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RNS Number : 0846W  WH Smith PLC  05 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 05 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 21,440 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 05 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 1,455,378 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,461,556 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:                               05 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          21,440                                                12.7190                                         12.6600                     12.7800

 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
 08:01:55          GMT          454               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592095092054269595
 08:05:39          GMT          23                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592095092054367856
 08:05:39          GMT          55                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592095092054367855
 08:05:39          GMT          92                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592095092054367858
 08:05:39          GMT          169               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592095092054367857
 08:19:08          GMT          106               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606168840890177867
 08:19:08          GMT          106               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606168840890177868
 08:19:08          GMT          180               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092054644783
 08:19:08          GMT          294               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606168840890177866
 08:19:08          GMT          210               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092054644789
 08:25:29          GMT          197               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092054767780
 08:26:33          GMT          53                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092054791087
 08:26:33          GMT          65                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092054791088
 08:26:33          GMT          122               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092054791086
 08:38:23          GMT          25                12.66             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055039994
 08:38:23          GMT          103               12.66             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055039993
 08:38:23          GMT          217               12.66             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055039992
 08:59:53          GMT          10                12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055445532
 08:59:53          GMT          34                12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055445531
 08:59:53          GMT          50                12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055445528
 08:59:53          GMT          51                12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055445529
 08:59:53          GMT          110               12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055445530
 08:59:53          GMT          201               12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055445533
 09:00:56          GMT          136               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840890950255
 09:05:56          GMT          8                 12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840891044119
 09:10:10          GMT          93                12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840891120678
 09:10:10          GMT          111               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055646608
 09:10:10          GMT          111               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055646609
 09:10:10          GMT          111               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055646610
 09:10:10          GMT          115               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840891120680
 09:10:10          GMT          134               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840891120679
 09:20:12          GMT          506               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092055870880
 10:15:08          GMT          16                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057030443
 10:15:08          GMT          44                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057030445
 10:15:08          GMT          48                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057030444
 10:15:08          GMT          87                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057030446
 10:15:08          GMT          9                 12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057030451
 10:15:08          GMT          43                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606168840892430649
 10:15:08          GMT          50                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057030452
 10:15:08          GMT          81                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057030450
 10:15:08          GMT          123               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057030453
 10:15:08          GMT          48                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606168840892430653
 10:15:08          GMT          291               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606168840892430654
 10:15:25          GMT          2                 12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057038036
 10:15:25          GMT          44                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057038037
 10:15:25          GMT          175               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057038038
 10:15:25          GMT          243               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840892437781
 10:15:32          GMT          126               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606168840892440005
 10:24:54          GMT          350               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606168840892631977
 10:27:11          GMT          117               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606168840892680122
 10:27:11          GMT          312               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057293891
 10:27:11          GMT          44                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057293898
 10:27:11          GMT          48                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057293899
 10:27:11          GMT          224               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057293900
 10:42:59          GMT          103               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840892979926
 10:50:30          GMT          103               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057752856
 10:50:30          GMT          111               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057752858
 10:50:30          GMT          223               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092057752857
 11:16:03          GMT          103               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840893605884
 11:16:42          GMT          16                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092058290533
 11:16:42          GMT          40                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092058290536
 11:16:42          GMT          63                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092058290535
 11:16:42          GMT          87                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092058290534
 11:16:42          GMT          103               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840893619303
 11:16:42          GMT          109               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840893619304
 11:24:06          GMT          103               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092058442140
 11:24:06          GMT          107               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840893761202
 11:24:06          GMT          107               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840893761203
 11:24:06          GMT          140               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840893761204
 11:58:53          GMT          20                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840894589438
 11:58:53          GMT          90                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840894589437
 11:59:22          GMT          9                 12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840894610118
 11:59:22          GMT          92                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840894610117
 12:02:01          GMT          92                12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840894687168
 12:02:01          GMT          130               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840894687167
 12:02:01          GMT          131               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840894687166
 12:02:01          GMT          116               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840894687174
 12:02:01          GMT          150               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840894687175
 12:02:01          GMT          31                12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840894687177
 12:02:01          GMT          43                12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840894687176
 12:18:21          GMT          114               12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092059803494
 12:30:06          GMT          110               12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092060060664
 12:33:12          GMT          6                 12.67             GBP                               XLON                            606168840895344920
 12:33:12          GMT          95                12.67             GBP                               XLON                            606168840895344921
 12:37:05          GMT          105               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092060192002
