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RNS Number : 2538W  WH Smith PLC  06 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 06 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 22,250 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 06 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 1,477,628 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,439,306 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:                               06 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          22,250                                                12.8722                                         12.7900                     12.9700

 In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No
 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of
 the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual
 trades made by Barclays on behalf of the Company is set out below.
 Transaction Time  Time Zone    Volume            Price             Currency                          Platform Code                   Transaction reference number
 08:02:09          GMT          98                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592095445941240116
 08:02:09          GMT          418               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606169194776220632
 08:08:47          GMT          117               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592095445941405350
 08:08:47          GMT          119               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592095445941405381
 08:08:47          GMT          143               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592095445941405379
 08:08:47          GMT          277               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592095445941405380
 08:18:37          GMT          10                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592095445941633624
 08:18:50          GMT          508               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592095445941638068
 08:18:50          GMT          127               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592095445941638072
 08:41:12          GMT          17                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592095445942171587
 08:41:22          GMT          16                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606169194777109568
 08:41:42          GMT          14                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592095445942185049
 08:48:50          GMT          19                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592095445942343321
 08:48:50          GMT          53                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592095445942343320
 08:48:50          GMT          81                12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592095445942343322
 08:48:50          GMT          100               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606169194777267544
 08:48:50          GMT          529               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606169194777267545
 08:59:27          GMT          102               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606169194777479639
 08:59:27          GMT          508               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592095445942567043
 09:15:35          GMT          1                 12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606169194777791083
 09:15:35          GMT          111               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606169194777791084
 09:15:35          GMT          129               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592095445942895583
 09:15:35          GMT          260               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592095445942895582
 09:15:35          GMT          51                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606169194777791091
 09:15:35          GMT          307               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606169194777791094
 09:34:27          GMT          109               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445943340635
 09:34:27          GMT          580               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606169194778211013
 09:34:27          GMT          49                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445943340640
 09:34:27          GMT          95                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445943340641
 09:47:05          GMT          104               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445943635441
 09:47:05          GMT          105               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445943635442
 09:47:05          GMT          227               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194778492086
 10:08:06          GMT          416               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606169194778922280
 10:13:35          GMT          169               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606169194779041117
 10:15:29          GMT          2                 12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592095445944260905
 10:15:29          GMT          47                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445944260902
 10:15:29          GMT          103               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592095445944260904
 10:15:29          GMT          150               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606169194779084984
 10:15:29          GMT          197               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606169194779084985
 10:15:29          GMT          1                 12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194779084994
 10:15:29          GMT          58                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194779084993
 10:55:17          GMT          106               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945162970
 10:55:17          GMT          106               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945162971
 10:55:17          GMT          117               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606169194779933870
 10:55:17          GMT          456               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945162969
 10:56:44          GMT          62                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945197092
 10:56:44          GMT          71                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194779965668
 10:56:44          GMT          81                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945197093
 10:56:44          GMT          171               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194779965667
 11:20:49          GMT          99                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945782302
 11:20:49          GMT          201               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945782300
 11:20:49          GMT          260               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945782301
 11:20:49          GMT          111               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445945782305
 11:48:18          GMT          50                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194781155846
 11:48:18          GMT          110               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194781155844
 11:48:18          GMT          110               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194781155845
 11:48:18          GMT          227               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194781155843
 11:48:18          GMT          25                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445946461027
 11:48:18          GMT          60                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606169194781155847
 11:48:18          GMT          85                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445946461028
 12:07:04          GMT          229               12.94             GBP                               XLON                            592095445947071399
 12:07:04          GMT          234               12.94             GBP                               XLON                            592095445947071400
 12:20:12          GMT          97                12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606169194782019901
 12:20:12          GMT          110               12.92             GBP                               XLON                            592095445947385332
 12:20:12          GMT          130               12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606169194782019900
 12:44:35          GMT          100               12.92             GBP                               XLON                            606169194782551596
