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RNS Number : 5262U  WH Smith PLC  23 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 23 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC
 Transactions in own shares

 WH Smith PLC (the 'Company') announces the purchase, in accordance with the
 authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on
 26 January 2024, of 26,155 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 23 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 1,310,586 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,606,348 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:                               23 January 2025
 Investment firm:                                 Barclays

 Aggregate information

 Venue                          Aggregated number of ordinary shares purchased        Volume-weighted average price per share         Lowest price per share      Highest price per share
 London Stock Exchange          26,155                                                11.4409                                         11.3800                     11.5000

 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
 08:02:09          GMT          99                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491423159849
 08:02:09          GMT          497               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491423159850
 08:02:09          GMT          175               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606164240258679499
 08:13:34          GMT          101               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491423433886
 08:13:34          GMT          101               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491423433888
 08:13:34          GMT          101               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240258939825
 08:13:34          GMT          101               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240258939826
 08:13:34          GMT          102               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491423433887
 08:13:34          GMT          355               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491423433885
 08:14:43          GMT          35                11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606164240258963169
 08:14:43          GMT          67                11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606164240258963168
 08:32:26          GMT          98                11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606164240259279879
 08:32:26          GMT          601               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090491423793927
 08:32:26          GMT          119               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090491423793931
 08:32:26          GMT          245               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090491423793932
 08:50:37          GMT          95                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424115591
 08:50:37          GMT          95                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606164240259584362
 08:50:37          GMT          95                11.38             GBP                               XLON                            606164240259584364
 08:50:37          GMT          150               11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424115589
 08:50:37          GMT          205               11.38             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424115590
 09:08:18          GMT          102               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424428917
 09:08:23          GMT          499               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            606164240259882025
 09:08:23          GMT          309               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424430701
 09:26:47          GMT          115               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            606164240260209002
 09:26:47          GMT          340               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            606164240260209001
 09:27:25          GMT          103               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424786571
 09:27:25          GMT          103               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424786572
 09:27:25          GMT          143               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424786568
 09:33:33          GMT          113               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491424897373
 09:38:42          GMT          242               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240260414964
 09:41:26          GMT          14                11.39             GBP                               XLON                            606164240260464938
 10:11:59          GMT          103               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240261025407
 10:11:59          GMT          606               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240261025408
 10:11:59          GMT          381               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240261025411
 10:11:59          GMT          82                11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491425631484
 10:23:44          GMT          105               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491425876058
 10:23:44          GMT          70                11.43             GBP                               XLON                            592090491425876114
 10:23:44          GMT          284               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            592090491425876113
 10:47:30          GMT          96                11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491426364496
 10:47:30          GMT          96                11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240261722776
 10:47:30          GMT          105               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240261722774
 10:47:30          GMT          108               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240261722777
 10:47:30          GMT          118               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491426364495
 10:47:30          GMT          131               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491426364494
 11:04:57          GMT          82                11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240262053865
 11:04:57          GMT          107               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240262053866
 11:04:57          GMT          107               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240262053867
 11:04:57          GMT          273               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240262053864
 11:20:11          GMT          42                11.39             GBP                               XLON                            592090491427032292
 11:20:11          GMT          70                11.39             GBP                               XLON                            592090491427032291
 11:20:11          GMT          354               11.39             GBP                               XLON                            606164240262351707
 11:35:22          GMT          110               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606164240262693565
 11:35:22          GMT          127               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606164240262693564
 11:35:22          GMT          227               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606164240262693563
 11:38:11          GMT          110               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            592090491427465303
 11:59:58          GMT          631               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240263131192
 11:59:58          GMT          64                11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491427868488
 12:25:00          GMT          353               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240263656635
 12:34:32          GMT          140               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            606164240263832209
 12:34:32          GMT          477               11.46             GBP                               XLON                            592090491428611139
 12:35:32          GMT          108               11.45             GBP                               XLON                            592090491428630918
 12:47:25          GMT          354               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491428847757
 12:54:50          GMT          106               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            606164240264182354
 13:06:30          GMT          101               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491429203106
 13:06:42          GMT          63                11.43             GBP                               XLON                            606164240264392032
 13:06:42          GMT          292               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            606164240264392031
 13:13:54          GMT          119               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090491429352271
 13:13:54          GMT          235               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090491429352270
 13:39:30          GMT          16                11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592090491429882090
 13:39:35          GMT          95                11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592090491429884141
 13:41:26          GMT          110               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592090491429920922
 13:43:26          GMT          53                11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240265106761
 13:43:26          GMT          60                11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240265106760
