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RNS Number : 5013T  WH Smith PLC  15 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 15 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 26,155 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 15 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 1,158,188 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,758,746 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:                               15 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          26,155                                                11.8080                                         11.6600                     11.9500

 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
 08:07:38          GMT          92                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592087660256263867
 08:07:38          GMT          92                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161409091815861
 08:07:38          GMT          92                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409091815857
 08:07:38          GMT          622               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592087660256263865
 08:07:38          GMT          322               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161409091815875
 08:15:13          GMT          365               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660256457326
 08:29:30          GMT          100               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660256780417
 08:29:30          GMT          100               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409092304817
 08:29:30          GMT          109               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660256780415
 08:29:30          GMT          132               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660256780416
 08:29:30          GMT          187               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660256780414
 08:29:30          GMT          25                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409092304824
 08:50:20          GMT          41                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409092708286
 08:50:20          GMT          68                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409092708285
 08:50:20          GMT          109               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660257205595
 08:50:20          GMT          465               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409092708284
 08:50:21          GMT          88                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409092708352
 09:16:18          GMT          102               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660257775568
 09:16:18          GMT          109               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660257775570
 09:16:18          GMT          257               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660257775569
 09:16:18          GMT          10                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606161409093248790
 09:16:18          GMT          441               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606161409093248791
 09:16:18          GMT          87                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592087660257775581
 09:16:18          GMT          172               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592087660257775582
 09:16:19          GMT          24                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592087660257776146
 09:16:19          GMT          97                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592087660257776145
 09:40:28          GMT          8                 11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660258280515
 09:40:28          GMT          89                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660258280516
 09:40:28          GMT          97                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660258280519
 09:40:28          GMT          97                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161409093729425
 09:40:28          GMT          113               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660258280518
 09:40:28          GMT          365               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660258280513
 09:54:06          GMT          17                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409093991754
 09:54:06          GMT          106               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660258555854
 09:54:06          GMT          347               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161409093991753
 10:09:55          GMT          95                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161409094323045
 10:09:55          GMT          461               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592087660258904717
 10:09:55          GMT          61                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606161409094323069
 10:55:43          GMT          100               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592087660259885433
 10:55:43          GMT          127               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095258661
 10:57:08          GMT          95                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095287454
 10:57:08          GMT          342               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592087660259915537
 10:57:08          GMT          72                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592087660259915541
 10:57:08          GMT          433               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592087660259915540
 10:57:09          GMT          75                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095287571
 10:57:09          GMT          243               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095287572
 10:57:16          GMT          159               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095289427
 11:31:50          GMT          109               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660260629085
 11:31:50          GMT          109               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660260629086
 11:31:50          GMT          109               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592087660260629088
 11:31:50          GMT          109               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095965571
 11:31:50          GMT          109               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095965572
 11:31:50          GMT          109               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095965576
 11:31:50          GMT          149               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095965574
 11:31:50          GMT          260               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161409095965575
 11:51:07          GMT          106               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592087660261034759
 11:51:07          GMT          106               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592087660261034760
 11:51:07          GMT          106               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592087660261034761
 11:51:07          GMT          364               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592087660261034758
 12:30:11          GMT          47                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592087660261862837
 12:30:11          GMT          69                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592087660261862839
 12:30:11          GMT          107               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592087660261862836
 12:30:11          GMT          220               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592087660261862838
 12:30:11          GMT          607               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606161409097141850
 12:45:52          GMT          12                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161409097463315
 12:45:52          GMT          90                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161409097463314
 12:46:19          GMT          102               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161409097473490
 12:46:19          GMT          102               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161409097473491
 12:46:19          GMT          389               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592087660262212884
 12:56:08          GMT          32                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660262429866
 12:56:08          GMT          32                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660262429867
 12:56:08          GMT          102               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660262429864
 12:56:08          GMT          198               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592087660262429865
 13:18:53          GMT          22                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161409098211556
 13:18:53          GMT          73                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161409098211555
 13:18:53          GMT          95                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161409098211554
 13:18:53          GMT          105               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592087660262992398
 13:18:53          GMT          432               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592087660262992399
 13:18:53          GMT          122               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161409098211564
 13:30:45          GMT          191               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592087660263394264
 13:30:45          GMT          286               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592087660263394266
 13:30:45          GMT          48                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606161409098592616
 13:42:55          GMT          592               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592087660263887170
 14:02:07          GMT          123               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606161409099713175
 14:02:07          GMT          420               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606161409099713176
 14:02:07          GMT          267               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606161409099713212
 14:11:16          GMT          104               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100000465
 14:11:16          GMT          365               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100000464
 14:30:06          GMT          50                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100652748
 14:30:51          GMT          92                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592087660265607436
 14:30:51          GMT          92                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592087660265607437
 14:30:51          GMT          92                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592087660265607438
 14:30:51          GMT          92                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100688205
 14:30:51          GMT          92                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100688206
 14:30:51          GMT          92                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100688208
 14:30:51          GMT          92                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100688209
 14:30:51          GMT          92                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100688210
 14:30:51          GMT          313               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161409100688204
 14:43:25          GMT          98                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266141755
 14:44:42          GMT          109               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266193601
 14:44:42          GMT          521               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606161409101246557
 14:44:42          GMT          130               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266193606
 14:44:42          GMT          350               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266193605
 14:44:42          GMT          225               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606161409101246564
 14:59:44          GMT          110               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266779113
 15:00:28          GMT          95                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266813290
 15:00:28          GMT          196               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266813288
 15:00:28          GMT          355               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266813289
 15:05:22          GMT          95                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102010308
 15:05:22          GMT          95                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102010309
 15:05:22          GMT          95                11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102010310
 15:05:22          GMT          442               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592087660266994314
 15:12:17          GMT          424               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102270369
 15:13:23          GMT          83                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102311287
 15:13:29          GMT          82                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102314254
 15:13:29          GMT          102               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592087660267311856
 15:31:07          GMT          17                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102890433
 15:31:07          GMT          93                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102890432
 15:31:07          GMT          110               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102890438
 15:32:36          GMT          102               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102939665
 15:32:45          GMT          169               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102944659
 15:32:45          GMT          255               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102944660
 15:32:45          GMT          380               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102944665
 15:32:45          GMT          380               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606161409102944670
 15:35:20          GMT          54                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592087660268061040
 15:46:55          GMT          7                 11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606161409103440956
 15:46:55          GMT          95                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606161409103440955
 15:46:55          GMT          419               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606161409103440954
 15:47:32          GMT          102               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606161409103462376
 15:47:32          GMT          338               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606161409103462375
 15:51:47          GMT          103               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606161409103621238
 16:02:17          GMT          105               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606161409104024002
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 16:02:17          GMT          33                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606161409104024331
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 16:14:17          GMT          75                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592087660269605193
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 16:17:17          GMT          74                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606161409104623470
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