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RNS Number : 4518A  WH Smith PLC  12 March 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 12 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 27,131 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 12 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 2,084,435 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,832,499 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:                               12 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  27,131                                              10.7009                                     10.5400                     10.7800

 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
 08:05:56          GMT        86      10.67  GBP       XLON           620254976046979121
 08:06:09          GMT        9       10.67  GBP       XLON           620254976046985247
 08:08:49          GMT        104     10.71  GBP       XLON           620254976047059554
 08:08:50          GMT        126     10.71  GBP       XLON           606181227210555455
 08:09:45          GMT        104     10.68  GBP       XLON           606181227210579156
 08:09:45          GMT        408     10.68  GBP       XLON           606181227210579155
 08:09:45          GMT        369     10.68  GBP       XLON           606181227210579160
 08:09:45          GMT        119     10.68  GBP       XLON           620254976047084780
 08:09:48          GMT        31      10.67  GBP       XLON           620254976047086718
 08:09:48          GMT        71      10.67  GBP       XLON           620254976047086717
 08:19:32          GMT        101     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976047352449
 08:19:32          GMT        168     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976047352447
 08:19:32          GMT        207     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976047352448
 08:22:38          GMT        103     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976047417391
 08:22:38          GMT        232     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976047417390
 08:22:59          GMT        92      10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976047426323
 08:29:20          GMT        11      10.62  GBP       XLON           606181227211024700
 08:29:20          GMT        108     10.62  GBP       XLON           606181227211024702
 08:29:20          GMT        350     10.62  GBP       XLON           606181227211024701
 08:29:20          GMT        127     10.62  GBP       XLON           606181227211024707
 08:42:00          GMT        426     10.65  GBP       XLON           606181227211295163
 08:42:00          GMT        225     10.65  GBP       XLON           620254976047848744
 08:56:34          GMT        112     10.59  GBP       XLON           606181227211575380
 08:56:34          GMT        114     10.59  GBP       XLON           620254976048145856
 08:56:34          GMT        121     10.59  GBP       XLON           606181227211575379
 08:56:34          GMT        327     10.59  GBP       XLON           620254976048145855
 08:57:30          GMT        88      10.54  GBP       XLON           606181227211595918
 08:57:34          GMT        24      10.54  GBP       XLON           606181227211597228
 09:09:55          GMT        254     10.6   GBP       XLON           620254976048454085
 09:09:55          GMT        296     10.6   GBP       XLON           620254976048454089
 09:12:10          GMT        47      10.6   GBP       XLON           620254976048503897
 09:12:10          GMT        60      10.6   GBP       XLON           620254976048503898
 09:28:34          GMT        100     10.63  GBP       XLON           606181227212226317
 09:32:57          GMT        31      10.64  GBP       XLON           606181227212303835
 09:32:57          GMT        72      10.64  GBP       XLON           606181227212303836
 09:34:49          GMT        26      10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976048969114
 09:34:49          GMT        351     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976048969115
 09:34:49          GMT        175     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976048969118
 09:34:49          GMT        175     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976048969119
 09:39:28          GMT        265     10.65  GBP       XLON           620254976049069030
 09:39:28          GMT        109     10.65  GBP       XLON           606181227212437303
 10:05:49          GMT        203     10.63  GBP       XLON           606181227212951665
 10:05:49          GMT        206     10.63  GBP       XLON           606181227212951664
 10:05:49          GMT        361     10.63  GBP       XLON           606181227212951670
 10:05:49          GMT        56      10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976049619999
 10:05:49          GMT        122     10.63  GBP       XLON           620254976049620001
 10:21:29          GMT        102     10.58  GBP       XLON           606181227213251650
 10:21:29          GMT        103     10.58  GBP       XLON           606181227213251651
 10:21:29          GMT        328     10.58  GBP       XLON           620254976049942192
 10:49:20          GMT        263     10.61  GBP       XLON           620254976050462979
 10:49:20          GMT        367     10.61  GBP       XLON           606181227213738391
 10:57:40          GMT        103     10.64  GBP       XLON           606181227213894658
 10:57:40          GMT        103     10.64  GBP       XLON           606181227213894659
 10:57:40          GMT        279     10.64  GBP       XLON           620254976050630839
 10:57:40          GMT        57      10.64  GBP       XLON           620254976050630843
 11:30:36          GMT        100     10.67  GBP       XLON           606181227214560807