 13:45:29          GMT          111               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240265147082
 13:45:45          GMT          10                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491430017011
 13:45:45          GMT          10                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491430017012
 13:45:45          GMT          91                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491430017010
 13:45:45          GMT          111               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491430017009
 13:45:45          GMT          111               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240265154173
 13:45:45          GMT          111               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240265154174
 13:45:45          GMT          111               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240265154175
 13:45:45          GMT          111               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240265154176
 13:45:45          GMT          112               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491430017008
 13:45:45          GMT          355               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491430017007
 14:19:19          GMT          109               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240265940588
 14:19:19          GMT          122               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592090491430859648
 14:19:19          GMT          195               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592090491430859646
 14:19:19          GMT          396               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592090491430859647
 14:19:19          GMT          281               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240265940595
 14:19:19          GMT          14                11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240265940602
 14:19:27          GMT          245               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240265943721
 14:19:27          GMT          244               11.41             GBP                               XLON                            592090491430863086
 14:25:57          GMT          161               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240266098892
 14:25:57          GMT          194               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240266098891
 14:36:18          GMT          99                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491431368578
 14:36:18          GMT          99                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240266417933
 14:36:18          GMT          99                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240266417935
 14:36:18          GMT          99                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240266417938
 14:36:18          GMT          99                11.4              GBP                               XLON                            606164240266417941
 14:36:18          GMT          355               11.4              GBP                               XLON                            592090491431368577
 14:49:05          GMT          96                11.41             GBP                               XLON                            606164240266822124
 14:49:37          GMT          123               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            592090491431814672
 14:51:09          GMT          113               11.42             GBP                               XLON                            606164240266884905
 14:55:41          GMT          109               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267039650
 14:58:32          GMT          95                11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491432135864
 14:58:32          GMT          95                11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267138711
 14:58:32          GMT          159               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267138713
 14:58:32          GMT          163               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267138712
 14:59:44          GMT          241               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267177464
 15:00:26          GMT          442               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491432210234
 15:00:28          GMT          10                11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267209802
 15:00:28          GMT          34                11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267209801
 15:00:28          GMT          125               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267209803
 15:05:31          GMT          98                11.43             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267360344
 15:05:31          GMT          98                11.43             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267360345
 15:05:31          GMT          105               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            592090491432373849
 15:05:31          GMT          108               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            592090491432373850
 15:05:31          GMT          144               11.43             GBP                               XLON                            592090491432373848
 15:10:59          GMT          354               11.44             GBP                               XLON                            592090491432542029
 15:22:00          GMT          107               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491432898330
 15:22:00          GMT          107               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267848741
 15:22:00          GMT          107               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267848742
 15:22:00          GMT          109               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491432898331
 15:22:00          GMT          126               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267848739
 15:22:00          GMT          268               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606164240267848740
 15:31:29          GMT          18                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606164240268090319
 15:31:29          GMT          97                11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606164240268090324
 15:31:29          GMT          107               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            592090491433158155
 15:31:29          GMT          229               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606164240268090323
 15:42:06          GMT          98                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            592090491433470466
 15:42:06          GMT          98                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            592090491433470467
 15:42:06          GMT          98                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606164240268379686
 15:42:06          GMT          98                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606164240268379687
 15:42:06          GMT          587               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            592090491433470465
 15:42:06          GMT          102               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606164240268379692
 15:49:35          GMT          5                 11.49             GBP                               XLON                            592090491433709690
 15:50:03          GMT          42                11.49             GBP                               XLON                            592090491433724658
 15:50:03          GMT          44                11.49             GBP                               XLON                            592090491433724656
 15:50:03          GMT          111               11.49             GBP                               XLON                            592090491433724659
 15:50:03          GMT          111               11.49             GBP                               XLON                            606164240268616124
 15:50:03          GMT          264               11.49             GBP                               XLON                            592090491433724657
 15:53:42          GMT          29                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491433831914
 15:53:42          GMT          82                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491433831915
 15:53:42          GMT          244               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606164240268716396
 15:58:01          GMT          357               11.47             GBP                               XLON                            606164240268848725
 16:07:05          GMT          89                11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491434260391
 16:07:05          GMT          106               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606164240269118996
 16:07:05          GMT          323               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491434260392
 16:07:44          GMT          196               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            592090491434284770
 16:11:47          GMT          95                11.5              GBP                               XLON                            592090491434450634
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 16:18:53          GMT          200               11.5              GBP                               XLON                            606164240269544534
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 16:26:23          GMT          123               11.48             GBP                               XLON                            606164240269842337
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