WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

20 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 25,641 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 20 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 901,432 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,015,502 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:

20 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

25,641

11.7445

11.6000

11.8700

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

08:02:08

GMT

289

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207980614318156

08:02:35

GMT

11

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207980614327404

08:02:36

GMT

75

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207980614327514

08:13:26

GMT

15

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207980614504208

08:13:26

GMT

75

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207980614504207

08:13:26

GMT

90

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207980614504205

08:13:26

GMT

90

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207980614504209

08:13:26

GMT

90

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207980614504210

08:13:26

GMT

90

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281732129911853

08:13:26

GMT

90

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281732129911854

08:13:26

GMT

334

11.68

GBP

XLON

592207980614504206

08:13:26

GMT

123

11.68

GBP

XLON

606281732129911861

08:21:20

GMT

91

11.66

GBP

XLON

592207980614635321

08:21:20

GMT

225

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281732130036073

08:21:20

GMT

116

11.66

GBP

XLON

606281732130036078

08:26:27

GMT

129

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732130101857

08:33:04

GMT

283

11.61

GBP

XLON

606281732130200781

08:47:20

GMT

58

11.61

GBP

XLON

606281732130421870

09:02:02

GMT

102

11.62

GBP

XLON

592207980615285924

09:02:02

GMT

308

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732130655302

09:02:02

GMT

295

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732130655306

09:02:02

GMT

295

11.62

GBP

XLON

592207980615285929

09:02:02

GMT

44

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732130655309

09:12:05

GMT

7

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732130852453

09:12:05

GMT

88

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732130852452

09:30:27

GMT

107

11.64

GBP

XLON

606281732131216555

09:32:05

GMT

24

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732131248117

09:32:05

GMT

67

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732131248116

09:33:22

GMT

19

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732131272685

09:36:00

GMT

73

11.64

GBP

XLON

606281732131314513

09:36:23

GMT

11

11.63

GBP

XLON

606281732131322448

09:36:23

GMT

93

11.63

GBP

XLON

606281732131322446

09:36:23

GMT

250

11.63

GBP

XLON

606281732131322447

09:36:23

GMT

21

11.63

GBP

XLON

592207980615990728

09:37:02

GMT

31

11.63

GBP

XLON

592207980616004029

09:37:02

GMT

63

11.63

GBP

XLON

592207980616004028

09:37:02

GMT

125

11.63

GBP

XLON

592207980616004026

09:37:02

GMT

187

11.63

GBP

XLON

592207980616004027

09:37:02

GMT

135

11.63

GBP

XLON

606281732131335205

09:39:26

GMT

115

11.62

GBP

XLON

592207980616044128

09:39:26

GMT

125

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732131373196

09:39:26

GMT

157

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732131373197

09:50:31

GMT

53

11.6

GBP

XLON

592207980616255403

09:50:31

GMT

103

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732131572752

09:50:31

GMT

287

11.6

GBP

XLON

592207980616255404

10:05:53

GMT

103

11.62

GBP

XLON

606281732131835773

10:22:51

GMT

103

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732132155440

10:22:51

GMT

290

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732132155439

10:22:51

GMT

349

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732132155444

10:22:51

GMT

75

11.6

GBP

XLON

592207980616870174

10:22:51

GMT

148

11.6

GBP

XLON

592207980616870173

10:22:52

GMT

175

11.6

GBP

XLON

592207980616870314

10:38:49

GMT

129

11.61

GBP

XLON

606281732132436137

10:38:49

GMT

211

11.61

GBP

XLON

606281732132436138

10:50:29

GMT

100

11.62

GBP

XLON

592207980617463027

10:58:39

GMT

19

11.61

GBP

XLON

606281732133107135

10:58:39

GMT

81

11.61

GBP

XLON

606281732133107134

10:58:39

GMT

100

11.61

GBP

XLON

592207980617872300

10:58:39

GMT

24

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732133107230

10:59:59

GMT

12

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732133167920

10:59:59

GMT

78

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732133167919

10:59:59

GMT

100

11.6

GBP

XLON

592207980617936662

10:59:59

GMT

118

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732133167921

10:59:59

GMT

172

11.6

GBP

XLON

606281732133167918

11:20:24

GMT

277

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281732133613248

11:20:24

GMT

16

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281732133613253

11:20:24

