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RNS Number : 9662Y  WH Smith PLC  28 February 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 28 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 24,400 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 28 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 1,867,036 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,049,898 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:                               28 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  24,400                                              11.6373                                     11.5500                     11.7000

 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
 08:02:53          GMT        485     11.55  GBP       XLON           592103231633883100
 08:03:03          GMT        76      11.55  GBP       XLON           606176980469534806
 08:08:58          GMT        475     11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231634080809
 08:08:58          GMT        4       11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231634080842
 08:08:58          GMT        97      11.61  GBP       XLON           606176980469714034
 08:15:32          GMT        367     11.61  GBP       XLON           606176980469925876
 08:17:12          GMT        106     11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231634364827
 08:17:12          GMT        147     11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231634364826
 08:30:08          GMT        38      11.59  GBP       XLON           592103231634723690
 08:34:00          GMT        109     11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231634840397
 08:36:00          GMT        83      11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470474557
 08:36:00          GMT        109     11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470474556
 08:37:00          GMT        115     11.61  GBP       XLON           606176980470502627
 08:39:28          GMT        101     11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231635007249
 08:43:27          GMT        99      11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231635114502
 08:45:41          GMT        33      11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470727509
 08:45:41          GMT        99      11.6   GBP       XLON           592103231635178593
 08:45:41          GMT        100     11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470727508
 08:45:41          GMT        190     11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470727510
 08:45:42          GMT        63      11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470727770
 08:47:05          GMT        31      11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470757178
 08:47:08          GMT        4       11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470758162
 08:47:08          GMT        111     11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470758161
 08:47:08          GMT        229     11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470758159
 08:47:08          GMT        63      11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980470758332
 09:04:11          GMT        13      11.61  GBP       XLON           606176980471188830
 09:04:11          GMT        110     11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231635676548
 09:04:11          GMT        123     11.61  GBP       XLON           606176980471188829
 09:04:11          GMT        344     11.61  GBP       XLON           606176980471188828
 09:04:11          GMT        5       11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231635676554
 09:05:02          GMT        110     11.61  GBP       XLON           592103231635700769
 09:33:32          GMT        17      11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980471936836
 09:33:32          GMT        18      11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980471936834
 09:33:32          GMT        77      11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980471936835
 09:33:32          GMT        112     11.67  GBP       XLON           592103231636480550
 09:40:39          GMT        121     11.69  GBP       XLON           592103231636638083
 09:40:39          GMT        136     11.69  GBP       XLON           606176980472080988
 09:40:39          GMT        141     11.69  GBP       XLON           606176980472080989
 09:40:39          GMT        358     11.69  GBP       XLON           606176980472080990
 09:40:39          GMT        169     11.69  GBP       XLON           606176980472080998
 09:40:39          GMT        182     11.69  GBP       XLON           606176980472080999
 09:51:03          GMT        183     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980472300740
 10:08:19          GMT        122     11.68  GBP       XLON           606176980472706690
 10:10:06          GMT        171     11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980472743815
 10:10:06          GMT        246     11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980472743816
 10:10:06          GMT        14      11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980472743827
 10:10:06          GMT        161     11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980472743825
 10:10:06          GMT        169     11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980472743824
 10:10:11          GMT        37      11.67  GBP       XLON           592103231637365950
 10:10:11          GMT        69      11.67  GBP       XLON           592103231637365951
 10:25:52          GMT        103     11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980473084079
 10:25:52          GMT        103     11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980473084080
 10:25:52          GMT        288     11.66  GBP       XLON           592103231637734047
 10:56:58          GMT        108     11.66  GBP       XLON           592103231638493412
 10:56:58          GMT        108     11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980473783416
 10:56:58          GMT        187     11.66  GBP       XLON           592103231638493411
 10:56:58          GMT        250     11.66  GBP       XLON           592103231638493409
 10:56:58          GMT        95      11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980473783425
 10:57:02          GMT        118     11.66  GBP       XLON           592103231638495662
 11:32:17          GMT        108     11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980474556587
 11:36:15          GMT        42      11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980474643463
 11:36:15          GMT        73      11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980474643464
 11:40:50          GMT        106     11.66  GBP       XLON           592103231639531668
 11:41:34          GMT        108     11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231639549018
 11:41:34          GMT        108     11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231639549019
 11:41:34          GMT        108     11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231639549020
 11:41:34          GMT        108     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980474755309
 11:41:34          GMT        108     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980474755310
 11:41:34          GMT        237     11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231639549017
 11:52:39          GMT        51      11.64  GBP       XLON           592103231639813627
