WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

25 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 25,033 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 25 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 1,791,290 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,125,644 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:

25 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

25,033

11.7804

11.6400

11.8500

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

08:06:11

GMT

110

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169938484367

08:09:15

GMT

73

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918774046491

08:10:29

GMT

45

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918774079959

08:10:29

GMT

118

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169938631723

08:10:29

GMT

447

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918774079960

08:10:29

GMT

509

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918774079967

08:16:51

GMT

107

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175918774234231

08:16:51

GMT

289

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175918774234230

08:19:17

GMT

107

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175918774289310

08:26:29

GMT

116

11.72

GBP

XLON

592102169939014419

08:26:29

GMT

172

11.72

GBP

XLON

592102169939014420

08:36:09

GMT

108

11.7

GBP

XLON

606175918774706136

08:36:09

GMT

112

11.7

GBP

XLON

606175918774706134

08:36:09

GMT

176

11.7

GBP

XLON

606175918774706135

08:51:33

GMT

31

11.74

GBP

XLON

606175918775064640

08:51:33

GMT

80

11.74

GBP

XLON

606175918775064639

08:51:33

GMT

111

11.74

GBP

XLON

592102169939703249

08:51:33

GMT

111

11.74

GBP

XLON

606175918775064641

08:51:33

GMT

111

11.74

GBP

XLON

606175918775064642

08:51:33

GMT

295

11.74

GBP

XLON

606175918775064638

08:58:50

GMT

365

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175918775230195

09:00:57

GMT

115

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175918775276901

09:18:45

GMT

102

11.77

GBP

XLON

592102169940376071

09:23:26

GMT

115

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175918775795684

09:26:40

GMT

40

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169940578649

09:26:40

GMT

57

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918775869190

09:26:40

GMT

63

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169940578650

09:26:40

GMT

237

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918775869189

09:26:40

GMT

243

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918775869191

09:26:40

GMT

280

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918775869192

09:26:40

GMT

107

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918775869197

09:47:51

GMT

23

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175918776343603

09:50:20

GMT

42

11.79

GBP

XLON

592102169941159505

09:50:20

GMT

58

11.79

GBP

XLON

592102169941159504

09:50:20

GMT

99

11.79

GBP

XLON

592102169941159506

09:50:20

GMT

99

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175918776402005

09:50:20

GMT

99

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175918776402006

09:50:20

GMT

352

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175918776402004

10:13:22

GMT

106

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918776917963

10:15:43

GMT

102

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918776966857

10:19:15

GMT

104

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918777052009

10:20:56

GMT

189

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169941914053

10:20:56

GMT

359

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169941914054

10:20:57

GMT

380

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169941914623

10:29:43

GMT

58

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169942110760

10:29:43

GMT

231

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169942110761

10:59:33

GMT

117

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169942822571

10:59:33

GMT

117

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169942822573

10:59:33

GMT

117

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918777924764

10:59:33

GMT

150

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169942822568

10:59:33

GMT

268

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169942822569

10:59:33

GMT

111

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918777924770

11:06:53

GMT

304

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175918778089447

11:45:15

GMT

27

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169943916578

11:45:15

GMT

91

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169943916577

11:45:17

GMT

78

11.83

GBP

XLON

592102169943917174

11:45:19

GMT

237

11.83

GBP

XLON

592102169943917896

11:45:19

GMT

31

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175918778932787

11:45:19

GMT

87

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175918778932786

11:45:19

GMT

118

11.83

GBP

XLON

592102169943917898

11:45:19

GMT

304

11.83

GBP

XLON

592102169943917897

11:53:24

GMT

100

11.83

GBP

XLON

592102169944119181

11:54:52

GMT

81

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175918779150191

11:54:52

GMT

108

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175918779150192

11:54:52

GMT

113

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175918779150193

12:03:52

GMT

150

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169944370791

12:03:52

GMT

139

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169944370793

12:21:12

GMT

69

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918779729316

12:21:12

GMT

87

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918779729318

12:21:12

GMT

107

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169944786246

12:21:12

GMT

294

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918779729317

12:21:12

GMT

27

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169944786249

12:35:54

GMT

177

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169945127456

12:39:51

GMT

481

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175918780129155

13:04:53

GMT

196

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918780695133

13:13:53

GMT

34

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918780881878

13:13:53

GMT

93

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918780881877

13:13:55

GMT

20

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169946046734

13:13:55

GMT

79

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918780882609

13:13:55

GMT

113

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918780882610

13:14:15

GMT

56

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169946054945

13:16:56

GMT

128

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175918780953656

13:16:56

GMT

633

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175918780953655

13:16:57

GMT

75

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175918780953663

13:28:55

GMT

107

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169946416225

13:37:23

GMT

34

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175918781437043

13:37:23

GMT

71

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175918781437044

13:37:23

GMT

105

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169946647101

13:37:23

GMT

105

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175918781437045

