WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

06 March 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 27,726 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 06 March 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 1,974,475 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,942,459 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 March 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

27,726

10.7371

10.5600

10.9900

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

08:05:40

GMT

95

10.97

GBP

XLON

606179103827680719

08:05:40

GMT

538

10.97

GBP

XLON

620252852663028120

08:05:41

GMT

16

10.97

GBP

XLON

620252852663028682

08:05:41

GMT

222

10.97

GBP

XLON

620252852663028680

08:09:44

GMT

115

10.97

GBP

XLON

606179103827906479

08:15:09

GMT

104

10.96

GBP

XLON

606179103828188927

08:15:09

GMT

104

10.96

GBP

XLON

620252852663224766

08:15:09

GMT

104

10.97

GBP

XLON

620252852663224764

08:15:09

GMT

113

10.96

GBP

XLON

606179103828188925

08:15:09

GMT

113

10.96

GBP

XLON

606179103828188926

08:15:09

GMT

214

10.96

GBP

XLON

620252852663224765

08:30:24

GMT

109

10.99

GBP

XLON

606179103828918987

08:30:24

GMT

109

10.99

GBP

XLON

620252852663503370

08:30:24

GMT

527

10.99

GBP

XLON

620252852663503369

08:30:24

GMT

54

10.99

GBP

XLON

620252852663503376

08:46:38

GMT

112

10.96

GBP

XLON

606179103829733449

08:46:38

GMT

112

10.96

GBP

XLON

606179103829733450

08:46:38

GMT

112

10.96

GBP

XLON

620252852663830315

08:46:38

GMT

112

10.96

GBP

XLON

620252852663830316

08:46:38

GMT

328

10.96

GBP

XLON

620252852663830314

08:53:00

GMT

96

10.94

GBP

XLON

620252852663970138

08:53:00

GMT

112

10.94

GBP

XLON

606179103830112585

08:53:00

GMT

215

10.94

GBP

XLON

620252852663970137

08:59:17

GMT

327

10.93

GBP

XLON

620252852664093409

09:06:17

GMT

326

10.91

GBP

XLON

606179103830788899

09:18:57

GMT

99

10.91

GBP

XLON

606179103831376550

09:19:18

GMT

102

10.9

GBP

XLON

620252852664478830

09:19:18

GMT

507

10.9

GBP

XLON

606179103831404058

09:19:18

GMT

9

10.9

GBP

XLON

620252852664478857

09:30:17

GMT

68

10.86

GBP

XLON

620252852664666966

09:30:17

GMT

102

10.86

GBP

XLON

620252852664666967

09:30:17

GMT

260

10.86

GBP

XLON

620252852664666965

09:35:05

GMT

113

10.84

GBP

XLON

606179103832107538

09:43:26

GMT

104

10.84

GBP

XLON

606179103832436530

09:43:26

GMT

104

10.84

GBP

XLON

620252852664887342

09:43:26

GMT

104

10.84

GBP

XLON

620252852664887343

09:43:26

GMT

215

10.84

GBP

XLON

606179103832436528

09:49:10

GMT

329

10.86

GBP

XLON

606179103832675781

10:00:48

GMT

41

10.81

GBP

XLON

606179103833166999

10:03:25

GMT

97

10.81

GBP

XLON

620252852665221990

10:03:25

GMT

287

10.81

GBP

XLON

606179103833303674

10:20:46

GMT

112

10.81

GBP

XLON

620252852665503972

10:20:46

GMT

539

10.81

GBP

XLON

606179103834031323

10:20:46

GMT

144

10.81

GBP

XLON

620252852665503977

10:40:09

GMT

15

10.76

GBP

XLON

606179103834811930

10:40:09

GMT

80

10.76

GBP

XLON

606179103834811931

10:40:09

GMT

95

10.76

GBP

XLON

606179103834811929

10:40:09

GMT

95

10.76

GBP

XLON

620252852665788869

10:40:09

GMT

327

10.76

GBP

XLON

620252852665788868

10:49:51

GMT

87

10.74

GBP

XLON

606179103835180990

10:52:22

GMT

92

10.74

GBP

XLON

606179103835278794

10:57:46

GMT

81

10.74

GBP

XLON

606179103835489116

10:57:46

GMT

68

10.74

GBP

XLON

606179103835489117

10:57:46

GMT

111

10.74

GBP

XLON

620252852666032213

10:57:46

GMT

111

10.74

GBP

XLON

620252852666032215

10:57:46

GMT

112

10.74

GBP

XLON

606179103835489118

11:11:18

GMT

38

10.73

GBP

XLON

620252852666237409

11:11:18

GMT

328

10.73

GBP

XLON

620252852666237408

11:11:18

GMT

76

10.73

GBP

XLON

620252852666237410

11:15:26

GMT

114

10.72

GBP

XLON

606179103836237231

11:26:12

GMT

96

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103836776753

11:26:12

GMT

328

10.71

GBP

XLON

620252852666487025

11:38:08

GMT

327

10.67

GBP

XLON

606179103837235339

11:41:20

GMT

112

10.65

GBP

XLON

620252852666684307

12:09:24

GMT

103

10.68

GBP

XLON

620252852667026053

12:11:54

GMT

17

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179103838449527

12:11:54

GMT

84

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179103838449528

12:11:54

GMT

103

10.67

GBP

XLON

606179103838449538

12:11:54

GMT

103

10.67

GBP

XLON

606179103838449539

12:11:54

GMT

103

10.67

GBP

XLON

606179103838449540

12:11:54

GMT

103

10.67

GBP

XLON

620252852667059297

12:11:54

GMT

103

10.67

GBP

XLON

620252852667059299

12:11:54

GMT

103

10.67

GBP

XLON

620252852667059300

12:11:54

GMT

103

10.67

GBP

XLON

620252852667059301

12:11:54

GMT

328

10.67

GBP

XLON

620252852667059296

12:28:56

GMT

110

10.64

GBP

XLON

606179103839114166

12:28:56

GMT

110

10.64

GBP

XLON

620252852667280178

12:28:56

GMT

328

10.64

GBP

XLON

606179103839114165

12:31:20

GMT

110

10.63

GBP

XLON

620252852667310503

12:41:20

GMT

97

10.61

GBP

XLON

606179103839593484

12:41:20

GMT

328

10.61

GBP

XLON

606179103839593483

12:56:20

GMT

26

10.58

GBP

XLON

620252852667635229

12:56:20

GMT

87

10.58

GBP

XLON

620252852667635225

12:56:20

GMT

87

10.58

GBP

XLON

620252852667635228

12:56:20

GMT

113

10.58

GBP

XLON

606179103840168543

12:56:20

GMT

241

10.58

GBP

XLON

620252852667635227

13:09:43

GMT

96

10.6

GBP

XLON

620252852667813384

13:09:43

GMT

96

10.6

GBP

XLON

620252852667813385

13:09:43

GMT

96

10.6

GBP

XLON

