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RNS Number : 2535X  WH Smith PLC  14 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 14 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 23,306 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 14 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 1,618,014 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,298,920 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:                               14 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          23,306                                                12.3144                                         12.2400                     12.4400

 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
 08:02:12          GMT          109               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592098277100643451
 08:21:49          GMT          99                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            592098277101099200
 08:21:49          GMT          99                12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606172025936732991
 08:21:49          GMT          100               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606172025936732990
 08:21:49          GMT          516               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606172025936732989
 08:21:49          GMT          310               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            592098277101099207
 08:47:07          GMT          128               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606172025937215807
 08:47:39          GMT          35                12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606172025937227069
 08:47:39          GMT          612               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            606172025937227070
 08:47:39          GMT          52                12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592098277101625918
 08:47:39          GMT          400               12.32             GBP                               XLON                            592098277101625917
 09:30:55          GMT          223               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606172025938170636
 09:30:55          GMT          1                 12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606172025938170640
 09:30:55          GMT          223               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606172025938170639
 09:30:55          GMT          233               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592098277102634683
 09:30:55          GMT          260               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592098277102634681
 09:30:55          GMT          294               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592098277102634682
 09:30:55          GMT          370               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            606172025938170652
 09:30:55          GMT          224               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592098277102634689
 09:30:55          GMT          134               12.44             GBP                               XLON                            592098277102634690
 09:33:54          GMT          201               12.41             GBP                               XLON                            606172025938233240
 09:39:45          GMT          102               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606172025938377165
 09:39:45          GMT          202               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606172025938377164
 09:58:57          GMT          116               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            606172025938818004
 09:58:57          GMT          117               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592098277103331566
 09:58:57          GMT          347               12.39             GBP                               XLON                            592098277103331567
 10:09:55          GMT          108               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606172025939062871
 10:09:55          GMT          108               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606172025939062872
 10:09:55          GMT          201               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606172025939062870
 10:12:52          GMT          120               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606172025939136614
 10:12:52          GMT          190               12.35             GBP                               XLON                            606172025939136613
 10:33:26          GMT          573               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592098277104184296
 10:39:00          GMT          100               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606172025939732697
 10:39:00          GMT          195               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592098277104318544
 10:59:51          GMT          108               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592098277104834144
 10:59:51          GMT          108               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592098277104834146
 10:59:51          GMT          108               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592098277104834147
 10:59:51          GMT          132               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            606172025940208228
 10:59:51          GMT          270               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592098277104834142
 11:07:00          GMT          36                12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606172025940375608
 11:07:00          GMT          106               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606172025940375610
 11:07:00          GMT          165               12.42             GBP                               XLON                            606172025940375609
 11:14:17          GMT          54                12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592098277105189917
 11:14:17          GMT          148               12.38             GBP                               XLON                            592098277105189918
 11:24:21          GMT          107               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            592098277105427315
 11:24:21          GMT          201               12.34             GBP                               XLON                            606172025940753874
 11:53:57          GMT          83                12.31             GBP                               XLON                            606172025941405471
 11:53:57          GMT          107               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592098277106134235
 11:53:57          GMT          107               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592098277106134236
 11:55:01          GMT          24                12.31             GBP                               XLON                            606172025941428472
 11:55:01          GMT          107               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            606172025941428473
 11:59:45          GMT          61                12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592098277106265847
 12:02:06          GMT          105               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            606172025941576030
 12:02:06          GMT          506               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592098277106319350
 12:10:17          GMT          106               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606172025941758606
 12:10:17          GMT          201               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606172025941758608
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277107463515
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277107463516
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277107463517
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277107463519
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025942627937
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025942627938
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025942627939
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025942627940
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025942627941
 12:52:16          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025942627943
 12:52:16          GMT          160               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277107463520
 12:52:16          GMT          223               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277107463518
 13:02:07          GMT          102               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592098277107710453
 13:02:07          GMT          202               12.31             GBP                               XLON                            592098277107710452
 13:09:10          GMT          202               12.3              GBP                               XLON                            592098277107870995
 13:18:11          GMT          11                12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606172025943201416
 13:18:11          GMT          102               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606172025943201415
 13:18:11          GMT          202               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            592098277108085466
 13:43:16          GMT          115               12.3              GBP                               XLON                            606172025943818051
 13:44:15          GMT          120               12.3              GBP                               XLON                            606172025943839076
 13:44:15          GMT          517               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606172025943839077
 13:44:15          GMT          381               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            592098277108777555
 13:44:15          GMT          122               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606172025943839086
 13:57:05          GMT          49                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025944147282
