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RNS Number : 9203W  WH Smith PLC  12 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 12 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 23,510 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 12 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 1,571,380 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,345,554 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:                               12 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          23,510                                                12.8577                                         12.8000                     12.9400

 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
 08:03:01          GMT          41                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592097569312934805
 08:03:01          GMT          243               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592097569312934810
 08:03:01          GMT          287               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592097569312934809
 08:03:02          GMT          10                12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606171318148474137
 08:03:02          GMT          103               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606171318148474138
 08:15:12          GMT          109               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318148811981
 08:15:52          GMT          2                 12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318148827457
 08:15:52          GMT          145               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318148827458
 08:15:56          GMT          174               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318148828782
 08:15:56          GMT          238               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318148828783
 08:15:56          GMT          293               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569313313414
 08:15:59          GMT          98                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569313313926
 08:30:00          GMT          119               12.9              GBP                               XLON                            606171318149120340
 08:30:01          GMT          51                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318149122030
 08:30:01          GMT          119               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318149122031
 08:30:01          GMT          202               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318149122029
 08:48:21          GMT          643               12.94             GBP                               XLON                            606171318149543480
 08:48:21          GMT          27                12.94             GBP                               XLON                            606171318149543487
 08:48:21          GMT          146               12.94             GBP                               XLON                            606171318149543488
 08:48:22          GMT          141               12.94             GBP                               XLON                            592097569314077295
 08:54:53          GMT          57                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569314219088
 08:59:02          GMT          12                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569314315377
 08:59:02          GMT          118               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569314315378
 08:59:02          GMT          185               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569314315376
 09:17:22          GMT          116               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318150150137
 09:17:22          GMT          453               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569314728170
 09:17:23          GMT          266               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569314728481
 09:17:24          GMT          31                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318150150644
 09:17:24          GMT          93                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318150150643
 09:40:37          GMT          115               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318150630495
 09:40:37          GMT          285               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592097569315243006
 09:40:37          GMT          306               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592097569315243007
 09:40:37          GMT          170               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592097569315243012
 10:06:32          GMT          33                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318151136716
 10:06:32          GMT          79                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318151136717
 10:11:50          GMT          40                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592097569315893694
 10:11:50          GMT          78                12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592097569315893695
 10:14:14          GMT          110               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592097569315946310
 10:17:07          GMT          118               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171318151338826
 10:20:26          GMT          118               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316067856
 10:21:39          GMT          112               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316092060
 10:21:39          GMT          112               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316092061
 10:21:39          GMT          112               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318151420377
 10:21:39          GMT          112               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318151420378
 10:21:39          GMT          118               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316092062
 10:21:39          GMT          131               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318151420376
 10:21:39          GMT          205               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318151420375
 10:36:40          GMT          116               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316412185
 10:36:40          GMT          116               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316412186
 10:36:40          GMT          254               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316412184
 10:45:50          GMT          53                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316590314
 10:45:50          GMT          201               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569316590312
 11:10:15          GMT          117               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592097569317108276
 11:10:15          GMT          117               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318152371172
 11:10:15          GMT          117               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318152371173
 11:10:15          GMT          320               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318152371171
 11:22:32          GMT          185               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569317343347
 11:22:32          GMT          69                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569317343348
 11:24:52          GMT          107               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569317389997
 11:52:19          GMT          107               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318153136005
 12:02:02          GMT          14                12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569318224449
 12:02:02          GMT          97                12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569318224451
 12:02:02          GMT          107               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606171318153403859
 12:02:02          GMT          111               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569318224452
 12:02:02          GMT          495               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569318224450
 12:15:14          GMT          385               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606171318153693076
 12:26:12          GMT          47                12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606171318153903976
 12:26:12          GMT          70                12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606171318153903975
 12:45:33          GMT          111               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319170635
 12:45:33          GMT          111               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319170636
 12:45:33          GMT          111               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319170638
 12:45:33          GMT          111               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319170639
 12:45:33          GMT          111               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606171318154283216
 12:45:33          GMT          254               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319170634
 13:15:36          GMT          143               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318154871538
 13:19:20          GMT          3                 12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319874691
 13:19:20          GMT          22                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319874689
 13:19:20          GMT          82                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319874690
 13:23:28          GMT          9                 12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318155027092
