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RNS Number : 0617P  WH Smith PLC  30 June 2025

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 30 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 42,836 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
 30 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 4,463,789 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,453,145 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:                                         30 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          42,836                                                  10.9231                                         10.4800                     11.0700

 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
 08:05:18          BST                        336           11.04         GBP                           XLON                            606220140827943199
 08:05:18          BST                        385           11.02         GBP                           XLON                            592146391992245036
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 08:10:07          BST                        140           10.52         GBP                           XLON                            606220140828018375
 08:10:07          BST                        390           10.52         GBP                           XLON                            606220140828018376
 08:14:24          BST                        20            10.58         GBP                           XLON                            606220140828093815
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 08:14:24          BST                        250           10.58         GBP                           XLON                            592146391992404456
 08:19:34          BST                        333           10.48         GBP                           XLON                            592146391992494883
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 08:20:04          BST                        346           10.48         GBP                           XLON                            606220140828185181
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 08:24:23          BST                        391           10.59         GBP                           XLON                            606220140828239997
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 08:43:11          BST                        381           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            606220140828584323
 08:43:20          BST                        279           10.72         GBP                           XLON                            592146391992923128
 08:46:18          BST                        146           10.69         GBP                           XLON                            606220140828638423
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 09:04:15          BST                        131           10.75         GBP                           XLON                            606220140828906606
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