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RNS Number : 7859Y  WH Smith PLC  27 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 27 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 25,662 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 27 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 1,842,636 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,074,298 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:                               27 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          25,662                                                11.5899                                         11.5200                     11.6600

 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
 08:01:05          GMT          398               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592102877740244339
 08:01:44          GMT          116               11.65             GBP                               XLON                            606176626575729441
 08:07:22          GMT          487               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592102877740414247
 08:07:22          GMT          133               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606176626575875837
 08:13:27          GMT          114               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877740571011
 08:13:27          GMT          296               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877740571010
 08:17:56          GMT          114               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606176626576131264
 08:17:56          GMT          179               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877740688091
 08:21:01          GMT          134               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            592102877740759762
 08:21:01          GMT          203               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606176626576198566
 08:37:40          GMT          109               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592102877741163949
 08:37:40          GMT          109               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592102877741163951
 08:37:40          GMT          408               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            606176626576578788
 08:37:40          GMT          106               11.52             GBP                               XLON                            592102877741163966
 09:03:54          GMT          72                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606176626577131351
 09:03:54          GMT          102               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877741755616
 09:03:54          GMT          201               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606176626577131352
 09:06:50          GMT          116               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877741817139
 09:06:50          GMT          231               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606176626577188532
 09:06:50          GMT          401               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877741817144
 09:06:50          GMT          68                11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606176626577188540
 09:24:43          GMT          114               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606176626577614600
 09:25:29          GMT          130               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877742290700
 09:25:29          GMT          408               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877742290699
 09:25:29          GMT          362               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877742290708
 09:29:32          GMT          103               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            592102877742398802
 09:38:07          GMT          108               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            592102877742627778
 09:47:51          GMT          597               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592102877742858203
 09:47:51          GMT          42                11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606176626578167297
 10:01:34          GMT          21                11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743187723
 10:01:34          GMT          89                11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743187724
 10:01:34          GMT          324               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            606176626578475288
 10:11:34          GMT          56                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743455784
 10:11:34          GMT          102               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743455786
 10:11:34          GMT          102               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743455787
 10:11:34          GMT          237               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743455785
 10:20:55          GMT          10                11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743684086
 10:20:55          GMT          283               11.57             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743684087
 10:26:42          GMT          105               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            606176626579069977
 10:29:28          GMT          189               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            592102877743901039
 10:45:37          GMT          46                11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877744309872
 10:45:37          GMT          108               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877744309879
 10:45:37          GMT          115               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877744309874
 10:45:37          GMT          183               11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877744309877
 11:12:52          GMT          113               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606176626580145865
 11:15:45          GMT          136               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745064971
 11:19:16          GMT          107               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606176626580300055
 11:22:54          GMT          116               11.54             GBP                               XLON                            606176626580380632
 11:22:54          GMT          484               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745245538
 11:34:46          GMT          36                11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745522911
 11:34:46          GMT          39                11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745522910
 11:34:46          GMT          41                11.56             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745522912
 11:42:28          GMT          458               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745699685
 11:42:28          GMT          342               11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606176626580804273
 11:54:36          GMT          115               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745982306
 11:54:36          GMT          115               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            606176626581067821
 11:54:36          GMT          147               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745982305
 11:54:36          GMT          148               11.53             GBP                               XLON                            592102877745982303
 12:24:15          GMT          64                11.55             GBP                               XLON                            606176626581712198
 12:24:15          GMT          39                11.55             GBP                               XLON                            592102877746679854
 12:29:52          GMT          100               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626581820780
 12:31:03          GMT          151               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606176626581846568
 12:31:03          GMT          443               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            606176626581846569
 12:31:03          GMT          325               11.58             GBP                               XLON                            592102877746825938
 12:57:48          GMT          105               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592102877747434856
 12:58:56          GMT          116               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877747464452
 13:04:33          GMT          99                11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877747610557
 13:04:33          GMT          99                11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606176626582568119
 13:04:33          GMT          568               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626582568230
 13:04:33          GMT          17                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592102877747610630
 13:04:33          GMT          60                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592102877747610629
 13:04:33          GMT          194               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592102877747610631
 13:22:11          GMT          112               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748026524
 13:33:55          GMT          114               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748338800
 13:35:01          GMT          112               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748372313
 13:35:01          GMT          114               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748372316
 13:35:01          GMT          114               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748372317
 13:35:01          GMT          114               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748372318
 13:35:01          GMT          458               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748372315
 13:46:17          GMT          101               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748703009
 13:46:17          GMT          101               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748703010
 13:46:17          GMT          101               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626583576917
 13:46:17          GMT          293               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877748703008
 13:51:48          GMT          293               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626583830557
 14:10:07          GMT          88                11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877749625112
 14:10:07          GMT          115               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877749625113
 14:10:07          GMT          115               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877749625116
 14:10:07          GMT          263               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877749625114
 14:25:41          GMT          74                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750084487
 14:25:41          GMT          29                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606176626584856541
 14:27:13          GMT          103               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750139501
 14:27:13          GMT          103               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750139502
 14:27:13          GMT          103               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750139503
 14:27:13          GMT          103               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606176626584907835
 14:27:13          GMT          103               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606176626584907836
 14:27:13          GMT          103               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606176626584907837
 14:27:13          GMT          103               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            606176626584907838
 14:27:13          GMT          106               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606176626584907834
 14:27:13          GMT          203               11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750139500
 14:40:24          GMT          99                11.61             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750758533
 14:41:18          GMT          9                 11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750811813
 14:41:18          GMT          90                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750811814
 14:41:18          GMT          99                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750811810
 14:41:18          GMT          99                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750811811
 14:41:18          GMT          99                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877750811812
 14:41:18          GMT          99                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626585538794
 14:41:18          GMT          99                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626585538795
 14:41:18          GMT          99                11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626585538796
 14:41:18          GMT          294               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626585538793
 14:44:15          GMT          113               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626585674860
 14:44:15          GMT          180               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626585674859
 14:53:36          GMT          104               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626586068271
 14:53:36          GMT          104               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626586068273
 14:53:36          GMT          104               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626586068274
 14:53:36          GMT          295               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            606176626586068272
 14:56:36          GMT          293               11.59             GBP                               XLON                            592102877751517010
 15:11:49          GMT          56                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592102877752257594
 15:11:49          GMT          60                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592102877752257595
 15:20:46          GMT          25                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626587222473
 15:20:46          GMT          73                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626587222474
 15:20:46          GMT          98                11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626587222477
 15:20:46          GMT          183               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626587222476
 15:20:46          GMT          568               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            606176626587222475
 15:20:56          GMT          361               11.6              GBP                               XLON                            592102877752610928
 15:43:59          GMT          98                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            592102877753434292
 15:43:59          GMT          98                11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606176626587996745
 15:43:59          GMT          131               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606176626587996743
 15:43:59          GMT          145               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606176626587996746
 15:43:59          GMT          508               11.62             GBP                               XLON                            606176626587996744
 15:50:46          GMT          106               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            606176626588249343
 15:50:46          GMT          344               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592102877753703678
 15:54:46          GMT          55                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592102877753876073
 15:54:46          GMT          57                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592102877753876075
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 15:54:46          GMT          545               11.63             GBP                               XLON                            606176626588411085
 15:54:46          GMT          93                11.63             GBP                               XLON                            592102877753876082
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 16:11:12          GMT          15                11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592102877754583457
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 16:11:12          GMT          26                11.65             GBP                               XLON                            606176626589070700
 16:11:12          GMT          72                11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592102877754583463
 16:12:03          GMT          99                11.65             GBP                               XLON                            592102877754622203
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