WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

17 December 2024

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 25,188 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 December 2024 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 826,220 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,090,714 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:

17 December 2024

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

25,188

11.8037

11.7000

11.8900

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

08:09:20

GMT

86

11.89

GBP

XLON

606280670508740257

08:09:20

GMT

144

11.89

GBP

XLON

592206918935702873

08:09:20

GMT

270

11.89

GBP

XLON

592206918935702872

08:09:20

GMT

75

11.89

GBP

XLON

592206918935702932

08:09:20

GMT

149

11.89

GBP

XLON

592206918935702933

08:09:20

GMT

224

11.89

GBP

XLON

606280670508740694

08:09:21

GMT

77

11.89

GBP

XLON

606280670508741170

08:09:21

GMT

161

11.89

GBP

XLON

606280670508741169

08:09:21

GMT

38

11.89

GBP

XLON

606280670508741173

08:16:47

GMT

352

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280670508936227

08:42:12

GMT

32

11.84

GBP

XLON

606280670509398098

08:42:12

GMT

78

11.84

GBP

XLON

606280670509398097

08:43:38

GMT

177

11.82

GBP

XLON

592206918936427952

08:43:38

GMT

179

11.82

GBP

XLON

592206918936427953

08:43:38

GMT

342

11.82

GBP

XLON

592206918936427956

08:43:38

GMT

125

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670509420985

08:43:38

GMT

136

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670509420986

09:09:58

GMT

112

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280670509836094

09:10:49

GMT

100

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206918936886918

09:12:59

GMT

89

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206918936927200

09:13:17

GMT

103

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206918936936825

09:13:17

GMT

376

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206918936936826

09:13:17

GMT

256

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206918936936832

09:13:17

GMT

256

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280670509904425

09:13:17

GMT

54

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206918936936838

09:35:21

GMT

72

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670510293903

09:35:21

GMT

279

11.82

GBP

XLON

592206918937343911

09:35:21

GMT

23

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670510293908

09:35:21

GMT

95

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670510293909

09:40:27

GMT

41

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280670510385819

09:40:27

GMT

125

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280670510385820

09:40:27

GMT

129

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280670510385821

09:40:27

GMT

56

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206918937440876

09:47:16

GMT

73

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206918937563836

09:47:16

GMT

162

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206918937563835

09:48:00

GMT

117

11.85

GBP

XLON

606280670510515551

09:50:06

GMT

98

11.81

GBP

XLON

606280670510553964

10:09:19

GMT

96

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918938021987

10:09:19

GMT

96

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918938021989

10:09:19

GMT

382

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918938021988

10:09:19

GMT

61

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918938021993

10:14:34

GMT

34

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918938131987

10:14:34

GMT

62

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918938131989

10:26:57

GMT

35

11.75

GBP

XLON

606280670511277928

10:26:57

GMT

93

11.75

GBP

XLON

606280670511277930

10:26:57

GMT

100

11.75

GBP

XLON

606280670511277929

10:26:57

GMT

113

11.75

GBP

XLON

606280670511277927

10:26:57

GMT

125

11.75

GBP

XLON

606280670511277926

10:26:57

GMT

78

11.75

GBP

XLON

606280670511277936

11:02:01

GMT

93

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918939040546

11:02:01

GMT

93

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670511911343

11:02:01

GMT

93

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670511911344

11:02:01

GMT

93

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670511911345

11:02:01

GMT

125

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670511911341

11:02:01

GMT

152

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670511911342

11:02:36

GMT

193

11.77

GBP

XLON

592206918939052468

11:11:42

GMT

27

11.76

GBP

XLON

592206918939237260

11:11:42

GMT

13

11.76

GBP

XLON

592206918939237287

11:11:42

GMT

76

11.76

GBP

XLON

592206918939237286

11:13:42

GMT

45

11.76

GBP

XLON

592206918939272355

11:16:04

GMT

37

11.76

GBP

XLON

592206918939315722

11:16:04

GMT

40

11.76

GBP

XLON

606280670512174744

11:16:26

GMT

100

11.76

GBP

XLON

606280670512182555

11:16:26

GMT

13

11.76

GBP

XLON

606280670512182556

11:16:26

GMT

182

11.76

GBP

XLON

606280670512182557

11:43:00

GMT

51

11.7

GBP

XLON

606280670512645008

11:43:00

GMT

74

11.7

GBP

XLON

606280670512645009

11:43:00

GMT

77

11.7

GBP

XLON

606280670512645005

11:43:00

GMT

125

11.7

GBP

XLON

606280670512645006

11:43:00

GMT

125

11.7

GBP

XLON

606280670512645007

11:43:00

