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RNS Number : 4727M  WH Smith PLC  11 June 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 11 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 46,554 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 11 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 3,881,266 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,035,668 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:                                         11 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          46,554                                                  10.7399                                         10.7100                     10.8100

 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
 08:07:34          BST                        114           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668004956638
 08:08:37          BST                        246           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606213416840747003
 08:09:13          BST                        422           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606213416840756147
 08:09:22          BST                        391           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668004986748
 08:09:22          BST                        485           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668004986752
 08:24:09          BST                        115           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005248696
 08:25:08          BST                        124           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005264582
 08:26:41          BST                        101           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005291891
 08:27:12          BST                        37            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005300106
 08:27:12          BST                        100           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005300105
 08:34:23          BST                        10            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005413706
 08:34:23          BST                        131           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005413705
 08:34:23          BST                        173           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841159708
 08:34:23          BST                        370           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005413704
 08:34:23          BST                        464           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841159714
 08:34:23          BST                        464           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005413838
 08:35:43          BST                        132           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005438336
 08:35:43          BST                        209           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841182137
 08:47:07          BST                        51            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841346288
 08:47:07          BST                        83            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841346287
 08:47:07          BST                        134           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841346289
 08:47:07          BST                        482           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841346286
 08:47:07          BST                        171           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005613870
 08:47:32          BST                        134           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005621794
 09:04:06          BST                        120           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841581253
 09:05:29          BST                        41            10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606213416841601593
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 09:05:30          BST                        159           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005887090
 09:09:00          BST                        55            10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005939891
 09:09:00          BST                        61            10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005939893
 09:11:17          BST                        234           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592139668005973297
 09:38:36          BST                        7             10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006374562
 09:38:36          BST                        278           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006374563
 09:38:36          BST                        288           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006374564
 09:38:36          BST                        502           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006374565
 09:41:38          BST                        85            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006420221
 09:41:38          BST                        299           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006420222
 09:41:38          BST                        392           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006420220
 09:41:44          BST                        502           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842108426
 09:41:44          BST                        7             10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006421838
 09:41:44          BST                        328           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006421839
 09:41:50          BST                        335           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842109292
 09:41:50          BST                        220           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006422786
 09:58:29          BST                        2             10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842347581
 09:58:29          BST                        117           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842347578
 09:58:29          BST                        119           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006676237
 09:58:29          BST                        119           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842347577
 09:58:29          BST                        119           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842347579
 09:58:29          BST                        195           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842347576
 09:58:29          BST                        204           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006676239
 09:58:29          BST                        265           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            592139668006676238
 10:19:18          BST                        4             10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007011517
 10:19:18          BST                        118           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007011518
 10:22:08          BST                        45            10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842699266
 10:24:06          BST                        155           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007082239
 10:25:20          BST                        81            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842744797
 10:25:20          BST                        310           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842744796
 10:25:20          BST                        5             10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842744821
 10:34:06          BST                        4             10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007237708
 10:34:06          BST                        125           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007237709
 10:36:26          BST                        131           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842937291
 10:38:34          BST                        121           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606213416842973435
 10:40:54          BST                        413           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007381466
 10:40:54          BST                        428           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007381469
 10:40:54          BST                        428           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843008183
 10:40:54          BST                        161           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007381472
 10:40:56          BST                        129           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007382158
 10:57:58          BST                        2             10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007647612
 10:57:58          BST                        67            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007647611
 10:57:58          BST                        121           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843258667
 10:57:58          BST                        400           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843258666
 10:58:54          BST                        52            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007679405
 10:58:54          BST                        60            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843288363
 10:58:54          BST                        121           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007679406
 10:58:54          BST                        121           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843288362
 10:58:54          BST                        121           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843288364
 11:02:02          BST                        121           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592139668007742917
 11:27:55          BST                        6             10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843698087
 11:27:55          BST                        7             10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843698088
 11:27:55          BST                        16            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843698086
 11:27:55          BST                        32            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843698085
 11:27:55          BST                        60            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008117215
 11:30:17          BST                        115           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008148207
 11:32:09          BST                        118           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008173097
 11:32:09          BST                        542           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008173096
 11:32:09          BST                        342           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843750606
 11:32:12          BST                        170           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008174093
 11:34:14          BST                        110           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008198220
 11:35:17          BST                        62            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008212341
 11:35:17          BST                        135           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843787692
 11:35:17          BST                        153           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606213416843787696
 11:52:25          BST                        114           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844041607
 11:52:25          BST                        437           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008483591
 11:52:25          BST                        71            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844041611
 11:52:25          BST                        350           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844041610
 11:52:29          BST                        29            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844042599
 11:52:29          BST                        225           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844042600
 12:16:39          BST                        125           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008832239
 12:16:39          BST                        490           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008832238
 12:16:45          BST                        399           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844371170
 12:17:24          BST                        125           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844380249
 12:17:24          BST                        379           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844380250
 12:20:26          BST                        13            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592139668008885131
 12:50:28          BST                        123           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009331926
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 12:50:28          BST                        179           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009331925
 12:50:28          BST                        407           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009331927
 12:58:16          BST                        127           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606213416844964985
 13:00:12          BST                        126           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009510700
 13:04:14          BST                        131           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009582521
 13:04:14          BST                        131           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606213416845077981
 13:04:14          BST                        447           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606213416845077980
 13:04:36          BST                        371           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009606993
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 13:20:02          BST                        119           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009888678
 13:24:30          BST                        121           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009953440
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 13:24:30          BST                        266           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592139668009953452
 13:40:27          BST                        124           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606213416845768591
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