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RNS Number : 6655M  WH Smith PLC  12 June 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 12 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 46,685 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 12 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 3,927,951 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,988,983 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:                                         12 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          46,685                                                  10.8264                                         10.5800                     11.2100

 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
 08:07:26          BST                        100           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            592140021898014758
 08:08:15          BST                        15            10.64         GBP                           XLON                            592140021898028466
 08:08:15          BST                        115           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764521517
 08:10:09          BST                        121           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764544433
 08:11:19          BST                        118           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            592140021898088747
 08:13:32          BST                        131           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            592140021898124118
 08:13:43          BST                        133           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764582531
 08:16:18          BST                        79            10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764608415
 08:16:18          BST                        125           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764608414
 08:16:18          BST                        287           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764608413
 08:16:18          BST                        121           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764608421
 08:16:18          BST                        196           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764608420
 08:16:18          BST                        350           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            592140021898170833
 08:20:49          BST                        130           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764646399
 08:20:49          BST                        317           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764646400
 08:20:49          BST                        353           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764646401
 08:20:55          BST                        32            10.63         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764647239
 08:20:55          BST                        167           10.63         GBP                           XLON                            592140021898238355
 08:35:08          BST                        23            10.65         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764772075
 08:35:08          BST                        113           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764772074
 08:35:08          BST                        136           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764772076
 08:35:08          BST                        487           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764772073
 08:41:39          BST                        130           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            592140021898547967
 08:41:39          BST                        130           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764829895
 08:41:39          BST                        428           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764829896
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 08:41:43          BST                        67            10.66         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764830384
 08:41:53          BST                        130           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764831763
 08:55:03          BST                        124           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            592140021898760579
 08:55:03          BST                        124           10.64         GBP                           XLON                            620287524764956012
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 09:19:56          BST                        129           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021899197116
 09:24:27          BST                        135           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021899274983
 09:26:32          BST                        136           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021899308125
 09:28:39          BST                        131           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620287524765285358
 09:30:36          BST                        127           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620287524765303374
 09:32:45          BST                        128           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620287524765322260
 09:33:18          BST                        135           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620287524765326921
 09:33:27          BST                        54            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765328204
 09:33:27          BST                        284           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765328205
 09:33:27          BST                        492           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592140021899408075
 09:33:27          BST                        350           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765328212
 09:33:28          BST                        50            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765328449
 09:33:28          BST                        92            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765328448
 09:33:28          BST                        51            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592140021899408439
 09:54:25          BST                        122           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765526568
 09:56:05          BST                        135           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765545254
 10:00:11          BST                        120           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765581752
 10:01:24          BST                        124           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592140021899871052
 10:03:25          BST                        127           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620287524765609760
 10:03:25          BST                        446           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021899901643
 10:03:25          BST                        227           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021899901653
 10:06:22          BST                        117           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021899949111
 10:06:22          BST                        124           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021899949112
 10:06:22          BST                        539           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620287524765633909
 10:08:32          BST                        142           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021899980995
 10:21:22          BST                        137           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592140021900191450
 10:21:22          BST                        241           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592140021900191451
 10:21:22          BST                        440           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765762771
 10:21:22          BST                        21            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524765762775
 10:30:32          BST                        137           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620287524765845022
 10:30:32          BST                        325           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620287524765845021
 11:00:17          BST                        32            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021900863146
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 11:00:17          BST                        182           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021900863144
 11:00:17          BST                        354           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620287524766124845
 11:00:21          BST                        205           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021900864539
 11:25:54          BST                        66            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021901268904
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 11:25:54          BST                        134           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620287524766342036
 11:25:54          BST                        328           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021901268900
 11:25:54          BST                        133           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620287524766342047
 11:49:21          BST                        85            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620287524766524326
 11:49:21          BST                        41            10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620287524766524327
 11:52:45          BST                        116           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021901689067
 11:52:45          BST                        327           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021901689068
 11:52:47          BST                        116           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620287524766554681
 11:52:47          BST                        327           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            620287524766554680
 11:54:27          BST                        247           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021901712988
 11:56:51          BST                        127           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021901748979
 11:56:51          BST                        281           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021901748978
 11:56:51          BST                        272           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            592140021901748984
 11:57:58          BST                        127           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            620287524766593417
 12:35:39          BST                        55            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524766889664
 12:35:39          BST                        67            10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524766889665
 12:35:39          BST                        122           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592140021902345851
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 12:35:39          BST                        290           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592140021902345853
 12:35:39          BST                        567           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524766889663
 12:35:39          BST                        455           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            592140021902345861
 12:35:39          BST                        121           10.6          GBP                           XLON                            620287524766889684
 12:54:24          BST                        123           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            592140021902633868
 12:59:45          BST                        129           10.61         GBP                           XLON                            620287524767089795
 13:04:02          BST                        330           11.09         GBP                           XLON                            620287524767132696
 13:04:02          BST                        440           11.09         GBP                           XLON                            592140021902798184
 13:04:02          BST                        10            11.09         GBP                           XLON                            620287524767132704
 13:04:02          BST                        16            11.09         GBP                           XLON                            620287524767132708
 13:14:41          BST                        320           11.14         GBP                           XLON                            620287524767209416
 13:14:41          BST                        54            11.14         GBP                           XLON                            620287524767209421
 13:14:41          BST                        281           11.14         GBP                           XLON                            592140021902950618
 13:19:51          BST                        462           11.17         GBP                           XLON                            620287524767254491
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 13:39:46          BST                        121           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            620287524767455201
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 13:46:44          BST                        61            10.86         GBP                           XLON                            592140021903522010
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