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RNS Number : 1814U  WH Smith PLC  21 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 21 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 25,445 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 21 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 1,258,856 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,658,078 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:                               21 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          25,445                                                11.8698                                         11.7400                     11.9600

 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
 08:08:41          GMT          95                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592089783636354862
 08:08:48          GMT          190               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592089783636356942
 08:08:48          GMT          190               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606163532471875224
 08:08:48          GMT          583               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606163532471875225
 08:08:48          GMT          58                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606163532471875233
 08:11:08          GMT          180               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606163532471919414
 08:39:31          GMT          30                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783636911549
 08:39:31          GMT          182               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783636911555
 08:43:56          GMT          109               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783637000046
 08:43:56          GMT          172               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532472480382
 08:43:58          GMT          2                 11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532472480942
 08:44:20          GMT          122               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783637006852
 08:44:20          GMT          146               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783637006853
 08:51:18          GMT          152               11.96             GBP                               XLON                            592089783637127400
 08:51:19          GMT          102               11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606163532472599781
 08:52:06          GMT          607               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592089783637139849
 08:52:06          GMT          465               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592089783637139852
 08:52:06          GMT          35                11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606163532472611173
 09:09:55          GMT          97                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606163532472930585
 09:09:55          GMT          426               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606163532472930586
 09:09:55          GMT          204               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606163532472930590
 09:15:34          GMT          97                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783637592210
 09:17:05          GMT          245               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606163532473064940
 09:26:27          GMT          342               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606163532473246444
 09:40:20          GMT          102               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592089783638082984
 09:40:20          GMT          102               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            606163532473500946
 09:40:20          GMT          341               11.87             GBP                               XLON                            592089783638082983
 10:34:39          GMT          25                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474463408
 10:34:39          GMT          90                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474463409
 10:34:39          GMT          103               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474463407
 10:34:39          GMT          104               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474463411
 10:34:39          GMT          118               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474463410
 10:34:39          GMT          128               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783639106460
 10:34:39          GMT          206               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474463412
 10:34:39          GMT          468               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783639106459
 10:34:39          GMT          434               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783639106464
 10:34:39          GMT          20                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474463424
 10:46:50          GMT          29                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592089783639348077
 10:51:37          GMT          113               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474781188
 10:51:37          GMT          113               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474781189
 10:51:37          GMT          115               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606163532474781187
 10:51:37          GMT          209               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592089783639444415
 11:23:21          GMT          21                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783640183718
 11:23:21          GMT          81                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783640183717
 11:27:08          GMT          95                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592089783640259772
 11:27:13          GMT          102               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783640262179
 11:27:13          GMT          244               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606163532475546634
 11:27:13          GMT          439               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783640262178
 11:30:25          GMT          113               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592089783640322151
 11:30:25          GMT          228               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783640322152
 11:52:46          GMT          22                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532475999932
 11:52:46          GMT          91                11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532475999933
 12:19:49          GMT          5                 11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641253818
 12:19:49          GMT          36                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476479086
 12:19:49          GMT          91                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476479085
 12:19:49          GMT          97                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641253819
 12:21:03          GMT          24                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476498210
 12:21:03          GMT          86                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476498211
 12:23:38          GMT          1                 11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476537469
 12:23:38          GMT          102               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476537468
 12:26:17          GMT          50                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476578735
 12:26:17          GMT          54                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476578736
 12:28:58          GMT          48                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532476619377
 12:28:58          GMT          58                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641401962
 12:32:02          GMT          109               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641454849
 12:35:01          GMT          47                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641508782
 12:35:01          GMT          58                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641508783
 12:38:40          GMT          46                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641568784
 12:38:40          GMT          57                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641568783
 12:42:29          GMT          97                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641627883
 12:46:03          GMT          95                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641691498
 12:49:45          GMT          101               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641757795
 12:53:28          GMT          50                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641830252
 12:53:28          GMT          59                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641830251
 12:57:10          GMT          10                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641909461
 12:57:10          GMT          101               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641909460
 13:00:02          GMT          95                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783641982429
 13:03:02          GMT          50                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477220877
 13:03:02          GMT          60                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477220876
 13:05:50          GMT          40                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642093688
