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RNS Number : 3592U  WH Smith PLC  22 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 22 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 25,575 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 22 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 1,284,431 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,632,503 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:                               22 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          25,575                                                11.5595                                         11.2900                     11.7700

 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
 08:02:41          GMT          346               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592090137528749786
 08:11:26          GMT          31                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886364828281
 08:11:26          GMT          95                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592090137528957221
 08:11:26          GMT          109               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592090137528957220
 08:11:26          GMT          126               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886364828280
 08:11:26          GMT          331               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886364828279
 08:11:26          GMT          455               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592090137528957226
 08:17:30          GMT          345               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            606163886364954264
 08:45:24          GMT          107               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606163886365562418
 08:47:00          GMT          124               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886365606012
 08:47:00          GMT          539               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886365606040
 08:54:53          GMT          97                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606163886365749788
 08:54:53          GMT          97                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606163886365749789
 08:54:53          GMT          529               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606163886365749790
 09:13:14          GMT          484               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366099305
 09:13:14          GMT          17                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366099306
 09:13:14          GMT          327               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366099309
 09:34:29          GMT          106               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592090137530717956
 09:34:29          GMT          106               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592090137530717957
 09:34:29          GMT          106               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366484984
 09:34:29          GMT          106               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366484985
 09:34:29          GMT          106               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366484986
 09:34:29          GMT          346               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592090137530717955
 09:45:50          GMT          35                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592090137530950327
 09:47:29          GMT          72                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592090137530986851
 09:49:52          GMT          41                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592090137531030346
 09:49:52          GMT          101               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366777900
 09:51:00          GMT          97                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366798972
 09:53:30          GMT          101               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366847679
 09:53:30          GMT          105               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592090137531104408
 09:53:30          GMT          105               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606163886366847678
 09:53:30          GMT          106               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592090137531104407
 10:05:14          GMT          345               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592090137531344759
 10:12:40          GMT          50                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592090137531514676
 10:12:40          GMT          56                11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592090137531514677
 10:12:40          GMT          239               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592090137531514678
 10:19:05          GMT          115               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606163886367372394
 10:28:25          GMT          110               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606163886367552440
 10:39:00          GMT          34                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592090137532056007
 11:02:40          GMT          112               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606163886368171571
 11:05:20          GMT          12                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606163886368217161
 11:05:20          GMT          15                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606163886368217160
 11:05:20          GMT          71                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592090137532559323
 11:06:29          GMT          38                11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237236
 11:06:29          GMT          112               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237237
 11:06:29          GMT          142               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237240
 11:06:29          GMT          150               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237239
 11:06:29          GMT          300               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237238
 11:06:30          GMT          7                 11.69             GBP                               XLON                            592090137532580849
 11:06:30          GMT          27                11.69             GBP                               XLON                            592090137532580989
 11:06:30          GMT          13                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237535
 11:06:30          GMT          25                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592090137532581096
 11:06:30          GMT          87                11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592090137532581097
 11:06:30          GMT          100               11.68             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237536
 11:06:30          GMT          112               11.68             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237534
 11:06:30          GMT          120               11.68             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368237700
 11:26:30          GMT          112               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592090137533004300
 11:26:30          GMT          345               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            606163886368634686
 11:54:16          GMT          104               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592090137533538425
 11:54:16          GMT          142               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592090137533538424
 11:54:16          GMT          181               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606163886369135965
 11:54:16          GMT          346               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592090137533538422
 12:12:13          GMT          341               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            606163886369478004
 12:12:13          GMT          384               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592090137533902776
 12:27:35          GMT          99                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592090137534205790
 12:27:35          GMT          99                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592090137534205791
 12:27:35          GMT          345               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592090137534205789
 12:43:36          GMT          106               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370054627
 12:43:36          GMT          346               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370054628
 12:59:23          GMT          104               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592090137534826252
 12:59:23          GMT          104               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370345907
 12:59:23          GMT          345               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370345906
 13:30:55          GMT          7                 11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370958489
 13:30:55          GMT          14                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370958491
 13:30:55          GMT          15                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370958490
 13:30:55          GMT          25                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370958488
 13:30:55          GMT          28                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886370958492
 13:30:55          GMT          21                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592090137535474362
 13:32:54          GMT          2                 11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371006482
 13:32:54          GMT          10                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371006481
 13:32:54          GMT          22                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371006480
 13:32:54          GMT          79                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371006479
 13:33:27          GMT          21                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592090137535539537
 13:33:27          GMT          46                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592090137535539536
 13:33:27          GMT          51                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592090137535539535
 13:35:09          GMT          16                11.57             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371057384
 13:35:09          GMT          96                11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592090137535578910
 13:38:35          GMT          105               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371142936
 13:38:35          GMT          355               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371142937
