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RNS Number : 8515T  WH Smith PLC  17 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 17 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 25,295 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 17 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 1,208,629 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,708,305 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:                               17 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          25,295                                                11.9570                                         11.8700                     11.9800

 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
 08:02:37          GMT          187               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606162116882532468
 08:02:37          GMT          205               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606162116882532467
 08:02:37          GMT          10                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606162116882532471
 08:02:37          GMT          451               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606162116882532481
 08:06:24          GMT          151               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047052648
 08:06:24          GMT          191               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047052649
 08:06:38          GMT          9                 11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047056188
 08:06:38          GMT          90                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047056189
 08:29:55          GMT          48                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606162116882919077
 08:29:55          GMT          53                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606162116882919076
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 08:29:55          GMT          103               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047402395
 08:29:55          GMT          149               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606162116882919086
 08:32:56          GMT          36                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116882963908
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 08:32:57          GMT          273               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047450464
 08:32:57          GMT          611               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047450469
 09:02:36          GMT          112               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047971288
 09:03:29          GMT          112               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368047986974
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 09:03:29          GMT          112               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606162116883468608
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 09:03:29          GMT          531               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606162116883468607
 09:03:29          GMT          120               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606162116883468613
 09:11:55          GMT          341               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592088368048133303
 09:32:53          GMT          105               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606162116883980265
 09:32:53          GMT          186               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368048526778
 09:32:53          GMT          332               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368048526777
 09:34:14          GMT          50                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368048553154
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 09:56:05          GMT          13                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368048948306
 09:56:05          GMT          39                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606162116884378969
 09:56:05          GMT          59                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606162116884378970
 09:56:05          GMT          85                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368048948305
 09:56:05          GMT          98                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606162116884378968
 09:56:05          GMT          127               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368048948308
 09:56:05          GMT          241               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592088368048948307
 10:18:53          GMT          108               11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116884835022
 10:30:29          GMT          105               11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116885066434
 10:34:13          GMT          9                 11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368049749593
 10:34:13          GMT          35                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368049749594
 10:34:13          GMT          105               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606162116885139583
 10:34:13          GMT          105               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606162116885139584
 10:34:13          GMT          332               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368049749595
 10:34:15          GMT          388               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606162116885140258
 10:34:17          GMT          55                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368049750628
 10:37:40          GMT          49                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606162116885202916
 10:37:40          GMT          55                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606162116885202915
 11:24:56          GMT          101               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368050814286
 11:24:56          GMT          101               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606162116886151796
 11:31:04          GMT          90                11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606162116886253887
 11:31:04          GMT          119               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606162116886253886
 11:31:04          GMT          11                11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606162116886253888
 11:41:41          GMT          42                11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051109908
 11:41:41          GMT          66                11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051109909
 11:41:41          GMT          108               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606162116886432634
 11:47:38          GMT          54                11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606162116886532729
 11:47:38          GMT          104               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051215114
 11:54:00          GMT          110               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051340071
 11:55:03          GMT          98                11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606162116886670420
 11:58:17          GMT          109               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606162116886728997
 12:04:00          GMT          105               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051527320
 12:04:30          GMT          103               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051536257
 12:05:31          GMT          101               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051557959
 12:05:31          GMT          101               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051557960
 12:05:31          GMT          160               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051557964
 12:05:31          GMT          169               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051557962
 12:05:31          GMT          245               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051557963
 12:05:31          GMT          368               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592088368051557961
 12:34:28          GMT          1                 11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116887359333
 12:34:28          GMT          1                 11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116887359338
 12:34:28          GMT          7                 11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116887359334
 12:34:28          GMT          9                 11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116887359340
 12:34:28          GMT          13                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116887359337
 12:34:28          GMT          20                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116887359336
 12:34:28          GMT          39                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116887359335
 12:34:28          GMT          22                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            592088368052085465
 12:34:38          GMT          52                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368052088926
 12:34:38          GMT          60                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368052088925
 12:34:38          GMT          112               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368052088923
 12:34:38          GMT          112               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368052088924
 12:34:38          GMT          236               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368052088927
 12:34:38          GMT          341               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368052088922
 13:52:02          GMT          80                11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368053711141
 13:52:02          GMT          105               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368053711136
 13:52:02          GMT          105               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368053711138
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 13:52:02          GMT          278               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592088368053711161
 14:21:27          GMT          45                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592088368054483220
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 14:21:33          GMT          101               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606162116889629031
 14:21:33          GMT          101               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606162116889629032
 14:21:33          GMT          341               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368054486880
 14:28:41          GMT          228               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606162116889822576
 14:31:21          GMT          90                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606162116889927006
 14:31:21          GMT          120               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606162116889927005
 14:31:21          GMT          131               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592088368054799728
 14:41:53          GMT          107               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606162116890289830
 14:41:53          GMT          445               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368055181319
 14:49:51          GMT          370               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592088368055446488
 14:52:42          GMT          11                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            592088368055545755
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 14:52:42          GMT          73                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            592088368055545754
 14:56:58          GMT          19                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606162116890777073
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 15:02:46          GMT          99                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            592088368055896340
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