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RNS Number : 0469O  WH Smith PLC  23 June 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 23 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 43,032 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 23 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 4,239,024 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,677,910 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:                                         23 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          43,032                                                  10.7645                                         10.6500                     10.8500

 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
 08:08:20          BST                        8             10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737091805
 08:08:20          BST                        65            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737091806
 08:08:20          BST                        20            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606217663572798786
 08:08:23          BST                        28            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606217663572799614
 08:09:26          BST                        43            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737110801
 08:09:26          BST                        198           10.76         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737110802
 08:09:46          BST                        6             10.77         GBP                           XLON                            606217663572822067
 08:11:44          BST                        130           10.79         GBP                           XLON                            606217663572869551
 08:11:44          BST                        95            10.77         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737169032
 08:11:44          BST                        370           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737169030
 08:15:10          BST                        131           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737245676
 08:15:10          BST                        151           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            606217663572941675
 08:15:10          BST                        419           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            606217663572941676
 08:15:17          BST                        565           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737247932
 08:31:25          BST                        384           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737569649
 08:31:25          BST                        100           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737569657
 08:35:25          BST                        97            10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737643913
 08:35:25          BST                        370           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737643914
 08:35:30          BST                        76            10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737644703
 08:35:38          BST                        418           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737647104
 08:36:40          BST                        119           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737663528
 08:36:40          BST                        143           10.85         GBP                           XLON                            606217663573337648
 08:47:08          BST                        131           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606217663573494639
 08:47:08          BST                        134           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737829045
 08:47:08          BST                        344           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            606217663573494638
 08:47:08          BST                        66            10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737829051
 08:47:08          BST                        46            10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592143914737829052
 09:05:24          BST                        140           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738138801
 09:05:25          BST                        140           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738138916
 09:05:25          BST                        140           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            606217663573787354
 09:05:25          BST                        140           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            606217663573787355
 09:05:25          BST                        470           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738138915
 09:05:25          BST                        354           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            606217663573787358
 09:05:25          BST                        185           10.82         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738138924
 09:15:05          BST                        130           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            592143914738299422
 09:15:05          BST                        527           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            592143914738299421
 09:15:05          BST                        5             10.8          GBP                           XLON                            606217663573939704
 09:15:05          BST                        225           10.8          GBP                           XLON                            606217663573939705
 09:32:59          BST                        128           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574193954
 09:32:59          BST                        422           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574193955
 09:32:59          BST                        469           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574193972
 09:32:59          BST                        201           10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738569256
 09:57:25          BST                        5             10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738919251
 09:57:25          BST                        58            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738919250
 09:57:25          BST                        78            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738919249
 09:59:08          BST                        30            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738941223
 09:59:08          BST                        99            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738941222
 10:00:49          BST                        12            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574570887
 10:00:49          BST                        44            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574570886
 10:00:49          BST                        68            10.81         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574570884
 10:00:52          BST                        43            10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574572106
 10:00:52          BST                        98            10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574572105
 10:00:52          BST                        141           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738969355
 10:00:52          BST                        141           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738969356
 10:00:52          BST                        141           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592143914738969357
 10:00:52          BST                        141           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574572107
 10:00:52          BST                        141           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574572108
 10:00:52          BST                        141           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574572109
 10:00:52          BST                        459           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574572104
 10:12:55          BST                        572           10.78         GBP                           XLON                            592143914739158528
 10:14:14          BST                        99            10.77         GBP                           XLON                            606217663574765575
 10:14:14          BST                        126           10.77         GBP                           XLON                            592143914739175292
 10:33:30          BST                        375           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606217663575025388
 10:49:57          BST                        83            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606217663575270622
 10:49:57          BST                        141           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592143914739712821
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 10:49:57          BST                        141           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606217663575270623
 10:49:57          BST                        141           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592143914739712830
 11:00:40          BST                        130           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606217663575442550
 11:00:40          BST                        141           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914739895977
 11:00:40          BST                        317           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914739895976
 11:15:21          BST                        140           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592143914740173692
 11:15:21          BST                        509           10.73         GBP                           XLON                            606217663575703738
 11:15:21          BST                        51            10.73         GBP                           XLON                            592143914740173696
 11:38:41          BST                        111           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914740520500
 11:38:41          BST                        145           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914740520498
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 11:38:41          BST                        409           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914740520497
 11:38:41          BST                        34            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914740520501
 11:38:41          BST                        50            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606217663576028209
 11:59:28          BST                        139           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            592143914740822160
 11:59:28          BST                        139           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            592143914740822161
 11:59:28          BST                        373           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606217663576311885
 11:59:28          BST                        505           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            592143914740822166
 11:59:28          BST                        125           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606217663576311890
 12:07:04          BST                        459           10.68         GBP                           XLON                            592143914740950824
 12:07:55          BST                        143           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606217663576451394
 12:22:01          BST                        132           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            592143914741197210
 12:22:01          BST                        132           10.66         GBP                           XLON                            606217663576665403
 12:22:01          BST                        458           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            606217663576665404
 12:46:00          BST                        60            10.65         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577097378
 12:46:00          BST                        140           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            592143914741653072
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 12:46:00          BST                        361           10.65         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577097380
 12:46:00          BST                        86            10.65         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577097401
 13:07:23          BST                        137           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            592143914742064368
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 13:07:23          BST                        358           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577485276
 13:07:23          BST                        350           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577485280
 13:10:06          BST                        129           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            592143914742109304
 13:10:06          BST                        129           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577528089
 13:10:06          BST                        366           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577528088
 13:10:06          BST                        205           10.67         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577528093
 13:23:20          BST                        141           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606217663577730542
 13:43:30          BST                        236           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            592143914742722973
 13:43:30          BST                        276           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            592143914742722971
 13:43:30          BST                        355           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            606217663578106057
 13:46:04          BST                        20            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606217663578151654
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 13:47:37          BST                        86            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914742802020
 13:47:37          BST                        561           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606217663578179673
 13:47:38          BST                        421           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606217663578179801
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 13:48:31          BST                        24            10.71         GBP                           XLON                            606217663578193888
 13:48:31          BST                        146           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914742816846
 14:03:20          BST                        133           10.71         GBP                           XLON                            592143914743122280
 14:05:06          BST                        133           10.7          GBP                           XLON                            592143914743162253
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 14:08:26          BST                        424           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606217663578593613
 14:33:14          BST                        24            10.76         GBP                           XLON                            606217663579142399
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 15:24:16          BST                        130           10.83         GBP                           XLON                            592143914745161630
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 15:27:10          BST                        42            10.84         GBP                           XLON                            606217663580489966
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