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REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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RNS Number : 6381O  WH Smith PLC  26 June 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 26 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 45,578 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 26 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 4,375,291 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,541,643 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:                                         26 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          45,578                                                  10.9891                                         10.9300                     11.1100

 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
 08:01:49          BST                        161           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420574504
 08:01:49          BST                        411           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420574505
 08:01:49          BST                        209           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256170129
 08:15:35          BST                        133           11.08         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420830412
 08:17:39          BST                        133           11.08         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420871683
 08:19:15          BST                        140           11.08         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420898564
 08:20:30          BST                        128           11.08         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420921434
 08:21:00          BST                        1             11.06         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420931993
 08:21:00          BST                        132           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420931994
 08:21:00          BST                        362           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256506458
 08:21:00          BST                        334           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            592144976420932003
 08:21:02          BST                        103           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256507305
 08:21:02          BST                        231           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256507304
 08:21:02          BST                        263           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256507310
 08:37:51          BST                        135           11.06         GBP                           XLON                            592144976421273878
 08:37:51          BST                        135           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            592144976421273879
 08:37:51          BST                        135           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            592144976421273880
 08:37:51          BST                        135           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256826518
 08:37:51          BST                        135           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256826519
 08:37:51          BST                        560           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256826517
 08:37:51          BST                        307           11.05         GBP                           XLON                            606218725256826530
 08:55:46          BST                        127           11.07         GBP                           XLON                            606218725257160592
 08:57:40          BST                        138           11.07         GBP                           XLON                            606218725257190679
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 09:00:39          BST                        141           11.07         GBP                           XLON                            592144976421723794
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 09:00:39          BST                        539           11.07         GBP                           XLON                            606218725257247805
 09:00:40          BST                        269           11.07         GBP                           XLON                            592144976421724226
 09:17:02          BST                        186           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592144976422048313
 09:18:16          BST                        130           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            606218725257573315
 09:20:07          BST                        146           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            592144976422103953
 09:22:00          BST                        141           11.11         GBP                           XLON                            606218725257646590
 09:22:00          BST                        562           11.09         GBP                           XLON                            606218725257646591
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 09:22:01          BST                        164           11.09         GBP                           XLON                            606218725257647137
 09:31:16          BST                        394           11.07         GBP                           XLON                            592144976422349602
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 09:41:28          BST                        93            11.04         GBP                           XLON                            606218725258012868
 09:41:28          BST                        446           11.04         GBP                           XLON                            592144976422535887
 09:41:28          BST                        55            11.04         GBP                           XLON                            606218725258012965
 09:47:53          BST                        66            11            GBP                           XLON                            606218725258132323
 09:47:53          BST                        379           11            GBP                           XLON                            606218725258132324
 10:06:37          BST                        11            11            GBP                           XLON                            606218725258457258
 10:06:37          BST                        100           11            GBP                           XLON                            606218725258457259
 10:06:37          BST                        16            11            GBP                           XLON                            592144976423008977
 10:08:29          BST                        4             10.98         GBP                           XLON                            592144976423042340
 10:08:29          BST                        126           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            592144976423042342
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 10:08:29          BST                        126           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            606218725258488723
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 10:08:29          BST                        126           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            606218725258488725
 10:08:29          BST                        135           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            606218725258488722
 10:08:29          BST                        306           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            592144976423042341
 10:20:29          BST                        140           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            592144976423262152
 10:20:29          BST                        140           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            606218725258694944
 10:20:29          BST                        145           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            592144976423262153
 10:20:29          BST                        301           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            592144976423262154
 10:47:00          BST                        2             10.96         GBP                           XLON                            592144976423738662
 10:47:00          BST                        142           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            592144976423738663
 10:47:31          BST                        278           10.93         GBP                           XLON                            606218725259150444
 11:12:05          BST                        214           10.95         GBP                           XLON                            606218725259574887
 11:12:05          BST                        136           10.95         GBP                           XLON                            592144976424200400
 11:12:05          BST                        264           10.95         GBP                           XLON                            606218725259574891
 11:12:12          BST                        136           10.95         GBP                           XLON                            592144976424202412
 11:14:37          BST                        305           10.96         GBP                           XLON                            592144976424243879
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 11:17:28          BST                        73            10.98         GBP                           XLON                            592144976424290608
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 11:22:58          BST                        248           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            606218725259745895
 11:29:49          BST                        64            10.99         GBP                           XLON                            592144976424505249
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 11:35:33          BST                        14            10.99         GBP                           XLON                            606218725259960580
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 11:36:15          BST                        401           10.97         GBP                           XLON                            592144976424618684
 11:39:22          BST                        560           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            592144976424666671
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 11:39:29          BST                        134           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            592144976424668957
 12:01:56          BST                        11            10.98         GBP                           XLON                            592144976425046966
 12:01:56          BST                        122           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            592144976425046976
 12:04:59          BST                        1             10.99         GBP                           XLON                            592144976425102761
 12:05:00          BST                        133           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            606218725260430032
 12:08:31          BST                        146           10.99         GBP                           XLON                            592144976425164767
 12:08:31          BST                        561           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            592144976425164768
 12:08:31          BST                        576           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            606218725260488763
 12:08:32          BST                        197           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            606218725260489388
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 12:57:53          BST                        11            10.99         GBP                           XLON                            592144976426036962
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 13:47:40          BST                        142           10.98         GBP                           XLON                            592144976427102702
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