WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

19 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 24,610 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 19 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 1,691,464 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,225,470 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:

19 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

24,610

11.9580

11.6900

12.2200

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

08:08:44

GMT

99

12.13

GBP

XLON

606173795412795087

08:08:44

GMT

406

12.13

GBP

XLON

592100046577337058

08:08:50

GMT

29

12.15

GBP

XLON

606173795412798809

08:08:50

GMT

150

12.15

GBP

XLON

606173795412798808

08:16:22

GMT

103

12.19

GBP

XLON

592100046577573941

08:19:21

GMT

112

12.18

GBP

XLON

592100046577652567

08:19:21

GMT

394

12.18

GBP

XLON

592100046577652568

08:19:21

GMT

430

12.18

GBP

XLON

592100046577652572

08:19:31

GMT

3

12.18

GBP

XLON

606173795413091279

08:38:55

GMT

109

12.22

GBP

XLON

592100046578131889

08:41:34

GMT

25

12.22

GBP

XLON

592100046578183828

08:41:34

GMT

87

12.22

GBP

XLON

592100046578183827

08:43:51

GMT

9

12.22

GBP

XLON

592100046578223816

08:43:51

GMT

65

12.22

GBP

XLON

592100046578223815

08:43:53

GMT

27

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173795413613350

08:44:18

GMT

502

12.2

GBP

XLON

592100046578232021

08:44:18

GMT

421

12.2

GBP

XLON

606173795413620670

08:44:18

GMT

8

12.2

GBP

XLON

592100046578232144

08:52:09

GMT

271

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173795413744535

09:04:24

GMT

110

12.19

GBP

XLON

592100046578596981

09:04:24

GMT

110

12.19

GBP

XLON

592100046578596982

09:04:24

GMT

116

12.19

GBP

XLON

592100046578596980

09:04:24

GMT

154

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173795413957315

09:23:31

GMT

108

12.19

GBP

XLON

592100046578994906

09:23:31

GMT

108

12.19

GBP

XLON

592100046578994907

09:23:31

GMT

108

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173795414324392

09:23:31

GMT

108

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173795414324393

09:23:31

GMT

108

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173795414324394

09:23:31

GMT

108

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173795414324395

09:23:31

GMT

108

12.2

GBP

XLON

606173795414324390

09:23:31

GMT

110

12.19

GBP

XLON

592100046578994905

09:23:31

GMT

161

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173795414324391

09:37:57

GMT

557

12.17

GBP

XLON

606173795414866726

09:37:57

GMT

60

12.17

GBP

XLON

592100046579582190

09:45:22

GMT

271

12.17

GBP

XLON

592100046579861900

10:07:26

GMT

113

12.16

GBP

XLON

592100046580516744

10:07:26

GMT

622

12.16

GBP

XLON

606173795415733382

10:23:09

GMT

113

12.13

GBP

XLON

592100046580946232

10:23:09

GMT

113

12.13

GBP

XLON

606173795416128735

10:23:09

GMT

113

12.13

GBP

XLON

606173795416128736

10:23:09

GMT

271

12.13

GBP

XLON

592100046580946231

10:30:59

GMT

120

12.09

GBP

XLON

606173795416322468

10:30:59

GMT

151

12.09

GBP

XLON

606173795416322467

10:34:53

GMT

112

12.07

GBP

XLON

606173795416444067

10:44:59

GMT

271

12.07

GBP

XLON

606173795416734803

10:59:03

GMT

86

12.07

GBP

XLON

606173795417271204

10:59:03

GMT

103

12.07

GBP

XLON

606173795417271203

10:59:03

GMT

109

12.07

GBP

XLON

592100046582182962

10:59:03

GMT

109

12.07

GBP

XLON

606173795417271202

10:59:03

GMT

154

12.07

GBP

XLON

606173795417271201

11:10:13

GMT

111

12.03

GBP

XLON

606173795417553191

11:10:13

