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RNS Number : 4380Y  WH Smith PLC  25 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 25 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 25,033 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 25 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 1,791,290 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,125,644 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:                               25 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          25,033                                                11.7804                                         11.6400                     11.8500

 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
 08:06:11          GMT          110               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169938484367
 08:09:15          GMT          73                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918774046491
 08:10:29          GMT          45                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918774079959
 08:10:29          GMT          118               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169938631723
 08:10:29          GMT          447               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918774079960
 08:10:29          GMT          509               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918774079967
 08:16:51          GMT          107               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606175918774234231
 08:16:51          GMT          289               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606175918774234230
 08:19:17          GMT          107               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606175918774289310
 08:26:29          GMT          116               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592102169939014419
 08:26:29          GMT          172               11.72             GBP                               XLON                            592102169939014420
 08:36:09          GMT          108               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606175918774706136
 08:36:09          GMT          112               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606175918774706134
 08:36:09          GMT          176               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606175918774706135
 08:51:33          GMT          31                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606175918775064640
 08:51:33          GMT          80                11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606175918775064639
 08:51:33          GMT          111               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            592102169939703249
 08:51:33          GMT          111               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606175918775064641
 08:51:33          GMT          111               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606175918775064642
 08:51:33          GMT          295               11.74             GBP                               XLON                            606175918775064638
 08:58:50          GMT          365               11.76             GBP                               XLON                            606175918775230195
 09:00:57          GMT          115               11.75             GBP                               XLON                            606175918775276901
 09:18:45          GMT          102               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592102169940376071
 09:23:26          GMT          115               11.78             GBP                               XLON                            606175918775795684
 09:26:40          GMT          40                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169940578649
 09:26:40          GMT          57                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918775869190
 09:26:40          GMT          63                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169940578650
 09:26:40          GMT          237               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918775869189
 09:26:40          GMT          243               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918775869191
 09:26:40          GMT          280               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918775869192
 09:26:40          GMT          107               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918775869197
 09:47:51          GMT          23                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606175918776343603
 09:50:20          GMT          42                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592102169941159505
 09:50:20          GMT          58                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592102169941159504
 09:50:20          GMT          99                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592102169941159506
 09:50:20          GMT          99                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606175918776402005
 09:50:20          GMT          99                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606175918776402006
 09:50:20          GMT          352               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606175918776402004
 10:13:22          GMT          106               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918776917963
 10:15:43          GMT          102               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918776966857
 10:19:15          GMT          104               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918777052009
 10:20:56          GMT          189               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169941914053
 10:20:56          GMT          359               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169941914054
 10:20:57          GMT          380               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169941914623
 10:29:43          GMT          58                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169942110760
 10:29:43          GMT          231               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169942110761
 10:59:33          GMT          117               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169942822571
 10:59:33          GMT          117               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169942822573
 10:59:33          GMT          117               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918777924764
 10:59:33          GMT          150               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169942822568
 10:59:33          GMT          268               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169942822569
 10:59:33          GMT          111               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918777924770
 11:06:53          GMT          304               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606175918778089447
 11:45:15          GMT          27                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169943916578
 11:45:15          GMT          91                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169943916577
 11:45:17          GMT          78                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592102169943917174
 11:45:19          GMT          237               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592102169943917896
 11:45:19          GMT          31                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606175918778932787
 11:45:19          GMT          87                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606175918778932786
 11:45:19          GMT          118               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592102169943917898
 11:45:19          GMT          304               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592102169943917897
 11:53:24          GMT          100               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            592102169944119181
 11:54:52          GMT          81                11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606175918779150191
 11:54:52          GMT          108               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606175918779150192
 11:54:52          GMT          113               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606175918779150193
 12:03:52          GMT          150               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169944370791
 12:03:52          GMT          139               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169944370793
 12:21:12          GMT          69                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918779729316
 12:21:12          GMT          87                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918779729318
 12:21:12          GMT          107               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169944786246
 12:21:12          GMT          294               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918779729317
 12:21:12          GMT          27                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169944786249
 12:35:54          GMT          177               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169945127456
 12:39:51          GMT          481               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606175918780129155
 13:04:53          GMT          196               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918780695133
 13:13:53          GMT          34                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918780881878
 13:13:53          GMT          93                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918780881877
 13:13:55          GMT          20                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169946046734
 13:13:55          GMT          79                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918780882609
 13:13:55          GMT          113               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918780882610
 13:14:15          GMT          56                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169946054945
 13:16:56          GMT          128               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606175918780953656
 13:16:56          GMT          633               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606175918780953655
 13:16:57          GMT          75                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606175918780953663
 13:28:55          GMT          107               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169946416225
 13:37:23          GMT          34                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606175918781437043
 13:37:23          GMT          71                11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606175918781437044
 13:37:23          GMT          105               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169946647101
 13:37:23          GMT          105               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            606175918781437045
 13:37:23          GMT          106               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169946647102
 13:48:14          GMT          20                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918781721806
 13:48:14          GMT          42                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918781721805
 13:48:14          GMT          55                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918781721804
 13:50:23          GMT          15                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947010548
