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RNS Number : 3503Z  WH Smith PLC  04 March 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 04 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 26,132 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 04 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 1,919,052 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,997,882 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:                                         04 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          26,132                                                  11.1502                                         10.8600                     11.4500

 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
 08:06:31          GMT                        43            11.45         GBP                           XLON                            592104647203432613
 08:06:31          GMT                        67            11.45         GBP                           XLON                            606178396038921943
 08:08:44          GMT                        167           11.42         GBP                           XLON                            606178396039000217
 08:08:44          GMT                        450           11.42         GBP                           XLON                            592104647203516739
 08:08:51          GMT                        208           11.42         GBP                           XLON                            606178396039004823
 08:10:16          GMT                        44            11.42         GBP                           XLON                            592104647203579901
 08:10:16          GMT                        175           11.42         GBP                           XLON                            606178396039059027
 08:10:16          GMT                        110           11.42         GBP                           XLON                            592104647203579903
 08:10:16          GMT                        8             11.42         GBP                           XLON                            592104647203579909
 08:25:00          GMT                        297           11.41         GBP                           XLON                            606178396039484093
 08:25:00          GMT                        379           11.41         GBP                           XLON                            592104647204038461
 08:25:00          GMT                        199           11.41         GBP                           XLON                            606178396039484096
 08:34:53          GMT                        15            11.38         GBP                           XLON                            592104647204336216
 08:34:53          GMT                        108           11.38         GBP                           XLON                            606178396039759795
 08:34:53          GMT                        159           11.38         GBP                           XLON                            606178396039759796
 08:34:53          GMT                        369           11.38         GBP                           XLON                            592104647204336215
 08:45:06          GMT                        85            11.37         GBP                           XLON                            606178396040124068
 08:45:06          GMT                        223           11.37         GBP                           XLON                            606178396040124066
 08:47:40          GMT                        55            11.34         GBP                           XLON                            592104647204813900
 08:55:11          GMT                        45            11.34         GBP                           XLON                            592104647205024200
 08:55:11          GMT                        62            11.34         GBP                           XLON                            592104647205024202
 08:55:11          GMT                        100           11.34         GBP                           XLON                            606178396040399696
 08:55:11          GMT                        201           11.34         GBP                           XLON                            592104647205024201
 09:13:51          GMT                        99            11.33         GBP                           XLON                            592104647205541519
 09:13:51          GMT                        99            11.33         GBP                           XLON                            606178396040878543
 09:13:51          GMT                        99            11.33         GBP                           XLON                            606178396040878544
 09:13:51          GMT                        99            11.33         GBP                           XLON                            606178396040878546
 09:13:51          GMT                        406           11.33         GBP                           XLON                            606178396040878545
 09:17:39          GMT                        32            11.3          GBP                           XLON                            606178396040982289
 09:17:39          GMT                        276           11.3          GBP                           XLON                            606178396040982290
 09:34:05          GMT                        268           11.36         GBP                           XLON                            592104647206099925
 09:34:05          GMT                        269           11.36         GBP                           XLON                            592104647206099926
 09:34:05          GMT                        240           11.36         GBP                           XLON                            606178396041394720
 09:50:44          GMT                        108           11.32         GBP                           XLON                            592104647206503657
 09:50:44          GMT                        108           11.32         GBP                           XLON                            606178396041765022
 09:50:44          GMT                        108           11.32         GBP                           XLON                            606178396041765023
 09:50:44          GMT                        308           11.32         GBP                           XLON                            606178396041765021
 10:00:34          GMT                        308           11.3          GBP                           XLON                            592104647206736162
 10:17:43          GMT                        5             11.31         GBP                           XLON                            606178396042427789
 10:17:43          GMT                        109           11.31         GBP                           XLON                            606178396042427788
 10:29:53          GMT                        98            11.31         GBP                           XLON                            592104647207579779
 10:31:20          GMT                        101           11.31         GBP                           XLON                            592104647207627315
 10:31:48          GMT                        100           11.3          GBP                           XLON                            592104647207645708
 10:31:48          GMT                        98            11.3          GBP                           XLON                            606178396042829683
 10:31:48          GMT                        98            11.3          GBP                           XLON                            606178396042829684
 10:31:48          GMT                        99            11.3          GBP                           XLON                            592104647207645710
 10:31:48          GMT                        236           11.3          GBP                           XLON                            592104647207645709
 10:31:48          GMT                        390           11.3          GBP                           XLON                            592104647207645716
 10:51:02          GMT                        111           11.29         GBP                           XLON                            592104647208187140
 10:51:02          GMT                        410           11.29         GBP                           XLON                            592104647208187141
 11:01:12          GMT                        350           11.29         GBP                           XLON                            606178396043616191
 11:04:15          GMT                        99            11.28         GBP                           XLON                            592104647208569516
 11:07:16          GMT                        209           11.27         GBP                           XLON                            606178396043755635
 11:36:04          GMT                        97            11.25         GBP                           XLON                            592104647209450890
 11:36:04          GMT                        97            11.25         GBP                           XLON                            606178396044503061
 11:36:04          GMT                        97            11.25         GBP                           XLON                            606178396044503062
 11:36:04          GMT                        97            11.25         GBP                           XLON                            606178396044503063
 11:36:04          GMT                        97            11.25         GBP                           XLON                            606178396044503064
 11:36:04          GMT                        109           11.25         GBP                           XLON                            606178396044503060
 11:36:04          GMT                        199           11.25         GBP                           XLON                            592104647209450891
 11:51:24          GMT                        39            11.25         GBP                           XLON                            592104647209826490
 11:51:24          GMT                        63            11.25         GBP                           XLON                            592104647209826491
 11:51:24          GMT                        102           11.25         GBP                           XLON                            606178396044849246
 11:51:49          GMT                        102           11.24         GBP                           XLON                            592104647209835933
