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RNS Number : 0227V  WH Smith PLC  28 January 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 28 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 25,679 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 28 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 1,388,438 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,528,496 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:                               28 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          25,679                                                11.9183                                         11.6200                     12.0300

 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
 08:05:16          GMT          407               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606166009735048468
 08:09:27          GMT          10                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606166009735129073
 08:09:27          GMT          610               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606166009735129074
 08:09:27          GMT          269               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606166009735129077
 08:23:59          GMT          9                 11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592092260899917824
 08:23:59          GMT          17                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592092260899917827
 08:23:59          GMT          294               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592092260899917825
 08:23:59          GMT          311               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592092260899917826
 08:33:39          GMT          99                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606166009735616838
 08:33:39          GMT          629               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606166009735616836
 08:33:39          GMT          52                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606166009735616846
 08:38:02          GMT          132               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592092260900220050
 08:41:19          GMT          251               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606166009735769707
 09:05:29          GMT          110               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592092260900721231
 09:06:02          GMT          126               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606166009736187819
 09:08:56          GMT          116               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592092260900782203
 09:11:10          GMT          59                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592092260900829803
 09:11:10          GMT          46                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736282381
 09:12:52          GMT          111               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736313704
 09:12:53          GMT          87                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592092260900863128
 09:12:54          GMT          19                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592092260900863191
 09:14:59          GMT          114               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            592092260900901935
 09:21:52          GMT          7                 11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736483228
 09:21:52          GMT          104               11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736483227
 09:22:14          GMT          35                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592092260901052910
 09:22:14          GMT          102               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736493207
 09:25:00          GMT          105               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592092260901105359
 09:28:56          GMT          348               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736620388
 09:28:56          GMT          121               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736620391
 09:28:56          GMT          165               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736620392
 09:28:56          GMT          193               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736620393
 09:28:56          GMT          304               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736620396
 09:42:19          GMT          460               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592092260901467867
 09:42:54          GMT          110               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009736898726
 10:05:35          GMT          7                 11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606166009737350815
 10:05:35          GMT          24                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592092260901955565
 10:05:35          GMT          85                11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592092260901955564
 10:05:35          GMT          343               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606166009737350816
 10:25:19          GMT          97                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009737743620
 10:25:19          GMT          97                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009737743621
 10:25:19          GMT          98                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592092260902372533
 10:25:19          GMT          394               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592092260902372532
 10:41:37          GMT          112               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009738045156
 10:42:31          GMT          7                 11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009738061547
 10:42:31          GMT          342               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009738061548
 10:56:29          GMT          103               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009738308576
 10:56:29          GMT          247               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592092260902971089
 11:36:35          GMT          106               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            606166009739056137
 11:39:54          GMT          118               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            592092260903828759
 12:13:52          GMT          104               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009739704830
 12:13:52          GMT          7                 11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009739704836
 12:13:52          GMT          16                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592092260904452491
 12:13:52          GMT          142               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009739704834
 12:13:52          GMT          148               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009739704837
 12:13:52          GMT          208               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592092260904452494
 12:13:52          GMT          243               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592092260904452490
 12:13:52          GMT          243               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009739704833
 12:13:52          GMT          543               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592092260904452503
 12:13:55          GMT          447               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009739705786
 12:17:52          GMT          6                 11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009739771737
 12:17:52          GMT          103               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009739771738
 12:24:38          GMT          350               11.89             GBP                               XLON                            592092260904645527
 13:00:59          GMT          49                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009740531610
 13:00:59          GMT          55                11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009740531609
 13:06:10          GMT          126               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009740623688
 13:09:17          GMT          7                 11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009740674763
 13:11:09          GMT          97                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606166009740704391
 13:11:58          GMT          98                11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606166009740717221
 13:13:07          GMT          103               11.91             GBP                               XLON                            606166009740739436
 13:17:37          GMT          631               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009740811461
 13:17:37          GMT          410               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592092260905636267
 13:36:45          GMT          611               12                GBP                               XLON                            606166009741184041
 13:50:20          GMT          19                12.03             GBP                               XLON                            592092260906340538
 13:50:20          GMT          82                12.03             GBP                               XLON                            592092260906340539
 13:50:20          GMT          100               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            592092260906340540
