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RNS Number : 6285A  WH Smith PLC  13 March 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 13 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 27,777 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 13 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 2,112,212 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,804,722 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:                                         13 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          27,777                                                  10.5243                                         10.3000                     10.7900

 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
 08:04:33          GMT                        56            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606181581079983931
 08:04:33          GMT                        95            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            620255329915807941
 08:04:33          GMT                        95            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            620255329915807942
 08:04:33          GMT                        96            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606181581079983933
 08:04:33          GMT                        241           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606181581079983932
 08:11:35          GMT                        95            10.79         GBP                           XLON                            620255329916121744
 08:11:35          GMT                        308           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606181581080278941
 08:11:35          GMT                        262           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606181581080278949
 08:11:35          GMT                        171           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            620255329916121751
 08:17:59          GMT                        13            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606181581080510053
 08:17:59          GMT                        62            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606181581080510050
 08:17:59          GMT                        88            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606181581080510051
 08:17:59          GMT                        170           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606181581080510049
 08:18:00          GMT                        38            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620255329916372406
 08:18:00          GMT                        49            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620255329916372405
 08:24:34          GMT                        319           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620255329916628502
 08:35:58          GMT                        418           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            620255329917003792
 08:40:15          GMT                        98            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620255329917136636
 08:40:15          GMT                        234           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620255329917136637
 08:40:15          GMT                        85            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620255329917136645
 08:58:14          GMT                        105           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            620255329917680700
 08:58:14          GMT                        210           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606181581081738354
 08:58:14          GMT                        232           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606181581081738355
 08:58:14          GMT                        241           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606181581081738358
 08:58:14          GMT                        42            10.72         GBP                           XLON                            620255329917680709
 09:16:59          GMT                        107           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082267049
 09:16:59          GMT                        263           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082267050
 09:16:59          GMT                        360           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620255329918246669
 09:16:59          GMT                        135           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082267057
 09:30:15          GMT                        4             10.73         GBP                           XLON                            620255329918602820
 09:30:15          GMT                        103           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082598833
 09:30:15          GMT                        291           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            620255329918602819
 09:30:15          GMT                        74            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082598838
 09:30:15          GMT                        66            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082598924
 09:41:16          GMT                        98            10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082857880
 09:41:16          GMT                        98            10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082857881
 09:41:16          GMT                        326           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606181581082857882
 09:58:08          GMT                        99            10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620255329919287460
 09:58:08          GMT                        102           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606181581083239057
 09:58:08          GMT                        102           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620255329919287459
 09:58:08          GMT                        357           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620255329919287458
 09:58:11          GMT                        3             10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620255329919289166
 10:00:21          GMT                        116           10.62         GBP                           XLON                            620255329919343943
 10:05:42          GMT                        319           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606181581083408316
 10:23:13          GMT                        16            10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606181581083790438
 10:23:13          GMT                        83            10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606181581083790441
 10:23:13          GMT                        99            10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606181581083790437
 10:23:13          GMT                        109           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606181581083790439
 10:23:13          GMT                        320           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606181581083790436
 10:30:40          GMT                        248           10.55         GBP                           XLON                            620255329920057067
 10:30:44          GMT                        71            10.55         GBP                           XLON                            620255329920058405
 10:46:23          GMT                        98            10.55         GBP                           XLON                            620255329920408461
 10:46:23          GMT                        364           10.55         GBP                           XLON                            620255329920408462
 10:52:56          GMT                        39            10.55         GBP                           XLON                            606181581084428359
 10:52:56          GMT                        280           10.55         GBP                           XLON                            606181581084428360
 11:00:17          GMT                        320           10.51         GBP                           XLON                            606181581084627626
