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RNS Number : 6740T  WH Smith PLC  16 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 16 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 25,146 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 16 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 1,183,334 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,733,600 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:                               16 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          25,146                                                11.7554                                         11.6800                     11.8500

 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
 08:08:05          GMT          93                11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606161762986751000
 08:09:20          GMT          360               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014151267128
 08:09:20          GMT          533               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014151267132
 08:09:20          GMT          3                 11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014151267219
 08:09:20          GMT          340               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014151267220
 08:23:17          GMT          98                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014151609037
 08:23:17          GMT          124               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592088014151609065
 08:23:17          GMT          164               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762987115543
 08:23:17          GMT          478               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762987115542
 08:23:17          GMT          5                 11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592088014151609069
 08:31:21          GMT          423               11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592088014151775674
 08:48:17          GMT          424               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592088014152144130
 09:02:28          GMT          28                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014152414756
 09:02:28          GMT          77                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014152414757
 09:02:28          GMT          422               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606161762987876050
 09:24:34          GMT          292               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606161762988333020
 09:24:45          GMT          312               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606161762988336359
 09:24:45          GMT          10                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606161762988336365
 09:24:45          GMT          83                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592088014152902391
 09:24:45          GMT          116               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592088014152902393
 09:27:51          GMT          22                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606161762988402562
 09:27:51          GMT          116               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606161762988402563
 09:45:12          GMT          143               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592088014153323519
 09:45:12          GMT          409               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592088014153323520
 09:45:12          GMT          133               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592088014153323523
 10:15:06          GMT          94                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606161762989304174
 10:15:06          GMT          176               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592088014153927134
 10:15:06          GMT          205               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592088014153927135
 10:15:06          GMT          42                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592088014153927142
 10:15:06          GMT          94                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592088014153927216
 10:34:16          GMT          9                 11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154346618
 10:35:39          GMT          7                 11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154376677
 10:35:39          GMT          92                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154376678
 10:45:21          GMT          24                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154559234
 10:45:21          GMT          23                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154559252
 10:57:51          GMT          50                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606161762990137499
 10:57:51          GMT          81                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606161762990137500
 10:57:51          GMT          106               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154808315
 10:57:51          GMT          205               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154808314
 10:58:44          GMT          18                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154827455
 10:58:44          GMT          108               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154827453
 10:58:44          GMT          133               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154827454
 10:58:44          GMT          167               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154827452
 10:58:44          GMT          108               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606161762990155340
 10:58:44          GMT          136               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014154827456
 11:19:14          GMT          96                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592088014155227178
 11:19:14          GMT          96                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161762990530169
 11:19:14          GMT          106               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592088014155227179
 11:19:14          GMT          317               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592088014155227180
 11:19:22          GMT          96                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606161762990532065
 11:48:17          GMT          111               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014155766695
 11:48:17          GMT          111               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606161762991039897
 11:48:17          GMT          423               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014155766694
 11:48:17          GMT          111               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762991039903
 12:12:18          GMT          79                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592088014156224583
 12:12:18          GMT          110               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592088014156224582
 12:12:18          GMT          110               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161762991473065
 12:23:00          GMT          12                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014156415192
 12:23:00          GMT          100               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014156415190
 12:23:00          GMT          100               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014156415193
 12:23:00          GMT          200               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014156415191
 12:23:01          GMT          112               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592088014156415503
 12:23:01          GMT          307               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592088014156415508
 12:58:20          GMT          95                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157125062
 12:58:20          GMT          164               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157125063
 12:58:20          GMT          14                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606161762992324249
 12:58:20          GMT          95                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606161762992324248
 13:01:23          GMT          421               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157201361
 13:01:23          GMT          82                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157201376
 13:01:23          GMT          150               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157201375
 13:02:20          GMT          67                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606161762992423735
 13:20:50          GMT          33                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606161762992791010
 13:20:50          GMT          100               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157621479
 13:20:50          GMT          102               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157621477
 13:20:50          GMT          102               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157621480
 13:20:50          GMT          390               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157621478
 13:20:50          GMT          12                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014157621486
 13:50:08          GMT          52                11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993405068
 13:50:08          GMT          58                11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993405070
 13:50:08          GMT          110               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592088014158271142
 13:50:08          GMT          203               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993405069
 13:58:03          GMT          107               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592088014158468716