 11:32:29          GMT        4       10.66  GBP       XLON           620254976051386217
 11:32:29          GMT        96      10.66  GBP       XLON           620254976051386218
 11:32:29          GMT        425     10.66  GBP       XLON           606181227214600461
 11:34:05          GMT        31      10.66  GBP       XLON           620254976051423311
 11:34:05          GMT        133     10.66  GBP       XLON           620254976051423312
 11:42:21          GMT        66      10.66  GBP       XLON           620254976051658810
 11:42:50          GMT        110     10.66  GBP       XLON           620254976051675310
 11:42:55          GMT        78      10.66  GBP       XLON           620254976051679654
 11:42:55          GMT        100     10.66  GBP       XLON           606181227214876117
 11:47:09          GMT        1       10.66  GBP       XLON           606181227215019151
 11:47:09          GMT        20      10.66  GBP       XLON           620254976051833437
 11:47:09          GMT        34      10.66  GBP       XLON           606181227215019148
 11:47:09          GMT        64      10.66  GBP       XLON           606181227215019150
 11:47:09          GMT        98      10.66  GBP       XLON           606181227215019147
 11:47:09          GMT        111     10.66  GBP       XLON           606181227215019149
 12:15:09          GMT        114     10.71  GBP       XLON           620254976052425587
 12:15:23          GMT        121     10.71  GBP       XLON           620254976052431686
 12:18:31          GMT        109     10.71  GBP       XLON           606181227215637693
 12:21:10          GMT        104     10.71  GBP       XLON           620254976052549294
 12:24:16          GMT        110     10.71  GBP       XLON           620254976052612441
 12:25:52          GMT        7       10.7   GBP       XLON           620254976052644455
 12:25:52          GMT        30      10.7   GBP       XLON           620254976052644453
 12:25:52          GMT        47      10.7   GBP       XLON           620254976052644456
 12:25:52          GMT        115     10.7   GBP       XLON           620254976052644452
 12:25:52          GMT        175     10.7   GBP       XLON           620254976052644454
 12:25:52          GMT        194     10.7   GBP       XLON           620254976052644451
 12:30:25          GMT        269     10.74  GBP       XLON           606181227215891737
 12:32:04          GMT        65      10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976052830166
 12:33:57          GMT        105     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976052882371
 12:33:57          GMT        222     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976052882370
 12:33:57          GMT        104     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976052882376
 12:44:02          GMT        82      10.73  GBP       XLON           620254976053130965
 12:44:02          GMT        175     10.73  GBP       XLON           620254976053130967
 12:44:02          GMT        128     10.73  GBP       XLON           606181227216234048
 12:59:25          GMT        322     10.73  GBP       XLON           606181227216555285
 13:18:22          GMT        108     10.74  GBP       XLON           606181227216934221
 13:18:22          GMT        108     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976053882534
 13:18:22          GMT        108     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976053882537
 13:18:22          GMT        108     10.75  GBP       XLON           606181227216934219
 13:18:22          GMT        425     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976053882535
 13:18:23          GMT        152     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976053882731
 13:24:14          GMT        125     10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976054012020
 13:24:14          GMT        233     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227217053648
 13:35:46          GMT        109     10.77  GBP       XLON           620254976054351836
 13:35:46          GMT        109     10.77  GBP       XLON           620254976054351837
 13:35:48          GMT        34      10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976054352918
 13:35:48          GMT        350     10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976054352917
 13:35:48          GMT        18      10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227217371337
 13:47:04          GMT        109     10.78  GBP       XLON           620254976054731593
 13:47:04          GMT        257     10.78  GBP       XLON           620254976054731592
 13:47:04          GMT        318     10.78  GBP       XLON           606181227217725486
 13:55:38          GMT        109     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227218030568
 13:55:38          GMT        327     10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976055056515
 14:03:03          GMT        103     10.78  GBP       XLON           606181227218274050
 14:03:03          GMT        168     10.78  GBP       XLON           606181227218274048
 14:03:03          GMT        57      10.78  GBP       XLON           606181227218274059
 14:10:40          GMT        266     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227218493220
 14:10:50          GMT        61      10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227218497974
 14:16:40          GMT        304     10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976055749749
 14:16:40          GMT        64      10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227218675852
 14:31:00          GMT        376     10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976056217499
 14:31:00          GMT        198     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227219110404
