WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

20 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 24,782 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 20 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 1,233,411 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,683,523 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:

20 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

24,782

11.8352

11.7300

12.0200

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

08:08:04

GMT

25

12.02

GBP

XLON

606163178599681066

08:08:04

GMT

69

12.02

GBP

XLON

606163178599681067

08:08:04

GMT

94

12.02

GBP

XLON

592089429763476455

08:08:04

GMT

94

12.02

GBP

XLON

606163178599681068

08:08:04

GMT

353

12.02

GBP

XLON

592089429763476454

08:08:04

GMT

375

12.02

GBP

XLON

606163178599681073

08:08:04

GMT

334

12.02

GBP

XLON

592089429763476465

08:16:28

GMT

103

11.96

GBP

XLON

606163178599804105

08:16:28

GMT

407

11.96

GBP

XLON

592089429763608593

08:26:43

GMT

98

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089429763762462

08:26:43

GMT

98

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163178599949072

08:26:43

GMT

103

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089429763762460

08:26:43

GMT

103

11.93

GBP

XLON

606163178599949073

08:26:43

GMT

201

11.93

GBP

XLON

592089429763762461

08:32:59

GMT

23

11.9

GBP

XLON

606163178600036077

08:32:59

GMT

106

11.9

GBP

XLON

606163178600036109

08:36:46

GMT

98

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089429763907200

08:36:46

GMT

180

11.89

GBP

XLON

592089429763907201

08:41:47

GMT

130

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429763973854

08:51:01

GMT

407

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089429764099377

09:11:27

GMT

131

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178600565335

09:11:27

GMT

150

11.86

GBP

XLON

606163178600565332

09:11:27

GMT

169

11.86

GBP

XLON

606163178600565334

09:11:27

GMT

289

11.86

GBP

XLON

606163178600565333

09:12:41

GMT

214

11.8

GBP

XLON

606163178600583040

09:26:18

GMT

109

11.79

GBP

XLON

606163178600788268

09:26:18

GMT

122

11.79

GBP

XLON

592089429764648554

09:26:18

GMT

152

11.79

GBP

XLON

592089429764648555

09:26:19

GMT

186

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163178600788569

09:31:00

GMT

82

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163178600852644

09:31:17

GMT

78

11.78

GBP

XLON

592089429764721346

09:34:23

GMT

7

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163178600903228

09:34:23

GMT

7

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163178600903229

09:34:23

GMT

34

11.78

GBP

XLON

592089429764769327

09:34:23

GMT

200

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163178600903227

09:55:52

GMT

97

11.81

GBP

XLON

592089429765125011

10:00:28

GMT

300

11.8

GBP

XLON

606163178601316097

10:07:04

GMT

36

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429765327318

10:07:04

GMT

82

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429765327319

10:07:04

GMT

106

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429765327320

10:25:25

GMT

108

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089429765637536

10:25:59

GMT

108

11.82

GBP

XLON

606163178601727240

10:25:59

GMT

176

11.82

GBP

XLON

606163178601727239

10:25:59

GMT

353

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429765646808

10:25:59

GMT

360

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429765646809

10:25:59

GMT

220

11.82

GBP

XLON

606163178601727246

10:47:44

GMT

107

11.79

GBP

XLON

592089429765977636

10:48:52

GMT

408

11.78

GBP

XLON

606163178602056873

11:01:11

GMT

107

11.76

GBP

XLON

592089429766192360

11:01:11

GMT

301

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178602243034

11:45:32

GMT

44

11.73

GBP

XLON

592089429766851017

11:45:32

GMT

65

11.73

GBP

XLON

592089429766851018

11:45:32

GMT

109

11.73

GBP

XLON

606163178602864223

11:45:32

GMT

202

11.73

GBP

XLON

606163178602864222

11:45:32

GMT

385

11.73

GBP

XLON

606163178602864221

12:05:26

GMT

40

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163178603145769

12:05:26

GMT

52

11.74

GBP

XLON

592089429767150005

12:05:26

GMT

55

11.74

GBP

XLON

592089429767150003

12:05:26

GMT

67

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163178603145770

12:05:26

GMT

107

11.74

GBP

XLON

592089429767150001

12:05:26

GMT

107

11.74

GBP

XLON

592089429767150004

12:05:26

GMT

107

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163178603145771

12:05:26

GMT

107

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163178603145772

12:05:26

GMT

444

11.74

GBP

XLON

592089429767150002

12:05:26

GMT

72

11.74

GBP

XLON

592089429767150018

12:35:10

GMT

39

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178603606600

12:35:10

GMT

386

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178603606601

12:35:10

GMT

15

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178603606604

12:35:10

GMT

30

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178603606605

12:35:10

GMT

118

11.76

GBP

XLON

592089429767640439

12:51:07

GMT

31

11.76

GBP

XLON

592089429767893422

12:51:07

GMT

52

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178603844874

12:51:07

GMT

96

11.76

GBP

XLON

592089429767893421

12:57:19

GMT

65

11.76

GBP

XLON

592089429767989839

12:57:19

GMT

96

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178603935407

12:57:19

GMT

96

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178603935408

12:57:19

GMT

96

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178603935409

12:57:19

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

592089429767989840

12:57:19

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

592089429767989841

13:26:45

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

592089429768473918

13:28:55

GMT