 13:57:05          GMT          201               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109113471
 13:57:05          GMT          55                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025944147283
 13:57:05          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109113473
 13:57:05          GMT          104               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109113474
 14:09:05          GMT          28                12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109501179
 14:09:05          GMT          78                12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109501178
 14:09:05          GMT          106               12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109501177
 14:09:05          GMT          106               12.27             GBP                               XLON                            606172025944504561
 14:09:05          GMT          202               12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109501176
 14:17:00          GMT          100               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109744425
 14:17:00          GMT          100               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109744426
 14:17:00          GMT          203               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592098277109744424
 14:31:14          GMT          44                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025945181583
 14:31:14          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277110235403
 14:31:14          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277110235404
 14:31:14          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277110235406
 14:31:14          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025945181584
 14:31:14          GMT          359               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025945181582
 14:33:03          GMT          200               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            592098277110309200
 14:35:30          GMT          5                 12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592098277110413138
 14:35:30          GMT          196               12.27             GBP                               XLON                            592098277110413137
 14:51:24          GMT          105               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606172025945953509
 14:51:47          GMT          29                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111078354
 14:51:47          GMT          74                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111078353
 14:51:47          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111078350
 14:51:47          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111078352
 14:51:47          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111078355
 14:51:47          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025945969661
 14:51:47          GMT          103               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025945969662
 14:51:47          GMT          416               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111078351
 15:06:18          GMT          51                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111703303
 15:06:18          GMT          62                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111703304
 15:06:18          GMT          84                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277111703305
 15:11:42          GMT          113               12.3              GBP                               XLON                            592098277111917386
 15:14:16          GMT          56                12.3              GBP                               XLON                            592098277112013959
 15:14:16          GMT          58                12.3              GBP                               XLON                            592098277112013958
 15:16:00          GMT          35                12.3              GBP                               XLON                            606172025946909332
 15:16:00          GMT          36                12.3              GBP                               XLON                            606172025946909333
 15:16:00          GMT          40                12.3              GBP                               XLON                            592098277112082804
 15:17:52          GMT          48                12.3              GBP                               XLON                            606172025946975097
 15:17:52          GMT          70                12.3              GBP                               XLON                            606172025946975098
 15:19:39          GMT          108               12.3              GBP                               XLON                            606172025947041870
 15:21:48          GMT          119               12.29             GBP                               XLON                            606172025947122094
 15:22:13          GMT          29                12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112326759
 15:22:13          GMT          113               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112326760
 15:22:13          GMT          113               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112326761
 15:22:13          GMT          113               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112326762
 15:22:13          GMT          113               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112326764
 15:22:13          GMT          113               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112326766
 15:22:13          GMT          113               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025947137173
 15:22:13          GMT          114               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025947137174
 15:22:13          GMT          114               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            606172025947137175
 15:22:13          GMT          188               12.28             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112326763
 15:29:34          GMT          104               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112606023
 15:29:34          GMT          104               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            606172025947396946
 15:29:34          GMT          202               12.26             GBP                               XLON                            592098277112606022
 15:42:17          GMT          23                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113082999
 15:42:17          GMT          32                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113082997
 15:42:17          GMT          78                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113082996
 15:42:17          GMT          87                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113083000
 15:42:17          GMT          110               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113082994
 15:42:17          GMT          110               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025947842178
 15:42:17          GMT          110               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025947842179
 15:42:17          GMT          110               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025947842181
 15:42:17          GMT          204               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113082993
 15:58:32          GMT          112               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113717711
 15:59:57          GMT          119               12.25             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113777835
 15:59:57          GMT          112               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113777850
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 15:59:57          GMT          112               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113777853
 15:59:57          GMT          112               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113777854
 15:59:57          GMT          112               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277113777855
 15:59:57          GMT          112               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025948487879
 15:59:57          GMT          112               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025948487880
 15:59:57          GMT          201               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025948487878
 16:09:41          GMT          104               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277114189391
 16:09:41          GMT          104               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277114189392
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 16:09:41          GMT          104               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277114189394
 16:09:41          GMT          104               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277114189395
 16:09:41          GMT          104               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277114189396
 16:09:41          GMT          201               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025948871758
 16:20:32          GMT          26                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025949333193
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 16:20:32          GMT          45                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025949333192
 16:21:31          GMT          41                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277114731768
 16:21:31          GMT          66                12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277114731767
 16:22:29          GMT          105               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            592098277114774293
 16:23:30          GMT          109               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025949461199
 16:24:23          GMT          109               12.24             GBP                               XLON                            606172025949502476

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