 11:52:39          GMT        236     11.64  GBP       XLON           606176980474998244
 11:59:16          GMT        111     11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231639983892
 11:59:16          GMT        111     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980475155618
 12:05:49          GMT        109     11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231640159767
 12:27:32          GMT        107     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980475846147
 12:31:24          GMT        100     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980475939260
 12:35:52          GMT        50      11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980476048054
 12:35:52          GMT        70      11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980476048055
 12:35:52          GMT        482     11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980476048056
 12:42:25          GMT        5       11.67  GBP       XLON           592103231641121813
 12:42:25          GMT        111     11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980476203629
 12:42:25          GMT        116     11.67  GBP       XLON           592103231641121812
 12:42:25          GMT        264     11.67  GBP       XLON           606176980476203628
 12:48:17          GMT        46      11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980476348690
 12:48:17          GMT        236     11.66  GBP       XLON           592103231641277371
 12:49:50          GMT        51      11.66  GBP       XLON           606176980476392959
 13:16:27          GMT        144     11.68  GBP       XLON           592103231642081926
 13:16:27          GMT        172     11.68  GBP       XLON           592103231642081927
 13:16:27          GMT        265     11.68  GBP       XLON           592103231642081928
 13:16:27          GMT        104     11.68  GBP       XLON           592103231642081929
 13:16:27          GMT        104     11.68  GBP       XLON           592103231642081930
 13:16:27          GMT        104     11.68  GBP       XLON           606176980477093570
 13:24:16          GMT        53      11.67  GBP       XLON           592103231642307338
 13:24:16          GMT        103     11.67  GBP       XLON           592103231642307339
 13:24:16          GMT        184     11.67  GBP       XLON           592103231642307341
 14:11:58          GMT        102     11.7   GBP       XLON           592103231643770005
 14:11:58          GMT        102     11.7   GBP       XLON           606176980478647643
 14:11:58          GMT        136     11.7   GBP       XLON           606176980478647644
 14:11:58          GMT        195     11.7   GBP       XLON           606176980478647646
 14:11:58          GMT        217     11.7   GBP       XLON           592103231643770006
 14:11:58          GMT        300     11.7   GBP       XLON           606176980478647647
 14:11:58          GMT        312     11.7   GBP       XLON           592103231643770007
 14:11:58          GMT        368     11.7   GBP       XLON           606176980478647642
 14:11:58          GMT        374     11.7   GBP       XLON           606176980478647645
 14:11:58          GMT        443     11.7   GBP       XLON           592103231643770015
 14:29:01          GMT        116     11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231644320111
 14:29:01          GMT        235     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980479157995
 14:34:16          GMT        31      11.64  GBP       XLON           592103231644584380
 14:34:16          GMT        81      11.64  GBP       XLON           592103231644584381
 14:34:16          GMT        112     11.64  GBP       XLON           606176980479406167
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 14:36:33          GMT        236     11.64  GBP       XLON           592103231644699277
 14:40:50          GMT        236     11.64  GBP       XLON           606176980479674082
 14:52:23          GMT        50      11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980480143224
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 14:53:45          GMT        100     11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231645428786
 14:55:00          GMT        102     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980480238335
 14:56:14          GMT        97      11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980480285687
 14:56:14          GMT        101     11.64  GBP       XLON           592103231645523080
 14:56:14          GMT        101     11.64  GBP       XLON           592103231645523081
 14:56:14          GMT        101     11.64  GBP       XLON           592103231645523082
 14:56:14          GMT        101     11.64  GBP       XLON           606176980480285688
 14:56:14          GMT        101     11.64  GBP       XLON           606176980480285690
 14:56:14          GMT        237     11.64  GBP       XLON           606176980480285689
 15:07:09          GMT        98      11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231646029508
 15:07:09          GMT        98      11.65  GBP       XLON           592103231646029509
 15:07:09          GMT        98      11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980480759814
 15:07:09          GMT        98      11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980480759815
 15:07:09          GMT        313     11.65  GBP       XLON           606176980480759813
 15:12:42          GMT        110     11.63  GBP       XLON           592103231646253566
 15:12:42          GMT        238     11.63  GBP       XLON           592103231646253565
 15:16:03          GMT        242     11.63  GBP       XLON           606176980481101388
 15:20:48          GMT        2       11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980481296243
 15:20:48          GMT        42      11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980481296241
 15:20:48          GMT        194     11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980481296242
 15:35:09          GMT        113     11.55  GBP       XLON           592103231647175536
 15:38:31          GMT        25      11.57  GBP       XLON           592103231647307883
 15:38:31          GMT        49      11.57  GBP       XLON           592103231647307881
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 15:39:38          GMT        101     11.57  GBP       XLON           606176980481993545
 15:39:42          GMT        132     11.57  GBP       XLON           606176980481996588
 15:40:08          GMT        224     11.56  GBP       XLON           606176980482012890
 15:40:08          GMT        318     11.56  GBP       XLON           606176980482012889
 15:45:02          GMT        390     11.58  GBP       XLON           592103231647581687
 15:45:02          GMT        25      11.58  GBP       XLON           592103231647581700
 15:45:02          GMT        154     11.58  GBP       XLON           592103231647581701
 15:56:41          GMT        114     11.59  GBP       XLON           606176980482695617
 15:58:16          GMT        86      11.6   GBP       XLON           592103231648181654
 15:58:16          GMT        286     11.6   GBP       XLON           592103231648181653
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 15:58:17          GMT        190     11.6   GBP       XLON           592103231648182569
 15:59:30          GMT        1       11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980482820616
 16:00:03          GMT        140     11.6   GBP       XLON           606176980482850995
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