 14:41:40          GMT        103     10.75  GBP       XLON           606181227219534180
 14:41:40          GMT        103     10.75  GBP       XLON           606181227219534181
 14:41:40          GMT        103     10.75  GBP       XLON           606181227219534183
 14:41:40          GMT        103     10.75  GBP       XLON           620254976056671767
 14:41:40          GMT        103     10.75  GBP       XLON           620254976056671768
 14:41:40          GMT        114     10.75  GBP       XLON           620254976056671765
 14:41:40          GMT        214     10.75  GBP       XLON           606181227219534179
 14:54:55          GMT        114     10.73  GBP       XLON           606181227220054316
 14:56:13          GMT        102     10.73  GBP       XLON           606181227220188322
 14:56:19          GMT        409     10.72  GBP       XLON           620254976057374727
 14:57:53          GMT        343     10.72  GBP       XLON           620254976057530610
 14:58:03          GMT        113     10.72  GBP       XLON           620254976057550897
 14:58:03          GMT        244     10.72  GBP       XLON           620254976057550896
 15:07:36          GMT        75      10.7   GBP       XLON           620254976058094279
 15:07:36          GMT        146     10.7   GBP       XLON           606181227220882075
 15:07:36          GMT        175     10.7   GBP       XLON           606181227220882074
 15:12:55          GMT        107     10.71  GBP       XLON           606181227221151934
 15:12:55          GMT        257     10.71  GBP       XLON           620254976058381255
 15:15:16          GMT        109     10.71  GBP       XLON           620254976058489184
 15:15:16          GMT        360     10.71  GBP       XLON           620254976058489182
 15:20:15          GMT        262     10.72  GBP       XLON           620254976058665439
 15:21:29          GMT        101     10.72  GBP       XLON           620254976058707973
 15:21:29          GMT        140     10.72  GBP       XLON           620254976058707971
 15:33:50          GMT        256     10.75  GBP       XLON           620254976059181809
 15:33:51          GMT        61      10.74  GBP       XLON           606181227221906036
 15:33:51          GMT        207     10.74  GBP       XLON           606181227221906035
 15:38:42          GMT        287     10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976059351991
 15:44:06          GMT        5       10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222248849
 15:44:06          GMT        104     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222248848
 15:44:06          GMT        3       10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222248859
 15:49:26          GMT        1       10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222440673
 15:49:26          GMT        99      10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976059750247
 15:49:26          GMT        105     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222440675
 15:49:26          GMT        109     10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976059750249
 15:49:26          GMT        174     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222440672
 15:49:26          GMT        182     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222440670
 15:49:26          GMT        144     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222440687
 15:49:26          GMT        200     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222440685
 15:49:26          GMT        369     10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976059750256
 15:49:26          GMT        16      10.76  GBP       XLON           620254976059750257
 15:49:26          GMT        27      10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227222440699
 15:55:26          GMT        101     10.73  GBP       XLON           620254976059981264
 15:56:18          GMT        62      10.73  GBP       XLON           620254976060011951
 15:56:18          GMT        105     10.73  GBP       XLON           620254976060011953
 15:56:18          GMT        105     10.73  GBP       XLON           620254976060011954
 15:56:18          GMT        146     10.73  GBP       XLON           620254976060011952
 15:57:22          GMT        20      10.73  GBP       XLON           606181227222722039
 16:04:26          GMT        101     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976060294775
 16:04:26          GMT        105     10.74  GBP       XLON           606181227222954046
 16:04:26          GMT        105     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976060294777
 16:04:26          GMT        168     10.74  GBP       XLON           620254976060294776
 16:05:04          GMT        112     10.74  GBP       XLON           606181227222972103
 16:05:04          GMT        131     10.74  GBP       XLON           606181227222972101
 16:12:33          GMT        111     10.75  GBP       XLON           606181227223258374
 16:12:33          GMT        111     10.75  GBP       XLON           620254976060617512
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 16:12:33          GMT        237     10.75  GBP       XLON           620254976060617511
 16:12:49          GMT        161     10.75  GBP       XLON           620254976060629041
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 16:17:44          GMT        110     10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227223438755
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 16:17:45          GMT        1       10.76  GBP       XLON           606181227223439680
 16:29:02          GMT        138     10.75  GBP       XLON           606181227223929683
 16:29:02          GMT        252     10.75  GBP       XLON           606181227223929684

 

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