WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

03 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 23,000 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 03 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 1,411,438 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,505,496 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:

03 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

23,000

12.8178

12.7300

12.9400

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

08:02:32

GMT

366

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384261606821

08:03:23

GMT

36

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133097156059

08:03:23

GMT

206

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384261643063

08:04:26

GMT

24

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133097192883

08:04:26

GMT

62

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133097192882

08:04:26

GMT

81

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133097192885

08:04:26

GMT

197

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133097192884

08:09:32

GMT

169

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133097357593

08:14:06

GMT

2

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133097480221

08:19:20

GMT

111

12.87

GBP

XLON

592094384262142550

08:22:52

GMT

51

12.86

GBP

XLON

592094384262247553

08:22:52

GMT

78

12.86

GBP

XLON

606168133097722062

08:25:03

GMT

152

12.83

GBP

XLON

606168133097776761

08:25:03

GMT

283

12.83

GBP

XLON

606168133097776762

08:25:03

GMT

381

12.83

GBP

XLON

592094384262306054

08:25:31

GMT

48

12.83

GBP

XLON

592094384262317918

08:25:31

GMT

94

12.83

GBP

XLON

592094384262317919

08:25:31

GMT

102

12.83

GBP

XLON

606168133097787884

08:46:52

GMT

106

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384262847733

08:46:52

GMT

106

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133098285223

08:46:52

GMT

158

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133098285224

08:46:52

GMT

288

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133098285222

08:46:52

GMT

12

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384262847740

08:57:44

GMT

196

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384263094782

08:57:47

GMT

146

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384263095694

08:57:47

GMT

172

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133098516294

09:11:21

GMT

115

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384263474694

09:11:21

GMT

115

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133098871977

09:11:21

GMT

309

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133098871976

09:22:24

GMT

377

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133099153615

09:22:24

GMT

4

12.77

GBP

XLON

592094384263772883

09:22:24

GMT

132

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168133099153656

09:38:40

GMT

108

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384264167216

09:38:40

GMT

108

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133099526969

09:38:40

GMT

308

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133099526967

09:40:15

GMT

121

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133099568781

09:52:25

GMT

383

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168133099860720

10:34:49

GMT

40

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384265540398

10:34:49

GMT

45

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133100834191

10:34:49

GMT

47

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384265540397

10:34:49

GMT

59

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133100834190

10:34:49

GMT

103

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384265540396

10:34:49

GMT

191

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133100834187

10:34:49

GMT

220

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384265540399

10:34:49

GMT

371

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133100834208

10:34:49

GMT

115

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384265540419

10:34:50

GMT

185

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384265540443

11:21:37

GMT

97

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133101684848

11:21:37

GMT

112

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384266436357

11:21:37

GMT

112

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384266436359

11:21:37

GMT

112

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384266436360

11:21:37

GMT

112

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133101684845

11:21:37

GMT

112

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133101684846

11:21:37

GMT

244

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133101684847

11:21:37

GMT

8

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384266436361

11:21:37

GMT

48

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384266436364

11:21:37

GMT

48

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168133101684850

11:21:37

GMT

56

12.78

GBP

XLON

592094384266436362

11:21:37

GMT

332

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133101684866

11:21:37

GMT

21

12.77

GBP

XLON

592094384266436399

11:43:16

GMT

41

12.75

GBP

XLON

592094384266832042

11:43:16

GMT

76

12.75

GBP

XLON

592094384266832043

11:58:03

GMT

141

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168133102321102

11:59:12

GMT

151

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168133102342890

12:06:12

GMT

106

12.73

GBP

XLON

592094384267286451

12:06:12

GMT

117

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384267286449

12:06:12

GMT

117

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133102483251

12:06:12

GMT

144

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384267286450

12:06:12

GMT

250

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133102483250

12:24:54

GMT

24

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133102802071

12:33:39

GMT

35

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133102978826

12:33:39

GMT

98

