WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

14 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 23,306 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 14 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 1,618,014 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,298,920 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:

14 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

23,306

12.3144

12.2400

12.4400

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

08:02:12

GMT

109

12.39

GBP

XLON

592098277100643451

08:21:49

GMT

99

12.35

GBP

XLON

592098277101099200

08:21:49

GMT

99

12.35

GBP

XLON

606172025936732991

08:21:49

GMT

100

12.35

GBP

XLON

606172025936732990

08:21:49

GMT

516

12.35

GBP

XLON

606172025936732989

08:21:49

GMT

310

12.35

GBP

XLON

592098277101099207

08:47:07

GMT

128

12.32

GBP

XLON

606172025937215807

08:47:39

GMT

35

12.32

GBP

XLON

606172025937227069

08:47:39

GMT

612

12.32

GBP

XLON

606172025937227070

08:47:39

GMT

52

12.32

GBP

XLON

592098277101625918

08:47:39

GMT

400

12.32

GBP

XLON

592098277101625917

09:30:55

GMT

223

12.44

GBP

XLON

606172025938170636

09:30:55

GMT

1

12.44

GBP

XLON

606172025938170640

09:30:55

GMT

223

12.44

GBP

XLON

606172025938170639

09:30:55

GMT

233

12.44

GBP

XLON

592098277102634683

09:30:55

GMT

260

12.44

GBP

XLON

592098277102634681

09:30:55

GMT

294

12.44

GBP

XLON

592098277102634682

09:30:55

GMT

370

12.44

GBP

XLON

606172025938170652

09:30:55

GMT

224

12.44

GBP

XLON

592098277102634689

09:30:55

GMT

134

12.44

GBP

XLON

592098277102634690

09:33:54

GMT

201

12.41

GBP

XLON

606172025938233240

09:39:45

GMT

102

12.39

GBP

XLON

606172025938377165

09:39:45

GMT

202

12.39

GBP

XLON

606172025938377164

09:58:57

GMT

116

12.39

GBP

XLON

606172025938818004

09:58:57

GMT

117

12.39

GBP

XLON

592098277103331566

09:58:57

GMT

347

12.39

GBP

XLON

592098277103331567

10:09:55

GMT

108

12.38

GBP

XLON

606172025939062871

10:09:55

GMT

108

12.38

GBP

XLON

606172025939062872

10:09:55

GMT

201

12.38

GBP

XLON

606172025939062870

10:12:52

GMT

120

12.35

GBP

XLON

606172025939136614

10:12:52

GMT

190

12.35

GBP

XLON

606172025939136613

10:33:26

GMT

573

12.38

GBP

XLON

592098277104184296

10:39:00

GMT

100

12.38

GBP

XLON

606172025939732697

10:39:00

GMT

195

12.38

GBP

XLON

592098277104318544

10:59:51

GMT

108

12.38

GBP

XLON

592098277104834144

10:59:51

GMT

108

12.38

GBP

XLON

592098277104834146

10:59:51

GMT

108

12.38

GBP

XLON

592098277104834147

10:59:51

GMT

132

12.38

GBP

XLON

606172025940208228

10:59:51

GMT

270

12.38

GBP

XLON

592098277104834142

11:07:00

GMT

36

12.42

GBP

XLON

606172025940375608

11:07:00

GMT

106

12.42

GBP

XLON

606172025940375610

11:07:00

GMT

165

12.42

GBP

XLON

606172025940375609

11:14:17

GMT

54

12.38

GBP

XLON

592098277105189917

11:14:17

GMT

148

12.38

GBP

XLON

592098277105189918

11:24:21

GMT

107

12.34

GBP

XLON

592098277105427315

11:24:21

GMT

201

12.34

GBP

XLON

606172025940753874

11:53:57

GMT

83

12.31

GBP

XLON

606172025941405471

11:53:57

GMT

107

12.31

GBP

XLON

592098277106134235

11:53:57

GMT

107

12.31

GBP

XLON

592098277106134236

11:55:01

GMT

24

12.31

GBP

XLON

606172025941428472

11:55:01

GMT

107

12.31

GBP

XLON

606172025941428473

11:59:45

GMT

61

12.31

GBP

XLON

592098277106265847

12:02:06

GMT

105

12.31

GBP

XLON

606172025941576030

12:02:06

GMT

506

12.31

GBP

XLON

592098277106319350

12:10:17

GMT

106

12.29

GBP

XLON

606172025941758606

12:10:17

GMT

201

12.29

GBP

XLON

606172025941758608

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277107463515

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277107463516

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277107463517

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277107463519

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025942627937

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025942627938

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025942627939

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025942627940

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025942627941

12:52:16

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025942627943

12:52:16

GMT

160

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277107463520

12:52:16

GMT

223

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277107463518

13:02:07

GMT

102

12.31

GBP

XLON

592098277107710453

13:02:07

GMT

202

12.31

GBP

XLON

592098277107710452

13:09:10

GMT

202

12.3

GBP

XLON

592098277107870995

13:18:11

GMT

11

12.29

GBP

XLON

606172025943201416

13:18:11

GMT

102

12.29

GBP

XLON

606172025943201415

13:18:11

GMT

202

12.29

GBP

XLON

592098277108085466

13:43:16

GMT

115

12.3

GBP

XLON

606172025943818051

13:44:15

GMT

120

12.3

GBP

XLON

606172025943839076

13:44:15

GMT

517

12.29

GBP

XLON

606172025943839077

13:44:15

GMT

381

12.29

GBP

XLON

592098277108777555

13:44:15

GMT

122

12.29

GBP

XLON

606172025943839086

13:57:05

GMT

49

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025944147282

13:57:05

GMT

201

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277109113471

13:57:05

GMT

55

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025944147283

13:57:05

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277109113473

13:57:05

GMT

104

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277109113474

14:09:05

GMT

28

12.27

GBP

XLON

592098277109501179

14:09:05

GMT

78

12.27

GBP

XLON

592098277109501178

14:09:05

GMT

106

12.27

GBP

XLON

592098277109501177

14:09:05

GMT

106

12.27

GBP

XLON

606172025944504561

14:09:05

GMT

202

12.27

GBP

XLON

592098277109501176

14:17:00

GMT

100

12.26

GBP

XLON

592098277109744425

14:17:00

GMT

100

12.26

GBP

XLON

592098277109744426

14:17:00