 13:50:23          GMT          91                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947010549
 14:00:09          GMT          94                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782022256
 14:00:09          GMT          106               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782022254
 14:00:09          GMT          27                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947280172
 14:00:09          GMT          81                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947280171
 14:02:13          GMT          13                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947339991
 14:02:13          GMT          20                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947339993
 14:02:13          GMT          36                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947339992
 14:02:13          GMT          36                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947339994
 14:03:51          GMT          30                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782122173
 14:03:51          GMT          38                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947386866
 14:03:51          GMT          70                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947386867
 14:03:51          GMT          509               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782122172
 14:03:51          GMT          137               11.82             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947386872
 14:09:53          GMT          76                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782276098
 14:12:53          GMT          92                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782352196
 14:12:55          GMT          76                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782353158
 14:12:55          GMT          92                11.82             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782353159
 14:21:57          GMT          107               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947877639
 14:21:57          GMT          107               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169947877640
 14:21:57          GMT          107               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782578571
 14:26:24          GMT          111               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169948008835
 14:30:55          GMT          116               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169948175214
 14:30:55          GMT          632               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169948175215
 14:30:55          GMT          11                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782855084
 14:30:55          GMT          161               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918782855083
 14:36:30          GMT          193               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783071922
 14:36:30          GMT          245               11.85             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783071923
 14:36:36          GMT          26                11.85             GBP                               XLON                            592102169948414801
 14:46:29          GMT          89                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783414541
 14:46:29          GMT          289               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783414540
 14:47:34          GMT          12                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783453424
 14:47:34          GMT          12                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783453425
 14:47:34          GMT          18                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783453420
 14:47:34          GMT          93                11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783453423
 14:47:34          GMT          107               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            592102169948818852
 14:47:34          GMT          107               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783453421
 14:47:34          GMT          107               11.84             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783453422
 14:50:52          GMT          288               11.83             GBP                               XLON                            606175918783573106
 14:58:23          GMT          24                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918783873426
 15:00:55          GMT          265               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918783979782
 15:03:38          GMT          115               11.81             GBP                               XLON                            592102169949500910
 15:06:24          GMT          18                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169949608992
 15:06:24          GMT          90                11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169949608993
 15:06:24          GMT          100               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169949608994
 15:06:24          GMT          108               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            592102169949608991
 15:06:24          GMT          108               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918784189375
 15:06:24          GMT          110               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918784189374
 15:06:24          GMT          115               11.8              GBP                               XLON                            606175918784189376
 15:13:55          GMT          88                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784437773
 15:13:55          GMT          46                11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784437774
 15:13:55          GMT          101               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592102169949876124
 15:13:55          GMT          101               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            592102169949876125
 15:13:55          GMT          154               11.79             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784437775
 15:19:23          GMT          57                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592102169950090101
 15:19:51          GMT          115               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592102169950109575
 15:20:03          GMT          73                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784664274
 15:20:03          GMT          116               11.77             GBP                               XLON                            592102169950120064
 15:20:06          GMT          39                11.77             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784666745
 15:24:25          GMT          4                 11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784820181
 15:27:06          GMT          99                11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784921410
 15:28:05          GMT          100               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            592102169950432941
 15:28:05          GMT          100               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784952944
 15:28:05          GMT          187               11.73             GBP                               XLON                            606175918784952943
 15:41:38          GMT          105               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592102169950929829
 15:41:38          GMT          105               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606175918785412055
 15:41:38          GMT          105               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606175918785412056
 15:41:38          GMT          506               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592102169950929828
 15:46:04          GMT          352               11.69             GBP                               XLON                            606175918785565624
 15:58:47          GMT          7                 11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592102169951539611
 15:58:47          GMT          97                11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592102169951539612
 15:58:47          GMT          104               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592102169951539613
 15:58:47          GMT          104               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592102169951539614
 15:58:47          GMT          104               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592102169951539615
 15:58:47          GMT          104               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            592102169951539616
 15:58:47          GMT          200               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606175918785975582
 15:58:47          GMT          253               11.7              GBP                               XLON                            606175918785975581
 16:02:28          GMT          290               11.68             GBP                               XLON                            592102169951691155
 16:11:33          GMT          8                 11.67             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952034493
 16:11:33          GMT          105               11.67             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952034492
 16:11:33          GMT          113               11.67             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952034494
 16:11:33          GMT          113               11.67             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952034495
 16:11:33          GMT          113               11.67             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786433781
 16:11:33          GMT          115               11.67             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786433782
 16:11:33          GMT          290               11.67             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786433780
 16:19:18          GMT          134               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786736555
 16:19:18          GMT          31                11.64             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952362617
 16:19:18          GMT          101               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952362616
 16:19:18          GMT          101               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786736918
 16:19:18          GMT          101               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786736919
 16:19:18          GMT          156               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786736917
 16:23:05          GMT          17                11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786911106
 16:23:05          GMT          70                11.64             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952551535
 16:23:05          GMT          94                11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786911104
 16:23:05          GMT          106               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952551537
 16:23:05          GMT          111               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952551543
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 16:23:05          GMT          115               11.64             GBP                               XLON                            606175918786911102
 16:28:32          GMT          64                11.64             GBP                               XLON                            592102169952796122

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