WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

12 February 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 23,510 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 12 February 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 1,571,380 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,345,554 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:

12 February 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

23,510

12.8577

12.8000

12.9400

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

08:03:01

GMT

41

12.8

GBP

XLON

592097569312934805

08:03:01

GMT

243

12.8

GBP

XLON

592097569312934810

08:03:01

GMT

287

12.8

GBP

XLON

592097569312934809

08:03:02

GMT

10

12.8

GBP

XLON

606171318148474137

08:03:02

GMT

103

12.8

GBP

XLON

606171318148474138

08:15:12

GMT

109

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318148811981

08:15:52

GMT

2

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318148827457

08:15:52

GMT

145

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318148827458

08:15:56

GMT

174

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318148828782

08:15:56

GMT

238

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318148828783

08:15:56

GMT

293

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569313313414

08:15:59

GMT

98

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569313313926

08:30:00

GMT

119

12.9

GBP

XLON

606171318149120340

08:30:01

GMT

51

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318149122030

08:30:01

GMT

119

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318149122031

08:30:01

GMT

202

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318149122029

08:48:21

GMT

643

12.94

GBP

XLON

606171318149543480

08:48:21

GMT

27

12.94

GBP

XLON

606171318149543487

08:48:21

GMT

146

12.94

GBP

XLON

606171318149543488

08:48:22

GMT

141

12.94

GBP

XLON

592097569314077295

08:54:53

GMT

57

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569314219088

08:59:02

GMT

12

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569314315377

08:59:02

GMT

118

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569314315378

08:59:02

GMT

185

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569314315376

09:17:22

GMT

116

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318150150137

09:17:22

GMT

453

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569314728170

09:17:23

GMT

266

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569314728481

09:17:24

GMT

31

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318150150644

09:17:24

GMT

93

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318150150643

09:40:37

GMT

115

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318150630495

09:40:37

GMT

285

12.88

GBP

XLON

592097569315243006

09:40:37

GMT

306

12.88

GBP

XLON

592097569315243007

09:40:37

GMT

170

12.88

GBP

XLON

592097569315243012

10:06:32

GMT

33

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318151136716

10:06:32

GMT

79

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318151136717

10:11:50

GMT

40

12.89

GBP

XLON

592097569315893694

10:11:50

GMT

78

12.89

GBP

XLON

592097569315893695

10:14:14

GMT

110

12.89

GBP

XLON

592097569315946310

10:17:07

GMT

118

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171318151338826

10:20:26

GMT

118

12.89

GBP

XLON

592097569316067856

10:21:39

GMT

112

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569316092060

10:21:39

GMT

112

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569316092061

10:21:39

GMT

112

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318151420377

10:21:39

GMT

112

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318151420378

10:21:39

GMT

118

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569316092062

10:21:39

GMT

131

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318151420376

10:21:39

GMT

205

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318151420375

10:36:40

GMT

116

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569316412185

10:36:40

GMT

116

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569316412186

10:36:40

GMT

254

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569316412184

10:45:50

GMT

53

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569316590314

10:45:50

GMT

201

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569316590312

11:10:15

GMT

117

12.88

GBP

XLON

592097569317108276

11:10:15

GMT

117

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318152371172

11:10:15

GMT

117

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318152371173

11:10:15

GMT

320

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318152371171

11:22:32

GMT

185

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569317343347

11:22:32

GMT

69

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569317343348

11:24:52

GMT

107

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569317389997

11:52:19

GMT

107

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318153136005

12:02:02

GMT

14

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569318224449

12:02:02

GMT

97

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569318224451

12:02:02

GMT

107

12.82

GBP

XLON

606171318153403859

12:02:02

GMT

111

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569318224452

12:02:02

GMT

495

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569318224450

12:15:14

GMT

385

12.84

GBP

XLON

606171318153693076

12:26:12

GMT

47

12.83

GBP

XLON

606171318153903976

12:26:12

GMT

70

12.83

GBP

XLON

606171318153903975

12:45:33

GMT

111

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569319170635

12:45:33

GMT

111

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569319170636

12:45:33

GMT

111

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569319170638

12:45:33

GMT

111

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569319170639

12:45:33

GMT

111

12.82

GBP

XLON

606171318154283216

12:45:33

GMT

254

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569319170634

13:15:36

GMT

143

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318154871538

13:19:20

GMT

3

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569319874691

13:19:20

GMT

22

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569319874689

13:19:20

GMT

82

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569319874690

13:23:28

GMT

9

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318155027092

13:23:28

GMT

16

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318155027091

13:23:28

GMT

17

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318155027093

13:23:50

GMT

59

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569319976678

13:30:01

GMT

109

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318155155780

13:30:01

GMT

165

12.88

GBP

XLON

592097569320106777

13:30:01

GMT

595

12.88

GBP

XLON

592097569320106783

13:30:01

GMT

69