GMT

125

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281732133613252

11:20:51

GMT

202

11.7

GBP

XLON

592207980618415065

11:40:25

GMT

264

11.71

GBP

XLON

592207980618789406

11:42:13

GMT

194

11.71

GBP

XLON

606281732134011885

11:42:56

GMT

98

11.7

GBP

XLON

592207980618838876

12:20:44

GMT

108

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207980619580872

12:24:06

GMT

104

11.73

GBP

XLON

606281732134791616

12:27:05

GMT

92

11.73

GBP

XLON

592207980619699095

12:30:26

GMT

101

11.73

GBP

XLON

606281732134900261

12:33:15

GMT

25

11.76

GBP

XLON

606281732134953708

12:33:15

GMT

18

11.76

GBP

XLON

606281732134953709

12:50:37

GMT

44

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980620142117

12:50:37

GMT

44

11.78

GBP

XLON

606281732135264105

12:50:37

GMT

53

11.78

GBP

XLON

606281732135264104

12:50:37

GMT

67

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980620142118

12:50:41

GMT

148

11.77

GBP

XLON

606281732135265331

12:50:43

GMT

51

11.77

GBP

XLON

606281732135265809

12:50:43

GMT

65

11.77

GBP

XLON

606281732135265810

12:50:47

GMT

337

11.77

GBP

XLON

606281732135266713

12:50:47

GMT

65

11.77

GBP

XLON

592207980620144866

12:50:47

GMT

248

11.77

GBP

XLON

592207980620144865

12:51:04

GMT

115

11.78

GBP

XLON

606281732135273251

12:51:04

GMT

313

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980620151688

12:51:04

GMT

76

11.78

GBP

XLON

606281732135273257

13:22:24

GMT

80

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207980620772786

13:22:24

GMT

104

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207980620772788

13:22:24

GMT

104

11.75

GBP

XLON

606281732135864365

13:22:24

GMT

104

11.75

GBP

XLON

606281732135864366

13:22:24

GMT

104

11.75

GBP

XLON

606281732135864367

13:22:24

GMT

104

11.75

GBP

XLON

606281732135864368

13:22:24

GMT

104

11.75

GBP

XLON

606281732135864370

13:22:24

GMT

271

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207980620772787

13:22:25

GMT

149

11.75

GBP

XLON

606281732135864961

13:40:32

GMT

39

11.79

GBP

XLON

606281732136275359

13:40:32

GMT

54

11.79

GBP

XLON

606281732136275360

13:40:32

GMT

92

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980621204871

13:40:32

GMT

399

11.79

GBP

XLON

606281732136275358

13:40:32

GMT

105

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980621204878

13:41:01

GMT

92

11.77

GBP

XLON

592207980621219322

13:51:25

GMT

26

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207980621479083

13:51:25

GMT

68

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207980621479082

13:51:25

GMT

339

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207980621479081

13:56:23

GMT

120

11.75

GBP

XLON

592207980621601975

14:30:48

GMT

15

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980622500797

14:30:48

GMT

90

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980622500796

14:30:48

GMT

105

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980622500799

14:30:48

GMT

287

11.78

GBP

XLON

606281732137511894

14:30:48

GMT

69

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980622500800

14:31:01

GMT

143

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980622509107

14:31:10

GMT

323

11.77

GBP

XLON

606281732137525953

14:31:13

GMT

114

11.77

GBP

XLON

606281732137528590

14:32:45

GMT

100

11.77

GBP

XLON

606281732137596094

14:33:24

GMT

42

11.76

GBP

XLON

606281732137620391

14:33:24

GMT

355

11.76

GBP

XLON

606281732137620392

14:33:24

GMT

22

11.76

GBP

XLON

592207980622613850

14:36:57

GMT

194

11.77

GBP

XLON

606281732137750145

14:51:20

GMT

234

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623273644

14:51:20

GMT

278

11.79

GBP

XLON

606281732138250626

14:51:20

GMT

206

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623273648

14:52:11

GMT

98

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623308102

14:52:11

GMT

4

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623308114

14:52:11

GMT

7

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623308116

14:52:11

GMT

29

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623308123

14:52:11

GMT

277

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623308122

14:52:11

GMT

127

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623308130

14:52:11

GMT

146

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623308131

14:52:13

GMT

164

11.79

GBP

XLON

606281732138284911

14:53:38

GMT

101

11.79

GBP

XLON

606281732138335726

14:55:10

GMT

76

11.79

GBP

XLON

606281732138386724

14:55:10

GMT

27

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623416158

14:56:39

GMT

101

11.79

GBP

XLON

592207980623473044

14:56:39

GMT

338

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980623473045

14:56:39

GMT

26

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980623473054

14:56:39

GMT

75

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980623473055

14:56:40

GMT

129

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980623473769

14:56:40

GMT

88

11.78

GBP

XLON

