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RNS Number : 6514N  WH Smith PLC  19 June 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 19 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 45,620 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 19 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 4,149,994 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,766,940 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:                                         19 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          45,620                                                  10.8777                                         10.7400                     10.9300

 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
 08:15:10          BST                        120           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997726795
 08:15:13          BST                        1             10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997727676
 08:15:13          BST                        121           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997727677
 08:15:13          BST                        175           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592142499161877784
 08:16:05          BST                        150           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997737574
 08:16:45          BST                        137           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997748945
 08:16:45          BST                        231           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592142499161900401
 08:16:45          BST                        597           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997748946
 08:16:45          BST                        60            10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997748952
 08:16:45          BST                        495           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997748953
 08:16:46          BST                        133           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592142499161900661
 08:16:56          BST                        144           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592142499161904316
 08:32:41          BST                        141           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997981666
 08:32:41          BST                        329           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997981665
 08:32:41          BST                        100           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997981670
 08:32:41          BST                        313           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606216247997981671
 08:32:41          BST                        189           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162148353
 08:33:24          BST                        224           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162158803
 08:35:06          BST                        34            10.79         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162185428
 08:35:06          BST                        162           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162185429
 08:43:30          BST                        131           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606216247998129125
 08:43:30          BST                        554           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162305479
 08:43:30          BST                        79            10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162305482
 08:57:00          BST                        220           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162511877
 09:07:22          BST                        132           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            606216247998476811
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 09:07:22          BST                        200           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162675744
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 09:07:22          BST                        350           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162675747
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 09:07:24          BST                        324           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            606216247998477279
 09:14:10          BST                        9             10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162779125
 09:14:10          BST                        116           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162779126
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 09:14:10          BST                        228           10.74         GBP                           XLON                            606216247998572571
 09:14:10          BST                        6             10.74         GBP                           XLON                            592142499162779131
 09:33:52          BST                        142           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592142499163084247
 09:40:58          BST                        21            10.77         GBP                           XLON                            606216247998948639
 09:41:41          BST                        107           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            606216247998959207
 09:41:41          BST                        128           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            592142499163196881
 09:41:41          BST                        565           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            592142499163196882
 09:41:47          BST                        344           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            606216247998960696
 09:54:16          BST                        131           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            592142499163400976
 09:54:16          BST                        131           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            592142499163400977
 09:54:16          BST                        131           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            592142499163400978
 09:54:16          BST                        131           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            606216247999148174
 09:54:16          BST                        539           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            606216247999148173
 09:54:16          BST                        308           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            606216247999148177
 10:21:57          BST                        61            10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592142499163852761
 10:21:57          BST                        70            10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592142499163852760
 10:21:57          BST                        131           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999569687
 10:22:43          BST                        50            10.85         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999583854
 10:22:43          BST                        100           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999583855
 10:22:43          BST                        3             10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592142499163867956
 10:22:43          BST                        55            10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592142499163867957
 10:24:47          BST                        193           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999620333
 10:27:02          BST                        124           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999654473
 10:27:02          BST                        476           10.84         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999654614
 10:37:47          BST                        50            10.87         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999803047
 10:37:50          BST                        82            10.87         GBP                           XLON                            592142499164101869
 10:39:56          BST                        50            10.87         GBP                           XLON                            592142499164129828
 10:40:00          BST                        72            10.88         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999830275
 10:44:14          BST                        126           10.88         GBP                           XLON                            606216247999882593
 10:55:59          BST                        137           10.88         GBP                           XLON                            592142499164354355
 10:55:59          BST                        137           10.88         GBP                           XLON                            606216248000040126
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 11:12:23          BST                        145           10.9          GBP                           XLON                            606216248000288846
 11:19:15          BST                        135           10.9          GBP                           XLON                            606216248000398299
 11:45:16          BST                        1             10.92         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165103050
 11:51:31          BST                        346           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165241898
 11:51:31          BST                        357           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            606216248000872506
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 11:51:31          BST                        136           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            606216248000872509
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 11:51:46          BST                        130           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165245023
 11:51:46          BST                        138           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            606216248000875408
 11:51:46          BST                        192           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            606216248000875407
 11:51:46          BST                        330           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165245029
 11:51:46          BST                        330           10.92         GBP                           XLON                            606216248000875411
 11:51:46          BST                        95            10.92         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165245034
 12:13:41          BST                        133           10.87         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165656082
 12:13:41          BST                        133           10.87         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165656083
 12:13:41          BST                        392           10.87         GBP                           XLON                            606216248001260763
 12:13:41          BST                        52            10.87         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165656087
 12:30:06          BST                        119           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            606216248001475347
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 12:30:07          BST                        174           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            592142499165886496
 12:41:04          BST                        129           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            592142499166044986
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 12:41:04          BST                        252           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            592142499166044985
 12:41:04          BST                        158           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            592142499166044996
 13:00:01          BST                        138           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            592142499166342251
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 13:00:01          BST                        138           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            606216248001902673
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 13:00:01          BST                        321           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            592142499166342250
 13:00:01          BST                        371           10.86         GBP                           XLON                            606216248001902678
 13:15:18          BST                        59            10.89         GBP                           XLON                            592142499166577518
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 13:19:20          BST                        56            10.89         GBP                           XLON                            592142499166633601
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 13:26:00          BST                        10            10.88         GBP                           XLON                            606216248002275439
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