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RNS Number : 7180Z  WH Smith PLC  06 March 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 06 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 27,726 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 06 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 1,974,475 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,942,459 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:                                         06 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          27,726                                                  10.7371                                         10.5600                     10.9900

 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
 08:05:40          GMT                        95            10.97         GBP                           XLON                            606179103827680719
 08:05:40          GMT                        538           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663028120
 08:05:41          GMT                        16            10.97         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663028682
 08:05:41          GMT                        222           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663028680
 08:09:44          GMT                        115           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            606179103827906479
 08:15:09          GMT                        104           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            606179103828188927
 08:15:09          GMT                        104           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663224766
 08:15:09          GMT                        104           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663224764
 08:15:09          GMT                        113           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            606179103828188925
 08:15:09          GMT                        113           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            606179103828188926
 08:15:09          GMT                        214           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663224765
 08:30:24          GMT                        109           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            606179103828918987
 08:30:24          GMT                        109           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663503370
 08:30:24          GMT                        527           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663503369
 08:30:24          GMT                        54            10.99         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663503376
 08:46:38          GMT                        112           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            606179103829733449
 08:46:38          GMT                        112           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            606179103829733450
 08:46:38          GMT                        112           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663830315
 08:46:38          GMT                        112           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663830316
 08:46:38          GMT                        328           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663830314
 08:53:00          GMT                        96            10.94         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663970138
 08:53:00          GMT                        112           10.94         GBP                           XLON                            606179103830112585
 08:53:00          GMT                        215           10.94         GBP                           XLON                            620252852663970137
 08:59:17          GMT                        327           10.93         GBP                           XLON                            620252852664093409
 09:06:17          GMT                        326           10.91         GBP                           XLON                            606179103830788899
 09:18:57          GMT                        99            10.91         GBP                           XLON                            606179103831376550
 09:19:18          GMT                        102           10.9          GBP                           XLON                            620252852664478830
 09:19:18          GMT                        507           10.9          GBP                           XLON                            606179103831404058
 09:19:18          GMT                        9             10.9          GBP                           XLON                            620252852664478857
 09:30:17          GMT                        68            10.86         GBP                           XLON                            620252852664666966
 09:30:17          GMT                        102           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            620252852664666967
 09:30:17          GMT                        260           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            620252852664666965
 09:35:05          GMT                        113           10.84         GBP                           XLON                            606179103832107538
 09:43:26          GMT                        104           10.84         GBP                           XLON                            606179103832436530
 09:43:26          GMT                        104           10.84         GBP                           XLON                            620252852664887342
 09:43:26          GMT                        104           10.84         GBP                           XLON                            620252852664887343
 09:43:26          GMT                        215           10.84         GBP                           XLON                            606179103832436528
 09:49:10          GMT                        329           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            606179103832675781
 10:00:48          GMT                        41            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606179103833166999
 10:03:25          GMT                        97            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            620252852665221990
 10:03:25          GMT                        287           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606179103833303674
 10:20:46          GMT                        112           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            620252852665503972
 10:20:46          GMT                        539           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606179103834031323
 10:20:46          GMT                        144           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            620252852665503977
 10:40:09          GMT                        15            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606179103834811930
 10:40:09          GMT                        80            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606179103834811931
 10:40:09          GMT                        95            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606179103834811929
 10:40:09          GMT                        95            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            620252852665788869
 10:40:09          GMT                        327           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            620252852665788868
 10:49:51          GMT                        87            10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606179103835180990
 10:52:22          GMT                        92            10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606179103835278794
 10:57:46          GMT                        81            10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606179103835489116
 10:57:46          GMT                        68            10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606179103835489117
 10:57:46          GMT                        111           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            620252852666032213
 10:57:46          GMT                        111           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            620252852666032215
 10:57:46          GMT                        112           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606179103835489118
 11:11:18          GMT                        38            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            620252852666237409
 11:11:18          GMT                        328           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            620252852666237408
 11:11:18          GMT                        76            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            620252852666237410
 11:15:26          GMT                        114           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606179103836237231
 11:26:12          GMT                        96            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606179103836776753