 13:50:20          GMT          100               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            592092260906340541
 13:50:20          GMT          100               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            606166009741475108
 13:50:20          GMT          457               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            606166009741475107
 13:50:20          GMT          15                12.03             GBP                               XLON                            606166009741475117
 14:09:31          GMT          112               12                GBP                               XLON                            592092260906835979
 14:15:38          GMT          116               12.01             GBP                               XLON                            592092260906980156
 14:16:28          GMT          124               12.01             GBP                               XLON                            592092260907002602
 14:16:28          GMT          167               12                GBP                               XLON                            606166009742098053
 14:16:28          GMT          425               12                GBP                               XLON                            606166009742098054
 14:16:28          GMT          131               12                GBP                               XLON                            592092260907002615
 14:16:28          GMT          340               12                GBP                               XLON                            592092260907002614
 14:31:09          GMT          100               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606166009742475794
 14:31:09          GMT          427               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592092260907401197
 14:31:09          GMT          10                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592092260907401203
 14:31:09          GMT          18                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592092260907401204
 14:31:09          GMT          141               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592092260907401205
 14:31:09          GMT          195               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592092260907401202
 14:45:53          GMT          114               11.99             GBP                               XLON                            606166009742988140
 14:45:53          GMT          7                 11.99             GBP                               XLON                            606166009742988146
 14:45:53          GMT          52                11.99             GBP                               XLON                            606166009742988144
 14:45:53          GMT          55                11.99             GBP                               XLON                            606166009742988145
 14:47:06          GMT          14                11.99             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743033699
 14:47:06          GMT          6                 11.99             GBP                               XLON                            592092260907986733
 14:47:16          GMT          20                11.99             GBP                               XLON                            592092260907992280
 14:47:41          GMT          76                11.99             GBP                               XLON                            592092260908007652
 14:47:58          GMT          116               11.99             GBP                               XLON                            592092260908019539
 14:48:30          GMT          1                 11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743085386
 14:49:27          GMT          140               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743115681
 14:50:03          GMT          110               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            592092260908098714
 14:50:03          GMT          274               11.98             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743139289
 14:50:48          GMT          34                11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743162527
 14:50:48          GMT          151               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743162526
 14:51:35          GMT          101               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743184840
 14:51:35          GMT          302               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743184839
 14:51:35          GMT          222               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743184845
 14:56:42          GMT          349               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            592092260908320991
 15:07:32          GMT          447               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            592092260908675817
 15:07:32          GMT          416               11.95             GBP                               XLON                            606166009743688527
 15:12:25          GMT          49                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592092260908819347
 15:12:25          GMT          300               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592092260908819346
 15:23:53          GMT          5                 11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592092260909186427
 15:23:53          GMT          5                 11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592092260909186429
 15:23:53          GMT          111               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592092260909186428
 15:23:53          GMT          111               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592092260909186430
 15:26:28          GMT          14                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744256509
 15:26:28          GMT          50                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744256510
 15:26:28          GMT          64                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744256511
 15:26:28          GMT          104               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744256508
 15:26:28          GMT          445               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744256507
 15:40:22          GMT          98                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592092260909736624
 15:40:22          GMT          98                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744691613
 15:40:22          GMT          98                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744691615
 15:40:22          GMT          506               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744691614
 15:40:22          GMT          291               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009744691619
 15:47:17          GMT          100               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606166009744910901
 15:52:39          GMT          36                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745084883
 15:52:39          GMT          340               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745084882
 15:52:40          GMT          75                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745085233
 15:52:45          GMT          123               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745087657
 15:52:45          GMT          210               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745087656
 15:53:39          GMT          26                11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745114558
 15:53:40          GMT          114               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745114691
 16:05:02          GMT          103               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745503972
 16:05:55          GMT          12                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592092260910626127
 16:05:55          GMT          87                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592092260910626126
 16:06:46          GMT          99                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592092260910657896
 16:10:34          GMT          103               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745702187
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 16:10:34          GMT          114               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592092260910797650
 16:10:34          GMT          396               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745702188
 16:10:34          GMT          135               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745702199
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 16:10:34          GMT          190               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745702197
 16:10:34          GMT          292               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009745702207
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 16:24:06          GMT          200               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592092260911426411
 16:24:10          GMT          164               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009746301630
 16:24:10          GMT          7                 11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009746301742
 16:27:01          GMT          10                11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606166009746430146

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