WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

23 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 25,180 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 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 926,612 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,990,322 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:

23 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

25,180

11.7743

11.6600

11.8100

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

08:02:18

GMT

404

11.68

GBP

XLON

592209042308406698

08:02:18

GMT

41

11.66

GBP

XLON

592209042308406704

08:14:46

GMT

93

11.73

GBP

XLON

606282793873954870

08:14:46

GMT

66

11.71

GBP

XLON

606282793873954959

08:14:46

GMT

91

11.71

GBP

XLON

592209042308574900

08:14:46

GMT

334

11.71

GBP

XLON

606282793873954960

08:14:46

GMT

10

11.71

GBP

XLON

606282793873954966

08:14:48

GMT

107

11.71

GBP

XLON

606282793873955478

08:14:48

GMT

122

11.71

GBP

XLON

606282793873955479

08:17:20

GMT

152

11.71

GBP

XLON

606282793873982079

08:18:45

GMT

91

11.7

GBP

XLON

606282793874005549

08:41:14

GMT

98

11.72

GBP

XLON

592209042308934076

08:41:14

GMT

260

11.72

GBP

XLON

592209042308934075

08:50:10

GMT

106

11.75

GBP

XLON

592209042309050970

08:50:10

GMT

135

11.75

GBP

XLON

592209042309050969

08:50:10

GMT

232

11.75

GBP

XLON

606282793874411879

09:00:05

GMT

109

11.75

GBP

XLON

592209042309179513

09:00:37

GMT

66

11.74

GBP

XLON

592209042309188114

09:00:37

GMT

109

11.74

GBP

XLON

606282793874543355

09:00:37

GMT

215

11.74

GBP

XLON

606282793874543354

09:00:37

GMT

327

11.74

GBP

XLON

592209042309188115

09:00:37

GMT

46

11.73

GBP

XLON

592209042309188121

09:00:37

GMT

287

11.74

GBP

XLON

592209042309188122

09:15:05

GMT

44

11.73

GBP

XLON

606282793874762856

09:15:05

GMT

96

11.73

GBP

XLON

592209042309418041

09:15:05

GMT

214

11.73

GBP

XLON

606282793874762857

09:15:11

GMT

106

11.72

GBP

XLON

606282793874764336

09:43:13

GMT

21

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793875250609

09:43:13

GMT

85

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793875250608

09:45:29

GMT

16

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042309981166

09:45:29

GMT

88

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793875293821

09:45:31

GMT

97

11.75

GBP

XLON

592209042309981615

09:45:31

GMT

97

11.75

GBP

XLON

606282793875294248

09:45:31

GMT

324

11.75

GBP

XLON

606282793875294249

09:45:31

GMT

174

11.75

GBP

XLON

606282793875294253

10:12:09

GMT

106

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793875740951

10:14:27

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793875774221

10:14:49

GMT

105

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793875779298

10:14:49

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793875779297

10:14:49

GMT

256

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793875779296

10:14:49

GMT

313

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793875779303

10:14:49

GMT

313

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042310495246

10:14:49

GMT

74

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793875779306

10:25:17

GMT

321

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042310683702

10:29:00

GMT

89

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042310754072

11:03:46

GMT

11

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042311339807

11:03:46

GMT

92

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042311339809

11:03:46

GMT

103

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793876581087

11:03:46

GMT

103

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793876581088

11:03:46

GMT

151

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042311339806

11:03:46

GMT

156

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042311339808

11:03:46

GMT

276

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793876581086

11:03:47

GMT

121

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042311340231

11:21:57

GMT

99

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793876854151

11:22:08

GMT

99

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042311631817

11:22:08

GMT

99

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793876857972

11:22:08

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793876857973

11:22:08

GMT

262

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793876857971

12:01:58

GMT

103

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793877459953

12:19:00

GMT

37

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793877718934

12:19:00

GMT

58

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793877718935

12:19:00

GMT

72

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793877718931

12:19:00

GMT

109

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793877718933

12:19:00

GMT

244

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793877718936

12:19:00

GMT

312

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042312542061

12:19:00

GMT

19

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793877718948

12:19:00

GMT

98

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793877718949

12:19:00

GMT

171

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042312542071

12:19:00

GMT

328

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042312542070

12:19:00

GMT

56

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042312542082

12:19:06

GMT

47

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042312543730

12:46:42

GMT

21

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793878146587

12:46:42

GMT

83

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793878146586

12:46:42

GMT

157

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042312994770

12:46:42

GMT

263

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793878146585

12:46:42

GMT

327

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793878146592

13:20:30

GMT

96

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793878734408

13:22:26

GMT

107

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042313650677

13:35:56

GMT

17

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042313918563

13:35:56

GMT

35

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042313918565

13:35:56

GMT

73

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042313918566

13:35:56

GMT

91

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042313918564

13:35:56

GMT

108

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793879020204

13:35:56

GMT

330

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793879020205

13:35:56

GMT

131

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793879020215

13:35:56

GMT

190

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793879020214

13:35:56

GMT

43

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793879020220

13:35:57

GMT

14

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793879020484

13:37:03

GMT

10

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793879039733

13:40:28

GMT

93

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042314017881

13:40:28

GMT

247

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042314017882

13:40:28

GMT

280

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042314017880

13:40:28

GMT

17

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042314017891

13:40:28

GMT

141

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042314017887

13:40:28

GMT

175

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042314017886

14:01:40

GMT

32

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793879523471

14:01:40

GMT

93

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793879523470

