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RNS Number : 7534W  WH Smith PLC  11 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 11 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 23,146 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 11 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 1,547,870 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,369,064 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:                               11 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          23,146                                                12.7367                                         12.6800                     12.7900

 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
 08:03:10          GMT          161               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414263020
 08:07:38          GMT          102               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414359132
 08:07:38          GMT          2                 12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414359134
 08:07:38          GMT          2                 12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414359135
 08:09:24          GMT          111               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414392133
 08:10:55          GMT          144               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964249955940
 08:12:18          GMT          76                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964249987041
 08:12:18          GMT          43                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414469674
 08:13:38          GMT          69                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414501561
 08:13:38          GMT          37                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964250016688
 08:14:13          GMT          55                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414514001
 08:14:13          GMT          64                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414514002
 08:15:11          GMT          399               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097215414533111
 08:15:11          GMT          57                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964250046190
 08:15:11          GMT          330               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964250046191
 08:35:56          GMT          105               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964250382683
 08:38:37          GMT          103               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964250427075
 08:41:36          GMT          87                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415000483
 08:41:36          GMT          122               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415000484
 08:41:36          GMT          474               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415000482
 08:41:36          GMT          225               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964250482067
 08:47:07          GMT          251               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415107786
 09:01:24          GMT          420               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415367004
 09:01:24          GMT          132               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415367007
 09:13:58          GMT          19                12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415589711
 09:13:58          GMT          92                12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415589713
 09:13:58          GMT          111               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415589712
 09:13:58          GMT          111               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606170964251029971
 09:13:58          GMT          251               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606170964251029970
 09:21:17          GMT          114               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            592097215415731255
 09:21:17          GMT          252               12.68             GBP                               XLON                            606170964251162338
 09:47:18          GMT          139               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606170964251632183
 09:47:18          GMT          415               12.69             GBP                               XLON                            606170964251632182
 09:47:20          GMT          52                12.69             GBP                               XLON                            592097215416235841
 10:04:24          GMT          116               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215416552238
 10:06:35          GMT          109               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964251962969
 10:08:50          GMT          41                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964252000859
 10:08:50          GMT          68                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215416633996
 10:11:04          GMT          6                 12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964252041707
 10:11:04          GMT          64                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215416678563
 10:11:04          GMT          37                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215416678564
 10:12:30          GMT          44                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606170964252066358
 10:12:30          GMT          72                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606170964252066359
 10:12:30          GMT          116               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592097215416705337
 10:12:30          GMT          389               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606170964252066357
 10:12:30          GMT          165               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606170964252066367
 10:28:30          GMT          99                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215416983156
 10:40:37          GMT          12                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964252535708
 10:40:37          GMT          100               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964252535707
 10:45:09          GMT          12                12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215417292913
 10:45:09          GMT          100               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215417292912
 10:49:10          GMT          105               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964252678852
 10:52:48          GMT          113               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964252746525
 10:56:59          GMT          106               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215417512381
 10:58:09          GMT          259               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215417532293
 10:58:09          GMT          486               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964252832476
 11:26:41          GMT          101               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215418061269
 11:26:41          GMT          101               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215418061275
 11:26:41          GMT          101               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215418061278
 11:26:41          GMT          101               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215418061281
 11:26:41          GMT          101               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215418061285
 11:26:41          GMT          101               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964253323990
 11:26:41          GMT          255               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964253323988
 11:48:37          GMT          99                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215418469806
 11:48:37          GMT          99                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606170964253703872
 11:48:37          GMT          99                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606170964253703874
 11:48:37          GMT          251               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215418469808
 11:57:34          GMT          355               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097215418634390
 12:06:16          GMT          251               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592097215418806271
 12:21:07          GMT          6                 12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606170964254236156
 12:21:07          GMT          6                 12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606170964254236157
 12:21:07          GMT          91                12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606170964254236155
 12:21:07          GMT          103               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606170964254236154
 12:45:51          GMT          4                 12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215419480075
 12:46:15          GMT          63                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964254645703
 12:46:15          GMT          63                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964254645704
 12:49:29          GMT          108               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964254697039
 12:52:12          GMT          70                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215419594355
 12:52:12          GMT          390               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215419594356
 13:15:19          GMT          638               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420068645
 13:15:19          GMT          100               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420068648
 13:15:19          GMT          100               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255182494
 13:15:19          GMT          31                12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255182499
 13:15:19          GMT          100               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420068651
 13:15:19          GMT          120               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255182498
 13:15:19          GMT          179               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255182504
 13:36:50          GMT          16                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255621609
 13:36:50          GMT          101               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420542416
 13:40:32          GMT          23                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420643531
 13:40:32          GMT          48                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420643530
 13:40:32          GMT          28                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255714625
 13:42:20          GMT          99                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420687180
 13:44:52          GMT          8                 12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420745724
 13:44:52          GMT          47                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420745725
 13:44:52          GMT          58                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420745726
 13:47:51          GMT          114               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420818996
 13:51:08          GMT          110               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255945731
 13:51:18          GMT          76                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255950926
 13:51:18          GMT          99                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255950927
 13:51:18          GMT          117               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420900138
 13:51:18          GMT          117               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420900139
 13:51:18          GMT          400               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606170964255950925
 13:51:19          GMT          8                 12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097215420900487
 14:12:31          GMT          100               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097215421433248
 14:15:04          GMT          114               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097215421496843
 14:15:07          GMT          229               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964256509254
 14:24:53          GMT          47                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606170964256754112
 14:24:53          GMT          65                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606170964256754113
 14:25:06          GMT          127               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097215421768853
 14:26:54          GMT          112               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606170964256812767
 14:27:43          GMT          640               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606170964256841042
 14:29:08          GMT          116               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215421902984
 14:30:18          GMT          107               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606170964256932980
 14:30:18          GMT          143               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606170964256932981
 14:36:31          GMT          105               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097215422189286
 14:36:31          GMT          105               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964257155819
 14:36:31          GMT          290               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606170964257155817
 14:49:11          GMT          34                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964257661712
 14:49:11          GMT          77                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964257661711
 14:52:29          GMT          99                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964257801096
 14:52:29          GMT          213               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964257801098
 14:52:29          GMT          223               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964257801097
 14:52:29          GMT          427               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964257801105
 14:52:29          GMT          2                 12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097215422881925
 15:04:26          GMT          111               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215423439165
 15:04:26          GMT          111               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            592097215423439168
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 15:17:25          GMT          1                 12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097215423871183
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 15:21:06          GMT          111               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097215423995172
 15:23:09          GMT          107               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606170964258898650
 15:25:23          GMT          34                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964258968375
 15:25:23          GMT          83                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964258968376
 15:27:26          GMT          3                 12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259025852
 15:27:26          GMT          47                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259025851
 15:27:26          GMT          50                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259025850
 15:30:13          GMT          176               12.76             GBP                               XLON                            592097215424286561
 15:33:20          GMT          52                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259201747
 15:33:20          GMT          52                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259201748
 15:33:51          GMT          12                12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259214968
 15:35:09          GMT          106               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259251300
 15:35:09          GMT          428               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            592097215424438464
 15:41:22          GMT          101               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097215424638431
 15:44:36          GMT          104               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259539863
 15:46:04          GMT          65                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259601957
 15:46:04          GMT          33                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097215424813863
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 15:50:26          GMT          618               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259748822
 15:50:26          GMT          172               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606170964259748916
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 16:06:06          GMT          104               12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097215425555863
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