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RNS Number : 4187W  WH Smith PLC  07 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 07 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 23,400 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 07 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 1,501,028 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,415,906 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:                               07 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  23,400                                              12.7091                                     12.6300                     12.8800

 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
 08:05:28          GMT        148     12.85  GBP       XLON           606169548675433572
 08:07:10          GMT        108     12.85  GBP       XLON           606169548675475787
 08:09:16          GMT        117     12.85  GBP       XLON           606169548675525681
 08:10:40          GMT        195     12.85  GBP       XLON           606169548675559686
 08:10:40          GMT        619     12.84  GBP       XLON           592095799840435928
 08:10:40          GMT        46      12.84  GBP       XLON           592095799840435932
 08:10:40          GMT        150     12.84  GBP       XLON           592095799840435931
 08:18:19          GMT        100     12.88  GBP       XLON           592095799840637196
 08:18:19          GMT        347     12.88  GBP       XLON           606169548675749565
 08:38:50          GMT        114     12.85  GBP       XLON           606169548676196343
 08:39:49          GMT        555     12.83  GBP       XLON           606169548676219077
 08:40:25          GMT        118     12.83  GBP       XLON           592095799841149566
 08:40:25          GMT        160     12.83  GBP       XLON           592095799841149565
 08:47:18          GMT        41      12.81  GBP       XLON           592095799841331318
 08:47:18          GMT        212     12.81  GBP       XLON           592095799841331319
 09:03:31          GMT        106     12.79  GBP       XLON           592095799841677295
 09:03:31          GMT        106     12.79  GBP       XLON           606169548676734747
 09:03:31          GMT        318     12.79  GBP       XLON           606169548676734748
 09:03:31          GMT        17      12.79  GBP       XLON           606169548676734750
 09:03:31          GMT        17      12.79  GBP       XLON           606169548676734752
 09:07:14          GMT        25      12.76  GBP       XLON           592095799841763899
 09:07:14          GMT        78      12.76  GBP       XLON           592095799841763897
 09:07:14          GMT        150     12.76  GBP       XLON           592095799841763898
 09:16:32          GMT        187     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548677042158
 09:16:35          GMT        14      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799842003764
 09:16:35          GMT        94      12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548677043291
 09:16:35          GMT        100     12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799842003763
 09:16:35          GMT        114     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548677043292
 09:42:10          GMT        111     12.73  GBP       XLON           592095799842586200
 09:42:33          GMT        105     12.73  GBP       XLON           592095799842594334
 09:46:38          GMT        108     12.73  GBP       XLON           606169548677688446
 09:50:05          GMT        109     12.73  GBP       XLON           606169548677771997
 09:51:36          GMT        162     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548677806681
 09:54:33          GMT        459     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548677868949
 09:54:33          GMT        94      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799842882504
 09:54:38          GMT        23      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799842884111
 09:54:38          GMT        81      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799842884112
 10:21:11          GMT        92      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799843536895
 10:21:11          GMT        110     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548678489081
 10:21:12          GMT        93      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799843537350
 10:21:14          GMT        124     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548678490631
 10:21:14          GMT        197     12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799843538497
 10:21:14          GMT        28      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799843538502
 10:22:14          GMT        85      12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548678515863
 10:22:15          GMT        118     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548678516351
 10:22:16          GMT        57      12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548678516557
 10:22:16          GMT        142     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548678516558
 10:22:17          GMT        124     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548678517219
 10:31:21          GMT        133     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548678698005
 10:35:53          GMT        36      12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799843854983
 10:35:53          GMT        62      12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799843854982
 10:35:53          GMT        98      12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799843854981
 10:35:53          GMT        121     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548678789680
 11:06:29          GMT        4       12.73  GBP       XLON           606169548679544195
 11:06:29          GMT        19      12.73  GBP       XLON           606169548679544198
 11:06:29          GMT        87      12.73  GBP       XLON           606169548679544197
 11:07:01          GMT        486     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799844660048
 11:07:01          GMT        37      12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799844660053
 11:07:01          GMT        320     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799844660052
 11:44:48          GMT        117     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799845540627
 11:46:04          GMT        117     12.68  GBP       XLON           592095799845580367
 11:58:46          GMT        102     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799845866026
 11:58:46          GMT        546     12.69  GBP       XLON           606169548680700998
 11:58:46          GMT        163     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799845866030
 11:58:49          GMT        236     12.69  GBP       XLON           606169548680702619
 12:17:59          GMT        114     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799846364449
 12:17:59          GMT        114     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799846364451
 12:17:59          GMT        355     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799846364450
 12:45:33          GMT        113     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799847006127
 12:53:38          GMT        47      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799847216102
 12:53:38          GMT        103     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548681987072
 12:53:38          GMT        150     12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799847216103
 12:53:38          GMT        150     12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799847216104
 12:53:38          GMT        162     12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799847216105
 12:53:38          GMT        143     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548681987075
 12:58:28          GMT        36      12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799847336090
 12:58:28          GMT        99      12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548682100396