13:37:23

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169946647102

13:48:14

GMT

20

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918781721806

13:48:14

GMT

42

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918781721805

13:48:14

GMT

55

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918781721804

13:50:23

GMT

15

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169947010548

13:50:23

GMT

91

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169947010549

14:00:09

GMT

94

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918782022256

14:00:09

GMT

106

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918782022254

14:00:09

GMT

27

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169947280172

14:00:09

GMT

81

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169947280171

14:02:13

GMT

13

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169947339991

14:02:13

GMT

20

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169947339993

14:02:13

GMT

36

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169947339992

14:02:13

GMT

36

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169947339994

14:03:51

GMT

30

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918782122173

14:03:51

GMT

38

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169947386866

14:03:51

GMT

70

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169947386867

14:03:51

GMT

509

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918782122172

14:03:51

GMT

137

11.82

GBP

XLON

592102169947386872

14:09:53

GMT

76

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918782276098

14:12:53

GMT

92

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918782352196

14:12:55

GMT

76

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918782353158

14:12:55

GMT

92

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175918782353159

14:21:57

GMT

107

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169947877639

14:21:57

GMT

107

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169947877640

14:21:57

GMT

107

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918782578571

14:26:24

GMT

111

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169948008835

14:30:55

GMT

116

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169948175214

14:30:55

GMT

632

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169948175215

14:30:55

GMT

11

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918782855084

14:30:55

GMT

161

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918782855083

14:36:30

GMT

193

11.85

GBP

XLON

606175918783071922

14:36:30

GMT

245

11.85

GBP

XLON

606175918783071923

14:36:36

GMT

26

11.85

GBP

XLON

592102169948414801

14:46:29

GMT

89

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918783414541

14:46:29

GMT

289

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918783414540

14:47:34

GMT

12

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918783453424

14:47:34

GMT

12

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918783453425

14:47:34

GMT

18

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918783453420

14:47:34

GMT

93

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918783453423

14:47:34

GMT

107

11.84

GBP

XLON

592102169948818852

14:47:34

GMT

107

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918783453421

14:47:34

GMT

107

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175918783453422

14:50:52

GMT

288

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175918783573106

14:58:23

GMT

24

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918783873426

15:00:55

GMT

265

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918783979782

15:03:38

GMT

115

11.81

GBP

XLON

592102169949500910

15:06:24

GMT

18

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169949608992

15:06:24

GMT

90

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169949608993

15:06:24

GMT

100

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169949608994

15:06:24

GMT

108

11.8

GBP

XLON

592102169949608991

15:06:24

GMT

108

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918784189375

15:06:24

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918784189374

15:06:24

GMT

115

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175918784189376

15:13:55

GMT

88

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175918784437773

15:13:55

GMT

46

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175918784437774

15:13:55

GMT

101

11.79

GBP

XLON

592102169949876124

15:13:55

GMT

101

11.79

GBP

XLON

592102169949876125

15:13:55

GMT

154

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175918784437775

15:19:23

GMT

57

11.77

GBP

XLON

592102169950090101

15:19:51

GMT

115

11.77

GBP

XLON

592102169950109575

15:20:03

GMT

73

11.77

GBP

XLON

606175918784664274

15:20:03

GMT

116

11.77

GBP

XLON

592102169950120064

15:20:06

GMT

39

11.77

GBP

XLON

606175918784666745

15:24:25

GMT

4

11.73

GBP

XLON

606175918784820181

15:27:06

GMT

99

11.73

GBP

XLON

606175918784921410

15:28:05

GMT

100

11.73

GBP

XLON

592102169950432941

15:28:05

GMT

100

11.73

GBP

XLON

606175918784952944

15:28:05

GMT

187

11.73

GBP

XLON

606175918784952943

15:41:38

GMT

105

11.7

GBP

XLON

592102169950929829

15:41:38

GMT

105

11.7

GBP

XLON

606175918785412055

15:41:38

GMT

105

11.7

GBP

XLON

606175918785412056

15:41:38

GMT

506

11.7

GBP

XLON

592102169950929828

15:46:04

GMT

352

11.69

GBP

XLON

606175918785565624

15:58:47

GMT

7

11.7

GBP

XLON

592102169951539611

15:58:47

GMT

97

11.7

GBP

XLON

592102169951539612

15:58:47

GMT

104

11.7

GBP

XLON

592102169951539613

15:58:47

GMT

104

11.7

GBP

XLON

592102169951539614

15:58:47

GMT

104

11.7

GBP

XLON

592102169951539615

15:58:47

GMT

104

11.7

GBP

XLON

592102169951539616

15:58:47

GMT

200

11.7

GBP

XLON

606175918785975582

15:58:47

GMT

253

11.7

GBP

XLON

606175918785975581

16:02:28

GMT

290

11.68

GBP

XLON

592102169951691155

16:11:33

GMT

8

11.67

GBP

XLON

592102169952034493

16:11:33

GMT

105

11.67

GBP

XLON

592102169952034492

16:11:33

GMT

113

11.67

GBP

XLON

592102169952034494

16:11:33

GMT

113

11.67

GBP

XLON

592102169952034495

16:11:33

GMT

113

11.67

GBP

XLON

606175918786433781

16:11:33

GMT

115

11.67

GBP

XLON

606175918786433782

16:11:33

GMT

290

11.67

GBP

XLON

606175918786433780

16:19:18

GMT

134

11.64

GBP

XLON

606175918786736555

16:19:18

GMT

31

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102169952362617

16:19:18

GMT

101

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102169952362616

16:19:18

GMT

101

11.64

GBP

XLON

606175918786736918

16:19:18

GMT

101

11.64

GBP

XLON

606175918786736919

16:19:18

GMT

156

11.64

GBP

XLON

606175918786736917

16:23:05

GMT

17

11.64

GBP

XLON

606175918786911106

16:23:05

GMT

70

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102169952551535

16:23:05

GMT

94

11.64

GBP

XLON

606175918786911104

16:23:05

GMT

106

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102169952551537

16:23:05

GMT

111

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102169952551543

16:23:05

GMT

114

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102169952551539

16:23:05

GMT

115

11.64

GBP

XLON

606175918786911102

16:28:32

GMT

64

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102169952796122

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