WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

19 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 24,040 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 19 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 875,791 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,041,143 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 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

24,040

11.6999

11.6500

11.7800

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

08:09:04

GMT

90

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207626721529026

08:10:03

GMT

115

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626721550709

08:10:23

GMT

250

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626721558483

08:10:23

GMT

45

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626721558484

08:10:23

GMT

332

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378243308115

08:10:25

GMT

332

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626721559373

08:10:25

GMT

59

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378243308954

08:39:57

GMT

93

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626722128103

08:39:58

GMT

158

11.74

GBP

XLON

606281378243847871

08:40:03

GMT

116

11.74

GBP

XLON

592207626722130761

08:41:12

GMT

123

11.76

GBP

XLON

606281378243870088

08:41:12

GMT

339

11.76

GBP

XLON

592207626722151599

08:41:12

GMT

147

11.76

GBP

XLON

606281378243870246

08:41:12

GMT

192

11.76

GBP

XLON

606281378243870247

08:41:16

GMT

14

11.76

GBP

XLON

592207626722153900

08:41:17

GMT

266

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207626722154586

08:41:17

GMT

67

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207626722154594

09:03:00

GMT

17

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378244321275

09:03:00

GMT

89

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626722627474

09:03:00

GMT

89

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626722627476

09:03:00

GMT

92

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626722627473

09:03:00

GMT

97

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626722627470

09:03:00

GMT

318

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378244321276

09:09:15

GMT

152

11.69

GBP

XLON

592207626722809369

09:09:15

GMT

247

11.69

GBP

XLON

592207626722809367

09:19:15

GMT

235

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378244701611

09:19:15

GMT

100

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378244701614

09:34:17

GMT

10

11.65

GBP

XLON

606281378244982570

09:34:17

GMT

17

11.65

GBP

XLON

606281378244982569

09:34:17

GMT

69

11.65

GBP

XLON

606281378244982571

09:34:17

GMT

96

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626723326683

09:41:29

GMT

11

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245118078

09:53:59

GMT

95

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626723705577

09:57:23

GMT

44

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626723778631

09:57:23

GMT

46

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626723778632

10:00:55

GMT

11

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626723857044

10:00:55

GMT

54

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626723857045

10:00:55

GMT

31

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378245482373

10:01:55

GMT

25

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245502817

10:01:55

GMT

70

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245502820

10:01:55

GMT

88

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245502815

10:01:55

GMT

95

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245502818

10:01:55

GMT

95

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245502819

10:01:55

GMT

160

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245502816

10:01:55

GMT

225

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245502814

10:05:53

GMT

9

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378245573559

10:26:03

GMT

22

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378245944798

10:26:03

GMT

100

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626724345559

10:26:03

GMT

100

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378245944802

10:26:03

GMT

101

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378245944799

10:26:03

GMT

135

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378245944801

10:26:03

GMT

250

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378245944800

10:26:03

GMT

302

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378245944809

10:37:21

GMT

268

11.67

GBP

XLON

592207626724556261

10:37:21

GMT

68

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378246144410

11:08:14

GMT

89

11.67

GBP

XLON

592207626725153128

11:23:15

GMT

106

11.69

GBP

XLON

592207626725431748

11:28:19

GMT

33

11.7

GBP

XLON

592207626725520082

11:28:40

GMT

58

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378247064370

11:30:58

GMT

98

11.69

GBP

XLON

606281378247104498

11:34:11

GMT

102

11.69

GBP

XLON

606281378247158387

11:34:30

GMT

100

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626725631025

11:34:30

GMT

6

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626725631027

11:34:30

GMT

100

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626725631028

11:34:30

GMT

250

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626725631026

11:34:30

GMT

256

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626725631037

11:34:35

GMT

33

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378247164767

11:49:00

GMT

124

11.69

GBP

XLON

606281378247398438

11:59:23

GMT

8

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626726053136

11:59:23

GMT

88

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626726053135

11:59:23

GMT

96

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626726053137

11:59:23

GMT

96

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626726053138

11:59:23

GMT

102

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626726053139

11:59:23

GMT

287

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378247564419

12:09:06

GMT

101

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207626726275261

12:09:06

GMT

101

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281378247773702

12:09:06

GMT

101

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378247773821

12:09:06

GMT

102

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378247773820

12:09:06

GMT

134

11.67

GBP

XLON

592207626726275371

12:29:29

GMT

21

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378248148777

12:29:29

GMT

40

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626726671172

12:29:29

GMT

74

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378248148776

12:29:29

GMT

95

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378248148775

12:29:29

GMT

197

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626726671173

12:29:29

GMT

99

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378248148788

12:31:30

GMT

95

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626726707008

13:03:28

GMT

91

11.67

GBP

XLON

592207626727302801

13:05:46

GMT

98

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378248782461

13:07:42

GMT

91

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626727381862

13:07:42

GMT

91

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626727381863

13:07:42

GMT

91

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626727381864

13:07:42

GMT

91

11.65

GBP

XLON

606281378248815621

13:07:42

GMT

91

11.65

GBP

XLON

606281378248815622

13:07:42

GMT

91

11.65

GBP

XLON

606281378248815624

13:07:42

GMT

152

11.65

GBP

XLON

606281378248815623

13:07:42

GMT

245

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626727381861

13:07:42

GMT

92

11.65

GBP

XLON

606281378248815636

13:32:59

GMT

14

11.67

GBP

XLON

592207626727911837

13:32:59

GMT

26

11.67

GBP

XLON

592207626727911838

13:32:59

GMT

59

11.67

GBP

XLON

592207626727911839

13:34:46

GMT

102

11.67

GBP

XLON

606281378249347022