GMT

203

12.26

GBP

XLON

592098277109744424

14:31:14

GMT

44

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025945181583

14:31:14

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277110235403

14:31:14

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277110235404

14:31:14

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277110235406

14:31:14

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025945181584

14:31:14

GMT

359

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025945181582

14:33:03

GMT

200

12.29

GBP

XLON

592098277110309200

14:35:30

GMT

5

12.27

GBP

XLON

592098277110413138

14:35:30

GMT

196

12.27

GBP

XLON

592098277110413137

14:51:24

GMT

105

12.29

GBP

XLON

606172025945953509

14:51:47

GMT

29

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111078354

14:51:47

GMT

74

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111078353

14:51:47

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111078350

14:51:47

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111078352

14:51:47

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111078355

14:51:47

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025945969661

14:51:47

GMT

103

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025945969662

14:51:47

GMT

416

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111078351

15:06:18

GMT

51

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111703303

15:06:18

GMT

62

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111703304

15:06:18

GMT

84

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277111703305

15:11:42

GMT

113

12.3

GBP

XLON

592098277111917386

15:14:16

GMT

56

12.3

GBP

XLON

592098277112013959

15:14:16

GMT

58

12.3

GBP

XLON

592098277112013958

15:16:00

GMT

35

12.3

GBP

XLON

606172025946909332

15:16:00

GMT

36

12.3

GBP

XLON

606172025946909333

15:16:00

GMT

40

12.3

GBP

XLON

592098277112082804

15:17:52

GMT

48

12.3

GBP

XLON

606172025946975097

15:17:52

GMT

70

12.3

GBP

XLON

606172025946975098

15:19:39

GMT

108

12.3

GBP

XLON

606172025947041870

15:21:48

GMT

119

12.29

GBP

XLON

606172025947122094

15:22:13

GMT

29

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277112326759

15:22:13

GMT

113

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277112326760

15:22:13

GMT

113

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277112326761

15:22:13

GMT

113

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277112326762

15:22:13

GMT

113

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277112326764

15:22:13

GMT

113

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277112326766

15:22:13

GMT

113

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025947137173

15:22:13

GMT

114

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025947137174

15:22:13

GMT

114

12.28

GBP

XLON

606172025947137175

15:22:13

GMT

188

12.28

GBP

XLON

592098277112326763

15:29:34

GMT

104

12.26

GBP

XLON

592098277112606023

15:29:34

GMT

104

12.26

GBP

XLON

606172025947396946

15:29:34

GMT

202

12.26

GBP

XLON

592098277112606022

15:42:17

GMT

23

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113082999

15:42:17

GMT

32

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113082997

15:42:17

GMT

78

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113082996

15:42:17

GMT

87

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113083000

15:42:17

GMT

110

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113082994

15:42:17

GMT

110

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025947842178

15:42:17

GMT

110

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025947842179

15:42:17

GMT

110

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025947842181

15:42:17

GMT

204

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113082993

15:58:32

GMT

112

12.25

GBP

XLON

592098277113717711

15:59:57

GMT

119

12.25

GBP

XLON

592098277113777835

15:59:57

GMT

112

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113777850

15:59:57

GMT

112

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113777851

15:59:57

GMT

112

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113777852

15:59:57

GMT

112

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113777853

15:59:57

GMT

112

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113777854

15:59:57

GMT

112

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277113777855

15:59:57

GMT

112

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025948487879

15:59:57

GMT

112

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025948487880

15:59:57

GMT

201

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025948487878

16:09:41

GMT

104

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114189391

16:09:41

GMT

104

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114189392

16:09:41

GMT

104

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114189393

16:09:41

GMT

104

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114189394

16:09:41

GMT

104

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114189395

16:09:41

GMT

104

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114189396

16:09:41

GMT

201

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025948871758

16:20:32

GMT

26

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025949333193

16:20:32

GMT

33

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025949333190

16:20:32

GMT

45

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025949333192

16:21:31

GMT

41

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114731768

16:21:31

GMT

66

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114731767

16:22:29

GMT

105

12.24

GBP

XLON

592098277114774293

16:23:30

GMT

109

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025949461199

16:24:23

GMT

109

12.24

GBP

XLON

606172025949502476

Ends