GMT

22

11.7

GBP

XLON

606280670512645010

11:43:00

GMT

96

11.7

GBP

XLON

606280670512645011

11:43:00

GMT

96

11.7

GBP

XLON

606280670512645012

11:43:02

GMT

21

11.7

GBP

XLON

592206918939809854

11:54:35

GMT

15

11.7

GBP

XLON

592206918940043616

11:54:35

GMT

85

11.7

GBP

XLON

592206918940043617

11:54:35

GMT

99

11.7

GBP

XLON

592206918940043619

11:54:35

GMT

252

11.7

GBP

XLON

592206918940043618

12:50:09

GMT

91

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918941053177

12:50:09

GMT

91

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670513821324

12:50:09

GMT

91

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670513821327

12:50:09

GMT

92

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918941053176

12:50:09

GMT

180

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670513821326

12:50:09

GMT

259

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670513821325

12:50:09

GMT

6

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670513821333

12:50:09

GMT

262

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670513821334

12:50:09

GMT

92

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918941053187

12:50:09

GMT

176

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918941053186

12:50:09

GMT

203

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670513821338

13:02:15

GMT

96

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670514057689

13:02:15

GMT

332

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670514057690

13:02:15

GMT

20

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670514057696

13:25:07

GMT

74

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918941790913

13:37:20

GMT

48

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918942077102

13:37:20

GMT

86

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918942077101

13:37:20

GMT

89

11.81

GBP

XLON

606280670514784098

13:37:20

GMT

401

11.81

GBP

XLON

606280670514784099

13:37:20

GMT

255

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918942077108

13:37:20

GMT

125

11.81

GBP

XLON

606280670514784103

13:37:20

GMT

130

11.81

GBP

XLON

606280670514784104

13:37:20

GMT

7

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918942077117

13:37:20

GMT

64

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918942077116

13:37:20

GMT

147

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918942077118

13:37:22

GMT

117

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670514785020

13:54:06

GMT

102

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918942484522

13:54:06

GMT

102

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918942484523

13:54:06

GMT

110

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918942484520

13:54:06

GMT

312

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918942484519

13:55:17

GMT

40

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918942515997

14:15:04

GMT

6

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918943024045

14:15:04

GMT

41

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918943024043

14:15:04

GMT

45

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918943024044

14:18:31

GMT

98

11.81

GBP

XLON

606280670515754521

14:20:11

GMT

107

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670515804683

14:21:01

GMT

227

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918943188994

14:21:01

GMT

268

11.81

GBP

XLON

606280670515827802

14:21:01

GMT

268

11.81

GBP

XLON

606280670515827819

14:21:01

GMT

125

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918943189023

14:21:01

GMT

143

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918943189024

14:21:01

GMT

21

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918943189031

14:26:15

GMT

70

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670515969940

14:26:15

GMT

125

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670515969941

14:26:15

GMT

125

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670515969942

14:26:15

GMT

25

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670515969943

14:27:18

GMT

6

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670516002284

14:30:01

GMT

294

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918943461433

14:30:01

GMT

58

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918943461558

14:41:43

GMT

96

11.84

GBP

XLON

592206918943917947

14:41:43

GMT

96

11.84

GBP

XLON

592206918943917948

14:41:43

GMT

96

11.84

GBP

XLON

606280670516518462

14:41:43

GMT

266

11.84

GBP

XLON

592206918943917946

14:41:43

GMT

355

11.84

GBP

XLON

592206918943917953

14:41:43

GMT

82

11.84

GBP

XLON

606280670516518469

14:41:43

GMT

190

11.84

GBP

XLON

606280670516518468

14:52:38

GMT

99

11.82

GBP

XLON

592206918944280364

14:52:38

GMT

99

11.82

GBP

XLON

592206918944280366

14:52:38

GMT

99

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670516862291

14:52:38

GMT

99

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670516862293

14:52:38

GMT

100

11.82

GBP

XLON

592206918944280365

14:52:38

GMT

100

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670516862292

14:52:38

GMT

302

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670516862290

14:54:10

GMT

48

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670516911389

14:54:10

GMT

99

11.82

GBP

XLON

606280670516911390

15:08:08

GMT

