WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

02 October 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 11,000 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 02 October 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 87,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,825,227 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:

02 October 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

11,000

14.2210

14.1400

14.4000

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

08:03:15

BST

447

14.34

GBP

XLON

606253758662436739

08:15:14

BST

322

14.26

GBP

XLON

606253758662747577

08:26:02

BST

23

14.29

GBP

XLON

606253758663037872

08:26:02

BST

221

14.29

GBP

XLON

606253758663037873

08:43:47

BST

167

14.26

GBP

XLON

606253758663450194

09:01:17

BST

347

14.29

GBP

XLON

606253758663789020

09:18:52

BST

267

14.34

GBP

XLON

606253758664196189

09:46:12

BST

280

14.4

GBP

XLON

592180008210453632

10:00:06

BST

103

14.38

GBP

XLON

592180008210867487

10:00:06

BST

232

14.38

GBP

XLON

592180008210867488

10:23:11

BST

40

14.33

GBP

XLON

592180008211601775

10:23:11

BST

251

14.33

GBP

XLON

592180008211601776

10:46:08

BST

260

14.29

GBP

XLON

592180008212263549

11:06:01

BST

222

14.26

GBP

XLON

606253758666723401

11:25:58

BST

248

14.25

GBP

XLON

606253758667154515

11:57:54

BST

100

14.25

GBP

XLON

592180008214207431

11:57:54

BST

270

14.25

GBP

XLON

592180008214207432

12:07:52

BST

39

14.22

GBP

XLON

592180008214488770

12:07:52

BST

189

14.22

GBP

XLON

592180008214488769

12:51:03

BST

230

14.23

GBP

XLON

592180008215730082

13:15:47

BST

433

14.21

GBP

XLON

606253758669588453

13:28:40

BST

210

14.19

GBP

XLON

606253758669882714

13:28:40

BST

259

14.19

GBP

XLON

606253758669882713

13:43:23

BST

43

14.21

GBP

XLON

592180008217380179

13:44:04

BST

7

14.21

GBP

XLON

592180008217403500

13:44:45

BST

2

14.21

GBP

XLON

592180008217426950

13:45:27

BST

149

14.21

GBP

XLON

592180008217453512

13:46:43

BST

148

14.21

GBP

XLON

592180008217492819

14:01:57

BST

329

14.19

GBP

XLON

592180008217981628

14:23:03

BST

71

14.19

GBP

XLON

606253758671316629

14:23:03

BST

144

14.19

GBP

XLON

606253758671316628

14:23:03

BST

220

14.19

GBP

XLON

592180008218675574

14:41:14

BST

59

14.19

GBP

XLON

606253758671972114

14:41:14

BST

134

14.19

GBP

XLON

606253758671972113

14:41:14

BST

193

14.18

GBP

XLON

592180008219496739

14:41:14

BST

233

14.18

GBP

XLON

606253758671972115

14:59:12

BST

221

14.14

GBP

XLON

592180008220352807

15:05:37

BST

738

14.16

GBP

XLON

606253758672921327

15:21:38

BST

99

14.15

GBP

XLON

592180008221415095

15:21:38

BST

393

14.15

GBP

XLON

592180008221415096

15:35:43

BST

418

14.15

GBP

XLON

606253758674025808

15:52:09

BST

174

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180008222807052

15:52:09

BST

511

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180008222807054

15:52:09

BST

101

14.16

GBP

XLON

606253758674657661

16:08:07

BST

16

14.17

GBP

XLON

592180008223576404

16:08:07

BST

100

14.17

GBP

XLON

592180008223576407

16:08:07

BST

200

14.17

GBP

XLON

592180008223576406

16:08:07

BST

206

14.17

GBP

XLON

606253758675281931

16:08:07

BST

268

14.17

GBP

XLON

592180008223576408

16:21:51

BST

663

14.16

GBP

XLON

606253758675914289

Ends