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RNS Number : 7666X  WH Smith PLC  19 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 19 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 24,610 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 19 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 1,691,464 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,225,470 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:                               19 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          24,610                                                11.9580                                         11.6900                     12.2200

 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
 08:08:44          GMT          99                12.13             GBP                               XLON                            606173795412795087
 08:08:44          GMT          406               12.13             GBP                               XLON                            592100046577337058
 08:08:50          GMT          29                12.15             GBP                               XLON                            606173795412798809
 08:08:50          GMT          150               12.15             GBP                               XLON                            606173795412798808
 08:16:22          GMT          103               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592100046577573941
 08:19:21          GMT          112               12.18             GBP                               XLON                            592100046577652567
 08:19:21          GMT          394               12.18             GBP                               XLON                            592100046577652568
 08:19:21          GMT          430               12.18             GBP                               XLON                            592100046577652572
 08:19:31          GMT          3                 12.18             GBP                               XLON                            606173795413091279
 08:38:55          GMT          109               12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578131889
 08:41:34          GMT          25                12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578183828
 08:41:34          GMT          87                12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578183827
 08:43:51          GMT          9                 12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578223816
 08:43:51          GMT          65                12.22             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578223815
 08:43:53          GMT          27                12.22             GBP                               XLON                            606173795413613350
 08:44:18          GMT          502               12.2              GBP                               XLON                            592100046578232021
 08:44:18          GMT          421               12.2              GBP                               XLON                            606173795413620670
 08:44:18          GMT          8                 12.2              GBP                               XLON                            592100046578232144
 08:52:09          GMT          271               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            606173795413744535
 09:04:24          GMT          110               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578596981
 09:04:24          GMT          110               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578596982
 09:04:24          GMT          116               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578596980
 09:04:24          GMT          154               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            606173795413957315
 09:23:31          GMT          108               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578994906
 09:23:31          GMT          108               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578994907
 09:23:31          GMT          108               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            606173795414324392
 09:23:31          GMT          108               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            606173795414324393
 09:23:31          GMT          108               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            606173795414324394
 09:23:31          GMT          108               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            606173795414324395
 09:23:31          GMT          108               12.2              GBP                               XLON                            606173795414324390
 09:23:31          GMT          110               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            592100046578994905
 09:23:31          GMT          161               12.19             GBP                               XLON                            606173795414324391
 09:37:57          GMT          557               12.17             GBP                               XLON                            606173795414866726
 09:37:57          GMT          60                12.17             GBP                               XLON                            592100046579582190
 09:45:22          GMT          271               12.17             GBP                               XLON                            592100046579861900
 10:07:26          GMT          113               12.16             GBP                               XLON                            592100046580516744
 10:07:26          GMT          622               12.16             GBP                               XLON                            606173795415733382
 10:23:09          GMT          113               12.13             GBP                               XLON                            592100046580946232
 10:23:09          GMT          113               12.13             GBP                               XLON                            606173795416128735
 10:23:09          GMT          113               12.13             GBP                               XLON                            606173795416128736
 10:23:09          GMT          271               12.13             GBP                               XLON                            592100046580946231
 10:30:59          GMT          120               12.09             GBP                               XLON                            606173795416322468
 10:30:59          GMT          151               12.09             GBP                               XLON                            606173795416322467
 10:34:53          GMT          112               12.07             GBP                               XLON                            606173795416444067
 10:44:59          GMT          271               12.07             GBP                               XLON                            606173795416734803
 10:59:03          GMT          86                12.07             GBP                               XLON                            606173795417271204
 10:59:03          GMT          103               12.07             GBP                               XLON                            606173795417271203
 10:59:03          GMT          109               12.07             GBP                               XLON                            592100046582182962
 10:59:03          GMT          109               12.07             GBP                               XLON                            606173795417271202
 10:59:03          GMT          154               12.07             GBP                               XLON                            606173795417271201
 11:10:13          GMT          111               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            606173795417553191
 11:10:13          GMT          120               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            606173795417553190
 11:10:13          GMT          150               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            606173795417553189
 11:29:01          GMT          103               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            592100046582929350
 11:29:01          GMT          120               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            592100046582929348
 11:29:01          GMT          150               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            592100046582929347
 11:29:01          GMT          170               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            592100046582929351
 11:45:06          GMT          430               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            606173795418312009
 12:06:34          GMT          102               12.03             GBP                               XLON                            606173795418919268
 12:07:38          GMT          102               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            592100046584001560
 12:07:38          GMT          102               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            606173795418946908
 12:07:38          GMT          102               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            606173795418946910
 12:07:38          GMT          102               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            606173795418946911
 12:07:38          GMT          120               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            606173795418946906
 12:07:38          GMT          304               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            606173795418946907
 12:20:37          GMT          271               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419223865
 12:23:59          GMT          19                12.02             GBP                               XLON                            592100046584375045
 12:24:19          GMT          43                12.02             GBP                               XLON                            592100046584382580
 12:24:19          GMT          54                12.02             GBP                               XLON                            592100046584382581
 12:24:19          GMT          109               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419298089
 12:24:19          GMT          116               12.02             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419298090
 12:32:23          GMT          126               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419463976
 12:32:23          GMT          145               11.97             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419463977