13:36:12

GMT

29

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626727977791

13:36:12

GMT

70

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626727977793

13:36:12

GMT

99

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626727977794

13:36:12

GMT

99

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626727977797

13:36:12

GMT

99

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378249374418

13:41:46

GMT

5

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626728095366

13:41:46

GMT

99

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626728095365

13:41:46

GMT

104

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378249484900

13:47:52

GMT

47

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378249626080

13:47:57

GMT

45

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281378249628037

13:50:18

GMT

92

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626728305237

13:50:56

GMT

119

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626728320828

13:51:55

GMT

32

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626728345944

13:51:55

GMT

165

11.65

GBP

XLON

592207626728345943

13:54:52

GMT

38

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626728421698

13:54:52

GMT

231

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207626728421700

14:03:59

GMT

93

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378250007733

14:06:00

GMT

104

11.73

GBP

XLON

606281378250055560

14:08:59

GMT

94

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626728777836

14:10:17

GMT

47

11.73

GBP

XLON

606281378250155027

14:10:17

GMT

50

11.73

GBP

XLON

606281378250155026

14:12:11

GMT

104

11.74

GBP

XLON

592207626728858101

14:13:54

GMT

40

11.74

GBP

XLON

592207626728896730

14:13:54

GMT

52

11.74

GBP

XLON

592207626728896729

14:15:50

GMT

19

11.74

GBP

XLON

606281378250279536

14:15:50

GMT

84

11.74

GBP

XLON

606281378250279537

14:17:41

GMT

269

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626728989402

14:17:41

GMT

229

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378250324559

14:17:41

GMT

79

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626728989408

14:17:41

GMT

190

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626728989407

14:17:41

GMT

40

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378250324563

14:17:41

GMT

189

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378250324562

14:17:41

GMT

25

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626728989416

14:24:36

GMT

102

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378250487352

14:24:36

GMT

336

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626729162724

14:33:12

GMT

68

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626729445275

14:33:12

GMT

107

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626729445274

14:33:12

GMT

219

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626729445276

14:33:12

GMT

291

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626729445280

14:33:12

GMT

104

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378250754374

14:36:58

GMT

93

11.7

GBP

XLON

592207626729564482

14:36:58

GMT

115

11.7

GBP

XLON

592207626729564480

14:36:58

GMT

118

11.7

GBP

XLON

592207626729564481

14:36:58

GMT

104

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378250867762

14:43:12

GMT

80

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378251074488

14:43:12

GMT

206

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378251074487

14:43:12

GMT

44

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378251074494

14:43:12

GMT

97

11.69

GBP

XLON

606281378251074491

14:43:12

GMT

101

11.69

GBP

XLON

606281378251074492

14:43:12

GMT

102

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378251074493

14:55:44

GMT

92

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378251457387

14:58:42

GMT

29

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378251542215

14:58:42

GMT

71

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378251542214

15:02:01

GMT

102

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626730387986

15:02:01

GMT

406

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626730387987

15:02:01

GMT

92

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626730387995

15:02:01

GMT

189

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626730387994

15:02:01

GMT

229

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626730388002

15:04:47

GMT

52

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626730504873

15:04:47

GMT

104

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378251761214

15:04:47

GMT

132

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626730504875

15:04:47

GMT

167

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378251761232

15:11:06

GMT

59

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378251954439

15:17:54

GMT

10

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378252160834

15:17:54

GMT

88

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378252160835

15:17:54

GMT

98

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626730927887

15:17:54

GMT

98

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378252160833

15:17:54

GMT

119

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626730927886

15:17:54

GMT

154

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626730927885

15:17:54

GMT

240

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378252160841

15:21:09

GMT

61

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626731032141

15:21:09

GMT

104

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626731032143

15:21:09

GMT

179

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626731032142

15:21:09

GMT

49

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378252259228

15:23:07

GMT

104

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378252312821

15:23:07

GMT

104

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281378252312822

15:23:07

GMT

128

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207626731088724

15:35:53

GMT

105

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378252675629

15:35:53

GMT

271

11.7

GBP

XLON

592207626731472620

15:35:59

GMT

266

11.69

GBP

XLON

606281378252678643

15:35:59

GMT

17

11.69

GBP

XLON

606281378252678649

15:35:59

GMT

179

11.69

GBP

XLON

606281378252678648

15:47:38

GMT

104

11.7

GBP

XLON

592207626731852059

15:47:38

GMT

104

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378253035175

15:47:38

GMT

406

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378253035176

15:47:38

GMT

87

11.7

GBP

XLON

606281378253035181

16:03:48

GMT

107

11.74

GBP

XLON

606281378253541458

16:03:48

GMT

209

11.74

GBP

XLON

592207626732386054

16:08:49

GMT

102

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550946

16:08:49

GMT

102

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550947

16:08:49

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102

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550948

16:08:49

GMT

199

11.73

GBP

XLON

606281378253698037

16:08:49

GMT

238

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550944

16:08:49

GMT

6

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550966

16:08:49

GMT

162

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550965

16:08:49

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190

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550963

16:08:49

GMT

174

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550985

16:08:49

GMT

184

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207626732550983

16:08:49

GMT

100

11.73

GBP

XLON

606281378253698075

16:14:20

GMT

89

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626732765397

16:14:20

GMT

89

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378253902433

16:14:20

GMT

96

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626732765398

16:14:20

GMT

223

11.72

GBP

XLON

592207626732765395

16:14:20

GMT

113

11.72

GBP

XLON

606281378253902441

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