 11:23:04          GMT                        289           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620255329921363340
 11:23:04          GMT                        325           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606181581085178901
 11:35:16          GMT                        150           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606181581085439618
 11:35:16          GMT                        238           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606181581085439619
 11:35:16          GMT                        19            10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606181581085439624
 11:44:04          GMT                        237           10.62         GBP                           XLON                            606181581085631168
 11:44:04          GMT                        5             10.62         GBP                           XLON                            620255329921848661
 11:44:04          GMT                        78            10.62         GBP                           XLON                            620255329921848660
 11:50:30          GMT                        292           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620255329922002311
 11:50:57          GMT                        43            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606181581085782744
 11:59:51          GMT                        118           10.47         GBP                           XLON                            620255329922290235
 11:59:51          GMT                        202           10.47         GBP                           XLON                            620255329922290236
 12:17:34          GMT                        3             10.57         GBP                           XLON                            620255329922790141
 12:17:34          GMT                        20            10.57         GBP                           XLON                            620255329922790139
 12:17:34          GMT                        74            10.57         GBP                           XLON                            620255329922790140
 12:19:11          GMT                        352           10.55         GBP                           XLON                            620255329922831844
 12:19:11          GMT                        255           10.55         GBP                           XLON                            606181581086553507
 12:45:24          GMT                        243           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620255329923518554
 12:45:24          GMT                        377           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606181581087194073
 12:45:24          GMT                        377           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620255329923518561
 12:45:24          GMT                        7             10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606181581087194081
 12:45:24          GMT                        7             10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606181581087194084
 13:06:09          GMT                        416           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606181581087704927
 13:18:34          GMT                        46            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620255329924354456
 13:18:34          GMT                        52            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620255329924354455
 13:18:34          GMT                        230           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606181581087974639
 13:18:34          GMT                        319           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620255329924354461
 13:18:35          GMT                        153           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606181581087974767
 13:27:25          GMT                        101           10.62         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088177962
 13:27:25          GMT                        321           10.62         GBP                           XLON                            620255329924573167
 13:29:01          GMT                        101           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088215975
 13:32:58          GMT                        294           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088353125
 13:33:03          GMT                        26            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088356862
 13:38:17          GMT                        111           10.54         GBP                           XLON                            620255329924933665
 13:40:26          GMT                        3             10.54         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088578726
 13:40:28          GMT                        55            10.54         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088580014
 13:40:28          GMT                        71            10.54         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088580016
 13:40:28          GMT                        128           10.54         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088580015
 13:40:28          GMT                        150           10.54         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088580013
 13:43:10          GMT                        112           10.52         GBP                           XLON                            606181581088661297
 13:50:32          GMT                        108           10.48         GBP                           XLON                            620255329925335023
 13:50:32          GMT                        293           10.48         GBP                           XLON                            620255329925335022
 13:53:42          GMT                        319           10.49         GBP                           XLON                            620255329925444275
 14:05:38          GMT                        7             10.43         GBP                           XLON                            620255329925857576
 14:05:38          GMT                        300           10.43         GBP                           XLON                            620255329925857575
 14:05:38          GMT                        145           10.43         GBP                           XLON                            606181581089375991
 14:16:36          GMT                        20            10.44         GBP                           XLON                            620255329926180591
 14:16:36          GMT                        75            10.44         GBP                           XLON                            620255329926180592
 14:16:36          GMT                        293           10.44         GBP                           XLON                            606181581089678494
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 14:28:36          GMT                        105           10.37         GBP                           XLON                            606181581090024756
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 14:42:00          GMT                        109           10.42         GBP                           XLON                            620255329927067088
 14:42:00          GMT                        281           10.42         GBP                           XLON                            620255329927067087
 14:42:02          GMT                        273           10.42         GBP                           XLON                            620255329927068158
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 14:47:18          GMT                        264           10.44         GBP                           XLON                            606181581090677435
 14:52:50          GMT                        55            10.46         GBP                           XLON                            606181581090854307
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 15:11:47          GMT                        150           10.39         GBP                           XLON                            606181581091539969
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 15:33:31          GMT                        104           10.39         GBP                           XLON                            620255329928896470
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