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RNS Number : 1694Z  WH Smith PLC  03 March 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 03 March 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 25,884 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 03 March 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 1,892,920 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,024,014 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:                                         03 March 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          25,884                                                  11.5554                                         11.4500                     11.6500

 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
 08:03:01          GMT                        73            11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042142190021
 08:03:01          GMT                        96            11.61         GBP                           XLON                            592104293306515861
 08:03:01          GMT                        353           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042142190023
 08:03:01          GMT                        185           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            592104293306515867
 08:08:37          GMT                        30            11.6          GBP                           XLON                            606178042142313470
 08:12:34          GMT                        65            11.6          GBP                           XLON                            592104293306753028
 08:12:34          GMT                        101           11.6          GBP                           XLON                            592104293306753027
 08:12:34          GMT                        101           11.6          GBP                           XLON                            592104293306753029
 08:12:34          GMT                        297           11.6          GBP                           XLON                            606178042142407319
 08:12:39          GMT                        36            11.6          GBP                           XLON                            592104293306754670
 08:12:39          GMT                        101           11.6          GBP                           XLON                            592104293306754671
 08:25:23          GMT                        97            11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293307052171
 08:25:23          GMT                        112           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293307052172
 08:25:23          GMT                        526           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293307052170
 08:25:23          GMT                        113           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293307052176
 08:44:28          GMT                        415           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293307469609
 08:49:06          GMT                        100           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293307547197
 08:49:06          GMT                        106           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293307547196
 08:49:06          GMT                        490           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            606178042143131911
 09:00:12          GMT                        103           11.54         GBP                           XLON                            592104293307732411
 09:00:12          GMT                        103           11.54         GBP                           XLON                            606178042143302171
 09:05:21          GMT                        6             11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042143389078
 09:05:21          GMT                        111           11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042143389088
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 09:05:21          GMT                        323           11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042143389087
 09:13:00          GMT                        327           11.52         GBP                           XLON                            606178042143519462
 09:21:21          GMT                        21            11.51         GBP                           XLON                            592104293308139328
 09:21:21          GMT                        404           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            592104293308139329
 09:24:43          GMT                        140           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            592104293308203381
 09:26:47          GMT                        24            11.5          GBP                           XLON                            592104293308245117
 09:26:47          GMT                        164           11.5          GBP                           XLON                            592104293308245118
 09:32:52          GMT                        187           11.5          GBP                           XLON                            592104293308378776
 09:39:22          GMT                        141           11.49         GBP                           XLON                            592104293308515814
 09:39:22          GMT                        188           11.49         GBP                           XLON                            592104293308515815
 09:54:11          GMT                        354           11.5          GBP                           XLON                            606178042144303563
 09:54:11          GMT                        288           11.5          GBP                           XLON                            592104293308812544
 10:03:05          GMT                        138           11.45         GBP                           XLON                            592104293309014603
 10:03:05          GMT                        192           11.45         GBP                           XLON                            592104293309014601
 10:33:14          GMT                        2             11.48         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145153406
 10:33:14          GMT                        4             11.48         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145153408
 10:33:14          GMT                        6             11.48         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145153407
 10:33:14          GMT                        97            11.48         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145153405
 10:36:48          GMT                        109           11.48         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145227178
 10:40:24          GMT                        121           11.48         GBP                           XLON                            592104293309884376
 10:40:24          GMT                        19            11.48         GBP                           XLON                            592104293309884378
 10:51:01          GMT                        124           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145529010
 10:51:01          GMT                        264           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145529012
 10:51:01          GMT                        273           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145529013
 10:51:01          GMT                        213           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145529027
 11:09:50          GMT                        107           11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042145923933
 11:13:35          GMT                        45            11.53         GBP                           XLON                            592104293310633164
 11:13:35          GMT                        52            11.53         GBP                           XLON                            592104293310633163
 11:17:19          GMT                        8             11.53         GBP                           XLON                            592104293310707820
 11:17:19          GMT                        40            11.53         GBP                           XLON                            592104293310707822
 11:17:19          GMT                        53            11.53         GBP                           XLON                            592104293310707821
 11:21:17          GMT                        101           11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042146132428
 11:21:20          GMT                        231           11.52         GBP                           XLON                            606178042146133458
 11:21:20          GMT                        367           11.52         GBP                           XLON                            606178042146133457
 11:21:20          GMT                        436           11.52         GBP                           XLON                            592104293310789286
 11:37:46          GMT                        111           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            592104293311129587
 11:37:46          GMT                        329           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            592104293311129586
 12:13:24          GMT                        110           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293311931215
 12:13:57          GMT                        41            11.58         GBP                           XLON                            592104293311945608
 12:13:57          GMT                        114           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293311945612
 12:17:22          GMT                        104           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293312043231