 13:23:28          GMT          16                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318155027091
 13:23:28          GMT          17                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318155027093
 13:23:50          GMT          59                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569319976678
 13:30:01          GMT          109               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318155155780
 13:30:01          GMT          165               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592097569320106777
 13:30:01          GMT          595               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592097569320106783
 13:30:01          GMT          69                12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318155155851
 13:40:24          GMT          118               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606171318155546780
 13:40:24          GMT          418               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            606171318155546779
 13:48:32          GMT          35                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569320741476
 13:48:32          GMT          320               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569320741475
 13:56:50          GMT          254               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            592097569320959454
 14:02:32          GMT          254               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            606171318156112370
 14:23:54          GMT          114               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592097569321684156
 14:23:54          GMT          360               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592097569321684157
 14:23:54          GMT          219               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606171318156637122
 14:23:54          GMT          276               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606171318156637123
 14:31:10          GMT          102               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            592097569321919450
 14:31:10          GMT          359               12.84             GBP                               XLON                            606171318156857934
 14:43:26          GMT          112               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157285373
 14:45:00          GMT          10                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157334306
 14:45:00          GMT          15                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157334307
 14:45:00          GMT          34                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157334309
 14:45:00          GMT          57                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157334308
 14:46:24          GMT          37                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322475909
 14:46:24          GMT          65                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322475907
 14:47:52          GMT          38                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322530591
 14:47:52          GMT          62                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322530590
 14:49:26          GMT          107               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157491485
 14:51:03          GMT          18                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322648112
 14:51:03          GMT          19                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322648113
 14:51:03          GMT          75                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322648111
 14:51:15          GMT          112               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322654406
 14:51:15          GMT          112               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157553019
 14:51:15          GMT          112               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157553020
 14:51:15          GMT          112               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157553021
 14:51:15          GMT          112               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            606171318157553022
 14:51:15          GMT          115               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322654404
 14:51:15          GMT          139               12.83             GBP                               XLON                            592097569322654405
 15:06:28          GMT          98                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158064410
 15:06:29          GMT          1                 12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158064772
 15:07:59          GMT          28                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569323254112
 15:07:59          GMT          90                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569323254111
 15:08:33          GMT          13                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569323276303
 15:08:33          GMT          101               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569323276302
 15:09:57          GMT          109               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569323318976
 15:11:35          GMT          119               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158227761
 15:12:57          GMT          101               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158273496
 15:14:25          GMT          102               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569323493897
 15:14:58          GMT          41                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158360261
 15:14:58          GMT          81                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158360262
 15:14:58          GMT          142               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158360264
 15:14:58          GMT          280               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158360263
 15:14:58          GMT          244               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318158360273
 15:32:35          GMT          118               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592097569324308693
 15:33:38          GMT          39                12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159137352
 15:33:38          GMT          120               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159137351
 15:35:17          GMT          110               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159185103
 15:36:53          GMT          117               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159237507
 15:38:15          GMT          54                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159282235
 15:38:15          GMT          176               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159282234
 15:38:15          GMT          406               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159282233
 15:38:15          GMT          172               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569324498338
 15:50:38          GMT          6                 12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569324930210
 15:50:38          GMT          103               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097569324930212
 15:51:10          GMT          8                 12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159706341
 15:51:10          GMT          109               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569324950761
 15:51:10          GMT          109               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569324950762
 15:51:10          GMT          109               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569324950763
 15:51:10          GMT          226               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159706340
 15:51:10          GMT          240               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159706339
 15:51:10          GMT          22                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318159706345
 16:04:47          GMT          10                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318160139034
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 16:04:54          GMT          101               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569325416772
 16:04:54          GMT          105               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318160143230
 16:05:12          GMT          121               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318160153812
 16:06:22          GMT          103               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569325475533
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 16:07:29          GMT          46                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            606171318160234114
 16:12:00          GMT          6                 12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569325687591
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 16:12:00          GMT          90                12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569325687590
 16:12:00          GMT          174               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569325687594
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 16:12:00          GMT          341               12.86             GBP                               XLON                            592097569325687593
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 16:26:11          GMT          387               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097569326302171
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