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RNS Number : 1919B  WH Smith PLC  18 March 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 18 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 10,989 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 18 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 2,178,970 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,737,964 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:                                         18 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          10,989                                                  10.6414                                         10.5100                     10.7500

 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
 08:07:57          GMT                        84            10.52         GBP                           XLON                            620257099390664604
 08:07:57          GMT                        97            10.52         GBP                           XLON                            620257099390664603
 08:08:00          GMT                        25            10.52         GBP                           XLON                            606183350554984226
 08:08:00          GMT                        97            10.52         GBP                           XLON                            606183350554984225
 08:08:00          GMT                        127           10.52         GBP                           XLON                            606183350554984227
 08:08:00          GMT                        299           10.52         GBP                           XLON                            620257099390665677
 08:08:00          GMT                        256           10.51         GBP                           XLON                            620257099390665681
 08:08:00          GMT                        256           10.51         GBP                           XLON                            620257099390665685
 08:08:00          GMT                        45            10.51         GBP                           XLON                            606183350554984238
 08:17:00          GMT                        108           10.54         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555171589
 08:17:00          GMT                        281           10.54         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555171591
 08:17:00          GMT                        305           10.54         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555171595
 08:17:00          GMT                        105           10.54         GBP                           XLON                            620257099390866446
 08:49:37          GMT                        370           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606183350555916654
 08:49:45          GMT                        224           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555920096
 08:49:45          GMT                        30            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620257099391672474
 08:49:45          GMT                        124           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555920100
 08:49:45          GMT                        194           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620257099391672473
 08:52:55          GMT                        61            10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555987004
 08:52:55          GMT                        129           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620257099391745013
 08:52:55          GMT                        140           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555987002
 08:52:55          GMT                        175           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555987003
 08:52:55          GMT                        100           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606183350555987010
 09:06:11          GMT                        9             10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620257099392047274
 09:06:11          GMT                        106           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620257099392047276
 09:06:11          GMT                        106           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620257099392047277
 09:06:11          GMT                        106           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620257099392047279
 09:06:11          GMT                        401           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620257099392047275
 09:06:11          GMT                        78            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606183350556264486
 09:06:11          GMT                        192           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606183350556264487
 09:06:12          GMT                        112           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606183350556264803
 09:20:09          GMT                        408           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606183350556617233
 09:20:09          GMT                        210           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620257099392428734
 09:44:03          GMT                        241           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620257099392968609
 09:44:03          GMT                        287           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606183350557118651
 09:44:03          GMT                        287           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620257099392968616
 09:44:03          GMT                        58            10.63         GBP                           XLON                            606183350557118658
 09:52:06          GMT                        114           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606183350557263793
 09:52:06          GMT                        205           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            606183350557263794
 10:01:10          GMT                        98            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620257099393304860
 10:13:49          GMT                        426           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606183350557686554
 10:13:49          GMT                        229           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606183350557686564
 10:15:31          GMT                        108           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606183350557730591
 10:40:10          GMT                        11            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606183350558203161
 10:41:10          GMT                        12            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606183350558221204
 10:42:10          GMT                        11            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606183350558241716
 10:42:10          GMT                        116           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606183350558241718
 10:42:10          GMT                        116           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606183350558241719
 10:42:10          GMT                        307           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606183350558241717
 10:42:10          GMT                        92            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606183350558241725
 10:48:47          GMT                        101           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            620257099394348095
 10:48:47          GMT                        258           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            620257099394348096
 11:00:42          GMT                        47            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620257099394636470
 11:00:42          GMT                        320           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620257099394636469
 11:00:42          GMT                        59            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620257099394636471
 11:16:29          GMT                        116           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620257099395035123
 11:16:29          GMT                        141           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620257099395035121
 11:16:29          GMT                        248           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620257099395035122
 11:24:33          GMT                        116           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606183350559212202
 11:24:33          GMT                        203           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606183350559212203
 11:31:45          GMT                        6             10.72         GBP                           XLON                            620257099395378713
 11:31:47          GMT                        95            10.72         GBP                           XLON                            620257099395379982
 11:31:48          GMT                        218           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            620257099395379983
 11:37:36          GMT                        113           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            620257099395518375
 11:50:44          GMT                        79            10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620257099395824168
 11:50:44          GMT                        113           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620257099395824173
 11:50:44          GMT                        123           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620257099395824172
 11:50:44          GMT                        151           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620257099395824169
 11:50:44          GMT                        174           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606183350559769134
 11:55:44          GMT                        132           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            620257099395926712
 12:16:57          GMT                        98            10.72         GBP                           XLON                            620257099396352870

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