16

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918944861074

15:08:08

GMT

72

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918944861075

15:09:14

GMT

11

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918944896343

15:09:14

GMT

83

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918944896344

15:10:26

GMT

98

11.81

GBP

XLON

592206918944940149

15:11:32

GMT

38

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918944976700

15:11:32

GMT

50

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918944976699

15:12:10

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918944995919

15:12:10

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918944995920

15:12:10

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918944995921

15:12:10

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918944995923

15:12:10

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670517536391

15:12:10

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670517536392

15:12:10

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670517536393

15:12:10

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670517536394

15:12:10

GMT

266

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670517536390

15:12:10

GMT

49

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918944995937

15:12:10

GMT

36

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918944995943

15:15:32

GMT

298

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918945098864

15:15:32

GMT

53

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918945098868

15:26:08

GMT

13

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918945447891

15:26:08

GMT

125

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918945447892

15:26:08

GMT

125

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918945447893

15:26:08

GMT

111

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918945447896

15:39:18

GMT

16

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670518378968

15:39:18

GMT

32

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670518378969

15:39:18

GMT

38

11.8

GBP

XLON

606280670518378970

15:39:18

GMT

12

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918945889904

15:40:47

GMT

28

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918945955282

15:40:47

GMT

70

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918945955281

15:42:12

GMT

95

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918946030414

15:42:41

GMT

98

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918946054941

15:42:41

GMT

98

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918946054942

15:42:41

GMT

98

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670518535082

15:42:41

GMT

98

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670518535083

15:42:41

GMT

98

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670518535084

15:42:41

GMT

98

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670518535085

15:42:41

GMT

224

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918946054940

15:42:41

GMT

254

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670518535096

15:42:41

GMT

64

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918946054950

15:49:38

GMT

99

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918946405693

15:49:38

GMT

99

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670518865739

15:49:38

GMT

244

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670518865738

15:49:38

GMT

108

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670518865746

16:01:42

GMT

95

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670519438846

16:05:19

GMT

90

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918947190450

16:06:14

GMT

99

11.8

GBP

XLON

592206918947238295

16:06:18

GMT

90

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918947242340

16:06:18

GMT

90

11.79

GBP

XLON

606280670519654616

16:06:18

GMT

336

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918947242342

16:06:18

GMT

24

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918947242356

16:06:18

GMT

190

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918947242355

16:06:18

GMT

340

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918947242354

16:11:20

GMT

20

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918947505678

16:11:20

GMT

82

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918947505680

16:11:20

GMT

102

11.79

GBP

XLON

592206918947505679

16:12:00

GMT

292

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670519940339

16:12:14

GMT

18

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918947558043

16:16:21

GMT

44

11.78

GBP

XLON

592206918947784663

16:16:21

GMT

101

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670520168553

16:16:21

GMT

311

11.78

GBP

XLON

606280670520168552

16:22:24

GMT

87

11.77

GBP

XLON

592206918948153640

16:22:24

GMT

87

11.77

GBP

XLON

592206918948153641

16:22:24

GMT

87

11.77

GBP

XLON

592206918948153644

16:22:24

GMT

87

11.77

GBP

XLON

606280670520518485

16:22:24

GMT

87

11.77

GBP

XLON

606280670520518486

16:22:24

GMT

88

11.77

GBP

XLON

592206918948153643

16:22:24

GMT

105

11.77

GBP

XLON

606280670520518483

16:22:24

GMT

248

11.77

GBP

XLON

592206918948153642

16:26:37

GMT

283

11.76

GBP

XLON

592206918948425128

16:26:37

GMT

59

11.76

GBP

XLON

592206918948425132

Ends