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RNS Number : 0862X  WH Smith PLC  13 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 13 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 23,328 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 13 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 1,594,708 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,322,226 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:                               13 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          23,328                                                12.6462                                         12.4600                     12.9100

 In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of the Market Abuse Regulation (EU) No
 596/2014 (as it forms part of domestic law of the United Kingdom by virtue of
 the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018), a full breakdown of the individual
 trades made by Barclays on behalf of the Company is set out below.
 Transaction Time  Time Zone    Volume            Price             Currency                          Platform Code                   Transaction reference number
 08:02:50          GMT          99                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            606171672044156773
 08:02:50          GMT          498               12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097923207958749
 08:02:55          GMT          22                12.85             GBP                               XLON                            592097923207961684
 08:07:37          GMT          373               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            592097923208123933
 08:07:37          GMT          376               12.89             GBP                               XLON                            606171672044312247
 08:21:12          GMT          41                12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592097923208549363
 08:21:12          GMT          60                12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592097923208549364
 08:21:12          GMT          100               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            606171672044705117
 08:21:12          GMT          365               12.91             GBP                               XLON                            592097923208549362
 08:31:38          GMT          104               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            592097923208848731
 08:31:38          GMT          290               12.88             GBP                               XLON                            606171672044982362
 08:37:24          GMT          80                12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171672045146765
 08:37:24          GMT          107               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            606171672045146766
 08:37:24          GMT          127               12.87             GBP                               XLON                            592097923209025670
 08:46:09          GMT          293               12.82             GBP                               XLON                            606171672045396402
 08:52:33          GMT          112               12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592097923209486915
 08:56:39          GMT          112               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097923209615788
 08:57:03          GMT          2                 12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592097923209626802
 08:57:03          GMT          85                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592097923209626803
 08:57:03          GMT          92                12.78             GBP                               XLON                            592097923209626801
 09:00:25          GMT          113               12.77             GBP                               XLON                            606171672045786630
 09:06:14          GMT          291               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097923209875533
 09:27:48          GMT          2                 12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097923210467812
 09:27:48          GMT          39                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097923210467811
 09:27:48          GMT          65                12.75             GBP                               XLON                            592097923210467813
 09:30:13          GMT          280               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606171672046553455
 09:30:13          GMT          612               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097923210534189
 09:30:13          GMT          32                12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097923210534194
 09:40:03          GMT          14                12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606171672046771112
 09:40:03          GMT          277               12.73             GBP                               XLON                            606171672046771113
 09:59:47          GMT          100               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            592097923211225366
 09:59:47          GMT          100               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606171672047199086
 09:59:47          GMT          100               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606171672047199087
 09:59:47          GMT          101               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606171672047199084
 09:59:47          GMT          190               12.71             GBP                               XLON                            606171672047199083
 10:12:33          GMT          562               12.72             GBP                               XLON                            606171672047441695
 10:12:33          GMT          55                12.72             GBP                               XLON                            592097923211483983
 10:44:24          GMT          106               12.8              GBP                               XLON                            592097923212200684
 10:54:25          GMT          106               12.81             GBP                               XLON                            592097923212451477
 10:54:26          GMT          106               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097923212451903
 10:54:26          GMT          106               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097923212451904
 10:54:26          GMT          164               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606171672048337070
 10:54:26          GMT          366               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606171672048337069
 10:54:53          GMT          231               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097923212461860
 11:06:32          GMT          13                12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097923212748102
 11:06:32          GMT          111               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097923212748104
 11:06:32          GMT          111               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            606171672048609878
 11:06:32          GMT          167               12.79             GBP                               XLON                            592097923212748103
 11:21:25          GMT          100               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            606171672048917410
 11:21:25          GMT          111               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097923213081552
 11:21:25          GMT          180               12.74             GBP                               XLON                            592097923213081553
 11:37:10          GMT          27                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592097923213433100
 11:45:20          GMT          10                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592097923213595917
 11:45:20          GMT          73                12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592097923213595915
 11:45:20          GMT          100               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592097923213595918
 11:45:20          GMT          100               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606171672049394653
 11:45:20          GMT          100               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            606171672049394654
 11:45:20          GMT          181               12.7              GBP                               XLON                            592097923213595916
 11:51:28          GMT          197               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592097923213759176
 11:51:43          GMT          99                12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592097923213764293
 12:26:30          GMT          41                12.63             GBP                               XLON                            592097923214506234
 12:26:30          GMT          72                12.63             GBP                               XLON                            592097923214506233
 12:30:06          GMT          11                12.63             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050312560
 12:30:06          GMT          32                12.63             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050312559