14:01:40

GMT

93

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793879523473

14:01:40

GMT

93

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793879523474

14:01:40

GMT

93

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793879523475

14:01:40

GMT

305

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793879523472

14:01:40

GMT

338

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793879523480

14:23:54

GMT

102

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793879970978

14:25:21

GMT

9

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042314959144

14:25:21

GMT

21

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042314959143

14:25:21

GMT

68

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880003065

14:26:37

GMT

13

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880032556

14:26:37

GMT

81

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042314990655

14:30:00

GMT

94

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042315083964

14:30:00

GMT

341

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042315083963

14:30:00

GMT

189

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880120534

14:30:00

GMT

190

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880120533

14:30:00

GMT

32

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042315083978

14:30:00

GMT

43

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880120550

14:37:18

GMT

105

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042315345334

14:38:04

GMT

93

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042315367908

14:38:52

GMT

95

11.81

GBP

XLON

592209042315391923

14:38:52

GMT

105

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042315391925

14:38:52

GMT

105

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042315391926

14:38:52

GMT

105

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042315391927

14:38:52

GMT

105

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880412253

14:38:52

GMT

150

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880412251

14:38:52

GMT

168

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042315391924

14:38:52

GMT

336

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880412250

14:38:52

GMT

15

11.8

GBP

XLON

606282793880412266

14:46:15

GMT

100

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793880625545

14:46:15

GMT

104

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042315617407

14:46:15

GMT

105

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793880625544

14:46:15

GMT

375

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793880625543

14:46:15

GMT

58

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042315617415

14:59:55

GMT

74

11.78

GBP

XLON

606282793881009532

14:59:55

GMT

104

11.78

GBP

XLON

592209042316021392

14:59:55

GMT

160

11.78

GBP

XLON

606282793881009533

14:59:55

GMT

104

11.78

GBP

XLON

592209042316021398

14:59:55

GMT

104

11.78

GBP

XLON

606282793881009546

14:59:55

GMT

104

11.78

GBP

XLON

606282793881009547

14:59:55

GMT

112

11.78

GBP

XLON

606282793881009545

14:59:55

GMT

186

11.78

GBP

XLON

606282793881009554

15:14:25

GMT

105

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042316448904

15:14:25

GMT

105

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042316448905

15:14:25

GMT

105

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793881416341

15:14:25

GMT

105

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793881416342

15:14:25

GMT

105

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042316448901

15:14:25

GMT

245

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042316448902

15:14:25

GMT

35

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793881416349

15:14:25

GMT

190

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793881416346

15:14:25

GMT

190

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793881416348

15:14:25

GMT

57

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042316448915

15:26:35

GMT

14

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793881690360

15:26:35

GMT

88

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793881690362

15:26:35

GMT

102

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042316735902

15:26:35

GMT

102

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042316735903

15:26:35

GMT

102

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793881690361

15:26:35

GMT

289

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793881690358

15:26:35

GMT

106

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793881690370

15:44:16

GMT

3

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793882125690

15:44:16

GMT

45

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042317193406

15:44:16

GMT

46

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042317193408

15:44:16

GMT

58

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042317193409

15:44:16

GMT

59

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042317193407

15:44:16

GMT

88

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042317193403

15:44:16

GMT

101

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793882125692

15:44:16

GMT

104

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042317193405

15:44:16

GMT

104

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793882125691

15:44:16

GMT

104

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793882125693

15:44:16

GMT

143

11.77

GBP

XLON

592209042317193404

15:44:16

GMT

271

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793882125696

15:44:22

GMT

104

11.77

GBP

XLON

606282793882128290

15:58:40

GMT

3

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042317602365

15:58:40

GMT

102

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042317602367

15:58:40

GMT

105

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793882516451

15:58:40

GMT

105

11.76

GBP

XLON

606282793882516453

15:58:40

GMT

144

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042317602368

15:58:40

GMT

180

11.76

GBP

XLON

592209042317602370

16:07:20

GMT

93

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042317850120

16:08:02

GMT

399

11.78

GBP

XLON

592209042317868705

16:08:02

GMT

114

11.78

GBP

XLON

592209042317868711

16:08:02

GMT

119

11.78

GBP

XLON

592209042317868709

16:08:02

GMT

187

11.78

GBP

XLON

592209042317868710

16:08:02

GMT

306

11.78

GBP

XLON

592209042317868708

16:17:48

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793883052145

16:19:34

GMT

7

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793883105133

16:19:34

GMT

15

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793883105136

16:19:34

GMT

38

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793883105135

16:19:34

GMT

39

11.81

GBP

XLON

606282793883105134

16:19:34

GMT

55

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793883105138

16:19:34

GMT

106

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042318218927

16:19:34

GMT

106

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042318218928

16:19:34

GMT

107

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793883105137

16:19:34

GMT

154

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042318218925

16:19:34

GMT

211

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042318218926

16:19:41

GMT

13

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042318223345

16:19:41

GMT

51

11.79

GBP

XLON

606282793883109404

16:19:41

GMT

91

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042318223346

16:19:41

GMT

272

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042318223347

16:28:21

GMT

342

11.79

GBP

XLON

592209042318527214

16:29:52

GMT

1

11.8

GBP

XLON

592209042318598724

Ends