GMT

120

12.03

GBP

XLON

606173795417553190

11:10:13

GMT

150

12.03

GBP

XLON

606173795417553189

11:29:01

GMT

103

12.02

GBP

XLON

592100046582929350

11:29:01

GMT

120

12.02

GBP

XLON

592100046582929348

11:29:01

GMT

150

12.02

GBP

XLON

592100046582929347

11:29:01

GMT

170

12.02

GBP

XLON

592100046582929351

11:45:06

GMT

430

12.03

GBP

XLON

606173795418312009

12:06:34

GMT

102

12.03

GBP

XLON

606173795418919268

12:07:38

GMT

102

12.02

GBP

XLON

592100046584001560

12:07:38

GMT

102

12.02

GBP

XLON

606173795418946908

12:07:38

GMT

102

12.02

GBP

XLON

606173795418946910

12:07:38

GMT

102

12.02

GBP

XLON

606173795418946911

12:07:38

GMT

120

12.02

GBP

XLON

606173795418946906

12:07:38

GMT

304

12.02

GBP

XLON

606173795418946907

12:20:37

GMT

271

12.02

GBP

XLON

606173795419223865

12:23:59

GMT

19

12.02

GBP

XLON

592100046584375045

12:24:19

GMT

43

12.02

GBP

XLON

592100046584382580

12:24:19

GMT

54

12.02

GBP

XLON

592100046584382581

12:24:19

GMT

109

12.02

GBP

XLON

606173795419298089

12:24:19

GMT

116

12.02

GBP

XLON

606173795419298090

12:32:23

GMT

126

11.97

GBP

XLON

606173795419463976

12:32:23

GMT

145

11.97

GBP

XLON

606173795419463977

12:55:46

GMT

2

11.96

GBP

XLON

606173795419990983

12:55:46

GMT

17

11.96

GBP

XLON

606173795419990979

12:55:46

GMT

88

11.96

GBP

XLON

606173795419990982

12:55:51

GMT

45

11.94

GBP

XLON

592100046585134281

12:55:51

GMT

62

11.94

GBP

XLON

592100046585134279

12:55:51

GMT

107

11.94

GBP

XLON

592100046585134280

12:55:51

GMT

107

11.94

GBP

XLON

592100046585134282

12:55:51

GMT

107

11.94

GBP

XLON

606173795419992518

12:55:51

GMT

107

11.94

GBP

XLON

606173795419992519

12:55:51

GMT

271

11.94

GBP

XLON

606173795419992517

13:20:29

GMT

8

11.93

GBP

XLON

592100046585646291

13:20:29

GMT

106

11.93

GBP

XLON

592100046585646290

13:20:29

GMT

114

11.93

GBP

XLON

606173795420465627

13:20:29

GMT

114

11.93

GBP

XLON

606173795420465628

13:27:54

GMT

10

11.94

GBP

XLON

592100046585836089

13:27:54

GMT

103

11.94

GBP

XLON

592100046585836090

13:27:54

GMT

114

11.94

GBP

XLON

606173795420640047

13:27:54

GMT

336

11.94

GBP

XLON

592100046585836087

13:27:56

GMT

103

11.93

GBP

XLON

592100046585836593

13:27:56

GMT

103

11.93

GBP

XLON

606173795420640531

13:38:11

GMT

103

11.92

GBP

XLON

592100046586126798

13:38:11

GMT

103

11.92

GBP

XLON

606173795420911082

13:38:11

GMT

103

11.92

GBP

XLON

606173795420911084

13:38:11

GMT

272

11.92

GBP

XLON

592100046586126797

13:52:17

GMT

107

11.9

GBP

XLON

592100046586707450

13:52:17

GMT

107

11.9

GBP

XLON

606173795421460001

13:52:17

GMT

107

11.9

GBP

XLON

606173795421460003

13:52:17

GMT

270

11.9

GBP

XLON

606173795421460000

13:59:33

GMT

300

11.86

GBP

XLON

606173795421697881

14:09:50

GMT

107

11.83

GBP

XLON

606173795422057942

14:09:50

GMT

271

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100046587346020

14:22:11

GMT

6

11.84

GBP

XLON

606173795422455140

14:22:11

GMT

118

11.84

GBP

XLON

606173795422455142

14:22:11

GMT

118

11.84

GBP

XLON

606173795422455143

14:22:11

GMT

265

11.84

GBP

XLON

606173795422455141

14:34:43

GMT

28

11.81

GBP

XLON

592100046588314623

14:36:48

GMT

128

11.81

GBP

XLON

592100046588409520

14:38:48

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

592100046588493615

14:38:48

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

592100046588493617

14:38:48

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

592100046588493618

14:38:48

