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RNS Number : 8566U  WH Smith PLC  27 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 27 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 26,132 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 27 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 1,362,759 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,554,175 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:                               27 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          26,132                                                11.6833                                         11.5100                     12.1700

 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
 08:08:06          GMT          122               12.16             GBP                               XLON                            606165655836158347
 08:08:06          GMT          507               12.17             GBP                               XLON                            606165655836158346
 08:08:06          GMT          25                12.16             GBP                               XLON                            606165655836158350
 08:16:40          GMT          345               12.09             GBP                               XLON                            592091907000965889
 08:16:40          GMT          99                12.09             GBP                               XLON                            606165655836470153
 08:34:46          GMT          373               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592091907001512646
 08:51:44          GMT          438               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592091907001917031
 08:51:44          GMT          98                11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606165655837365554
 08:53:15          GMT          102               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606165655837397157
 09:06:49          GMT          240               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592091907002267444
 09:06:49          GMT          240               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592091907002267445
 09:17:08          GMT          378               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592091907002518222
 09:21:17          GMT          383               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592091907002615222
 09:41:32          GMT          32                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592091907003077767
 09:41:32          GMT          57                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592091907003077769
 09:41:32          GMT          190               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592091907003077768
 09:41:32          GMT          345               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592091907003077766
 09:41:32          GMT          43                11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606165655838458756
 09:47:44          GMT          5                 11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592091907003233570
 09:47:44          GMT          197               11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592091907003233569
 09:53:12          GMT          111               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606165655838743557
 10:02:06          GMT          49                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592091907003595557
 10:02:06          GMT          61                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592091907003595558
 10:02:06          GMT          61                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606165655838945755
 10:02:06          GMT          202               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606165655838945756
 10:07:44          GMT          375               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606165655839094139
 10:37:19          GMT          113               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592091907004467294
 10:37:19          GMT          113               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            592091907004467295
 10:37:19          GMT          113               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606165655839762049
 10:37:19          GMT          374               11.88             GBP                               XLON                            606165655839762047
 10:51:23          GMT          374               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592091907004771958
 11:03:20          GMT          379               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606165655840337635
 11:16:41          GMT          387               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592091907005371984
 11:18:34          GMT          116               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606165655840656478
 11:48:58          GMT          106               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592091907006143798
 11:48:58          GMT          433               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592091907006143797
 11:48:58          GMT          97                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606165655841339785
 11:48:58          GMT          112               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606165655841339786
 11:53:08          GMT          115               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606165655841464964
 12:15:12          GMT          106               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606165655841964534
 12:15:12          GMT          106               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606165655841964535
 12:15:12          GMT          374               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606165655841964533
 12:31:01          GMT          107               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606165655842258378
 12:31:01          GMT          214               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592091907007121322
 12:31:01          GMT          255               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592091907007121323
 12:33:48          GMT          107               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606165655842307760
 12:45:28          GMT          373               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592091907007407780
 12:48:16          GMT          397               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592091907007476308
 12:51:02          GMT          114               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            606165655842649647
 12:51:02          GMT          259               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592091907007536959
 13:12:37          GMT          41                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606165655843091816
 13:12:37          GMT          115               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592091907008007449
 13:12:37          GMT          429               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606165655843091817
 13:13:56          GMT          114               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907008033763
 13:35:29          GMT          115               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606165655843595290
 13:35:29          GMT          495               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            592091907008541852
 13:35:29          GMT          223               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592091907008541859
 13:57:37          GMT          12                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655844142600
 13:57:37          GMT          90                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655844142601
 13:57:37          GMT          102               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907009123173
 13:57:37          GMT          102               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907009123174
 13:57:37          GMT          102               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907009123175
 13:57:37          GMT          102               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655844142602
 13:57:37          GMT          102               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655844142603
 13:57:37          GMT          102               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655844142604
 13:57:37          GMT          374               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907009123172
 14:13:24          GMT          546               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592091907009500770
 14:13:24          GMT          329               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592091907009500776
 14:24:29          GMT          354               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592091907009759555
 14:24:29          GMT          242               11.66             GBP                               XLON                            592091907009759558
 14:30:02          GMT          375               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606165655844890182
 14:33:43          GMT          51                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655845040642
 14:43:53          GMT          98                11.65             GBP                               XLON                            606165655845379605
 14:47:06          GMT          23                11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592091907010587178
 14:47:06          GMT          495               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            606165655845537703
 14:47:56          GMT          88                11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592091907010614029
 14:47:56          GMT          163               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592091907010614030
 14:47:56          GMT          542               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592091907010614031
 14:47:56          GMT          184               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            606165655845563497
 14:53:00          GMT          194               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606165655845727358
 14:56:05          GMT          7                 11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606165655845826769
 14:56:05          GMT          337               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606165655845826768
 14:56:05          GMT          82                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606165655845826770
 14:56:05          GMT          80                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592091907010890020
 15:07:13          GMT          270               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592091907011284665
 15:07:13          GMT          110               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592091907011284667
 15:07:13          GMT          177               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592091907011284666
 15:07:13          GMT          325               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606165655846202140
 15:15:18          GMT          108               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907011544373
 15:15:18          GMT          108               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655846449699
 15:15:18          GMT          179               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655846449698
 15:15:18          GMT          198               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655846449697
 15:16:31          GMT          108               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592091907011586920
 15:27:55          GMT          543               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655846838890
 15:27:55          GMT          7                 11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655846838896
 15:27:55          GMT          35                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655846838898
 15:27:55          GMT          169               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606165655846838904
 15:31:08          GMT          107               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012050612
 15:36:35          GMT          114               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012209391
 15:36:35          GMT          477               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012209390
 15:36:35          GMT          41                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012209395
 15:48:40          GMT          2                 11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012554490
 15:48:40          GMT          107               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847408991
 15:48:40          GMT          374               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847408989
 15:48:40          GMT          105               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012554491
 15:48:40          GMT          107               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012554492
 15:48:40          GMT          107               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012554493
 15:48:40          GMT          107               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012554494
 15:48:40          GMT          107               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847408992
 15:48:40          GMT          107               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847408993
 15:48:41          GMT          113               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012555109
 15:54:55          GMT          109               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847581133
 15:54:55          GMT          373               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012734777
 16:00:35          GMT          60                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847749651
 16:00:35          GMT          108               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012911827
 16:00:35          GMT          108               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592091907012911828
 16:00:35          GMT          108               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847749653
 16:00:35          GMT          312               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847749652
 16:06:31          GMT          216               11.51             GBP                               XLON                            606165655847927105
 16:12:19          GMT          111               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592091907013298216
 16:12:20          GMT          354               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848119331
 16:14:40          GMT          205               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848195688
 16:14:40          GMT          48                11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848195820
 16:14:40          GMT          64                11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848195821
 16:14:40          GMT          118               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848195822
 16:14:40          GMT          218               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848195819
 16:14:41          GMT          217               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848196128
 16:14:57          GMT          73                11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848205045
 16:15:05          GMT          46                11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848210793
 16:20:17          GMT          388               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848401483
 16:22:46          GMT          27                11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848500406
 16:22:46          GMT          67                11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848500405
 16:23:16          GMT          81                11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848520802
 16:24:05          GMT          7                 11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848552016
 16:24:05          GMT          47                11.54             GBP                               XLON                            592091907013751668
 16:24:05          GMT          115               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            592091907013751667
 16:24:05          GMT          118               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606165655848552017
 16:24:05          GMT          4                 11.54             GBP                               XLON                            592091907013751669
 16:24:43          GMT          65                11.54             GBP                               XLON                            592091907013777776
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