 12:37:05          GMT          453               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092060192003
 12:55:03          GMT          6                 12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840895712728
 12:55:03          GMT          100               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092060511974
 12:55:03          GMT          100               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092060511975
 12:55:03          GMT          100               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092060511976
 12:55:03          GMT          100               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840895712731
 12:55:03          GMT          126               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840895712729
 12:55:03          GMT          173               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840895712730
 13:16:14          GMT          6                 12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840896120275
 13:16:14          GMT          118               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840896120273
 13:16:14          GMT          154               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840896120274
 13:31:09          GMT          34                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840896405904
 13:31:09          GMT          80                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840896405905
 13:33:26          GMT          115               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592095092061301222
 13:34:55          GMT          150               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092061332535
 13:34:55          GMT          181               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092061332534
 13:34:55          GMT          67                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092061332536
 13:34:55          GMT          247               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092061332537
 13:34:55          GMT          54                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092061332540
 13:51:02          GMT          2                 12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840896854221
 13:51:02          GMT          93                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840896854222
 13:51:02          GMT          8                 12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092061722139
 13:54:17          GMT          18                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840896931283
 13:54:17          GMT          42                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840896931281
 13:54:17          GMT          48                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840896931282
 14:01:10          GMT          128               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606168840897107599
 14:01:10          GMT          385               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092061991017
 14:01:10          GMT          334               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592095092061991028
 14:05:06          GMT          221               12.67             GBP                               XLON                            592095092062094510
 14:20:17          GMT          108               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606168840897544302
 14:25:09          GMT          16                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092062571309
 14:25:09          GMT          44                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092062571307
 14:25:09          GMT          44                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092062571308
 14:27:21          GMT          72                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592095092062632412
 14:30:18          GMT          1                 12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840897813012
 14:30:18          GMT          117               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840897813013
 14:31:31          GMT          169               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840897866383
 14:31:31          GMT          489               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840897866382
 14:31:31          GMT          225               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592095092062789692
 14:36:59          GMT          103               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063012019
 14:36:59          GMT          106               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606168840898078851
 14:36:59          GMT          221               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063012018
 14:48:39          GMT          11                12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063471460
 14:48:39          GMT          94                12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063471459
 14:52:25          GMT          111               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063628627
 14:54:18          GMT          111               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063707545
 14:56:08          GMT          103               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063781049
 14:58:06          GMT          12                12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063870509
 14:58:06          GMT          92                12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592095092063870510
 15:00:08          GMT          112               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606168840898992371
 15:01:02          GMT          2                 12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899033485
 15:01:02          GMT          43                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899033486
 15:01:02          GMT          74                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899033487
 15:02:49          GMT          118               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592095092064084683
 15:03:50          GMT          39                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899152281
 15:03:50          GMT          380               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899152282
 15:03:50          GMT          284               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899152290
 15:25:38          GMT          19                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092064877968
 15:25:38          GMT          24                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899855654
 15:25:38          GMT          94                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899855653
 15:25:38          GMT          118               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092064877970
 15:25:38          GMT          149               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092064877969
 15:27:11          GMT          32                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092064927915
 15:27:11          GMT          79                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092064927916
 15:27:11          GMT          111               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092064927914
 15:27:11          GMT          450               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840899902582
 15:27:11          GMT          298               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092064927921
 15:41:53          GMT          97                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900338454
 15:42:03          GMT          11                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900343450
 15:43:52          GMT          83                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900398063
 15:43:52          GMT          19                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900398162
 15:44:05          GMT          4                 12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900405669
 15:45:58          GMT          4                 12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900467610
 15:45:58          GMT          110               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092065522843
 15:47:45          GMT          385               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900520744
 15:47:45          GMT          80                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900520748
 15:47:45          GMT          320               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606168840900520747
 16:03:19          GMT          106               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606168840901044885
 16:03:19          GMT          136               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592095092066130786
 16:08:22          GMT          110               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606168840901218060
 16:08:22          GMT          209               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592095092066313304
 16:08:59          GMT          477               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606168840901238971
 16:08:59          GMT          11                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592095092066335322
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 16:08:59          GMT          27                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606168840901238975
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 16:18:55          GMT          104               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840901689587
 16:20:15          GMT          50                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840901752592
 16:20:15          GMT          66                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840901752587
 16:21:59          GMT          106               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606168840901832903
 16:21:59          GMT          538               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592095092066959303
 16:29:52          GMT          1                 12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606168840902203782

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