WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

13 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 26,386 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 13 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 1,105,578 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,811,356 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:

13 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

26,386

11.3334

11.2700

11.3800

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

08:09:34

GMT

23

11.38

GBP

XLON

592086952464756349

08:09:34

GMT

100

11.38

GBP

XLON

592086952464756348

08:12:54

GMT

23

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701302108849

08:12:54

GMT

139

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701302108848

08:15:42

GMT

132

11.38

GBP

XLON

606160701302162923

08:17:17

GMT

108

11.38

GBP

XLON

592086952464913228

08:18:52

GMT

94

11.38

GBP

XLON

606160701302233328

08:20:07

GMT

304

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701302261564

08:20:07

GMT

150

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952464985788

08:20:07

GMT

174

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952464985789

08:20:07

GMT

360

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701302261571

08:20:10

GMT

41

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952464987645

08:33:03

GMT

396

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952465251164

08:33:03

GMT

146

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952465251168

08:39:14

GMT

102

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701302624395

08:56:37

GMT

8

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701302977427

08:56:37

GMT

94

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701302977428

08:56:37

GMT

96

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952465740692

08:56:37

GMT

96

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701302977429

08:56:37

GMT

96

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701302977431

08:56:37

GMT

96

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701302977432

08:56:37

GMT

110

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701302977425

08:56:37

GMT

142

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701302977426

09:15:11

GMT

102

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952466177885

09:15:11

GMT

119

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952466177883

09:15:11

GMT

193

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952466177884

09:15:11

GMT

359

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952466177891

09:15:11

GMT

218

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701303392262

09:27:15

GMT

281

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952466433677

09:27:15

GMT

74

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701303634828

09:36:58

GMT

103

11.29

GBP

XLON

592086952466625249

09:36:58

GMT

118

11.29

GBP

XLON

592086952466625248

09:36:58

GMT

246

11.29

GBP

XLON

606160701303817044

10:09:36

GMT

95

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701304446030

10:10:00

GMT

8

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701304454713

10:10:00

GMT

103

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701304454714

10:12:05

GMT

100

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701304496224

10:15:20

GMT

105

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701304567444

10:16:01

GMT

50

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952467428440

10:16:01

GMT

220

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952467428439

10:16:01

GMT

310

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952467428438

10:26:22

GMT

13

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701304803296

10:26:22

GMT

93

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701304803295

10:26:22

GMT

356

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952467663427

10:26:22

GMT

63

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952467663434

10:26:22

GMT

91

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952467663435

10:26:22

GMT

146

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952467663433

10:26:22

GMT

13

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701304803299

10:48:08

GMT

177

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952468094211

10:48:08

GMT

94

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952468094215

10:48:08

GMT

107

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701305213818

10:48:08

GMT

109

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952468094214

10:48:11

GMT

87

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701305214631

10:48:11

GMT

7

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701305214632

10:48:11

GMT

181

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952468095086

11:00:06

GMT

350

11.27

GBP

XLON

592086952468343458

11:00:06

GMT

4

11.27

GBP

XLON

592086952468343462

11:38:44

GMT

16

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469126788

11:38:44

GMT

92

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469126787

11:38:44

GMT

313

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469126789

11:38:44

GMT

87

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469126793

11:38:44

GMT

146

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469126794

11:38:44

GMT

233

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701306191532

11:38:44

GMT

233

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469126802

11:38:44

GMT

124

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701306191537

11:58:40

GMT

45

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469482386

11:58:40

GMT

93

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701306527239

11:58:40

GMT

125

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469482383

11:58:40

GMT

182

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469482384

11:58:40

GMT

93

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952469482387

11:58:40

GMT

159

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701306527240

11:58:40

GMT

3

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952469482394

12:15:58

GMT

226

11.36

GBP

XLON

606160701306858017

12:15:58

GMT

360

11.36

GBP

XLON

592086952469831466

12:19:17

GMT

28

11.36

GBP

XLON

606160701306917626

12:24:25

GMT

123

11.36

GBP

XLON

592086952470002399

12:24:25

GMT

148

11.36

GBP

XLON

592086952470002400

12:24:25

GMT

84

11.36

GBP

XLON

592086952470002406

12:47:48

GMT

379

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701307461411

12:47:48

GMT

340

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952470466862

12:47:48

GMT

17

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701307461414

12:54:48

GMT

108

11.36

GBP

XLON

606160701307588040

13:00:29

GMT

108

11.36

GBP

XLON

606160701307710676

13:00:29

GMT

118

11.36

GBP

XLON

592086952470731206

13:00:29

GMT

129

11.36

GBP

XLON

592086952470731207

13:39:47

GMT

109

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952471578258

13:39:47

GMT

109

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952471578259

13:39:47

GMT

109

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701308510155

13:39:47

GMT

135

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952471578260

13:39:47

GMT

176

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952471578261

13:39:47

GMT

398

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701308510154

13:39:47

GMT

47

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701308510164

13:39:47

GMT

210

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701308510163

13:39:52

GMT

246

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952471580733

13:39:52

GMT

11

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952471580734

13:42:17

GMT

19

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701308564668

13:42:17