 11:51:49          GMT                        308           11.24         GBP                           XLON                            606178396044857948
 12:03:24          GMT                        100           11.2          GBP                           XLON                            592104647210151094
 12:03:24          GMT                        100           11.2          GBP                           XLON                            592104647210151095
 12:03:24          GMT                        308           11.2          GBP                           XLON                            606178396045147625
 12:18:38          GMT                        27            11.18         GBP                           XLON                            592104647210537566
 12:18:38          GMT                        74            11.18         GBP                           XLON                            592104647210537568
 12:18:38          GMT                        101           11.18         GBP                           XLON                            592104647210537567
 12:18:38          GMT                        308           11.18         GBP                           XLON                            592104647210537565
 12:34:46          GMT                        100           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            606178396045878094
 12:34:46          GMT                        100           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            606178396045878095
 12:34:46          GMT                        390           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592104647210940420
 12:57:32          GMT                        391           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592104647211519225
 12:57:32          GMT                        344           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592104647211519230
 13:22:53          GMT                        66            11.12         GBP                           XLON                            606178396047058644
 13:23:16          GMT                        44            11.13         GBP                           XLON                            592104647212224789
 13:24:55          GMT                        382           11.14         GBP                           XLON                            592104647212274878
 13:24:55          GMT                        261           11.14         GBP                           XLON                            592104647212274882
 13:29:01          GMT                        38            11.13         GBP                           XLON                            592104647212410384
 13:29:01          GMT                        59            11.13         GBP                           XLON                            592104647212410383
 13:29:01          GMT                        378           11.13         GBP                           XLON                            592104647212410382
 13:52:53          GMT                        107           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592104647213171200
 13:52:53          GMT                        167           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592104647213171201
 13:52:53          GMT                        187           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            606178396047943886
 13:52:53          GMT                        259           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592104647213171202
 13:52:53          GMT                        206           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592104647213171211
 13:52:53          GMT                        360           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592104647213171210
 13:59:58          GMT                        309           11.1          GBP                           XLON                            606178396048208561
 14:14:31          GMT                        105           11.08         GBP                           XLON                            592104647213994029
 14:20:05          GMT                        82            11.1          GBP                           XLON                            606178396048879359
 14:20:05          GMT                        485           11.1          GBP                           XLON                            606178396048879360
 14:20:05          GMT                        100           11.1          GBP                           XLON                            606178396048879368
 14:20:05          GMT                        213           11.1          GBP                           XLON                            606178396048879372
 14:27:26          GMT                        101           11.09         GBP                           XLON                            592104647214447196
 14:27:26          GMT                        125           11.09         GBP                           XLON                            592104647214447194
 14:27:26          GMT                        198           11.09         GBP                           XLON                            592104647214447195
 14:33:11          GMT                        101           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            592104647214697627
 14:33:11          GMT                        308           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            592104647214697625
 14:37:33          GMT                        308           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            606178396049556533
 14:43:15          GMT                        58            11.05         GBP                           XLON                            592104647215156066
 14:43:15          GMT                        51            11.05         GBP                           XLON                            592104647215156068
 14:43:15          GMT                        97            11.05         GBP                           XLON                            606178396049794320
 14:43:15          GMT                        199           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            606178396049794319
 14:46:00          GMT                        126           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            592104647215279432
 14:48:40          GMT                        106           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            606178396050032751
 14:49:23          GMT                        42            11.05         GBP                           XLON                            592104647215446577
 14:49:23          GMT                        169           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            592104647215446578
 14:54:27          GMT                        97            11.04         GBP                           XLON                            606178396050308515
 14:54:27          GMT                        106           11.04         GBP                           XLON                            606178396050308513
 14:54:27          GMT                        203           11.04         GBP                           XLON                            606178396050308514
 15:00:06          GMT                        135           11.03         GBP                           XLON                            592104647216340452
 15:00:06          GMT                        170           11.03         GBP                           XLON                            592104647216340450
 15:00:12          GMT                        4             11.03         GBP                           XLON                            592104647216349245
 15:00:12          GMT                        27            11.03         GBP                           XLON                            606178396050914705
 15:00:17          GMT                        2             11.03         GBP                           XLON                            606178396050920253
 15:00:34          GMT                        83            11.03         GBP                           XLON                            606178396050938901
 15:00:34          GMT                        111           11.03         GBP                           XLON                            606178396050938898
 15:06:31          GMT                        112           11            GBP                           XLON                            592104647216696875
 15:06:31          GMT                        308           11            GBP                           XLON                            592104647216696876
 15:14:37          GMT                        98            10.99         GBP                           XLON                            606178396051655331
 15:14:37          GMT                        364           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            606178396051655332
 15:24:01          GMT                        509           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            606178396052153370
 15:24:01          GMT                        49            10.96         GBP                           XLON                            606178396052153373
 15:38:43          GMT                        113           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            606178396052859593
 15:39:56          GMT                        96            10.98         GBP                           XLON                            592104647218492181
 15:41:02          GMT                        219           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            606178396052963813
 15:41:02          GMT                        371           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            606178396052963812
 15:41:02          GMT                        396           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            592104647218547017
 15:47:15          GMT                        115           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            592104647218880366
 15:47:15          GMT                        127           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            606178396053275374
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 16:04:08          GMT                        309           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            606178396054116820
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