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REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 8825L  WH Smith PLC  06 June 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 06 June 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 46,511 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 06 June 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 3,740,781 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,176,153 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:                                         06 June 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          46,511                                                  10.6132                                         10.5500                     10.7400

 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
 08:29:51          BST                        422           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592137898526890826
 08:29:51          BST                        110           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592137898526890829
 08:29:51          BST                        363           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362506420
 08:29:51          BST                        379           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362506423
 08:29:51          BST                        184           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592137898526890836
 08:29:52          BST                        198           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362506657
 08:29:52          BST                        280           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592137898526891040
 08:29:52          BST                        299           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362506656
 08:29:52          BST                        457           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592137898526891041
 08:29:52          BST                        274           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362506662
 08:29:52          BST                        454           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592137898526891046
 08:29:57          BST                        454           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362507573
 08:29:57          BST                        124           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362507577
 08:50:22          BST                        128           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            592137898527213856
 08:50:22          BST                        128           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            592137898527213857
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 08:50:22          BST                        128           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362812744
 08:50:22          BST                        128           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            606211647362812745
 08:50:22          BST                        401           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            592137898527213855
 08:50:29          BST                        298           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            592137898527215125
 08:56:00          BST                        35            10.62         GBP                           XLON                            592137898527295659
 09:20:27          BST                        21            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606211647363265922
 09:20:27          BST                        121           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            592137898527689798
 09:20:27          BST                        146           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606211647363265923
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 09:20:27          BST                        478           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            606211647363265930
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 09:30:46          BST                        413           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606211647363410279
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 09:53:42          BST                        225           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            592137898528195587
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 10:09:37          BST                        68            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592137898528430649
 10:09:37          BST                        123           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606211647363975033
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 10:09:37          BST                        404           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606211647363975032
 10:09:37          BST                        312           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592137898528430653
 10:09:37          BST                        15            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606211647363975043
 10:33:45          BST                        175           10.57         GBP                           XLON                            606211647364281470
 10:40:41          BST                        162           10.57         GBP                           XLON                            606211647364417652
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 10:41:59          BST                        111           10.57         GBP                           XLON                            592137898528917598
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 10:44:39          BST                        7             10.56         GBP                           XLON                            606211647364474973
 10:44:57          BST                        236           10.56         GBP                           XLON                            606211647364479533
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 11:34:22          BST                        131           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            592137898529681229
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 11:44:15          BST                        113           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606211647365288626
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 11:44:15          BST                        218           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606211647365288634
 11:44:16          BST                        213           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606211647365288638
 12:46:53          BST                        50            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592137898530656910
 12:46:53          BST                        57            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606211647366092583
 12:46:53          BST                        73            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606211647366092581
 12:46:53          BST                        77            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592137898530656912
 12:46:53          BST                        127           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592137898530656913
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 12:46:53          BST                        127           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606211647366092582
 12:46:53          BST                        132           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606211647366092589
 12:46:53          BST                        195           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606211647366092590
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 12:46:53          BST                        301           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592137898530656916
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 12:46:53          BST                        498           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            606211647366092604
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 13:19:31          BST                        132           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606211647366595502
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 13:25:50          BST                        87            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606211647366697789
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 13:26:59          BST                        169           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606211647366717383
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