302977427
 08:56:37          GMT          94                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701302977428
 08:56:37          GMT          96                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952465740692
 08:56:37          GMT          96                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701302977429
 08:56:37          GMT          96                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701302977431
 08:56:37          GMT          96                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701302977432
 08:56:37          GMT          110               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701302977425
 08:56:37          GMT          142               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701302977426
 09:15:11          GMT          102               11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952466177885
 09:15:11          GMT          119               11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952466177883
 09:15:11          GMT          193               11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952466177884
 09:15:11          GMT          359               11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952466177891
 09:15:11          GMT          218               11.33             GBP                               XLON                            606160701303392262
 09:27:15          GMT          281               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952466433677
 09:27:15          GMT          74                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701303634828
 09:36:58          GMT          103               11.29             GBP                               XLON                            592086952466625249
 09:36:58          GMT          118               11.29             GBP                               XLON                            592086952466625248
 09:36:58          GMT          246               11.29             GBP                               XLON                            606160701303817044
 10:09:36          GMT          95                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701304446030
 10:10:00          GMT          8                 11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701304454713
 10:10:00          GMT          103               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701304454714
 10:12:05          GMT          100               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701304496224
 10:15:20          GMT          105               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701304567444
 10:16:01          GMT          50                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952467428440
 10:16:01          GMT          220               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952467428439
 10:16:01          GMT          310               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952467428438
 10:26:22          GMT          13                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701304803296
 10:26:22          GMT          93                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701304803295
 10:26:22          GMT          356               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952467663427
 10:26:22          GMT          63                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952467663434
 10:26:22          GMT          91                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952467663435
 10:26:22          GMT          146               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952467663433
 10:26:22          GMT          13                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701304803299
 10:48:08          GMT          177               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952468094211
 10:48:08          GMT          94                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952468094215
 10:48:08          GMT          107               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701305213818
 10:48:08          GMT          109               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952468094214
 10:48:11          GMT          87                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701305214631
 10:48:11          GMT          7                 11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701305214632
 10:48:11          GMT          181               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952468095086
 11:00:06          GMT          350               11.27             GBP                               XLON                            592086952468343458
 11:00:06          GMT          4                 11.27             GBP                               XLON                            592086952468343462
 11:38:44          GMT          16                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469126788
 11:38:44          GMT          92                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469126787
 11:38:44          GMT          313               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469126789
 11:38:44          GMT          87                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469126793
 11:38:44          GMT          146               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469126794
 11:38:44          GMT          233               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701306191532
 11:38:44          GMT          233               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469126802
 11:38:44          GMT          124               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701306191537
 11:58:40          GMT          45                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469482386
 11:58:40          GMT          93                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701306527239
 11:58:40          GMT          125               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469482383
 11:58:40          GMT          182               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469482384
 11:58:40          GMT          93                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952469482387
 11:58:40          GMT          159               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701306527240
 11:58:40          GMT          3                 11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469482394
 12:15:58          GMT          226               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            606160701306858017
 12:15:58          GMT          360               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592086952469831466
 12:19:17          GMT          28                11.36             GBP                               XLON                            606160701306917626
 12:24:25          GMT          123               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592086952470002399
 12:24:25          GMT          148               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592086952470002400
 12:24:25          GMT          84                11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592086952470002406
 12:47:48          GMT          379               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701307461411
 12:47:48          GMT          340               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952470466862
 12:47:48          GMT          17                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701307461414
 12:54:48          GMT          108               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            606160701307588040
 13:00:29          GMT          108               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            606160701307710676
 13:00:29          GMT          118               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592086952470731206
 13:00:29          GMT          129               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592086952470731207
 13:39:47          GMT          109               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952471578258
 13:39:47          GMT          109               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952471578259
 13:39:47          GMT          109               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701308510155
 13:39:47          GMT          135               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952471578260
 13:39:47          GMT          176               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952471578261
 13:39:47          GMT          398               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701308510154
 13:39:47          GMT          47                11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701308510164
 13:39:47          GMT          210               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701308510163
 13:39:52          GMT          246               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952471580733
 13:39:52          GMT          11                11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952471580734
 13:42:17          GMT          19                11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701308564668
 13:42:17          GMT          73                11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701308564669
 13:42:17          GMT          109               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701308564671
 13:42:17          GMT          155               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701308564672
 14:19:41          GMT          82                11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701309481556
 14:19:41          GMT          108               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472601462
 14:19:41          GMT          108               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472601464