99

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163178604425928

13:29:26

GMT

28

11.75

GBP

XLON

606163178604433569

13:30:02

GMT

52

11.75

GBP

XLON

606163178604443578

13:35:28

GMT

10

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178604641048

13:35:28

GMT

97

11.81

GBP

XLON

592089429768736919

13:35:28

GMT

97

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178604641051

13:35:28

GMT

188

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178604641050

13:35:28

GMT

192

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178604641047

13:35:28

GMT

542

11.81

GBP

XLON

592089429768736920

13:35:28

GMT

344

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178604641058

13:52:10

GMT

98

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429769109304

13:52:10

GMT

98

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429769109305

13:52:10

GMT

98

11.82

GBP

XLON

606163178604989491

13:52:10

GMT

107

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429769109302

13:52:10

GMT

358

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429769109295

14:06:15

GMT

112

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178605347386

14:06:15

GMT

420

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178605347385

14:06:15

GMT

9

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429769489495

14:07:15

GMT

112

11.84

GBP

XLON

606163178605376617

14:23:16

GMT

128

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429769877254

14:23:16

GMT

150

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429769877252

14:23:16

GMT

308

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429769877253

14:23:16

GMT

124

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429769877258

14:36:08

GMT

110

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770190598

14:36:08

GMT

110

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178606007877

14:36:08

GMT

412

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770190597

14:36:08

GMT

110

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178606007879

14:36:08

GMT

110

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178606007880

14:36:08

GMT

110

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178606007881

14:45:39

GMT

95

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770449102

14:45:39

GMT

95

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770449103

14:45:39

GMT

95

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178606253445

14:45:39

GMT

352

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770449101

14:56:58

GMT

47

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770757163

14:56:58

GMT

112

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178606544523

14:56:58

GMT

202

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770757165

14:56:58

GMT

411

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770757166

14:56:58

GMT

73

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770757178

14:56:58

GMT

157

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429770757177

15:15:21

GMT

98

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771248049

15:15:21

GMT

100

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178607007512

15:15:21

GMT

101

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771248051

15:15:21

GMT

491

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771248050

15:16:03

GMT

512

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178607024532

15:16:03

GMT

25

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178607024536

15:29:08

GMT

98

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771577681

15:29:08

GMT

98

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178607318257

15:29:08

GMT

534

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178607318256

15:29:08

GMT

151

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178607318261

15:44:15

GMT

104

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771947392

15:44:15

GMT

104

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771947393

15:44:15

GMT

104

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771947394

15:44:15

GMT

104

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178607667086

15:44:15

GMT

104

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178607667087

15:44:15

GMT

605

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771947391

15:44:15

GMT

88

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429771947400

16:01:06

GMT

104

11.86

GBP

XLON

592089429772374224

16:02:43

GMT

107

11.86

GBP

XLON

592089429772417522

16:03:46

GMT

99

11.86

GBP

XLON

592089429772440427

16:03:47

GMT

9

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178608134940

16:03:47

GMT

560

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178608134941

16:05:37

GMT

51

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429772484282

16:05:37

GMT

492

11.85

GBP

XLON

592089429772484283

16:05:37

GMT

5

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178608176467

16:05:37

GMT

188

11.85

GBP

XLON

606163178608176561

16:05:37

GMT

109

11.84

GBP

XLON

592089429772484396

16:12:02

GMT

5

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089429772655552

16:12:02

GMT

46

11.83

GBP

XLON

606163178608338979

16:12:02

GMT

52

11.83

GBP

XLON

606163178608338980

16:12:02

GMT

97

11.83

GBP

XLON

606163178608338978

16:12:02

GMT

401

11.83

GBP

XLON

592089429772655553

16:12:28

GMT

97

11.82

GBP

XLON

592089429772671956

16:21:22

GMT

110

11.81

GBP

XLON

592089429772953819

16:21:22

GMT

110

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178608621291

16:21:22

GMT

110

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178608621293

16:21:22

GMT

112

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178608621290

16:21:22

GMT

113

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178608621292

16:21:22

GMT

405

11.81

GBP

XLON

606163178608621289

Ends