 14:02:03          GMT          139               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592088014158582289
 14:02:03          GMT          535               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592088014158582296
 14:02:03          GMT          91                11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993698005
 14:02:05          GMT          108               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993699079
 14:02:05          GMT          150               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993699078
 14:02:05          GMT          232               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993699077
 14:02:06          GMT          49                11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993699499
 14:02:13          GMT          111               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993703537
 14:04:30          GMT          58                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993761548
 14:04:30          GMT          58                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161762993761549
 14:28:56          GMT          78                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994447419
 14:28:58          GMT          33                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994448574
 14:29:24          GMT          421               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014159392443
 14:34:31          GMT          96                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592088014159610699
 14:34:31          GMT          96                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994672462
 14:34:31          GMT          481               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994672463
 14:34:31          GMT          188               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592088014159610704
 14:42:17          GMT          13                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994972109
 14:42:17          GMT          88                11.72             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994972108
 14:42:17          GMT          101               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592088014159925231
 14:43:06          GMT          43                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592088014159953933
 14:43:06          GMT          58                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592088014159953934
 14:43:06          GMT          101               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592088014159953932
 14:43:06          GMT          101               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994999500
 14:43:06          GMT          101               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994999501
 14:43:06          GMT          101               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994999502
 14:43:06          GMT          105               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994999503
 14:43:06          GMT          153               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994999499
 14:43:06          GMT          327               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762994999498
 14:59:36          GMT          110               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606161762995592952
 14:59:37          GMT          43                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606161762995593071
 14:59:37          GMT          67                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606161762995593072
 14:59:37          GMT          110               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014160577840
 14:59:37          GMT          110               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014160577841
 14:59:37          GMT          110               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014160577842
 14:59:37          GMT          110               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014160577845
 14:59:37          GMT          110               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014160577846
 14:59:37          GMT          110               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014160577847
 14:59:37          GMT          110               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606161762995593073
 14:59:37          GMT          425               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014160577839
 15:15:00          GMT          1                 11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014161150049
 15:15:00          GMT          4                 11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014161150050
 15:15:00          GMT          99                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014161150051
 15:15:00          GMT          104               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014161150047
 15:15:00          GMT          125               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014161150046
 15:15:00          GMT          449               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592088014161150048
 15:23:25          GMT          101               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592088014161424222
 15:30:21          GMT          7                 11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161762996607233
 15:30:21          GMT          71                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161762996607256
 15:30:22          GMT          23                11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606161762996607532
 15:30:22          GMT          101               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            592088014161645681
 15:38:13          GMT          45                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606161762996859708
 15:38:13          GMT          66                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606161762996859707
 15:38:13          GMT          103               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592088014161910934
 15:38:13          GMT          42                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592088014161910937
 15:38:13          GMT          61                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592088014161910938
 15:39:05          GMT          105               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592088014161936722
 15:39:05          GMT          348               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606161762996883907
 15:39:22          GMT          30                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606161762996891506
 15:39:22          GMT          231               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606161762996891504
 15:43:17          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606161762997012824
 15:44:24          GMT          98                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606161762997045290
 15:44:30          GMT          429               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592088014162110783
 15:44:30          GMT          429               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592088014162110789
 15:44:30          GMT          1                 11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606161762997048830
 15:44:38          GMT          435               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592088014162114372
 15:59:33          GMT          97                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606161762997509131
 15:59:40          GMT          97                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592088014162599993
 15:59:40          GMT          97                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592088014162599995
 15:59:40          GMT          97                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592088014162599996
 15:59:40          GMT          97                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606161762997513697
 15:59:40          GMT          97                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606161762997513698
 15:59:40          GMT          353               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592088014162599994
 15:59:40          GMT          327               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592088014162600239
 16:05:31          GMT          99                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606161762997734847
 16:09:09          GMT          107               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592088014162969499
 16:13:02          GMT          107               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606161762998005842
 16:13:51          GMT          103               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606161762998035127
 16:14:41          GMT          100               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606161762998070414
 16:14:41          GMT          107               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592088014163182616
 16:14:41          GMT          444               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592088014163182615
 16:14:41          GMT          272               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592088014163182661
 16:14:41          GMT          356               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592088014163182662
 16:14:41          GMT          135               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161762998070487
 16:21:12          GMT          555               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606161762998323620
 16:21:12          GMT          197               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592088014163447437
 16:21:14          GMT          17                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592088014163449634

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