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RNS Number : 5868W  WH Smith PLC  10 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 10 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 23,696 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 10 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 1,524,724 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,392,210 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:                               10 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          23,696                                                12.7897                                         12.7400                     12.8600

 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
 08:05:11          GMT          123               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170610359200059
 08:15:01          GMT          109               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861523978489
 08:15:28          GMT          100               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592096861523990360
 08:15:28          GMT          217               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606170610359469011
 08:15:32          GMT          207               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606170610359470329
 08:16:01          GMT          133               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524002600
 08:17:56          GMT          107               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524049183
 08:20:10          GMT          110               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606170610359566652
 08:21:57          GMT          153               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524130582
 08:24:11          GMT          100               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524170513
 08:28:04          GMT          52                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592096861524249942
 08:28:04          GMT          351               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592096861524249941
 08:30:30          GMT          136               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592096861524318492
 08:30:30          GMT          499               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606170610359771818
 08:43:14          GMT          62                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524617850
 08:44:32          GMT          103               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524642180
 08:44:32          GMT          103               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524642181
 08:44:32          GMT          111               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524642179
 08:44:32          GMT          150               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592096861524642178
 08:59:40          GMT          16                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170610360423087
 08:59:40          GMT          101               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170610360423086
 09:08:38          GMT          109               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861525241218
 09:40:59          GMT          80                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861525970077
 09:40:59          GMT          116               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610361315143
 09:40:59          GMT          116               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610361315147
 09:40:59          GMT          143               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610361315142
 09:40:59          GMT          144               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610361315145
 09:40:59          GMT          150               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861525970075
 09:40:59          GMT          188               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861525970078
 09:40:59          GMT          190               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861525970073
 09:40:59          GMT          253               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610361315148
 09:40:59          GMT          404               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861525970076
 09:40:59          GMT          601               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861525970072
 09:40:59          GMT          328               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861525970086
 10:01:13          GMT          100               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170610361722905
 10:01:13          GMT          266               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170610361722904
 10:25:40          GMT          112               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527056048
 10:26:43          GMT          24                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527083338
 10:26:43          GMT          39                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527083339
 10:26:43          GMT          41                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527083340
 10:30:00          GMT          2                 12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610362439803
 10:30:00          GMT          22                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610362439806
 10:30:00          GMT          42                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610362439804
 10:30:00          GMT          43                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610362439805
 10:33:35          GMT          34                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527257979
 10:33:35          GMT          39                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527257977
 10:33:35          GMT          44                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527257978
 10:45:38          GMT          38                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527553859
 10:45:38          GMT          45                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527553858
 10:45:38          GMT          30                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610362799376
 10:45:45          GMT          113               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527556839
 10:49:46          GMT          12                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610362890097
 10:49:46          GMT          25                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527650341
 10:49:46          GMT          78                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527650343
 10:52:45          GMT          417               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527715705
 10:52:48          GMT          97                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527716568
 10:52:48          GMT          230               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610362951639
 10:58:08          GMT          113               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610363061746
 10:59:37          GMT          48                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610363095537
 10:59:37          GMT          116               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527870587
 10:59:37          GMT          173               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861527870588
 11:53:00          GMT          3                 12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861529163941
 11:53:00          GMT          16                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861529163943
 11:53:00          GMT          68                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861529163942
 11:53:00          GMT          72                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861529163944
 11:53:00          GMT          13                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364314678
 11:53:01          GMT          73                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364315134
 11:53:04          GMT          8                 12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364316361
 11:53:08          GMT          73                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364317592
 11:53:09          GMT          117               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364318134
 11:58:42          GMT          99                12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364420027
 11:58:42          GMT          157               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364420026
 11:58:42          GMT          611               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364420028
 11:59:03          GMT          284               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592096861529282934
 12:12:02          GMT          114               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592096861529572720
 12:12:02          GMT          126               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606170610364696355
 12:12:02          GMT          141               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592096861529572719
 12:35:46          GMT          7                 12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530056255
 12:35:46          GMT          41                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530056254
 12:35:46          GMT          51                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530056253
 12:42:34          GMT          12                12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365275153
 12:42:34          GMT          95                12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365275152
 12:45:48          GMT          111               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365332440
 12:49:04          GMT          105               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365399106
 12:52:26          GMT          110               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365461766
 12:56:28          GMT          110               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530473032
 12:59:50          GMT          28                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365607050
 12:59:50          GMT          79                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365607049