620252852667813386

13:09:43

GMT

328

10.6

GBP

XLON

606179103840703094

13:19:45

GMT

94

10.56

GBP

XLON

620252852667947991

13:19:45

GMT

234

10.56

GBP

XLON

620252852667947992

13:41:37

GMT

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

606179103842134696

13:41:37

GMT

467

10.57

GBP

XLON

606179103842134698

13:41:37

GMT

116

10.57

GBP

XLON

606179103842134705

13:44:08

GMT

411

10.59

GBP

XLON

620252852668369837

13:44:08

GMT

118

10.59

GBP

XLON

606179103842286026

13:50:00

GMT

327

10.58

GBP

XLON

620252852668476421

14:12:38

GMT

81

10.61

GBP

XLON

620252852668919358

14:12:38

GMT

99

10.61

GBP

XLON

606179103843762330

14:12:38

GMT

99

10.61

GBP

XLON

620252852668919356

14:12:38

GMT

344

10.61

GBP

XLON

620252852668919357

14:12:38

GMT

333

10.61

GBP

XLON

606179103843762333

14:12:38

GMT

37

10.61

GBP

XLON

620252852668919368

14:12:38

GMT

62

10.61

GBP

XLON

620252852668919369

14:21:11

GMT

406

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179103844172208

14:31:10

GMT

382

10.67

GBP

XLON

620252852669321522

14:31:10

GMT

384

10.67

GBP

XLON

620252852669321526

14:31:10

GMT

36

10.67

GBP

XLON

606179103844797823

14:44:14

GMT

109

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103845819372

14:44:14

GMT

57

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852669763131

14:44:14

GMT

363

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852669763130

14:44:14

GMT

508

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103845819378

14:44:20

GMT

109

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179103845825953

14:56:36

GMT

107

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179103846850661

14:56:36

GMT

107

10.68

GBP

XLON

620252852670208239

14:56:36

GMT

107

10.68

GBP

XLON

620252852670208240

14:56:36

GMT

107

10.68

GBP

XLON

620252852670208241

14:56:36

GMT

408

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179103846850660

14:59:09

GMT

107

10.67

GBP

XLON

620252852670312587

14:59:09

GMT

222

10.67

GBP

XLON

606179103847093682

15:06:27

GMT

111

10.65

GBP

XLON

606179103847704130

15:06:27

GMT

328

10.65

GBP

XLON

606179103847704131

15:13:12

GMT

107

10.66

GBP

XLON

620252852670779343

15:13:12

GMT

400

10.66

GBP

XLON

620252852670779342

15:23:45

GMT

611

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671089007

15:23:45

GMT

83

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671089011

15:37:43

GMT

2

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671468978

15:37:43

GMT

44

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671468973

15:37:43

GMT

108

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671468975

15:37:43

GMT

110

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103849942471

15:37:43

GMT

110

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671468974

15:37:43

GMT

110

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671468976

15:37:43

GMT

110

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671468977

15:37:43

GMT

406

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671468972

15:41:33

GMT

39

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179103850214944

15:41:33

GMT

290

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179103850214943

15:53:44

GMT

11

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103851051772

15:53:44

GMT

102

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671908924

15:53:44

GMT

102

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852671908925

15:53:44

GMT

424

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103851051771

15:54:32

GMT

102

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103851116541

15:54:32

GMT

287

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103851116542

16:06:39

GMT

102

10.71

GBP

XLON

620252852672328875

16:07:34

GMT

106

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103852159224

16:08:29

GMT

7

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103852233402

16:08:29

GMT

95

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103852233400

16:10:30

GMT

87

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103852416521

16:10:30

GMT

12

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103852416525

16:10:30

GMT

127

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103852416527

16:13:46

GMT

105

10.71

GBP

XLON

620252852672567433

16:13:46

GMT

108

10.71

GBP

XLON

620252852672567432

16:13:46

GMT

140

10.71

GBP

XLON

620252852672567434

16:13:46

GMT

447

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103852667144

16:13:46

GMT

519

10.71

GBP

XLON

620252852672567593

16:13:46

GMT

16

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179103852667507

16:21:04

GMT

45

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103853272101

16:21:04

GMT

56

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103853272102

16:21:04

GMT

101

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103853272098

16:21:04

GMT

101

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103853272099

16:21:04

GMT

101

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103853272100

16:21:04

GMT

101

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852672824742

16:21:04

GMT

329

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852672824740

16:28:25

GMT

97

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103853892225

16:28:25

GMT

220

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179103853892230

16:28:25

GMT

331

10.7

GBP

XLON

620252852673093529

Ends