 12:46:03          GMT          69                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445947992679
 12:46:03          GMT          100               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445947992680
 12:46:03          GMT          110               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606169194782586517
 12:46:03          GMT          117               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445947992678
 12:46:03          GMT          31                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445947992681
 12:46:03          GMT          100               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606169194782586518
 12:46:03          GMT          100               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606169194782586519
 12:46:03          GMT          100               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606169194782586520
 13:13:07          GMT          46                12.97             GBP                               XLON                            592095445948679925
 13:13:07          GMT          406               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            592095445948679926
 13:13:07          GMT          10                12.97             GBP                               XLON                            592095445948679927
 13:20:02          GMT          53                12.97             GBP                               XLON                            592095445948839711
 13:20:02          GMT          108               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            592095445948839712
 13:20:02          GMT          286               12.97             GBP                               XLON                            606169194783379948
 13:31:10          GMT          91                12.95             GBP                               XLON                            606169194783634856
 13:31:10          GMT          111               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            592095445949111521
 13:31:10          GMT          136               12.95             GBP                               XLON                            606169194783634857
 13:41:15          GMT          8                 12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592095445949416127
 13:41:15          GMT          99                12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592095445949416128
 13:41:15          GMT          107               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592095445949416126
 13:41:15          GMT          107               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            606169194783921159
 13:41:15          GMT          228               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592095445949416125
 13:52:08          GMT          117               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445949742917
 13:52:08          GMT          117               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445949742918
 13:52:08          GMT          228               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445949742916
 14:12:33          GMT          111               12.92             GBP                               XLON                            592095445950350594
 14:15:04          GMT          66                12.93             GBP                               XLON                            592095445950419108
 14:15:04          GMT          2                 12.93             GBP                               XLON                            606169194784868599
 14:15:04          GMT          2                 12.93             GBP                               XLON                            606169194784868600
 14:15:04          GMT          44                12.93             GBP                               XLON                            606169194784868598
 14:15:05          GMT          27                12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592095445950420174
 14:15:05          GMT          408               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            606169194784869554
 14:15:52          GMT          19                12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592095445950443754
 14:18:46          GMT          65                12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592095445950535658
 14:18:46          GMT          96                12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592095445950535659
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 14:32:22          GMT          102               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445951122771
 14:32:22          GMT          102               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445951122772
 14:32:22          GMT          102               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606169194785533991
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 14:32:22          GMT          212               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606169194785533992
 14:38:54          GMT          111               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            592095445951409990
 14:43:45          GMT          34                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606169194786010313
 14:43:45          GMT          74                12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606169194786010315
 14:44:42          GMT          108               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445951660999
 14:44:42          GMT          108               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606169194786046781
 14:44:42          GMT          433               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445951660997
 14:48:04          GMT          228               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606169194786177592
 15:02:15          GMT          102               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606169194786755305
 15:03:56          GMT          101               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592095445952477861
 15:05:24          GMT          91                12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606169194786880394
 15:05:24          GMT          102               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445952537705
 15:05:24          GMT          102               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606169194786880396
 15:05:24          GMT          102               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606169194786880397
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 15:05:24          GMT          362               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592095445952537706
 15:05:24          GMT          11                12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606169194786880398
 15:16:11          GMT          118               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445952943108
 15:17:50          GMT          102               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606169194787321192
 15:20:52          GMT          107               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606169194787422593
 15:20:56          GMT          37                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606169194787424341
 15:20:56          GMT          118               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592095445953108572
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 15:36:56          GMT          102               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592095445953685231
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 15:52:05          GMT          54                12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592095445954261599
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 15:52:05          GMT          109               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606169194788517876
 15:52:05          GMT          109               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606169194788517878
 15:56:03          GMT          175               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592095445954420616
 15:56:57          GMT          109               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592095445954453445
 16:07:12          GMT          108               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592095445954877457
 16:07:12          GMT          108               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606169194789104380
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 16:19:01          GMT          105               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592095445955417089
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