 13:00:35          GMT          195               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365627537
 13:10:32          GMT          107               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530822777
 13:10:32          GMT          108               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365868865
 13:10:32          GMT          209               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606170610365868864
 13:10:32          GMT          79                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530822780
 13:10:32          GMT          80                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530822781
 13:10:32          GMT          150               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530822782
 13:10:32          GMT          150               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530822783
 13:10:32          GMT          30                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592096861530822784
 13:22:49          GMT          44                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861531124993
 13:30:29          GMT          63                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861531310917
 13:30:29          GMT          100               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861531310918
 13:30:29          GMT          100               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861531310920
 13:30:29          GMT          100               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606170610366324901
 13:30:29          GMT          160               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592096861531310919
 13:30:38          GMT          100               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592096861531315096
 13:30:38          GMT          100               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606170610366328915
 13:49:59          GMT          103               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592096861531805632
 13:50:00          GMT          522               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606170610366789892
 13:50:00          GMT          96                12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606170610366789897
 13:50:00          GMT          230               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606170610366789896
 13:56:32          GMT          266               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592096861531982946
 14:18:10          GMT          21                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592096861532585506
 14:18:10          GMT          78                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592096861532585507
 14:20:45          GMT          99                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606170610367595170
 14:20:45          GMT          114               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592096861532660911
 14:20:45          GMT          607               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606170610367595171
 14:20:45          GMT          18                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606170610367595174
 14:20:55          GMT          149               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606170610367599828
 14:36:07          GMT          117               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610368085394
 14:38:14          GMT          44                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610368163113
 14:38:14          GMT          106               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861533262112
 14:38:14          GMT          319               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610368163114
 14:38:14          GMT          89                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610368163118
 14:38:14          GMT          300               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610368163117
 14:38:14          GMT          151               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861533262123
 14:53:16          GMT          104               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610368678840
 14:53:16          GMT          398               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610368678841
 14:53:38          GMT          406               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861533818990
 14:54:01          GMT          82                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861533830969
 15:10:30          GMT          110               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861534462276
 15:10:30          GMT          110               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610369299611
 15:10:30          GMT          111               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861534462274
 15:10:30          GMT          214               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610369299612
 15:10:30          GMT          351               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861534462275
 15:10:30          GMT          130               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592096861534462281
 15:24:51          GMT          99                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610369751384
 15:26:57          GMT          11                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610369818141
 15:26:57          GMT          96                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170610369818140
 15:29:15          GMT          106               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535097136
 15:31:41          GMT          118               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606170610369976675
 15:33:39          GMT          36                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535252958
 15:33:39          GMT          36                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535252960
 15:33:39          GMT          38                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535252959
 15:34:41          GMT          99                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535291412
 15:34:41          GMT          99                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535291414
 15:34:41          GMT          99                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535291415
 15:34:41          GMT          99                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535291417
 15:34:41          GMT          99                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610370080672
 15:34:41          GMT          99                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610370080673
 15:34:41          GMT          265               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535291413
 15:38:44          GMT          265               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535434043
 15:52:29          GMT          117               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535933012
 15:52:29          GMT          117               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610370682500
 15:52:29          GMT          436               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861535933011
 15:52:29          GMT          161               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610370682507
 15:59:07          GMT          76                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536186601
 15:59:07          GMT          100               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536186602
 15:59:07          GMT          266               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170610370920317
 15:59:08          GMT          24                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536187146
 16:05:12          GMT          74                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170610371138748
 16:05:12          GMT          266               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536418610
 16:12:59          GMT          42                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536741299
 16:12:59          GMT          58                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536741300
 16:12:59          GMT          100               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610371441956
 16:12:59          GMT          123               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610371441957
 16:12:59          GMT          314               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610371441955
 16:12:59          GMT          143               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536741310
 16:12:59          GMT          2                 12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536741368
 16:13:01          GMT          4                 12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536742685
 16:15:57          GMT          269               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592096861536867136
 16:23:22          GMT          67                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170610371879933
 16:23:29          GMT          15                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170610371885085
 16:23:29          GMT          28                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170610371885088
 16:28:36          GMT          36                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861537444907
 16:28:36          GMT          36                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861537444908
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 16:28:36          GMT          180               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592096861537444909
 16:28:36          GMT          31                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170610372105905
 16:29:44          GMT          62                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170610372155576
 16:29:44          GMT          44                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170610372155577
 16:29:44          GMT          47                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592096861537497437
 16:29:44          GMT          61                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592096861537497436
 16:29:44          GMT          440               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170610372155578

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