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384267817242

12:42:18

GMT

8

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384267975965

12:42:18

GMT

68

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133103127394

12:43:13

GMT

101

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168133103141173

12:45:15

GMT

76

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133103173372

12:45:15

GMT

104

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384268025040

12:45:15

GMT

104

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133103173373

12:45:15

GMT

104

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133103173374

12:45:15

GMT

104

12.74

GBP

XLON

606168133103173375

12:45:15

GMT

115

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384268025045

12:45:15

GMT

121

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384268025044

12:45:15

GMT

124

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384268025043

12:45:15

GMT

154

12.74

GBP

XLON

592094384268025042

13:21:34

GMT

179

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133103908938

13:39:13

GMT

32

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304400

13:39:13

GMT

54

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304403

13:39:13

GMT

61

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304402

13:39:13

GMT

83

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304401

13:39:13

GMT

112

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304399

13:39:13

GMT

115

12.77

GBP

XLON

592094384269230232

13:39:13

GMT

115

12.77

GBP

XLON

592094384269230233

13:39:13

GMT

115

12.77

GBP

XLON

592094384269230234

13:39:13

GMT

115

12.77

GBP

XLON

592094384269230236

13:39:13

GMT

122

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304404

13:39:13

GMT

142

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304405

13:39:13

GMT

146

12.77

GBP

XLON

592094384269230237

13:39:13

GMT

35

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304417

13:39:13

GMT

320

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168133104304416

14:01:26

GMT

313

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133104800613

14:01:26

GMT

5

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133104800614

14:10:18

GMT

115

12.83

GBP

XLON

606168133105016869

14:11:29

GMT

105

12.83

GBP

XLON

606168133105044469

14:12:03

GMT

115

12.82

GBP

XLON

592094384270028083

14:12:03

GMT

115

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133105057194

14:12:03

GMT

116

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133105057193

14:12:03

GMT

313

12.82

GBP

XLON

592094384270028082

14:27:47

GMT

108

12.83

GBP

XLON

606168133105444252

14:29:25

GMT

111

12.83

GBP

XLON

592094384270482663

14:30:17

GMT

29

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133105522930

14:30:17

GMT

34

12.82

GBP

XLON

592094384270517310

14:30:17

GMT

79

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133105522931

14:30:17

GMT

108

12.82

GBP

XLON

592094384270517307

14:30:17

GMT

108

12.82

GBP

XLON

592094384270517309

14:30:17

GMT

110

12.82

GBP

XLON

592094384270517308

14:30:17

GMT

221

12.82

GBP

XLON

592094384270517311

14:30:17

GMT

278

12.82

GBP

XLON

606168133105522929

14:30:17

GMT

37

12.82

GBP

XLON

592094384270517319

14:50:15

GMT

100

12.84

GBP

XLON

606168133106149874

14:50:15

GMT

100

12.84

GBP

XLON

606168133106149876

14:50:15

GMT

121

12.84

GBP

XLON

606168133106149875

14:50:15

GMT

242

12.84

GBP

XLON

592094384271172402

14:50:15

GMT

146

12.84

GBP

XLON

606168133106149886

14:50:15

GMT

240

12.84

GBP

XLON

606168133106149885

14:50:15

GMT

386

12.84

GBP

XLON

592094384271172430

14:50:20

GMT

27

12.84

GBP

XLON

606168133106152178

14:59:51

GMT

73

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384271470934

14:59:51

GMT

105

12.79

GBP

XLON

592094384271470933

14:59:51

GMT

105

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133106435157

14:59:51

GMT

309

12.79

GBP

XLON

606168133106435154

15:11:58

GMT

107

12.83

GBP

XLON

606168133106817330

15:11:58

GMT

421

12.83

GBP

XLON

606168133106817327

15:11:58

GMT

241

12.83

GBP

XLON

592094384271870615

15:33:16

GMT

34

12.94

GBP

XLON

606168133107601984

15:33:16

GMT

68

12.94

GBP

XLON

606168133107601986

15:35:09

GMT

117

12.94

GBP

XLON

606168133107660781

15:35:09

GMT

423

12.94

GBP

XLON

606168133107660783

15:35:09

GMT

434

12.94

GBP

XLON

606168133107660797

15:35:09

GMT

88

12.94

GBP

XLON

592094384272753318

15:41:00

GMT

310

12.91

GBP

XLON

592094384272944735

15:47:30

GMT

117

12.93

GBP

XLON

592094384273184138

15:47:30

GMT

145

12.93

GBP

XLON

606168133108071409

15:54:10

GMT

106

12.94

GBP

XLON

606168133108284836

15:54:10

GMT

398

12.94

GBP

XLON

592094384273408733

15:54:10

GMT

9

12.94

GBP

XLON

592094384273408738

16:03:06

GMT

111

12.92

GBP

XLON

592094384273738190

16:03:06

GMT

111

12.92

GBP

XLON

592094384273738191

16:03:06

GMT

111

12.92

GBP

XLON

606168133108600202

16:03:06

GMT

111

12.92

GBP

XLON

606168133108600203

16:03:06

GMT

278

12.92

GBP

XLON

606168133108600201

16:03:07

GMT

30

12.92

GBP

XLON

592094384273739314

16:15:16

GMT

105

12.9

GBP

XLON

606168133109039102

16:16:26

GMT

112

12.9

GBP

XLON

606168133109078166

16:16:33

GMT

105

12.89

GBP

XLON

592094384274244110

16:16:33

GMT

105

12.89

GBP

XLON

592094384274244111

16:16:33

GMT

105

12.89

GBP

XLON

606168133109083294

16:16:33

GMT

105

12.89

GBP

XLON

606168133109083297

16:16:33

GMT

147

12.89

GBP

XLON

606168133109083293

16:16:33

GMT

315

12.89

GBP

XLON

592094384274244109

16:16:33

GMT

94

12.89

GBP

XLON

592094384274244120

16:25:00

GMT

74

12.91

GBP

XLON

592094384274649525

16:25:00

GMT

104

12.91

GBP

XLON

592094384274649519

16:25:00

GMT

104

12.91

GBP

XLON

606168133109473027

16:25:00

GMT

185

12.91

GBP

XLON

592094384274649530

16:25:00

GMT

298

12.91

GBP

XLON

606168133109473025

16:25:00

GMT

172

12.91

GBP

XLON

592094384274649586

Ends