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

606173795423127508

14:38:48

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

606173795423127509

14:38:48

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

606173795423127510

14:38:48

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

606173795423127511

14:38:48

GMT

108

11.81

GBP

XLON

592100046588493620

14:38:48

GMT

113

11.81

GBP

XLON

592100046588493614

14:41:09

GMT

135

11.83

GBP

XLON

606173795423219590

14:41:09

GMT

136

11.83

GBP

XLON

606173795423219589

14:49:32

GMT

110

11.82

GBP

XLON

592100046588965726

14:49:32

GMT

110

11.82

GBP

XLON

592100046588965728

14:49:32

GMT

271

11.82

GBP

XLON

606173795423569434

14:56:50

GMT

42

11.81

GBP

XLON

606173795423922987

14:56:50

GMT

489

11.81

GBP

XLON

606173795423922986

14:57:07

GMT

11

11.81

GBP

XLON

606173795423936726

15:03:46

GMT

39

11.82

GBP

XLON

592100046589671510

15:06:17

GMT

68

11.82

GBP

XLON

592100046589766499

15:06:17

GMT

107

11.82

GBP

XLON

592100046589766503

15:06:17

GMT

304

11.82

GBP

XLON

592100046589766500

15:20:13

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100046590285982

15:20:13

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100046590285983

15:20:13

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100046590285984

15:20:13

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

606173795424805846

15:20:13

GMT

363

11.8

GBP

XLON

606173795424805845

15:20:13

GMT

4

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100046590285991

15:20:13

GMT

97

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100046590286048

15:31:20

GMT

116

11.79

GBP

XLON

606173795425138735

15:31:20

GMT

116

11.79

GBP

XLON

606173795425138737

15:31:20

GMT

116

11.79

GBP

XLON

606173795425138738

15:31:20

GMT

271

11.79

GBP

XLON

606173795425138734

15:35:50

GMT

270

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100046590791530

15:41:46

GMT

271

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100046590990530

15:52:56

GMT

34

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100046591395658

15:52:56

GMT

81

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100046591395660

15:52:56

GMT

115

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100046591395659

15:52:56

GMT

115

11.79

GBP

XLON

606173795425840460

15:52:56

GMT

340

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100046591395657

15:54:28

GMT

115

11.78

GBP

XLON

606173795425888495

15:56:42

GMT

272

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100046591535675

16:05:16

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100046591849111

16:05:16

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

606173795426266762

16:05:16

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

606173795426266763

16:05:16

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

606173795426266764

16:05:16

GMT

270

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100046591849110

16:13:00

GMT

100

11.71

GBP

XLON

592100046592149086

16:13:00

GMT

100

11.71

GBP

XLON

592100046592149089

16:13:00

GMT

468

11.71

GBP

XLON

592100046592149087

16:21:33

GMT

105

11.71

GBP

XLON

606173795426987383

16:21:33

GMT

105

11.71

GBP

XLON

606173795426987384

16:21:33

GMT

105

11.71

GBP

XLON

606173795426987385

16:21:33

GMT

105

11.71

GBP

XLON

606173795426987386

16:21:33

GMT

105

11.71

GBP

XLON

606173795426987388

16:21:33

GMT

337

11.71

GBP

XLON

592100046592624087

16:27:07

GMT

269

11.69

GBP

XLON

592100046592901900

16:27:07

GMT

273

11.69

GBP

XLON

606173795427244456

Ends