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RNS Number : 8975Z  WH Smith PLC  07 March 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 07 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 27,806 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 07 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 2,002,281 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,914,653 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:                                         07 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          27,806                                                  10.6739                                         10.5300                     10.7600

 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
 08:07:27          GMT                        96            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620253206549808825
 08:07:27          GMT                        487           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620253206549808826
 08:07:27          GMT                        382           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620253206549808832
 08:07:27          GMT                        26            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606179457713708897
 08:07:27          GMT                        44            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606179457713708896
 08:12:28          GMT                        99            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606179457713910689
 08:12:28          GMT                        329           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606179457713910688
 08:21:42          GMT                        100           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606179457714251563
 08:21:42          GMT                        100           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606179457714251564
 08:21:42          GMT                        100           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550020899
 08:21:42          GMT                        330           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606179457714251562
 08:27:59          GMT                        100           10.53         GBP                           XLON                            606179457714486768
 08:27:59          GMT                        112           10.53         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550108096
 08:27:59          GMT                        118           10.53         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550108097
 08:37:10          GMT                        98            10.55         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550264197
 08:37:10          GMT                        108           10.55         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550264198
 08:37:10          GMT                        229           10.55         GBP                           XLON                            606179457714886617
 08:44:57          GMT                        419           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550390401
 08:44:57          GMT                        128           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550390410
 09:00:21          GMT                        13            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620253206550605415
 09:00:21          GMT                        106           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606179457715793557
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 09:00:21          GMT                        317           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620253206550605416
 09:15:45          GMT                        111           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550840259
 09:15:45          GMT                        427           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620253206550840258
 09:15:45          GMT                        103           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606179457716389019
 09:38:28          GMT                        106           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606179457717239951
 09:38:36          GMT                        78            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620253206551157522
 09:39:09          GMT                        48            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620253206551163775
 09:40:54          GMT                        102           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606179457717324722
 09:42:30          GMT                        50            10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551207092
 09:42:30          GMT                        106           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551207093
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 09:42:30          GMT                        210           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457717381138
 09:42:30          GMT                        231           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551207143
 09:43:53          GMT                        119           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457717431860
 09:54:30          GMT                        162           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551364369
 09:54:30          GMT                        169           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551364370
 10:09:26          GMT                        109           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            606179457718422840
 10:09:26          GMT                        109           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            606179457718422842
 10:09:26          GMT                        331           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551575894
 10:16:26          GMT                        110           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551666950
 10:16:26          GMT                        221           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551666949
 10:26:26          GMT                        114           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606179457719044338
 10:32:00          GMT                        78            10.62         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551867548
 10:32:00          GMT                        102           10.62         GBP                           XLON                            606179457719248055
 10:32:00          GMT                        253           10.62         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551867549
 10:42:18          GMT                        330           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620253206551999309
 11:16:25          GMT                        28            10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620253206552440768
 11:16:25          GMT                        105           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606179457720830217
 11:16:25          GMT                        393           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620253206552440767
 11:16:25          GMT                        397           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620253206552440769
 11:16:25          GMT                        135           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620253206552440779
 11:16:25          GMT                        200           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620253206552440778
 11:28:02          GMT                        68            10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606179457721215533
 11:28:02          GMT                        263           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606179457721215534
 11:59:00          GMT                        170           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179457722314655
 12:01:55          GMT                        108           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206552980923
 12:09:54          GMT                        100           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457722736651
 12:11:30          GMT                        8             10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457722798922
 12:11:30          GMT                        133           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457722798925
 12:11:30          GMT                        157           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553106767
 12:11:30          GMT                        199           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553106766
 12:19:18          GMT                        155           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457723101436
 12:19:18          GMT                        165           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457723101438
 12:19:18          GMT                        513           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457723101437
 12:20:41          GMT                        215           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553228834
 12:25:56          GMT                        104           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457723386209
 12:25:56          GMT                        108           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553296822
 12:25:56          GMT                        119           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553296821
 12:34:16          GMT                        335           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620253206553413581
 13:00:16          GMT                        111           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179457724784652
 13:00:16          GMT                        111           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179457724784653
 13:00:16          GMT                        111           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179457724784654
 13:00:16          GMT                        111           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553744247
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 13:00:16          GMT                        111           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553744249
 13:00:16          GMT                        392           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553744246
 13:15:26          GMT                        28            10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553941803
 13:15:26          GMT                        108           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            606179457725391508
 13:15:26          GMT                        108           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553941805
 13:15:26          GMT                        303           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620253206553941804
 13:31:02          GMT                        541           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606179457726083454
 13:34:04          GMT                        41            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606179457726247669
 13:34:04          GMT                        74            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606179457726247668
 13:34:04          GMT                        248           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606179457726247667
 13:39:13          GMT                        332           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606179457726464511
 13:53:50          GMT                        229           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206554569979
 13:57:29          GMT                        10            10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206554630148
 13:57:29          GMT                        103           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206554630147
 13:57:29          GMT                        105           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206554630149
 13:57:29          GMT                        115           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179457727231922
 13:57:29          GMT                        115           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179457727231923
 13:57:29          GMT                        115           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179457727231924
 13:57:29          GMT                        115           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206554630150
 13:57:29          GMT                        115           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            620253206554630151
 14:09:08          GMT                        114           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            606179457727872087
 14:09:08          GMT                        224           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620253206554879361
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 14:27:56          GMT                        106           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606179457728833597
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 14:30:26          GMT                        320           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620253206555296140
 14:37:26          GMT                        112           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            606179457729471750
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 14:47:51          GMT                        107           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606179457730175035
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 14:50:56          GMT                        31            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620253206555893647
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 14:58:26          GMT                        74            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606179457730917101
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 14:58:34          GMT                        192           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620253206556118789
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 15:26:30          GMT                        428           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606179457732711626
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 15:41:03          GMT                        358           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            620253206557220895
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