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RNS Number : 9105V  WH Smith PLC  04 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 04 February 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
 29 January 2025, of 22,500 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 04 February 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 1,433,938 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,482,996 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:                               04 February 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          22,500                                                12.8547                                         12.8000                     12.9200

 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
 08:02:06          GMT          32                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592094738164906583
 08:02:33          GMT          38                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592094738164919444
 08:06:05          GMT          35                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738164997053
 08:06:05          GMT          62                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738164997054
 08:07:28          GMT          107               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592094738165025091
 08:08:36          GMT          100               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487000574518
 08:09:04          GMT          566               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592094738165057260
 08:09:04          GMT          188               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606168487000583889
 08:31:39          GMT          10                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738165520229
 08:31:39          GMT          110               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738165520228
 08:31:39          GMT          110               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738165520230
 08:31:39          GMT          494               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738165520227
 08:31:39          GMT          69                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738165520235
 08:31:39          GMT          250               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738165520234
 08:33:31          GMT          70                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487001059831
 08:33:31          GMT          260               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487001059830
 08:40:22          GMT          416               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592094738165712259
 09:03:20          GMT          102               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738166126790
 09:12:38          GMT          169               12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606168487001746674
 09:12:38          GMT          115               12.92             GBP                               XLON                            592094738166294836
 09:12:38          GMT          448               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            606168487001746676
 09:12:38          GMT          382               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            606168487001746681
 09:22:08          GMT          4                 12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606168487001933661
 09:22:08          GMT          9                 12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606168487001933662
 09:22:08          GMT          17                12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606168487001933660
 09:22:08          GMT          391               12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606168487001933659
 09:36:13          GMT          107               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592094738166805864
 09:43:10          GMT          16                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487002355759
 09:43:10          GMT          18                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487002355760
 09:43:10          GMT          20                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487002355761
 09:43:10          GMT          114               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738166943694
 10:00:45          GMT          116               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592094738167297648
 10:00:45          GMT          438               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            606168487002688650
 10:06:56          GMT          285               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592094738167419912
 10:08:30          GMT          8                 12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592094738167449221
 10:10:49          GMT          99                12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592094738167498841
 10:11:09          GMT          104               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592094738167504552
 10:11:09          GMT          112               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487002884050
 10:11:09          GMT          112               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487002884051
 10:11:09          GMT          188               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592094738167504551
 10:22:27          GMT          175               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487003096561
 10:37:54          GMT          108               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592094738168037040
 10:37:54          GMT          325               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487003389239
 10:37:54          GMT          107               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487003389247
 10:37:54          GMT          185               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487003389242
 11:00:33          GMT          511               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592094738168469430
 11:00:38          GMT          111               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738168472666
 11:30:45          GMT          109               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169067721
 11:30:45          GMT          35                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169067723
 11:30:45          GMT          42                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169067728
 11:30:45          GMT          47                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169067725
 11:30:45          GMT          54                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169067726
 11:30:45          GMT          59                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169067727
 11:30:45          GMT          66                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169067724
 11:30:45          GMT          101               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487004360269
 11:30:45          GMT          115               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169067722
 11:58:29          GMT          101               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169628325
 12:02:31          GMT          100               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487004980913
 12:05:06          GMT          101               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487005035655
 12:05:06          GMT          101               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487005035657
 12:05:06          GMT          101               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487005035658
 12:05:06          GMT          202               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592094738169784125
 12:05:06          GMT          243               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487005035656
 12:30:11          GMT          43                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592094738170351412
 12:30:11          GMT          67                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592094738170351411
 12:48:38          GMT          5                 12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592094738170745821
 12:48:38          GMT          41                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487005940059
 12:48:38          GMT          72                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487005940058
 12:48:38          GMT          78                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487005940057
 12:48:38          GMT          98                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592094738170745822
 12:48:38          GMT          145               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487005940054
 12:48:38          GMT          150               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487005940056
 12:48:38          GMT          202               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487005940055
 12:48:38          GMT          453               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606168487005940066
 13:03:42          GMT          39                12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592094738171126224
 13:03:42          GMT          68                12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592094738171126225
 13:03:42          GMT          107               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487006293986
 13:03:42          GMT          107               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487006293987
 13:03:42          GMT          225               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592094738171126223
 13:17:30          GMT          100               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487006596720
 13:17:30          GMT          238               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606168487006596718