 13:05:50          GMT          61                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642093687
 13:07:16          GMT          606               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642119181
 13:07:16          GMT          84                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642119189
 13:07:16          GMT          340               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642119188
 13:07:16          GMT          109               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477292325
 13:38:51          GMT          1                 11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642725696
 13:38:51          GMT          42                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477861911
 13:38:51          GMT          70                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642725694
 13:38:51          GMT          107               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642725697
 13:38:51          GMT          58                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477861915
 13:38:51          GMT          369               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783642725736
 13:38:51          GMT          114               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477861966
 13:38:51          GMT          150               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477861964
 13:38:51          GMT          150               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477861965
 13:39:22          GMT          115               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477871094
 13:39:22          GMT          300               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532477871093
 13:50:14          GMT          109               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592089783642954813
 13:50:14          GMT          342               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606163532478077838
 14:06:49          GMT          114               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783643360750
 14:06:49          GMT          114               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783643360754
 14:06:49          GMT          114               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606163532478461184
 14:06:49          GMT          340               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783643360751
 14:27:40          GMT          16                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783643887802
 14:27:40          GMT          93                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783643887803
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 14:27:40          GMT          109               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606163532478959471
 14:27:40          GMT          207               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783643887804
 14:27:40          GMT          271               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783643887805
 14:27:40          GMT          83                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592089783643887818
 14:34:51          GMT          100               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783644150259
 14:34:51          GMT          100               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783644150260
 14:34:51          GMT          407               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606163532479207726
 14:41:51          GMT          107               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532479430143
 14:41:51          GMT          107               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532479430144
 14:41:51          GMT          107               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532479430146
 14:41:51          GMT          349               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532479430145
 14:48:33          GMT          27                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606163532479630233
 14:48:33          GMT          104               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783644595702
 14:49:47          GMT          78                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606163532479665296
 14:49:47          GMT          106               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592089783644632947
 14:49:47          GMT          282               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606163532479665297
 15:04:13          GMT          106               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645043548
 15:04:13          GMT          161               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532480055424
 15:04:13          GMT          450               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532480055425
 15:04:13          GMT          106               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645043550
 15:04:13          GMT          135               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606163532480055432
 15:14:48          GMT          113               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645337950
 15:20:08          GMT          105               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606163532480475452
 15:21:28          GMT          106               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645521330
 15:21:48          GMT          105               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645530428
 15:21:48          GMT          105               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606163532480518336
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 15:21:48          GMT          113               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645530425
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 15:21:48          GMT          113               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645530427
 15:21:48          GMT          113               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606163532480518338
 15:21:48          GMT          344               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645530424
 15:30:05          GMT          1                 11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645731853
 15:30:05          GMT          2                 11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645731851
 15:30:05          GMT          107               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645731852
 15:30:05          GMT          108               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645731854
 15:30:05          GMT          341               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592089783645731850
 15:35:07          GMT          341               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606163532480845494
 15:44:14          GMT          104               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592089783646128323
 15:44:14          GMT          104               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606163532481084446
 15:44:14          GMT          104               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606163532481084447
 15:44:14          GMT          341               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606163532481084448
 15:53:10          GMT          3                 11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592089783646432032
 15:53:10          GMT          108               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592089783646432030
 15:53:10          GMT          503               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592089783646432031
 15:53:10          GMT          1                 11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592089783646432034
 15:53:10          GMT          6                 11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592089783646432033
 15:53:13          GMT          98                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592089783646432925
 15:58:18          GMT          101               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592089783646592311
 15:58:18          GMT          128               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606163532481522234
 15:58:18          GMT          213               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606163532481522235
 16:03:32          GMT          99                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592089783646753867
 16:03:32          GMT          99                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606163532481675831
 16:03:32          GMT          342               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592089783646753866
 16:13:44          GMT          64                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592089783647087260
 16:13:44          GMT          106               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606163532481993740
 16:13:44          GMT          110               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606163532481993741
 16:13:44          GMT          150               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            592089783647087261
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 16:13:44          GMT          16                11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606163532481993748
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 16:23:54          GMT          121               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606163532482340102
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 16:27:02          GMT          365               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606163532482453555
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