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RNS Number : 8147A  WH Smith PLC  14 March 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 14 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 29,069 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 14 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 2,141,281 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,775,653 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:                                         14 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          29,069                                                  10.5743                                         10.3300                     10.6900

 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
 08:06:22          GMT                        96            10.35         GBP                           XLON                            620255683820648976
 08:07:11          GMT                        95            10.33         GBP                           XLON                            606181934984492386
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