 12:20:22          GMT                        7             11.59         GBP                           XLON                            606178042147368310
 12:20:22          GMT                        43            11.59         GBP                           XLON                            606178042147368308
 12:20:22          GMT                        54            11.59         GBP                           XLON                            606178042147368309
 12:27:26          GMT                        124           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            592104293312357741
 12:27:26          GMT                        513           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042147586301
 12:27:26          GMT                        29            11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042147586308
 12:27:26          GMT                        66            11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042147586306
 12:27:26          GMT                        99            11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042147586305
 12:27:26          GMT                        154           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042147586307
 12:35:16          GMT                        384           11.64         GBP                           XLON                            592104293312554699
 12:54:09          GMT                        103           11.65         GBP                           XLON                            592104293312989957
 12:54:09          GMT                        578           11.65         GBP                           XLON                            606178042148170909
 13:05:00          GMT                        104           11.63         GBP                           XLON                            606178042148416964
 13:05:00          GMT                        105           11.63         GBP                           XLON                            606178042148416965
 13:05:00          GMT                        330           11.63         GBP                           XLON                            592104293313255746
 13:15:39          GMT                        16            11.61         GBP                           XLON                            592104293313507178
 13:15:39          GMT                        313           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            592104293313507177
 13:36:01          GMT                        54            11.59         GBP                           XLON                            606178042149093444
 13:36:01          GMT                        58            11.59         GBP                           XLON                            606178042149093442
 13:36:01          GMT                        112           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293313986250
 13:36:01          GMT                        430           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293313986255
 13:41:16          GMT                        31            11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042149204857
 13:41:16          GMT                        104           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042149204858
 13:41:16          GMT                        119           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042149204856
 13:41:16          GMT                        191           11.61         GBP                           XLON                            606178042149204854
 13:51:56          GMT                        105           11.6          GBP                           XLON                            592104293314370793
 13:51:56          GMT                        170           11.6          GBP                           XLON                            592104293314370795
 13:51:56          GMT                        329           11.6          GBP                           XLON                            592104293314370794
 14:13:47          GMT                        26            11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315063151
 14:13:47          GMT                        82            11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315063150
 14:13:47          GMT                        108           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315063152
 14:13:47          GMT                        518           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315063149
 14:13:47          GMT                        154           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            606178042150088241
 14:14:36          GMT                        39            11.57         GBP                           XLON                            606178042150111535
 14:17:08          GMT                        69            11.57         GBP                           XLON                            606178042150183285
 14:25:00          GMT                        112           11.56         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315412228
 14:25:00          GMT                        112           11.56         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315412229
 14:25:00          GMT                        329           11.56         GBP                           XLON                            606178042150408856
 14:34:32          GMT                        33            11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042150808664
 14:34:32          GMT                        82            11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042150808663
 14:35:02          GMT                        28            11.52         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315863010
 14:35:02          GMT                        87            11.52         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315863009
 14:35:02          GMT                        115           11.52         GBP                           XLON                            606178042150829316
 14:35:02          GMT                        329           11.52         GBP                           XLON                            606178042150829315
 14:37:08          GMT                        215           11.52         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315965366
 14:37:08          GMT                        115           11.51         GBP                           XLON                            592104293315965861
 14:44:31          GMT                        103           11.5          GBP                           XLON                            592104293316289686
 14:44:31          GMT                        103           11.5          GBP                           XLON                            592104293316289687
 14:44:31          GMT                        328           11.5          GBP                           XLON                            592104293316289685
 14:59:10          GMT                        22            11.54         GBP                           XLON                            606178042152020949
 14:59:10          GMT                        82            11.54         GBP                           XLON                            606178042152020951
 15:00:11          GMT                        5             11.54         GBP                           XLON                            592104293317219347
 15:00:11          GMT                        109           11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042152097148
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 15:00:11          GMT                        347           11.53         GBP                           XLON                            592104293317219348
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 15:00:11          GMT                        59            11.53         GBP                           XLON                            606178042152097195
 15:09:42          GMT                        106           11.56         GBP                           XLON                            606178042152462340
 15:17:44          GMT                        19            11.56         GBP                           XLON                            606178042152743391
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 15:19:33          GMT                        110           11.56         GBP                           XLON                            606178042152808339
 15:21:25          GMT                        116           11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293318053635
 15:23:45          GMT                        17            11.57         GBP                           XLON                            592104293318137336
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 15:24:01          GMT                        376           11.56         GBP                           XLON                            592104293318148094
 15:30:39          GMT                        107           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            606178042153237324
 15:30:39          GMT                        555           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            592104293318445217
 15:30:39          GMT                        222           11.59         GBP                           XLON                            606178042153237330
 15:31:42          GMT                        190           11.58         GBP                           XLON                            592104293318489998
 15:37:39          GMT                        95            11.55         GBP                           XLON                            606178042153463658
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 15:51:47          GMT                        7             11.55         GBP                           XLON                            592104293319217475
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