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RNS Number : 8641M  WH Smith PLC  13 June 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 13 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 44,923 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 13 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 3,972,874 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,944,060 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:                                         13 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          44,923                                                  10.7852                                         10.7000                     10.9500

 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
 08:03:06          BST                        10            10.9          GBP                           XLON                            620287873475912813
 08:04:25          BST                        116           10.9          GBP                           XLON                            620287873475933141
 08:04:25          BST                        465           10.9          GBP                           XLON                            620287873475933140
 08:09:27          BST                        132           10.95         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476001128
 08:14:07          BST                        21            10.95         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804874168
 08:14:07          BST                        100           10.95         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804874167
 08:15:22          BST                        38            10.94         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804895811
 08:15:22          BST                        81            10.94         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804895813
 08:18:40          BST                        140           10.94         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476095635
 08:18:51          BST                        329           10.89         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476097565
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 08:19:03          BST                        121           10.89         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804968315
 08:19:03          BST                        124           10.89         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804968313
 08:19:03          BST                        137           10.89         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804968314
 08:19:22          BST                        528           10.88         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804975822
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 08:19:22          BST                        166           10.88         GBP                           XLON                            592140375804975834
 08:23:24          BST                        128           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476155007
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 08:36:36          BST                        55            10.9          GBP                           XLON                            592140375805272421
 08:36:36          BST                        69            10.9          GBP                           XLON                            592140375805272422
 08:41:26          BST                        118           10.89         GBP                           XLON                            592140375805361082
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 08:47:31          BST                        451           10.87         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476384730
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 09:07:12          BST                        128           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592140375805785898
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 09:09:12          BST                        142           10.84         GBP                           XLON                            592140375805815363
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 09:10:15          BST                        573           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476592373
 09:10:16          BST                        72            10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592140375805834038
 09:10:39          BST                        216           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592140375805840255
 09:20:57          BST                        327           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476693553
 09:22:00          BST                        6             10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592140375806034251
 09:22:00          BST                        114           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592140375806034252
 09:22:00          BST                        201           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592140375806034250
 09:27:00          BST                        135           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476755677
 09:49:28          BST                        136           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592140375806501324
 09:49:28          BST                        136           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592140375806501326
 09:49:28          BST                        136           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476975382
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 09:49:28          BST                        136           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            620287873476975385
 09:49:28          BST                        393           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592140375806501325
 09:49:28          BST                        349           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592140375806501331
 10:07:55          BST                        313           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            620287873477143533
 10:07:55          BST                        450           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            620287873477143538
 10:07:55          BST                        237           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            592140375806790318
 10:27:17          BST                        16            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592140375807052374
 10:28:00          BST                        124           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            620287873477301924
 10:28:00          BST                        325           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592140375807061548
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 10:44:32          BST                        122           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592140375807289369
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 10:44:32          BST                        37            10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592140375807289372
 10:44:32          BST                        294           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592140375807289374
 11:16:27          BST                        136           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592140375807773188
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 12:55:51          BST                        158           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606214129807807351
 12:55:51          BST                        350           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606214129807807350
 12:55:51          BST                        247           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            620287873478300065
 13:15:18          BST                        128           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            592140375809319893
 13:16:47          BST                        6             10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592140375809339296
 13:17:36          BST                        482           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592140375809349245
 13:33:59          BST                        125           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            592140375809585347
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 14:08:04          BST                        9             10.75         GBP                           XLON                            620287873478752319
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