 12:58:28          GMT        131     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799847336089
 12:58:28          GMT        164     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799847336091
 13:29:39          GMT        107     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548682778995
 13:30:24          GMT        379     12.72  GBP       XLON           592095799848099051
 13:30:24          GMT        10      12.72  GBP       XLON           606169548682816864
 13:30:25          GMT        32      12.72  GBP       XLON           606169548682817724
 13:30:25          GMT        452     12.72  GBP       XLON           606169548682817725
 13:30:25          GMT        7       12.72  GBP       XLON           592095799848099949
 13:49:27          GMT        113     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548683306497
 13:51:55          GMT        109     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548683379630
 13:54:27          GMT        31      12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548683452247
 13:54:27          GMT        75      12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548683452246
 13:58:39          GMT        107     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799848891005
 14:01:41          GMT        108     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799848982303
 14:01:41          GMT        210     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799848982304
 14:01:41          GMT        318     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799848982305
 14:01:42          GMT        368     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548683648375
 14:11:06          GMT        108     12.69  GBP       XLON           606169548683936225
 14:11:06          GMT        254     12.69  GBP       XLON           606169548683936226
 14:29:22          GMT        117     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799849820569
 14:31:13          GMT        104     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548684529331
 14:31:18          GMT        1       12.69  GBP       XLON           606169548684533107
 14:39:44          GMT        22      12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548684839882
 14:39:44          GMT        44      12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799850244826
 14:39:44          GMT        50      12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548684839881
 14:39:44          GMT        75      12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799850244828
 14:39:44          GMT        100     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548684839880
 14:39:44          GMT        106     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548684839884
 14:39:44          GMT        296     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799850244830
 14:39:44          GMT        348     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799850244829
 14:39:44          GMT        320     12.7   GBP       XLON           606169548684839893
 14:39:44          GMT        142     12.7   GBP       XLON           592095799850244840
 14:52:29          GMT        105     12.71  GBP       XLON           606169548685306696
 14:54:05          GMT        106     12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799850794602
 14:55:43          GMT        38      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799850863029
 14:55:43          GMT        62      12.71  GBP       XLON           592095799850863028
 14:56:42          GMT        105     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799850903423
 14:56:42          GMT        105     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799850903427
 14:56:42          GMT        105     12.69  GBP       XLON           606169548685465119
 14:56:42          GMT        112     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799850903426
 14:56:42          GMT        141     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799850903424
 14:56:42          GMT        246     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799850903425
 15:00:00          GMT        252     12.69  GBP       XLON           592095799851034379
 15:05:19          GMT        282     12.64  GBP       XLON           592095799851294253
 15:15:55          GMT        98      12.63  GBP       XLON           592095799851701150
 15:15:55          GMT        98      12.63  GBP       XLON           592095799851701151
 15:15:55          GMT        98      12.63  GBP       XLON           592095799851701154
 15:15:55          GMT        98      12.63  GBP       XLON           606169548686219020
 15:15:55          GMT        405     12.63  GBP       XLON           606169548686219018
 15:33:10          GMT        131     12.68  GBP       XLON           606169548686788481
 15:38:04          GMT        101     12.68  GBP       XLON           592095799852472166
 15:38:04          GMT        106     12.68  GBP       XLON           592095799852472168
 15:38:04          GMT        523     12.68  GBP       XLON           592095799852472167
 15:38:37          GMT        31      12.67  GBP       XLON           592095799852492792
 15:38:37          GMT        167     12.67  GBP       XLON           592095799852492793
 15:38:37          GMT        167     12.67  GBP       XLON           592095799852492794
 15:43:10          GMT        254     12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548687131012
 15:53:18          GMT        322     12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548687546599
 15:53:18          GMT        114     12.64  GBP       XLON           592095799853101756
 15:53:18          GMT        114     12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548687546603
 15:53:18          GMT        114     12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548687546606
 15:59:29          GMT        34      12.63  GBP       XLON           606169548687918099
 16:00:00          GMT        66      12.63  GBP       XLON           606169548687942676
 16:00:00          GMT        96      12.63  GBP       XLON           592095799853514533
 16:00:00          GMT        96      12.63  GBP       XLON           592095799853514534
 16:00:00          GMT        163     12.63  GBP       XLON           592095799853514532
 16:07:34          GMT        112     12.65  GBP       XLON           592095799853864760
 16:09:55          GMT        98      12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548688371541
 16:11:02          GMT        116     12.65  GBP       XLON           592095799854011927
 16:14:26          GMT        107     12.65  GBP       XLON           592095799854153383
 16:15:39          GMT        43      12.65  GBP       XLON           606169548688602422
 16:15:39          GMT        73      12.65  GBP       XLON           606169548688602423
 16:16:39          GMT        105     12.65  GBP       XLON           606169548688647583
 16:17:57          GMT        115     12.65  GBP       XLON           592095799854313792
 16:18:55          GMT        102     12.65  GBP       XLON           606169548688737340
 16:20:09          GMT        117     12.65  GBP       XLON           592095799854442835
 16:21:21          GMT        113     12.65  GBP       XLON           606169548688885951
 16:21:21          GMT        548     12.64  GBP       XLON           592095799854507668
 16:21:27          GMT        5       12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548688891346
 16:21:27          GMT        87      12.64  GBP       XLON           592095799854513089
 16:21:27          GMT        102     12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548688891347
 16:21:27          GMT        107     12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548688891348
 16:21:29          GMT        14      12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548688892012
 16:26:48          GMT        255     12.64  GBP       XLON           592095799854801649
 16:26:48          GMT        270     12.64  GBP       XLON           606169548689167725

 

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