 12:55:46          GMT          2                 11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419990983
 12:55:46          GMT          17                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419990979
 12:55:46          GMT          88                11.96             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419990982
 12:55:51          GMT          45                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585134281
 12:55:51          GMT          62                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585134279
 12:55:51          GMT          107               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585134280
 12:55:51          GMT          107               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585134282
 12:55:51          GMT          107               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419992518
 12:55:51          GMT          107               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419992519
 12:55:51          GMT          271               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606173795419992517
 13:20:29          GMT          8                 11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585646291
 13:20:29          GMT          106               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585646290
 13:20:29          GMT          114               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606173795420465627
 13:20:29          GMT          114               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606173795420465628
 13:27:54          GMT          10                11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585836089
 13:27:54          GMT          103               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585836090
 13:27:54          GMT          114               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            606173795420640047
 13:27:54          GMT          336               11.94             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585836087
 13:27:56          GMT          103               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            592100046585836593
 13:27:56          GMT          103               11.93             GBP                               XLON                            606173795420640531
 13:38:11          GMT          103               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592100046586126798
 13:38:11          GMT          103               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606173795420911082
 13:38:11          GMT          103               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            606173795420911084
 13:38:11          GMT          272               11.92             GBP                               XLON                            592100046586126797
 13:52:17          GMT          107               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            592100046586707450
 13:52:17          GMT          107               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606173795421460001
 13:52:17          GMT          107               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606173795421460003
 13:52:17          GMT          270               11.9              GBP                               XLON                            606173795421460000
 13:59:33          GMT          300               11.86             GBP                               XLON                            606173795421697881
 14:09:50          GMT          107               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606173795422057942
 14:09:50          GMT          271               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592100046587346020
 14:22:11          GMT          6                 11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606173795422455140
 14:22:11          GMT          118               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606173795422455142
 14:22:11          GMT          118               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606173795422455143
 14:22:11          GMT          265               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606173795422455141
 14:34:43          GMT          28                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588314623
 14:36:48          GMT          128               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588409520
 14:38:48          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588493615
 14:38:48          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588493617
 14:38:48          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588493618
 14:38:48          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423127508
 14:38:48          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423127509
 14:38:48          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423127510
 14:38:48          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423127511
 14:38:48          GMT          108               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588493620
 14:38:48          GMT          113               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588493614
 14:41:09          GMT          135               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423219590
 14:41:09          GMT          136               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423219589
 14:49:32          GMT          110               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588965726
 14:49:32          GMT          110               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592100046588965728
 14:49:32          GMT          271               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423569434
 14:56:50          GMT          42                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423922987
 14:56:50          GMT          489               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423922986
 14:57:07          GMT          11                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606173795423936726
 15:03:46          GMT          39                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592100046589671510
 15:06:17          GMT          68                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592100046589766499
 15:06:17          GMT          107               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592100046589766503
 15:06:17          GMT          304               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592100046589766500
 15:20:13          GMT          110               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592100046590285982
 15:20:13          GMT          110               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592100046590285983
 15:20:13          GMT          110               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592100046590285984
 15:20:13          GMT          110               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606173795424805846
 15:20:13          GMT          363               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606173795424805845
 15:20:13          GMT          4                 11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592100046590285991
 15:20:13          GMT          97                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592100046590286048
 15:31:20          GMT          116               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606173795425138735
 15:31:20          GMT          116               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606173795425138737
 15:31:20          GMT          116               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606173795425138738
 15:31:20          GMT          271               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606173795425138734
 15:35:50          GMT          270               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592100046590791530
 15:41:46          GMT          271               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592100046590990530
 15:52:56          GMT          34                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592100046591395658
 15:52:56          GMT          81                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592100046591395660
 15:52:56          GMT          115               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592100046591395659
 15:52:56          GMT          115               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606173795425840460
 15:52:56          GMT          340               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592100046591395657
 15:54:28          GMT          115               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606173795425888495
 15:56:42          GMT          272               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592100046591535675
 16:05:16          GMT          106               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592100046591849111
 16:05:16          GMT          106               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606173795426266762
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 16:05:16          GMT          270               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            592100046591849110
 16:13:00          GMT          100               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592100046592149086
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 16:13:00          GMT          468               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592100046592149087
 16:21:33          GMT          105               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606173795426987383
 16:21:33          GMT          105               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606173795426987384
 16:21:33          GMT          105               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606173795426987385
 16:21:33          GMT          105               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606173795426987386
 16:21:33          GMT          105               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            606173795426987388
 16:21:33          GMT          337               11.71             GBP                               XLON                            592100046592624087
 16:27:07          GMT          269               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            592100046592901900
 16:27:07          GMT          273               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606173795427244456

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