GMT

73

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701308564669

13:42:17

GMT

109

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701308564671

13:42:17

GMT

155

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701308564672

14:19:41

GMT

82

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701309481556

14:19:41

GMT

108

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952472601462

14:19:41

GMT

108

11.35

GBP

XLON

592086952472601464

14:19:41

GMT

119

11.35

GBP

XLON

606160701309481555

14:20:31

GMT

22

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952472624334

14:20:31

GMT

86

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952472624335

14:20:31

GMT

108

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952472624332

14:20:31

GMT

108

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952472624333

14:20:31

GMT

108

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952472624336

14:20:31

GMT

108

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952472624337

14:20:31

GMT

305

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701309503673

14:20:31

GMT

410

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952472624343

14:20:31

GMT

183

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701309503681

14:34:36

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952473086348

14:34:36

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952473086349

14:34:36

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952473086350

14:34:36

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952473086351

14:34:36

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952473086352

14:34:36

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952473086354

14:34:36

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701309946361

14:34:36

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701309946362

14:34:36

GMT

319

11.31

GBP

XLON

592086952473086347

14:35:35

GMT

35

11.31

GBP

XLON

606160701309981722

14:45:18

GMT

107

11.36

GBP

XLON

592086952473467886

14:45:18

GMT

107

11.36

GBP

XLON

606160701310311884

14:45:18

GMT

239

11.36

GBP

XLON

592086952473467885

14:51:57

GMT

6

11.38

GBP

XLON

606160701310543333

14:51:57

GMT

93

11.38

GBP

XLON

592086952473709375

14:53:14

GMT

23

11.38

GBP

XLON

592086952473753689

14:53:14

GMT

75

11.38

GBP

XLON

592086952473753688

14:55:05

GMT

93

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952473815255

14:55:05

GMT

99

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701310645183

14:55:05

GMT

102

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952473815254

14:55:05

GMT

7

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952473815256

14:55:05

GMT

350

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701310645184

14:55:05

GMT

268

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952473815269

15:00:36

GMT

46

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701310852667

15:00:36

GMT

50

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701310852666

15:00:36

GMT

96

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701310852664

15:00:36

GMT

126

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701310852668

15:00:36

GMT

152

11.37

GBP

XLON

592086952474031697

15:00:36

GMT

202

11.37

GBP

XLON

606160701310852662

15:10:20

GMT

99

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952474375790

15:10:20

GMT

99

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952474375791

15:10:20

GMT

267

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701311182933

15:10:20

GMT

195

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701311182940

15:15:22

GMT

202

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701311344306

15:24:10

GMT

28

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952474819254

15:24:10

GMT

53

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701311606202

15:24:10

GMT

57

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701311606201

15:24:10

GMT

81

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952474819255

15:24:10

GMT

109

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952474819251

15:24:10

GMT

109

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952474819252

15:24:10

GMT

109

11.3

GBP

XLON

592086952474819253

15:24:10

GMT

109

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701311606199

15:24:10

GMT

109

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701311606200

15:24:10

GMT

152

11.3

GBP

XLON

606160701311606198

15:40:14

GMT

54

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701312127323

15:40:14

GMT

97

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952475367259

15:40:14

GMT

97

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952475367260

15:40:14

GMT

97

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952475367261

15:40:14

GMT

97

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701312127322

15:40:14

GMT

97

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701312127324

15:40:31

GMT

37

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952475390505

15:40:31

GMT

43

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701312149812

15:40:31

GMT

61

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952475390507

15:40:31

GMT

97

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701312149813

15:40:31

GMT

223

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952475390506

15:40:31

GMT

149

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701312149824

15:54:16

GMT

103

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701312715782

15:55:25

GMT

107

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701312759952

15:56:43

GMT

28

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701312801247

15:56:43

GMT

58

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952476071776

15:56:44

GMT

3

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952476072486

16:00:54

GMT

107

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701312958182

16:00:54

GMT

176

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952476235381

16:00:54

GMT

302

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701312958181

16:00:54

GMT

371

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701312958187

16:00:54

GMT

371

11.34

GBP

XLON

592086952476235393

16:00:55

GMT

97

11.34

GBP

XLON

606160701312958805

16:11:08

GMT

53

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952476621089

16:11:08

GMT

54

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952476621090

16:11:54

GMT

93

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952476644092

16:12:48

GMT

41

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952476674986

16:12:48

GMT

66

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952476674987

16:13:02

GMT

47

11.32

GBP

XLON

592086952476685894

16:13:02

GMT

60

11.32

GBP

XLON

592086952476685893

16:13:02

GMT

107

11.32

GBP

XLON

592086952476685891

16:13:02

GMT

107

11.32

GBP

XLON

592086952476685892

16:13:02

GMT

107

11.32

GBP

XLON

606160701313388613

16:13:02

GMT

107

11.32

GBP

XLON

606160701313388614

16:13:02

GMT

345

11.32

GBP

XLON

606160701313388615

16:13:07

GMT

189

11.32

GBP

XLON

592086952476690472

16:24:25

GMT

96

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952477156829

16:24:25

GMT

237

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952477156832

16:24:25

GMT

256

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952477156831

16:24:25

GMT

71

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952477157102

16:24:25

GMT

222

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952477157103

16:24:25

GMT

18

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701313841456

16:24:25

GMT

200

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701313841454

16:24:25

GMT

200

11.33

GBP

XLON

606160701313841455

16:24:29

GMT

83

11.33

GBP

XLON

592086952477159759

Ends