 12:30:06          GMT          59                12.63             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050312558
 12:33:34          GMT          14                12.63             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050386860
 12:33:34          GMT          86                12.63             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050386859
 12:35:30          GMT          2                 12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050424332
 12:35:30          GMT          111               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050424335
 12:35:30          GMT          113               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050424331
 12:35:30          GMT          113               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050424333
 12:35:30          GMT          114               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050424334
 12:35:30          GMT          463               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050424330
 12:35:30          GMT          53                12.61             GBP                               XLON                            592097923214709284
 12:35:30          GMT          121               12.6              GBP                               XLON                            592097923214709592
 12:59:53          GMT          185               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606171672050941626
 13:10:51          GMT          100               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672051173611
 13:15:21          GMT          434               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672051264436
 13:15:21          GMT          403               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672051264440
 13:15:21          GMT          51                12.57             GBP                               XLON                            592097923215620032
 13:19:10          GMT          89                12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606171672051337842
 13:32:00          GMT          108               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606171672051654421
 13:32:00          GMT          402               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606171672051654422
 13:37:11          GMT          291               12.59             GBP                               XLON                            606171672051795877
 13:59:49          GMT          35                12.61             GBP                               XLON                            592097923216812459
 13:59:49          GMT          422               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            592097923216812460
 13:59:49          GMT          200               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672052371021
 13:59:52          GMT          218               12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672052372462
 13:59:52          GMT          63                12.61             GBP                               XLON                            606171672052372465
 14:17:19          GMT          311               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672052837024
 14:17:19          GMT          157               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672052837025
 14:17:53          GMT          109               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672052851354
 14:17:53          GMT          204               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672052851355
 14:27:49          GMT          108               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606171672053112485
 14:27:49          GMT          108               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            606171672053112486
 14:27:49          GMT          292               12.56             GBP                               XLON                            592097923217609132
 14:46:22          GMT          114               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592097923218295298
 14:46:22          GMT          114               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592097923218295299
 14:46:22          GMT          114               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592097923218295301
 14:46:22          GMT          114               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592097923218295302
 14:46:22          GMT          114               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            592097923218295303
 14:46:22          GMT          114               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606171672053757750
 14:46:22          GMT          114               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606171672053757752
 14:46:22          GMT          137               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606171672053757751
 14:46:22          GMT          318               12.55             GBP                               XLON                            606171672053757749
 14:57:40          GMT          40                12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592097923218685787
 14:57:40          GMT          62                12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592097923218685788
 14:57:40          GMT          102               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592097923218685786
 14:57:40          GMT          102               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606171672054125402
 14:57:40          GMT          102               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606171672054125403
 14:57:40          GMT          315               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606171672054125401
 15:10:46          GMT          110               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592097923219147847
 15:10:46          GMT          113               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606171672054560147
 15:10:46          GMT          519               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592097923219147846
 15:10:46          GMT          157               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            592097923219147852
 15:40:13          GMT          10                12.57             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220066469
 15:51:04          GMT          58                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760315
 15:51:04          GMT          138               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760313
 15:51:04          GMT          123               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432821
 15:51:04          GMT          124               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432819
 15:51:04          GMT          183               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432818
 15:51:04          GMT          235               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760318
 15:51:04          GMT          336               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760319
 15:51:04          GMT          511               12.57             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760320
 15:51:04          GMT          2                 12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432835
 15:51:04          GMT          15                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432832
 15:51:04          GMT          44                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432831
 15:51:04          GMT          88                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432833
 15:51:04          GMT          91                12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760330
 15:51:04          GMT          100               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432834
 15:51:04          GMT          154               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760329
 15:51:04          GMT          214               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760331
 15:51:04          GMT          320               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432830
 15:51:04          GMT          395               12.58             GBP                               XLON                            592097923220432845
 15:51:04          GMT          5                 12.58             GBP                               XLON                            606171672055760340
 16:04:32          GMT          107               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606171672056207737
 16:04:32          GMT          294               12.54             GBP                               XLON                            606171672056207736
 16:08:57          GMT          105               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            592097923221081923
 16:08:57          GMT          290               12.51             GBP                               XLON                            606171672056365748
 16:14:20          GMT          101               12.49             GBP                               XLON                            606171672056559081
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 16:27:01          GMT          447               12.46             GBP                               XLON                            606171672057085805
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