WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

21 January 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 26 January 2024, of 25,445 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 21 January 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 1,258,856 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,658,078 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:

21 January 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

25,445

11.8698

11.7400

11.9600

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

08:08:41

GMT

95

11.8

GBP

XLON

592089783636354862

08:08:48

GMT

190

11.74

GBP

XLON

592089783636356942

08:08:48

GMT

190

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163532471875224

08:08:48

GMT

583

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163532471875225

08:08:48

GMT

58

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163532471875233

08:11:08

GMT

180

11.8

GBP

XLON

606163532471919414

08:39:31

GMT

30

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783636911549

08:39:31

GMT

182

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783636911555

08:43:56

GMT

109

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783637000046

08:43:56

GMT

172

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532472480382

08:43:58

GMT

2

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532472480942

08:44:20

GMT

122

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783637006852

08:44:20

GMT

146

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783637006853

08:51:18

GMT

152

11.96

GBP

XLON

592089783637127400

08:51:19

GMT

102

11.96

GBP

XLON

606163532472599781

08:52:06

GMT

607

11.95

GBP

XLON

592089783637139849

08:52:06

GMT

465

11.95

GBP

XLON

592089783637139852

08:52:06

GMT

35

11.95

GBP

XLON

606163532472611173

09:09:55

GMT

97

11.94

GBP

XLON

606163532472930585

09:09:55

GMT

426

11.94

GBP

XLON

606163532472930586

09:09:55

GMT

204

11.94

GBP

XLON

606163532472930590

09:15:34

GMT

97

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783637592210

09:17:05

GMT

245

11.92

GBP

XLON

606163532473064940

09:26:27

GMT

342

11.9

GBP

XLON

606163532473246444

09:40:20

GMT

102

11.87

GBP

XLON

592089783638082984

09:40:20

GMT

102

11.87

GBP

XLON

606163532473500946

09:40:20

GMT

341

11.87

GBP

XLON

592089783638082983

10:34:39

GMT

25

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532474463408

10:34:39

GMT

90

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532474463409

10:34:39

GMT

103

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532474463407

10:34:39

GMT

104

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532474463411

10:34:39

GMT

118

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532474463410

10:34:39

GMT

128

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783639106460

10:34:39

GMT

206

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532474463412

10:34:39

GMT

468

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783639106459

10:34:39

GMT

434

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783639106464

10:34:39

GMT

20

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532474463424

10:46:50

GMT

29

11.86

GBP

XLON

592089783639348077

10:51:37

GMT

113

11.86

GBP

XLON

606163532474781188

10:51:37

GMT

113

11.86

GBP

XLON

606163532474781189

10:51:37

GMT

115

11.86

GBP

XLON

606163532474781187

10:51:37

GMT

209

11.86

GBP

XLON

592089783639444415

11:23:21

GMT

21

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783640183718

11:23:21

GMT

81

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783640183717

11:27:08

GMT

95

11.9

GBP

XLON

592089783640259772

11:27:13

GMT

102

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783640262179

11:27:13

GMT

244

11.89

GBP

XLON

606163532475546634

11:27:13

GMT

439

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783640262178

11:30:25

GMT

113

11.9

GBP

XLON

592089783640322151

11:30:25

GMT

228

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783640322152

11:52:46

GMT

22

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532475999932

11:52:46

GMT

91

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532475999933

12:19:49

GMT

5

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641253818

12:19:49

GMT

36

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476479086

12:19:49

GMT

91

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476479085

12:19:49

GMT

97

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641253819

12:21:03

GMT

24

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476498210

12:21:03

GMT

86

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476498211

12:23:38

GMT

1

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476537469

12:23:38

GMT

102

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476537468

12:26:17

GMT

50

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476578735

12:26:17

GMT

54

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476578736

12:28:58

GMT

48

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532476619377

12:28:58

GMT

58

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641401962

12:32:02

GMT

109

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641454849

12:35:01

GMT

47

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641508782

12:35:01

GMT

58

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641508783

12:38:40

GMT

46

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641568784

12:38:40

GMT

57

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641568783

12:42:29

GMT

97

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641627883

12:46:03

GMT

95

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641691498

12:49:45

GMT

101

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641757795

12:53:28

GMT

50

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641830252

12:53:28

GMT

59

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641830251

12:57:10

GMT

10

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641909461

12:57:10

GMT

101

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641909460

13:00:02

GMT

95

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783641982429

13:03:02

GMT

50

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532477220877

13:03:02

GMT

60

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532477220876

13:05:50

GMT

40

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783642093688

13:05:50

GMT

61

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783642093687

