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RNS Number : 3069G  WH Smith PLC  25 April 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 25 April 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 54,236 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 25 April 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 2,450,381 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,466,553 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:                               25 April 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  54,236                                              9.0189                                      8.9500                      9.0900

 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
 08:01:26          BST        200     9      GBP       XLON           620270532630173898
 08:01:26          BST        417     9      GBP       XLON           620270532630173897
 08:01:26          BST        245     8.985  GBP       XLON           606196783794543611
 08:06:15          BST        336     9.09   GBP       XLON           606196783794706347
 08:06:16          BST        432     9.09   GBP       XLON           620270532630337045
 08:12:02          BST        114     9.08   GBP       XLON           606196783794842027
 08:12:02          BST        114     9.075  GBP       XLON           606196783794842031
 08:12:02          BST        114     9.075  GBP       XLON           606196783794842032
 08:12:02          BST        114     9.075  GBP       XLON           606196783794842033
 08:12:02          BST        114     9.075  GBP       XLON           606196783794842034
 08:12:02          BST        114     9.075  GBP       XLON           606196783794842035
 08:12:02          BST        114     9.075  GBP       XLON           620270532630472267
 08:12:02          BST        116     9.075  GBP       XLON           606196783794842029
 08:12:02          BST        127     9.075  GBP       XLON           606196783794842028
 08:14:11          BST        219     9.06   GBP       XLON           606196783794896754
 08:16:54          BST        116     9.05   GBP       XLON           606196783794959960
 08:16:54          BST        116     9.05   GBP       XLON           620270532630590055
 08:16:54          BST        213     9.05   GBP       XLON           620270532630590054
 08:20:03          BST        118     9.025  GBP       XLON           606196783795032711
 08:24:12          BST        116     9.02   GBP       XLON           606196783795112447
 08:24:12          BST        212     9.02   GBP       XLON           606196783795112446
 08:24:12          BST        212     9.02   GBP       XLON           620270532630742351
 08:24:12          BST        256     9.02   GBP       XLON           606196783795112445
 08:25:08          BST        124     9.015  GBP       XLON           620270532630759911
 08:25:08          BST        196     9.015  GBP       XLON           606196783795130138
 08:34:05          BST        118     9.04   GBP       XLON           606196783795326877
 08:34:05          BST        345     9.04   GBP       XLON           606196783795326876
 08:34:05          BST        10      9.04   GBP       XLON           606196783795326884
 08:34:05          BST        445     9.04   GBP       XLON           606196783795326885
 08:34:05          BST        45      9.04   GBP       XLON           620270532630957017
 08:38:16          BST        212     9.02   GBP       XLON           606196783795408314
 08:38:16          BST        212     9.015  GBP       XLON           620270532631038661
 08:38:16          BST        234     9.015  GBP       XLON           606196783795408316
 08:58:24          BST        2       9.015  GBP       XLON           606196783795753842
 08:58:24          BST        80      9.015  GBP       XLON           620270532631384101
 08:58:24          BST        204     9.015  GBP       XLON           606196783795753840
 08:58:24          BST        204     9.015  GBP       XLON           606196783795753841
 08:58:24          BST        204     9.015  GBP       XLON           606196783795753844
 08:58:24          BST        204     9.015  GBP       XLON           620270532631384103
 08:58:24          BST        204     9.015  GBP       XLON           620270532631384104
 08:58:24          BST        216     9.015  GBP       XLON           606196783795753843
 08:58:24          BST        268     9.015  GBP       XLON           620270532631384102
 08:58:24          BST        204     9.015  GBP       XLON           606196783795753852
 09:01:57          BST        9       9.01   GBP       XLON           606196783795813002
 09:01:57          BST        107     9.01   GBP       XLON           606196783795813003
 09:04:08          BST        116     9      GBP       XLON           606196783795856310
 09:04:08          BST        208     9      GBP       XLON           620270532631486537
 09:04:08          BST        353     9      GBP       XLON           606196783795856308
 09:10:11          BST        212     9      GBP       XLON           620270532631581037
 09:10:11          BST        212     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532631581039
 09:10:11          BST        229     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532631581038
 09:19:27          BST        114     8.99   GBP       XLON           620270532631735862
 09:28:15          BST        115     8.99   GBP       XLON           620270532631885196
 09:29:10          BST        114     8.98   GBP       XLON           606196783796267984
