WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

06 January 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 26 January 2024, of 24,937 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 06 January 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 976,886 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,940,048 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:

06 January 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

24,937

11.8833

11.7500

12.0000

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

08:09:21

GMT

93

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158223008952117

08:11:15

GMT

97

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158223008977536

08:14:03

GMT

27

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084471479008711

08:14:03

GMT

103

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084471479008712

08:14:42

GMT

111

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158223009016528

08:16:46

GMT

389

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084471479046184

08:16:46

GMT

219

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158223009044660

08:16:46

GMT

409

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158223009044659

08:16:46

GMT

165

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084471479046190

09:08:45

GMT

101

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084471479778887

09:08:45

GMT

101

11.85

GBP

XLON

606158223009736233

09:08:45

GMT

619

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084471479778886

09:08:45

GMT

115

11.86

GBP

XLON

592084471479778893

09:08:45

GMT

267

11.85

GBP

XLON

606158223009736239

09:08:45

GMT

402

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084471479778897

09:08:45

GMT

2

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084471479778898

09:08:45

GMT

45

11.85

GBP

XLON

606158223009736248

09:08:45

GMT

159

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084471479778908

09:08:47

GMT

9

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084471479779602

09:08:54

GMT

198

11.86

GBP

XLON

606158223009738784

09:19:19

GMT

101

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084471479939699

09:19:19

GMT

265

11.85

GBP

XLON

606158223009888880

09:19:29

GMT

9

11.84

GBP

XLON

592084471479944140

09:19:29

GMT

90

11.84

GBP

XLON

592084471479944139

09:44:54

GMT

48

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158223010264145

09:44:54

GMT

377

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084471480336362

09:44:54

GMT

46

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158223010264246

09:44:54

GMT

76

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158223010264245

09:44:54

GMT

260

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158223010264244

10:00:16

GMT

45

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158223010472906

10:00:16

GMT

181

11.76

GBP

XLON

592084471480557115

10:00:16

GMT

95

11.76

GBP

XLON

592084471480557116

10:00:16

GMT

95

11.76

GBP

XLON

592084471480557117

10:00:16

GMT

140

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158223010472907

10:29:54

GMT

1

11.76

GBP

XLON

592084471481013329

10:29:54

GMT

98

11.76

GBP

XLON

592084471481013328

10:33:21

GMT

109

11.76

GBP

XLON

592084471481066329

11:01:02

GMT

110

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158223011304382

11:01:02

GMT

123

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084471481432340

11:01:02

GMT

151

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084471481432341

11:02:09

GMT

71

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084471481454084

11:02:09

GMT

217

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084471481454086

11:02:09

GMT

300

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084471481454085

11:02:09

GMT

350

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158223011324827

11:25:57

GMT

98

11.89

GBP

XLON

606158223011767209

11:30:37

GMT

135

11.89

GBP

XLON

606158223011862998

11:31:25

GMT

110

11.89

GBP

XLON

592084471482040765

11:33:33

GMT

74

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223011920417

11:33:33

GMT

375

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223011920415

11:33:33

GMT

475

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223011920425

11:41:45

GMT

24

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223012071486

11:41:45

GMT

37

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223012071489

12:12:26

GMT

14

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084471482770404

12:12:26

GMT

79

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084471482770410

12:14:37

GMT

374

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084471482815411

12:14:37

GMT

60

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084471482815418

12:14:37

GMT

455

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084471482815417

12:14:39

GMT

15

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084471482816178

12:14:39

GMT

207

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084471482816182

12:27:43

GMT

98

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084471483059554

12:27:43

GMT

268

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084471483059553

12:33:27

GMT

111

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084471483166170

12:46:08

GMT

367

11.91

GBP

XLON

592084471483399154

13:05:36

GMT

94

11.9

GBP

XLON

592084471483768385

13:05:36

GMT

95

11.9

GBP

XLON

592084471483768387

13:05:36

GMT

273

11.9

GBP

XLON

592084471483768386

13:05:36

GMT

332

11.9

GBP

XLON

606158223013529405

13:25:16

GMT

103

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471484153232

13:34:05

GMT

16

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014039562

13:34:05

GMT

34

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014039563

13:34:05

GMT

46

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014039564

13:35:58

GMT

97

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471484334622

13:46:15

GMT

109

11.89

GBP

XLON

592084471484522269

13:46:15

GMT

109

11.89

GBP

XLON

606158223014246356

13:47:00

GMT

201

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014260453

13:47:00

GMT

215

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014260455

13:47:00

GMT

