WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

06 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 22,250 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 06 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 1,477,628 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,439,306 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:

06 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

22,250

12.8722

12.7900

12.9700

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

08:02:09

GMT

98

12.86

GBP

XLON

592095445941240116

08:02:09

GMT

418

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194776220632

08:08:47

GMT

117

12.81

GBP

XLON

592095445941405350

08:08:47

GMT

119

12.79

GBP

XLON

592095445941405381

08:08:47

GMT

143

12.79

GBP

XLON

592095445941405379

08:08:47

GMT

277

12.79

GBP

XLON

592095445941405380

08:18:37

GMT

10

12.8

GBP

XLON

592095445941633624

08:18:50

GMT

508

12.8

GBP

XLON

592095445941638068

08:18:50

GMT

127

12.8

GBP

XLON

592095445941638072

08:41:12

GMT

17

12.79

GBP

XLON

592095445942171587

08:41:22

GMT

16

12.79

GBP

XLON

606169194777109568

08:41:42

GMT

14

12.8

GBP

XLON

592095445942185049

08:48:50

GMT

19

12.81

GBP

XLON

592095445942343321

08:48:50

GMT

53

12.81

GBP

XLON

592095445942343320

08:48:50

GMT

81

12.81

GBP

XLON

592095445942343322

08:48:50

GMT

100

12.81

GBP

XLON

606169194777267544

08:48:50

GMT

529

12.81

GBP

XLON

606169194777267545

08:59:27

GMT

102

12.82

GBP

XLON

606169194777479639

08:59:27

GMT

508

12.82

GBP

XLON

592095445942567043

09:15:35

GMT

1

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194777791083

09:15:35

GMT

111

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194777791084

09:15:35

GMT

129

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445942895583

09:15:35

GMT

260

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445942895582

09:15:35

GMT

51

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194777791091

09:15:35

GMT

307

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194777791094

09:34:27

GMT

109

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445943340635

09:34:27

GMT

580

12.9

GBP

XLON

606169194778211013

09:34:27

GMT

49

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445943340640

09:34:27

GMT

95

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445943340641

09:47:05

GMT

104

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445943635441

09:47:05

GMT

105

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445943635442

09:47:05

GMT

227

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194778492086

10:08:06

GMT

416

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194778922280

10:13:35

GMT

169

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194779041117

10:15:29

GMT

2

12.86

GBP

XLON

592095445944260905

10:15:29

GMT

47

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445944260902

10:15:29

GMT

103

12.86

GBP

XLON

592095445944260904

10:15:29

GMT

150

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194779084984

10:15:29

GMT

197

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194779084985

10:15:29

GMT

1

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194779084994

10:15:29

GMT

58

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194779084993

10:55:17

GMT

106

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445945162970

10:55:17

GMT

106

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445945162971

10:55:17

GMT

117

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194779933870

10:55:17

GMT

456

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445945162969

10:56:44

GMT

62

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445945197092

10:56:44

GMT

71

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194779965668

10:56:44

GMT

81

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445945197093

10:56:44

GMT

171

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194779965667

11:20:49

GMT

99

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445945782302

11:20:49

GMT

201

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445945782300

11:20:49

GMT

260

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445945782301

11:20:49

GMT

111

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445945782305

11:48:18

GMT

50

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194781155846

11:48:18

GMT

110

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194781155844

11:48:18

GMT

110

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194781155845

11:48:18

GMT

227

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194781155843

11:48:18

GMT

25

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445946461027

11:48:18

GMT

60

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194781155847

11:48:18

GMT

85

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445946461028

12:07:04

GMT

229

12.94

GBP

XLON

592095445947071399

12:07:04

GMT

234

12.94

GBP

XLON

592095445947071400

12:20:12

GMT

97

12.92

GBP

XLON

606169194782019901

12:20:12

GMT

110

12.92

GBP

XLON

592095445947385332

12:20:12

GMT

130

12.92

GBP

XLON

606169194782019900

12:44:35

GMT

100

12.92

GBP

XLON

606169194782551596

12:46:03

GMT

69

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445947992679

12:46:03

GMT

100

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445947992680

12:46:03

GMT

110

12.9

GBP

XLON

606169194782586517

12:46:03

GMT

117

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445947992678

12:46:03

GMT

31

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445947992681

12:46:03

GMT

100

12.9

GBP

XLON

606169194782586518

12:46:03

GMT

100

12.9

GBP

XLON

606169194782586519

12:46:03

GMT

100

12.9

GBP

XLON

606169194782586520

13:13:07

GMT

46

12.97

GBP

XLON

592095445948679925

13:13:07

GMT

406

12.97

GBP

XLON

592095445948679926

13:13:07

GMT

10

12.97

GBP

XLON

592095445948679927

13:20:02

GMT

53

12.97

GBP

XLON

592095445948839711

13:20:02

GMT

108

12.97

GBP

XLON

592095445948839712

13:20:02

GMT

286

12.97

GBP

XLON

606169194783379948

13:31:10

GMT

91

12.95

GBP

XLON

606169194783634856

13:31:10

GMT

111

12.95

GBP

XLON

592095445949111521

13:31:10

GMT

136

12.95

GBP

XLON

606169194783634857

13:41:15

GMT

8