 13:52:46          GMT          36                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645493
 13:52:46          GMT          42                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645491
 13:52:46          GMT          58                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645487
 13:52:46          GMT          64                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738172566884
 13:52:46          GMT          64                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645495
 13:52:46          GMT          100               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738172566886
 13:52:46          GMT          100               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738172566887
 13:52:46          GMT          100               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645486
 13:52:46          GMT          100               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645488
 13:52:46          GMT          100               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645490
 13:52:46          GMT          183               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645492
 13:52:46          GMT          233               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007645497
 13:52:46          GMT          256               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738172566885
 14:00:43          GMT          97                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738172815282
 14:00:43          GMT          225               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606168487007878658
 14:11:10          GMT          95                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738173138649
 14:11:10          GMT          399               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592094738173138650
 14:27:03          GMT          15                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487008628364
 14:27:03          GMT          35                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487008628365
 14:27:03          GMT          63                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606168487008628363
 14:27:33          GMT          113               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592094738173627310
 14:27:33          GMT          113               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592094738173627311
 14:27:33          GMT          113               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487008642673
 14:27:33          GMT          113               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487008642674
 14:27:33          GMT          224               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592094738173627308
 14:33:45          GMT          113               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592094738173896117
 14:33:45          GMT          224               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592094738173896116
 14:37:46          GMT          92                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487009052943
 14:44:40          GMT          44                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487009316697
 14:44:40          GMT          65                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487009316696
 14:44:40          GMT          109               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738174338012
 14:44:40          GMT          109               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738174338013
 14:44:40          GMT          109               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738174338014
 14:44:40          GMT          109               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738174338015
 14:44:40          GMT          109               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487009316698
 14:44:40          GMT          131               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487009316695
 14:50:52          GMT          46                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487009550485
 14:50:52          GMT          108               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487009550487
 14:50:52          GMT          179               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487009550486
 15:00:04          GMT          102               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592094738174992899
 15:01:07          GMT          39                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592094738175052988
 15:01:07          GMT          121               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592094738175052991
 15:01:07          GMT          300               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592094738175052989
 15:16:31          GMT          109               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010612739
 15:17:06          GMT          16                12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010633352
 15:17:06          GMT          138               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010633353
 15:19:29          GMT          76                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010713301
 15:23:19          GMT          48                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010848366
 15:23:19          GMT          77                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010848363
 15:23:19          GMT          100               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010848364
 15:23:19          GMT          131               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010848367
 15:23:19          GMT          150               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010848362
 15:23:19          GMT          290               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606168487010848361
 15:23:19          GMT          57                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592094738175953492
 15:35:19          GMT          78                12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606168487011248539
 15:35:19          GMT          100               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606168487011248540
 15:35:19          GMT          100               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606168487011248542
 15:35:19          GMT          224               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606168487011248538
 15:36:05          GMT          22                12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606168487011275804
 15:36:05          GMT          100               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592094738176406721
 15:36:05          GMT          103               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592094738176406722
 15:46:09          GMT          98                12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592094738176781124
 15:49:14          GMT          544               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592094738176897411
 15:50:35          GMT          54                12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592094738176946527
 15:51:02          GMT          100               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487011801671
 16:02:01          GMT          105               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487012207466
 16:02:07          GMT          105               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738177397593
 16:02:07          GMT          105               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738177397594
 16:02:07          GMT          105               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487012210344
 16:02:07          GMT          105               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487012210346
 16:02:07          GMT          105               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487012210347
 16:02:07          GMT          223               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606168487012210345
 16:10:53          GMT          223               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592094738177758736
 16:11:37          GMT          12                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487012582305
 16:11:37          GMT          98                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487012582302
 16:22:17          GMT          51                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013059450
 16:22:17          GMT          52                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013059444
 16:22:17          GMT          81                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013059451
 16:22:17          GMT          104               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013059446
 16:22:17          GMT          104               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013059449
 16:22:17          GMT          126               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013059445
 16:22:17          GMT          145               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013059448
 16:22:17          GMT          397               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013059447
 16:27:35          GMT          100               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592094738178550892
 16:27:35          GMT          100               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592094738178550893
 16:27:35          GMT          103               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013302285
 16:27:35          GMT          220               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592094738178550894
 16:27:35          GMT          238               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606168487013302284

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