 09:29:10          BST        114     8.98   GBP       XLON           620270532631898342
 09:29:10          BST        114     8.98   GBP       XLON           620270532631898346
 09:29:10          BST        115     8.98   GBP       XLON           606196783796267985
 09:29:10          BST        115     8.98   GBP       XLON           620270532631898344
 09:29:10          BST        115     8.98   GBP       XLON           620270532631898345
 09:29:10          BST        298     8.98   GBP       XLON           620270532631898343
 09:50:39          BST        11      9      GBP       XLON           606196783796638216
 09:50:39          BST        13      9      GBP       XLON           606196783796638215
 09:50:39          BST        78      9      GBP       XLON           606196783796638217
 09:50:39          BST        204     9      GBP       XLON           620270532632268461
 09:50:43          BST        238     9      GBP       XLON           606196783796639423
 09:51:00          BST        146     9      GBP       XLON           606196783796644353
 09:52:06          BST        118     9      GBP       XLON           606196783796663645
 09:53:41          BST        115     9      GBP       XLON           620270532632324415
 09:55:56          BST        216     9      GBP       XLON           606196783796729480
 09:57:19          BST        119     9      GBP       XLON           620270532632386583
 09:58:48          BST        110     9      GBP       XLON           620270532632408045
 10:01:53          BST        99      9      GBP       XLON           606196783796833017
 10:01:53          BST        119     9      GBP       XLON           606196783796833016
 10:04:15          BST        18      9      GBP       XLON           606196783796873199
 10:04:15          BST        43      9      GBP       XLON           606196783796873198
 10:04:15          BST        149     9      GBP       XLON           606196783796873200
 10:05:01          BST        5       9      GBP       XLON           606196783796885508
 10:05:01          BST        21      9      GBP       XLON           606196783796885509
 10:05:01          BST        30      9      GBP       XLON           606196783796885510
 10:05:01          BST        415     8.985  GBP       XLON           620270532632516080
 10:05:01          BST        445     8.985  GBP       XLON           606196783796885515
 10:05:01          BST        10      8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532632516086
 10:05:01          BST        22      8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532632516087
 10:05:01          BST        32      8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532632516089
 10:05:01          BST        100     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532632516088
 10:06:01          BST        389     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532632532657
 10:06:01          BST        158     8.995  GBP       XLON           606196783796902009
 10:10:03          BST        111     9      GBP       XLON           620270532632607972
 10:10:03          BST        168     9      GBP       XLON           620270532632607974
 10:14:39          BST        113     8.99   GBP       XLON           620270532632695163
 10:14:39          BST        113     8.99   GBP       XLON           620270532632695164
 10:14:39          BST        168     8.99   GBP       XLON           620270532632695161
 10:14:39          BST        176     8.99   GBP       XLON           620270532632695162
 10:17:33          BST        22      8.965  GBP       XLON           620270532632746395
 10:17:33          BST        91      8.965  GBP       XLON           620270532632746394
 10:30:11          BST        119     8.975  GBP       XLON           606196783797345132
 10:38:11          BST        119     8.965  GBP       XLON           606196783797480436
 10:38:11          BST        169     8.965  GBP       XLON           606196783797480435
 10:38:11          BST        237     8.965  GBP       XLON           606196783797480434
 10:38:11          BST        329     8.965  GBP       XLON           620270532633111994
 10:38:11          BST        126     8.96   GBP       XLON           620270532633111995
 10:38:11          BST        212     8.96   GBP       XLON           620270532633111996
 10:48:09          BST        112     8.95   GBP       XLON           606196783797654910
 10:55:18          BST        484     8.955  GBP       XLON           606196783797787367
 11:08:57          BST        206     8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798150656
 11:10:14          BST        33      8.97   GBP       XLON           606196783798178520
 11:10:14          BST        34      8.97   GBP       XLON           606196783798178518
 11:10:14          BST        35      8.97   GBP       XLON           606196783798178519
 11:10:14          BST        89      8.97   GBP       XLON           606196783798178516
 11:10:14          BST        98      8.97   GBP       XLON           606196783798178514
 11:10:14          BST        100     8.97   GBP       XLON           606196783798178517
 11:10:14          BST        230     8.97   GBP       XLON           606196783798178515
 11:10:18          BST        263     8.97   GBP       XLON           620270532633812117
 11:10:28          BST        151     8.965  GBP       XLON           620270532633816176
 11:10:28          BST        201     8.965  GBP       XLON           620270532633816177
 11:17:53          BST        399     8.965  GBP       XLON           620270532634007847
 11:17:53          BST        37      8.965  GBP       XLON           620270532634007858