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445949416127

13:41:15

GMT

99

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445949416128

13:41:15

GMT

107

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445949416126

13:41:15

GMT

107

12.91

GBP

XLON

606169194783921159

13:41:15

GMT

228

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445949416125

13:52:08

GMT

117

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445949742917

13:52:08

GMT

117

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445949742918

13:52:08

GMT

228

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445949742916

14:12:33

GMT

111

12.92

GBP

XLON

592095445950350594

14:15:04

GMT

66

12.93

GBP

XLON

592095445950419108

14:15:04

GMT

2

12.93

GBP

XLON

606169194784868599

14:15:04

GMT

2

12.93

GBP

XLON

606169194784868600

14:15:04

GMT

44

12.93

GBP

XLON

606169194784868598

14:15:05

GMT

27

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445950420174

14:15:05

GMT

408

12.91

GBP

XLON

606169194784869554

14:15:52

GMT

19

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445950443754

14:18:46

GMT

65

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445950535658

14:18:46

GMT

96

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445950535659

14:18:46

GMT

111

12.91

GBP

XLON

606169194784979576

14:18:46

GMT

15

12.91

GBP

XLON

592095445950535689

14:18:46

GMT

114

12.91

GBP

XLON

606169194784979597

14:32:22

GMT

102

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445951122771

14:32:22

GMT

102

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445951122772

14:32:22

GMT

102

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194785533991

14:32:22

GMT

161

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194785533990

14:32:22

GMT

212

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194785533992

14:38:54

GMT

111

12.9

GBP

XLON

592095445951409990

14:43:45

GMT

34

12.9

GBP

XLON

606169194786010313

14:43:45

GMT

74

12.9

GBP

XLON

606169194786010315

14:44:42

GMT

108

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445951660999

14:44:42

GMT

108

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194786046781

14:44:42

GMT

433

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445951660997

14:48:04

GMT

228

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194786177592

15:02:15

GMT

102

12.9

GBP

XLON

606169194786755305

15:03:56

GMT

101

12.89

GBP

XLON

592095445952477861

15:05:24

GMT

91

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194786880394

15:05:24

GMT

102

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445952537705

15:05:24

GMT

102

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194786880396

15:05:24

GMT

102

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194786880397

15:05:24

GMT

103

12.89

GBP

XLON

606169194786880393

15:05:24

GMT

362

12.88

GBP

XLON

592095445952537706

15:05:24

GMT

11

12.88

GBP

XLON

606169194786880398

15:16:11

GMT

118

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445952943108

15:17:50

GMT

102

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194787321192

15:20:52

GMT

107

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194787422593

15:20:56

GMT

37

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194787424341

15:20:56

GMT

118

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445953108572

15:20:56

GMT

118

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194787424343

15:20:56

GMT

118

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194787424344

15:20:56

GMT

189

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194787424342

15:36:56

GMT

102

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445953685231

15:37:57

GMT

106

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445953716779

15:37:57

GMT

150

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445953716780

15:37:57

GMT

155

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445953716781

15:37:57

GMT

179

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445953716782

15:37:57

GMT

204

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445953716789

15:52:05

GMT

54

12.83

GBP

XLON

592095445954261599

15:52:05

GMT

55

12.83

GBP

XLON

592095445954261600

15:52:05

GMT

109

12.83

GBP

XLON

606169194788517876

15:52:05

GMT

109

12.83

GBP

XLON

606169194788517878

15:56:03

GMT

175

12.83

GBP

XLON

592095445954420616

15:56:57

GMT

109

12.84

GBP

XLON

592095445954453445

16:07:12

GMT

108

12.85

GBP

XLON

592095445954877457

16:07:12

GMT

108

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194789104380

16:07:12

GMT

123

12.85

GBP

XLON

606169194789104379

16:07:15

GMT

93

12.84

GBP

XLON

606169194789105885

16:07:15

GMT

150

12.84

GBP

XLON

606169194789105886

16:07:15

GMT

150

12.84

GBP

XLON

606169194789105887

16:10:34

GMT

49

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194789244387

16:10:36

GMT

61

12.86

GBP

XLON

592095445955026794

16:16:42

GMT

15

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194789516960

16:16:42

GMT

41

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445955311634

16:16:42

GMT

68

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445955311633

16:16:42

GMT

162

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194789516959

16:16:42

GMT

109

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194789516986

16:17:55

GMT

15

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445955363310

16:17:55

GMT

45

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445955363313

16:17:55

GMT

60

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445955363315

16:19:01

GMT

105

12.87

GBP

XLON

592095445955417089

16:19:19

GMT

200

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194789631190

16:19:19

GMT

309

12.86

GBP

XLON

606169194789631192

16:19:19

GMT

131

12.86

GBP

XLON

592095445955430922

16:19:19

GMT

180

12.86

GBP

XLON

592095445955430921

16:28:46

GMT

255

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194790111777

16:28:46

GMT

329

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194790111776

16:28:55

GMT

95

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194790118258

16:29:27

GMT

13

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194790145694

16:29:34

GMT

11

12.87

GBP

XLON

606169194790152325

Ends