13:07:16

GMT

606

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783642119181

13:07:16

GMT

84

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783642119189

13:07:16

GMT

340

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783642119188

13:07:16

GMT

109

11.89

GBP

XLON

606163532477292325

13:38:51

GMT

1

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783642725696

13:38:51

GMT

42

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532477861911

13:38:51

GMT

70

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783642725694

13:38:51

GMT

107

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089783642725697

13:38:51

GMT

58

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163532477861915

13:38:51

GMT

369

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783642725736

13:38:51

GMT

114

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532477861966

13:38:51

GMT

150

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532477861964

13:38:51

GMT

150

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532477861965

13:39:22

GMT

115

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532477871094

13:39:22

GMT

300

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532477871093

13:50:14

GMT

109

11.9

GBP

XLON

592089783642954813

13:50:14

GMT

342

11.9

GBP

XLON

606163532478077838

14:06:49

GMT

114

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783643360750

14:06:49

GMT

114

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783643360754

14:06:49

GMT

114

11.89

GBP

XLON

606163532478461184

14:06:49

GMT

340

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783643360751

14:27:40

GMT

16

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783643887802

14:27:40

GMT

93

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783643887803

14:27:40

GMT

109

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783643887806

14:27:40

GMT

109

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783643887807

14:27:40

GMT

109

11.91

GBP

XLON

606163532478959471

14:27:40

GMT

207

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783643887804

14:27:40

GMT

271

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783643887805

14:27:40

GMT

83

11.91

GBP

XLON

592089783643887818

14:34:51

GMT

100

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783644150259

14:34:51

GMT

100

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783644150260

14:34:51

GMT

407

11.89

GBP

XLON

606163532479207726

14:41:51

GMT

107

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532479430143

14:41:51

GMT

107

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532479430144

14:41:51

GMT

107

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532479430146

14:41:51

GMT

349

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532479430145

14:48:33

GMT

27

11.89

GBP

XLON

606163532479630233

14:48:33

GMT

104

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783644595702

14:49:47

GMT

78

11.89

GBP

XLON

606163532479665296

14:49:47

GMT

106

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089783644632947

14:49:47

GMT

282

11.89

GBP

XLON

606163532479665297

15:04:13

GMT

106

11.88

GBP

XLON

592089783645043548

15:04:13

GMT

161

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532480055424

15:04:13

GMT

450

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532480055425

15:04:13

GMT

106

11.88

GBP

XLON

592089783645043550

15:04:13

GMT

135

11.88

GBP

XLON

606163532480055432

15:14:48

GMT

113

11.84

GBP

XLON

592089783645337950

15:20:08

GMT

105

11.84

GBP

XLON

606163532480475452

15:21:28

GMT

106

11.84

GBP

XLON

592089783645521330

15:21:48

GMT

105

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089783645530428

15:21:48

GMT

105

11.83

GBP

XLON

606163532480518336

15:21:48

GMT

105

11.83

GBP

XLON

606163532480518337

15:21:48

GMT

113

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089783645530425

15:21:48

GMT

113

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089783645530426

15:21:48

GMT

113

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089783645530427

15:21:48

GMT

113

11.83

GBP

XLON

606163532480518338

15:21:48

GMT

344

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089783645530424

15:30:05

GMT

1

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089783645731853

15:30:05

GMT

2

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089783645731851

15:30:05

GMT

107

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089783645731852

15:30:05

GMT

108

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089783645731854

15:30:05

GMT

341

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089783645731850

15:35:07

GMT

341

11.8

GBP

XLON

606163532480845494

15:44:14

GMT

104

11.79

GBP

XLON

592089783646128323

15:44:14

GMT

104

11.79

GBP

XLON

606163532481084446

15:44:14

GMT

104

11.79

GBP

XLON

606163532481084447

15:44:14

GMT

341

11.79

GBP

XLON

606163532481084448

15:53:10

GMT

3

11.8

GBP

XLON

592089783646432032

15:53:10

GMT

108

11.8

GBP

XLON

592089783646432030

15:53:10

GMT

503

11.8

GBP

XLON

592089783646432031

15:53:10

GMT

1

11.8

GBP

XLON

592089783646432034

15:53:10

GMT

6

11.8

GBP

XLON

592089783646432033

15:53:13

GMT

98

11.8

GBP

XLON

592089783646432925

15:58:18

GMT

101

11.8

GBP

XLON

592089783646592311

15:58:18

GMT

128

11.8

GBP

XLON

606163532481522234

15:58:18

GMT

213

11.8

GBP

XLON

606163532481522235

16:03:32

GMT

99

11.78

GBP

XLON

592089783646753867

16:03:32

GMT

99

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163532481675831

16:03:32

GMT

342

11.78

GBP

XLON

592089783646753866

16:13:44

GMT

64

11.78

GBP

XLON

592089783647087260

16:13:44

GMT

106

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163532481993740

16:13:44

GMT

110

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163532481993741

16:13:44

GMT

150

11.78

GBP

XLON

592089783647087261

16:13:44

GMT

289

11.78

GBP

XLON

592089783647087262

16:13:44

GMT

16

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163532481993748

16:13:44

GMT

190

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163532481993747

16:15:09

GMT

123

11.78

GBP

XLON

592089783647139818

16:23:54

GMT

121

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163532482340102

16:27:02

GMT

248

11.79

GBP

XLON

592089783647567871

16:27:02

GMT

365

11.79

GBP

XLON

606163532482453555

16:27:02

GMT

209

11.79

GBP

XLON

606163532482453597

16:27:05

GMT

313

11.79

GBP

XLON

606163532482455088

Ends