 13:38:35          GMT          185               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592090137535669104
 13:38:35          GMT          350               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592090137535669103
 13:42:00          GMT          105               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371222123
 13:42:00          GMT          162               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592090137535752796
 13:42:00          GMT          184               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371222122
 14:01:12          GMT          106               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592090137536270409
 14:03:01          GMT          19                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606163886371752144
 14:03:08          GMT          85                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606163886371756662
 14:03:58          GMT          37                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606163886371778303
 14:11:30          GMT          105               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371971259
 14:11:45          GMT          134               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592090137536552766
 14:11:45          GMT          241               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592090137536552767
 14:11:45          GMT          241               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            592090137536552768
 14:11:45          GMT          485               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606163886371977068
 14:22:46          GMT          382               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606163886372302616
 14:22:46          GMT          146               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606163886372302623
 14:27:35          GMT          347               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            606163886372440583
 14:32:07          GMT          163               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090137537209187
 14:32:07          GMT          182               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090137537209186
 14:37:31          GMT          417               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137537408472
 14:41:36          GMT          346               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            606163886372934390
 14:45:48          GMT          10                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373073494
 14:45:55          GMT          109               11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373076944
 14:47:55          GMT          77                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373137835
 14:53:55          GMT          82                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373343979
 14:54:14          GMT          40                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373353611
 14:54:14          GMT          57                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373353612
 14:54:14          GMT          69                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373353609
 14:54:14          GMT          97                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538000567
 14:54:14          GMT          97                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538000568
 14:54:14          GMT          97                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538000569
 14:54:14          GMT          97                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538000570
 14:54:14          GMT          97                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373353613
 15:07:44          GMT          10                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373906401
 15:07:44          GMT          12                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538581541
 15:07:44          GMT          33                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373906400
 15:07:44          GMT          99                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538581542
 15:07:44          GMT          99                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373906399
 15:07:44          GMT          335               11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538581540
 15:07:45          GMT          19                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373906689
 15:07:45          GMT          56                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373906688
 15:07:55          GMT          80                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606163886373915836
 15:14:47          GMT          103               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            606163886374172276
 15:14:48          GMT          312               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538862336
 15:14:58          GMT          6                 11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538872132
 15:14:58          GMT          41                11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606163886374182168
 15:14:58          GMT          62                11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606163886374182170
 15:14:58          GMT          103               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538872130
 15:14:58          GMT          150               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090137538872129
 15:20:55          GMT          75                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090137539164248
 15:20:55          GMT          102               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090137539164251
 15:20:55          GMT          271               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090137539164250
 15:26:55          GMT          77                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592090137539384886
 15:27:38          GMT          14                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592090137539408566
 15:27:38          GMT          33                11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592090137539408568
 15:27:38          GMT          222               11.37             GBP                               XLON                            592090137539408567
 15:29:55          GMT          104               11.36             GBP                               XLON                            606163886374762334
 15:35:55          GMT          33                11.32             GBP                               XLON                            606163886374967705
 15:37:24          GMT          106               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            606163886375012594
 15:37:24          GMT          106               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            606163886375012596
 15:37:24          GMT          367               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            606163886375012593
 15:45:36          GMT          106               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592090137540018114
 15:45:36          GMT          106               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592090137540018117
 15:45:36          GMT          106               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592090137540018118
 15:45:36          GMT          106               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            606163886375270740
 15:45:36          GMT          239               11.32             GBP                               XLON                            592090137540018116
 15:46:59          GMT          16                11.29             GBP                               XLON                            592090137540074466
 15:48:55          GMT          75                11.29             GBP                               XLON                            592090137540139151
 15:55:55          GMT          97                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592090137540379318
 15:55:55          GMT          97                11.3              GBP                               XLON                            606163886375611425
 15:55:55          GMT          569               11.3              GBP                               XLON                            592090137540379317
 16:07:56          GMT          18                11.45             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376028945
 16:07:56          GMT          83                11.45             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376028942
 16:08:25          GMT          100               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376044462
 16:09:05          GMT          626               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376070412
 16:09:05          GMT          376               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137540861936
 16:09:05          GMT          86                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376070418
 16:19:45          GMT          41                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376473277
 16:19:45          GMT          69                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376473278
 16:21:10          GMT          102               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541356710
 16:21:11          GMT          347               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541357872
 16:23:30          GMT          105               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376627394
 16:23:43          GMT          75                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376636159
 16:23:56          GMT          30                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376644793
 16:24:13          GMT          10                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541480496
 16:24:13          GMT          136               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541480495
 16:24:56          GMT          78                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541520407
 16:24:56          GMT          120               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541520442
 16:24:56          GMT          127               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541520486
 16:25:56          GMT          77                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541563987
 16:26:56          GMT          98                11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090137541601995
 16:27:42          GMT          150               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376800694
 16:27:42          GMT          217               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606163886376800695

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