297

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014260454

13:57:37

GMT

13

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014467033

13:57:37

GMT

36

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471484755349

13:57:37

GMT

60

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471484755348

13:57:37

GMT

96

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471484755350

13:57:37

GMT

96

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471484755351

13:57:37

GMT

96

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014467035

13:57:37

GMT

96

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014467036

13:57:37

GMT

110

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471484755347

13:57:37

GMT

470

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014467034

13:57:37

GMT

56

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014467047

13:57:37

GMT

104

11.88

GBP

XLON

606158223014467046

14:11:05

GMT

104

11.89

GBP

XLON

592084471485014390

14:11:37

GMT

104

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471485024073

14:11:37

GMT

455

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471485024074

14:15:26

GMT

100

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471485102132

14:18:42

GMT

367

11.85

GBP

XLON

606158223014953378

14:37:08

GMT

2

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471485756263

14:37:08

GMT

100

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471485756262

14:37:08

GMT

435

11.87

GBP

XLON

606158223015423755

14:37:08

GMT

632

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471485756267

14:37:08

GMT

165

11.87

GBP

XLON

606158223015423761

14:48:50

GMT

69

11.92

GBP

XLON

592084471486036682

14:48:50

GMT

107

11.92

GBP

XLON

592084471486036683

14:48:50

GMT

377

11.92

GBP

XLON

592084471486036681

14:50:37

GMT

305

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084471486077343

14:59:55

GMT

102

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084471486290926

15:02:34

GMT

96

11.93

GBP

XLON

606158223015998394

15:02:34

GMT

102

11.93

GBP

XLON

606158223015998393

15:02:34

GMT

186

11.93

GBP

XLON

606158223015998392

15:02:34

GMT

221

11.93

GBP

XLON

606158223015998391

15:03:15

GMT

474

11.94

GBP

XLON

606158223016021204

15:04:12

GMT

82

11.94

GBP

XLON

606158223016043767

15:04:12

GMT

87

11.94

GBP

XLON

606158223016043768

15:12:30

GMT

106

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084471486616080

15:12:30

GMT

106

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084471486616081

15:12:30

GMT

369

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084471486616079

15:25:47

GMT

41

11.94

GBP

XLON

606158223016547440

15:25:47

GMT

63

11.94

GBP

XLON

606158223016547441

15:27:15

GMT

40

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471486964440

15:27:19

GMT

61

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471486966111

15:28:45

GMT

7

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471486995322

15:28:45

GMT

26

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471486995325

15:28:45

GMT

33

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471486995324

15:28:45

GMT

34

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471486995323

15:30:24

GMT

107

11.95

GBP

XLON

606158223016640188

15:32:02

GMT

12

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471487077320

15:32:02

GMT

36

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471487077321

15:32:02

GMT

54

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471487077322

15:33:36

GMT

104

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471487110624

15:35:11

GMT

25

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471487144498

15:35:11

GMT

73

11.95

GBP

XLON

592084471487144497

15:37:16

GMT

95

11.95

GBP

XLON

606158223016788749

15:39:07

GMT

97

11.96

GBP

XLON

606158223016826523

15:40:37

GMT

87

11.96

GBP

XLON

606158223016859310

15:41:05

GMT

3

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158223016871779

15:41:05

GMT

4

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158223016871780

15:41:05

GMT

11

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158223016871781

15:41:16

GMT

431

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158223016876052

15:41:16

GMT

117

11.97

GBP

XLON

592084471487281361

15:41:16

GMT

314

11.97

GBP

XLON

592084471487281362

15:41:16

GMT

223

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158223016876077

15:42:01

GMT

36

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158223016891633

15:42:01

GMT

141

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158223016891634

15:55:27

GMT

110

12

GBP

XLON

606158223017187862

15:56:06

GMT

108

11.99

GBP

XLON

592084471487623399

16:00:04

GMT

154

11.99

GBP

XLON

592084471487721739

16:00:04

GMT

215

11.99

GBP

XLON

592084471487721740

16:00:15

GMT

97

11.99

GBP

XLON

592084471487731531

16:00:15

GMT

97

11.99

GBP

XLON

592084471487731532

16:00:15

GMT

184

11.99

GBP

XLON

592084471487731530

16:00:24

GMT

345

11.99

GBP

XLON

592084471487735217

16:00:24

GMT

152

11.99

GBP

XLON

606158223017308664

16:00:55

GMT

127

11.95

GBP

XLON

606158223017319653

16:08:15

GMT

97

11.91

GBP

XLON

592084471487926984

16:08:15

GMT

97

11.91

GBP

XLON

592084471487926985

16:08:15

GMT

97

11.91

GBP

XLON

606158223017491870

16:08:15

GMT

97

11.91

GBP

XLON

606158223017491871

16:08:15

GMT

368

11.91

GBP

XLON

606158223017491869

16:19:27

GMT

106

11.88

GBP

XLON

592084471488209747

16:19:28

GMT

106

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471488210366

16:19:28

GMT

106

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471488210368

16:19:28

GMT

106

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471488210371

16:19:28

GMT

106

11.87

GBP

XLON

606158223017761728

16:19:28

GMT

106

11.87

GBP

XLON

606158223017761730

16:19:28

GMT

106

11.87

GBP

XLON

606158223017761734

16:19:28

GMT

107

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471488210369

16:19:28

GMT

140

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471488210364

16:19:28

GMT

158

11.87

GBP

XLON

606158223017761732

16:19:28

GMT

228

11.87

GBP

XLON

592084471488210360

16:29:51

GMT

70

11.89

GBP

XLON

592084471488546270

Ends