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318155155851

13:40:24

GMT

118

12.81

GBP

XLON

606171318155546780

13:40:24

GMT

418

12.81

GBP

XLON

606171318155546779

13:48:32

GMT

35

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569320741476

13:48:32

GMT

320

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569320741475

13:56:50

GMT

254

12.82

GBP

XLON

592097569320959454

14:02:32

GMT

254

12.8

GBP

XLON

606171318156112370

14:23:54

GMT

114

12.84

GBP

XLON

592097569321684156

14:23:54

GMT

360

12.84

GBP

XLON

592097569321684157

14:23:54

GMT

219

12.84

GBP

XLON

606171318156637122

14:23:54

GMT

276

12.84

GBP

XLON

606171318156637123

14:31:10

GMT

102

12.84

GBP

XLON

592097569321919450

14:31:10

GMT

359

12.84

GBP

XLON

606171318156857934

14:43:26

GMT

112

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318157285373

14:45:00

GMT

10

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318157334306

14:45:00

GMT

15

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318157334307

14:45:00

GMT

34

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318157334309

14:45:00

GMT

57

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318157334308

14:46:24

GMT

37

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569322475909

14:46:24

GMT

65

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569322475907

14:47:52

GMT

38

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569322530591

14:47:52

GMT

62

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569322530590

14:49:26

GMT

107

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318157491485

14:51:03

GMT

18

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569322648112

14:51:03

GMT

19

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569322648113

14:51:03

GMT

75

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569322648111

14:51:15

GMT

112

12.83

GBP

XLON

592097569322654406

14:51:15

GMT

112

12.83

GBP

XLON

606171318157553019

14:51:15

GMT

112

12.83

GBP

XLON

606171318157553020

14:51:15

GMT

112

12.83

GBP

XLON

606171318157553021

14:51:15

GMT

112

12.83

GBP

XLON

606171318157553022

14:51:15

GMT

115

12.83

GBP

XLON

592097569322654404

14:51:15

GMT

139

12.83

GBP

XLON

592097569322654405

15:06:28

GMT

98

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318158064410

15:06:29

GMT

1

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318158064772

15:07:59

GMT

28

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569323254112

15:07:59

GMT

90

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569323254111

15:08:33

GMT

13

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569323276303

15:08:33

GMT

101

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569323276302

15:09:57

GMT

109

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569323318976

15:11:35

GMT

119

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318158227761

15:12:57

GMT

101

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318158273496

15:14:25

GMT

102

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569323493897

15:14:58

GMT

41

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318158360261

15:14:58

GMT

81

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318158360262

15:14:58

GMT

142

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318158360264

15:14:58

GMT

280

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318158360263

15:14:58

GMT

244

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318158360273

15:32:35

GMT

118

12.88

GBP

XLON

592097569324308693

15:33:38

GMT

39

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318159137352

15:33:38

GMT

120

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318159137351

15:35:17

GMT

110

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318159185103

15:36:53

GMT

117

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171318159237507

15:38:15

GMT

54

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318159282235

15:38:15

GMT

176

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318159282234

15:38:15

GMT

406

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171318159282233

15:38:15

GMT

172

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569324498338

15:50:38

GMT

6

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569324930210

15:50:38

GMT

103

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097569324930212

15:51:10

GMT

8

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318159706341

15:51:10

GMT

109

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569324950761

15:51:10

GMT

109

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569324950762

15:51:10

GMT

109

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569324950763

15:51:10

GMT

226

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318159706340

15:51:10

GMT

240

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318159706339

15:51:10

GMT

22

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318159706345

16:04:47

GMT

10

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318160139034

16:04:47

GMT

20

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318160139033

16:04:54

GMT

101

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325416772

16:04:54

GMT

105

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318160143230

16:05:12

GMT

121

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318160153812

16:06:22

GMT

103

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325475533

16:07:29

GMT

27

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318160234111

16:07:29

GMT

30

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318160234112

16:07:29

GMT

46

12.86

GBP

XLON

606171318160234114

16:12:00

GMT

6

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687591

16:12:00

GMT

22

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687592

16:12:00

GMT

90

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687590

16:12:00

GMT

174

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687594

16:12:00

GMT

183

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687595

16:12:00

GMT

341

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687593

16:12:00

GMT

39

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687601

16:12:00

GMT

142

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687600

16:12:00

GMT

149

12.86

GBP

XLON

592097569325687602

16:19:38

GMT

116

12.84

GBP

XLON

592097569326010159

16:19:38

GMT

116

12.84

GBP

XLON

592097569326010160

16:19:38

GMT

116

12.84

GBP

XLON

606171318160698438

16:19:38

GMT

116

12.84

GBP

XLON

606171318160698439

16:19:38

GMT

257

12.84

GBP

XLON

606171318160698437

16:26:11

GMT

246

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318160973756

16:26:11

GMT

387

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097569326302171

16:27:28

GMT

182

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171318161017028

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