 14:19:41          GMT          119               11.35             GBP                               XLON                            606160701309481555
 14:20:31          GMT          22                11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472624334
 14:20:31          GMT          86                11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472624335
 14:20:31          GMT          108               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472624332
 14:20:31          GMT          108               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472624333
 14:20:31          GMT          108               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472624336
 14:20:31          GMT          108               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472624337
 14:20:31          GMT          305               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701309503673
 14:20:31          GMT          410               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952472624343
 14:20:31          GMT          183               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701309503681
 14:34:36          GMT          98                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473086348
 14:34:36          GMT          98                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473086349
 14:34:36          GMT          98                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473086350
 14:34:36          GMT          98                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473086351
 14:34:36          GMT          98                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473086352
 14:34:36          GMT          98                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473086354
 14:34:36          GMT          98                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701309946361
 14:34:36          GMT          98                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701309946362
 14:34:36          GMT          319               11.31             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473086347
 14:35:35          GMT          35                11.31             GBP                               XLON                            606160701309981722
 14:45:18          GMT          107               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473467886
 14:45:18          GMT          107               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310311884
 14:45:18          GMT          239               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473467885
 14:51:57          GMT          6                 11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310543333
 14:51:57          GMT          93                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473709375
 14:53:14          GMT          23                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473753689
 14:53:14          GMT          75                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473753688
 14:55:05          GMT          93                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473815255
 14:55:05          GMT          99                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310645183
 14:55:05          GMT          102               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473815254
 14:55:05          GMT          7                 11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473815256
 14:55:05          GMT          350               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310645184
 14:55:05          GMT          268               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952473815269
 15:00:36          GMT          46                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310852667
 15:00:36          GMT          50                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310852666
 15:00:36          GMT          96                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310852664
 15:00:36          GMT          126               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310852668
 15:00:36          GMT          152               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592086952474031697
 15:00:36          GMT          202               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            606160701310852662
 15:10:20          GMT          99                11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952474375790
 15:10:20          GMT          99                11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952474375791
 15:10:20          GMT          267               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701311182933
 15:10:20          GMT          195               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701311182940
 15:15:22          GMT          202               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701311344306
 15:24:10          GMT          28                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952474819254
 15:24:10          GMT          53                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701311606202
 15:24:10          GMT          57                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701311606201
 15:24:10          GMT          81                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952474819255
 15:24:10          GMT          109               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952474819251
 15:24:10          GMT          109               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952474819252
 15:24:10          GMT          109               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592086952474819253
 15:24:10          GMT          109               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701311606199
 15:24:10          GMT          109               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701311606200
 15:24:10          GMT          152               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606160701311606198
 15:40:14          GMT          54                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312127323
 15:40:14          GMT          97                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952475367259
 15:40:14          GMT          97                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952475367260
 15:40:14          GMT          97                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952475367261
 15:40:14          GMT          97                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312127322
 15:40:14          GMT          97                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312127324
 15:40:31          GMT          37                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952475390505
 15:40:31          GMT          43                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312149812
 15:40:31          GMT          61                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952475390507
 15:40:31          GMT          97                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312149813
 15:40:31          GMT          223               11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952475390506
 15:40:31          GMT          149               11.33             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312149824
 15:54:16          GMT          103               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312715782
 15:55:25          GMT          107               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312759952
 15:56:43          GMT          28                11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312801247
 15:56:43          GMT          58                11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476071776
 15:56:44          GMT          3                 11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476072486
 16:00:54          GMT          107               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312958182
 16:00:54          GMT          176               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476235381
 16:00:54          GMT          302               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312958181
 16:00:54          GMT          371               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            606160701312958187
 16:00:54          GMT          371               11.34             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476235393
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 16:11:08          GMT          53                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476621089
 16:11:08          GMT          54                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476621090
 16:11:54          GMT          93                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476644092
 16:12:48          GMT          41                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476674986
 16:12:48          GMT          66                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476674987
 16:13:02          GMT          47                11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476685894
 16:13:02          GMT          60                11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476685893
 16:13:02          GMT          107               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476685891
 16:13:02          GMT          107               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476685892
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 16:13:02          GMT          345               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            606160701313388615
 16:13:07          GMT          189               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592086952476690472
 16:24:25          GMT          96                11.33             GBP                               XLON                            592086952477156829
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