606281732138441765

14:57:58

GMT

171

11.78

GBP

XLON

592207980623526156

15:24:37

GMT

230

11.81

GBP

XLON

592207980624465493

15:24:38

GMT

58

11.81

GBP

XLON

606281732139388482

15:24:38

GMT

69

11.81

GBP

XLON

606281732139388480

15:24:38

GMT

80

11.81

GBP

XLON

592207980624465659

15:24:38

GMT

80

11.81

GBP

XLON

606281732139388481

15:24:38

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

592207980624465660

15:25:03

GMT

230

11.81

GBP

XLON

606281732139400611

15:25:03

GMT

230

11.81

GBP

XLON

592207980624478324

15:25:03

GMT

7

11.81

GBP

XLON

606281732139400632

15:25:03

GMT

50

11.81

GBP

XLON

606281732139400633

15:27:02

GMT

41

11.82

GBP

XLON

592207980624557392

15:27:02

GMT

50

11.82

GBP

XLON

592207980624557393

15:49:38

GMT

23

11.85

GBP

XLON

592207980625365499

15:49:38

GMT

56

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140243299

15:49:38

GMT

95

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140243298

15:49:38

GMT

125

11.85

GBP

XLON

592207980625365497

15:49:38

GMT

125

11.85

GBP

XLON

592207980625365498

15:49:38

GMT

368

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140243296

15:50:02

GMT

33

11.85

GBP

XLON

592207980625378758

15:50:02

GMT

126

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255802

15:50:02

GMT

132

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255803

15:50:02

GMT

250

11.85

GBP

XLON

592207980625378759

15:50:02

GMT

31

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255814

15:50:02

GMT

51

11.85

GBP

XLON

592207980625378766

15:50:02

GMT

52

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255816

15:50:02

GMT

55

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255817

15:50:02

GMT

56

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255818

15:50:02

GMT

100

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255815

15:50:02

GMT

136

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255812

15:50:02

GMT

289

11.85

GBP

XLON

606281732140255811

15:55:32

GMT

31

11.87

GBP

XLON

606281732140452692

15:55:32

GMT

66

11.87

GBP

XLON

606281732140452691

15:55:32

GMT

156

11.87

GBP

XLON

592207980625585059

15:55:32

GMT

236

11.87

GBP

XLON

592207980625585057

15:55:32

GMT

259

11.87

GBP

XLON

592207980625585058

15:55:32

GMT

218

11.87

GBP

XLON

592207980625585067

16:07:33

GMT

99

11.84

GBP

XLON

592207980626017629

16:08:32

GMT

100

11.84

GBP

XLON

592207980626053149

16:09:40

GMT

99

11.84

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XLON

592207980626095537

16:10:55

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93

11.84

GBP

XLON

592207980626145174

16:10:55

GMT

405

11.84

GBP

XLON

606281732140986688

16:10:55

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164

11.84

GBP

XLON

592207980626145178

16:10:58

GMT

126

11.84

GBP

XLON

606281732140988582

16:10:58

GMT

152

11.84

GBP

XLON

606281732140988583

16:10:58

GMT

6

11.84

GBP

XLON

606281732140988588

16:10:58

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19

11.84

GBP

XLON

606281732140988586

16:10:58

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178

11.84

GBP

XLON

606281732140988587

16:14:57

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30

11.84

GBP

XLON

592207980626311996

16:14:57

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79

11.84

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592207980626311997

16:20:57

GMT

8

11.85

GBP

XLON

592207980626598241

16:20:57

GMT

92

11.85

GBP

XLON

592207980626598242

16:26:47

GMT

97

11.83

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592207980626865091

16:26:47

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97

11.83

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XLON

592207980626865092

16:26:47

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97

11.83

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XLON

606281732141672485

16:26:47

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97

11.83

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606281732141672486

16:26:47

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97

11.83

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XLON

606281732141672487

16:26:47

GMT

97

11.83

GBP

XLON

606281732141672488

16:26:47

GMT

103

11.83

GBP

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592207980626865090

16:26:47

GMT

107

11.83

GBP

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606281732141672490

16:26:47

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115

11.83

GBP

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592207980626865093

16:26:47

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116

11.83

GBP

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606281732141672489

16:26:47

GMT

257

11.83

GBP

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592207980626865089

16:26:47

GMT

125

11.83

GBP

XLON

606281732141672498

16:26:47

GMT

113

11.83

GBP

XLON

606281732141672605

16:26:47

GMT

58

11.83

GBP

XLON

592207980626865198

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