 11:17:57          BST        132     8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798379074
 11:42:59          BST        106     8.965  GBP       XLON           606196783798872614
 11:42:59          BST        106     8.965  GBP       XLON           620270532634506888
 11:43:41          BST        265     8.965  GBP       XLON           606196783798884640
 11:43:41          BST        287     8.96   GBP       XLON           620270532634518935
 11:43:42          BST        119     8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798885190
 11:46:11          BST        46      8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798925626
 11:46:11          BST        158     8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798925627
 11:46:11          BST        177     8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798925625
 11:46:11          BST        89      8.955  GBP       XLON           606196783798925628
 11:46:11          BST        201     8.955  GBP       XLON           606196783798925629
 11:46:11          BST        396     8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798925635
 11:46:11          BST        24      8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798925639
 11:46:11          BST        71      8.96   GBP       XLON           606196783798925640
 12:04:02          BST        140     9      GBP       XLON           620270532634881233
 12:04:02          BST        337     9      GBP       XLON           620270532634881234
 12:04:02          BST        272     9      GBP       XLON           606196783799247278
 12:04:02          BST        38      9      GBP       XLON           620270532634881240
 12:04:02          BST        420     9      GBP       XLON           620270532634881239
 12:10:14          BST        212     9      GBP       XLON           620270532634981069
 12:10:14          BST        212     9      GBP       XLON           620270532634981070
 12:10:14          BST        239     9      GBP       XLON           606196783799346672
 12:20:42          BST        119     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532635144916
 12:20:42          BST        119     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532635144917
 12:20:42          BST        147     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532635144915
 12:20:42          BST        373     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532635144914
 12:43:32          BST        30      8.99   GBP       XLON           606196783799861448
 12:43:32          BST        176     8.99   GBP       XLON           606196783799861449
 12:43:33          BST        206     8.985  GBP       XLON           606196783799861515
 12:43:33          BST        206     8.985  GBP       XLON           620270532635496806
 12:43:33          BST        206     8.985  GBP       XLON           620270532635496807
 12:43:33          BST        413     8.985  GBP       XLON           620270532635496804
 12:43:38          BST        206     8.98   GBP       XLON           606196783799862615
 12:43:38          BST        206     8.98   GBP       XLON           606196783799862616
 13:01:11          BST        118     8.995  GBP       XLON           606196783800151053
 13:06:36          BST        100     9.005  GBP       XLON           620270532635873899
 13:06:36          BST        104     9.005  GBP       XLON           606196783800238050
 13:06:36          BST        106     9.005  GBP       XLON           620270532635873900
 13:06:36          BST        274     9      GBP       XLON           620270532635873901
 13:06:36          BST        376     9.005  GBP       XLON           606196783800238051
 13:06:36          BST        284     9.005  GBP       XLON           620270532635873906
 13:06:43          BST        31      9.005  GBP       XLON           606196783800239472
 13:23:03          BST        216     9      GBP       XLON           606196783800509933
 13:23:03          BST        228     9      GBP       XLON           606196783800509935
 13:23:04          BST        216     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532636148322
 13:23:04          BST        216     8.995  GBP       XLON           620270532636148324
 13:23:04          BST        386     8.995  GBP       XLON           606196783800512320
 13:36:27          BST        115     9.03   GBP       XLON           606196783800773657
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 13:39:04          BST        398     9.025  GBP       XLON           620270532636470920
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 13:42:48          BST        69      9.035  GBP       XLON           606196783800906598
 13:42:48          BST        250     9.035  GBP       XLON           606196783800906597
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 13:43:10          BST        246     9.035  GBP       XLON           606196783800913355
 13:57:48          BST        115     9.035  GBP       XLON           606196783801217742
 13:57:48          BST        449     9.03   GBP       XLON           620270532636855456
 13:57:48          BST        126     9.03   GBP       XLON           620270532636855461
 14:04:10          BST        22      9.04   GBP       XLON           620270532637015928
 14:04:10          BST        92      9.04   GBP       XLON           620270532637015929
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 14:09:56          BST        350     9.03   GBP       XLON           620270532637186249
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