 11:26:12          GMT                        328           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            620252852666487025
 11:38:08          GMT                        327           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606179103837235339
 11:41:20          GMT                        112           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            620252852666684307
 12:09:24          GMT                        103           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667026053
 12:11:54          GMT                        17            10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179103838449527
 12:11:54          GMT                        84            10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179103838449528
 12:11:54          GMT                        103           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606179103838449538
 12:11:54          GMT                        103           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606179103838449539
 12:11:54          GMT                        103           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606179103838449540
 12:11:54          GMT                        103           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667059297
 12:11:54          GMT                        103           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667059299
 12:11:54          GMT                        103           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667059300
 12:11:54          GMT                        103           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667059301
 12:11:54          GMT                        328           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667059296
 12:28:56          GMT                        110           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606179103839114166
 12:28:56          GMT                        110           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667280178
 12:28:56          GMT                        328           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606179103839114165
 12:31:20          GMT                        110           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667310503
 12:41:20          GMT                        97            10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606179103839593484
 12:41:20          GMT                        328           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606179103839593483
 12:56:20          GMT                        26            10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667635229
 12:56:20          GMT                        87            10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667635225
 12:56:20          GMT                        87            10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667635228
 12:56:20          GMT                        113           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606179103840168543
 12:56:20          GMT                        241           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667635227
 13:09:43          GMT                        96            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620252852667813384
 13:09:43          GMT                        96            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620252852667813385
 13:09:43          GMT                        96            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620252852667813386
 13:09:43          GMT                        328           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606179103840703094
 13:19:45          GMT                        94            10.56         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667947991
 13:19:45          GMT                        234           10.56         GBP                           XLON                            620252852667947992
 13:41:37          GMT                        111           10.57         GBP                           XLON                            606179103842134696
 13:41:37          GMT                        467           10.57         GBP                           XLON                            606179103842134698
 13:41:37          GMT                        116           10.57         GBP                           XLON                            606179103842134705
 13:44:08          GMT                        411           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620252852668369837
 13:44:08          GMT                        118           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606179103842286026
 13:50:00          GMT                        327           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620252852668476421
 14:12:38          GMT                        81            10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620252852668919358
 14:12:38          GMT                        99            10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606179103843762330
 14:12:38          GMT                        99            10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620252852668919356
 14:12:38          GMT                        344           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620252852668919357
 14:12:38          GMT                        333           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606179103843762333
 14:12:38          GMT                        37            10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620252852668919368
 14:12:38          GMT                        62            10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620252852668919369
 14:21:11          GMT                        406           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            606179103844172208
 14:31:10          GMT                        382           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620252852669321522
 14:31:10          GMT                        384           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620252852669321526
 14:31:10          GMT                        36            10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606179103844797823
 14:44:14          GMT                        109           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606179103845819372
 14:44:14          GMT                        57            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620252852669763131
 14:44:14          GMT                        363           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620252852669763130
 14:44:14          GMT                        508           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606179103845819378
 14:44:20          GMT                        109           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179103845825953
 14:56:36          GMT                        107           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179103846850661
 14:56:36          GMT                        107           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620252852670208239
 14:56:36          GMT                        107           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620252852670208240
 14:56:36          GMT                        107           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620252852670208241
 14:56:36          GMT                        408           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179103846850660
 14:59:09          GMT                        107           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620252852670312587
 14:59:09          GMT                        222           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606179103847093682
 15:06:27          GMT                        111           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            606179103847704130
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 15:13:12          GMT                        107           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620252852670779343
 15:13:12          GMT                        400           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620252852670779342
 15:23:45          GMT                        611           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620252852671089007
 15:23:45          GMT                        83            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620252852671089011
 15:37:43          GMT                        2             10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620252852671468978
 15:37:43          GMT                        44            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620252852671468973
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 15:41:33          GMT                        39            10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179103850214944
 15:41:33          GMT                        290           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179103850214943
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