WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

05 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 21,440 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 05 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 1,455,378 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,461,556 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:

05 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

21,440

12.7190

12.6600

12.7800

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

08:01:55

GMT

454

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092054269595

08:05:39

GMT

23

12.74

GBP

XLON

592095092054367856

08:05:39

GMT

55

12.74

GBP

XLON

592095092054367855

08:05:39

GMT

92

12.74

GBP

XLON

592095092054367858

08:05:39

GMT

169

12.74

GBP

XLON

592095092054367857

08:19:08

GMT

106

12.72

GBP

XLON

606168840890177867

08:19:08

GMT

106

12.72

GBP

XLON

606168840890177868

08:19:08

GMT

180

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092054644783

08:19:08

GMT

294

12.72

GBP

XLON

606168840890177866

08:19:08

GMT

210

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092054644789

08:25:29

GMT

197

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092054767780

08:26:33

GMT

53

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092054791087

08:26:33

GMT

65

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092054791088

08:26:33

GMT

122

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092054791086

08:38:23

GMT

25

12.66

GBP

XLON

592095092055039994

08:38:23

GMT

103

12.66

GBP

XLON

592095092055039993

08:38:23

GMT

217

12.66

GBP

XLON

592095092055039992

08:59:53

GMT

10

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445532

08:59:53

GMT

34

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445531

08:59:53

GMT

50

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445528

08:59:53

GMT

51

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445529

08:59:53

GMT

110

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445530

08:59:53

GMT

201

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445533

09:00:56

GMT

136

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840890950255

09:05:56

GMT

8

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840891044119

09:10:10

GMT

93

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840891120678

09:10:10

GMT

111

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092055646608

09:10:10

GMT

111

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092055646609

09:10:10

GMT

111

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092055646610

09:10:10

GMT

115

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840891120680

09:10:10

GMT

134

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840891120679

09:20:12

GMT

506

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092055870880

10:15:08

GMT

16

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030443

10:15:08

GMT

44

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030445

10:15:08

GMT

48

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030444

10:15:08

GMT

87

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030446

10:15:08

GMT

9

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030451

10:15:08

GMT

43

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840892430649

10:15:08

GMT

50

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030452

10:15:08

GMT

81

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092057030450

10:15:08

GMT

123

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030453

10:15:08

GMT

48

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840892430653

10:15:08

GMT

291

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840892430654

10:15:25

GMT

2

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092057038036

10:15:25

GMT

44

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092057038037

10:15:25

GMT

175

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092057038038

10:15:25

GMT

243

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840892437781

10:15:32

GMT

126

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168840892440005

10:24:54

GMT

350

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840892631977

10:27:11

GMT

117

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840892680122

10:27:11

GMT

312

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092057293891

10:27:11

GMT

44

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092057293898

10:27:11

GMT

48

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092057293899

10:27:11

GMT

224

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092057293900

10:42:59

GMT

103

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840892979926

10:50:30

GMT

103

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092057752856

10:50:30

GMT

111

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092057752858

10:50:30

GMT

223

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092057752857

11:16:03

GMT

103

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840893605884

11:16:42

GMT

16

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058290533

11:16:42

GMT

40

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058290536

11:16:42

GMT

63

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058290535

11:16:42

GMT

87

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058290534

11:16:42

GMT

103

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893619303

11:16:42

GMT

109

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893619304

11:24:06

GMT

103

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058442140

11:24:06

GMT

107

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893761202

11:24:06

GMT

107

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893761203

11:24:06

GMT

140

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893761204

11:58:53

GMT

20

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840894589438

11:58:53

GMT

90

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840894589437

11:59:22

GMT

9

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840894610118

11:59:22

GMT

92

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840894610117

12:02:01

GMT

92

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687168

12:02:01

GMT

130

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687167

12:02:01

GMT

131

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687166

12:02:01

GMT

116

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687174

12:02:01

GMT

150

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687175

12:02:01

GMT

31

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687177

12:02:01

GMT

43

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687176

12:18:21

GMT

114

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092059803494

12:30:06

GMT

110

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092060060664

12:33:12

GMT

6

12.67

GBP

XLON

606168840895344920

12:33:12

GMT

95

12.67

GBP

XLON

606168840895344921

12:37:05

GMT

105

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060192002

12:37:05

GMT

453

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060192003

12:55:03

GMT

6

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840895712728

12:55:03

GMT

100

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060511974

12:55:03

GMT

100

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060511975

12:55:03

GMT

100

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060511976

12:55:03

GMT

100

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840895712731

12:55:03

GMT

126

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840895712729

12:55:03

GMT

173

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840895712730

13:16:14

GMT

6

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840896120275

13:16:14

GMT

118

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840896120273

13:16:14

GMT

154

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840896120274

13:31:09

GMT

34

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840896405904

13:31:09

GMT

80

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840896405905

13:33:26

GMT

115

12.71

GBP

XLON

592095092061301222

13:34:55

GMT

150

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332535

13:34:55

GMT

181

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332534

13:34:55

GMT

67

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332536

13:34:55

GMT

247

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332537

13:34:55

GMT

54

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332540

13:51:02

GMT

2

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896854221

13:51:02

GMT

93

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896854222

13:51:02

GMT

8

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061722139

13:54:17

GMT

18

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896931283

13:54:17

GMT

42

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896931281

13:54:17

GMT

48

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896931282

14:01:10

GMT

128

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840897107599

14:01:10

GMT

385

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061991017

14:01:10

GMT

334

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061991028

14:05:06

GMT

221

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092062094510

14:20:17

GMT

108

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840897544302

14:25:09

GMT

16

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092062571309

14:25:09

GMT

44

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092062571307

14:25:09

GMT

44

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092062571308

14:27:21

GMT

72

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092062632412

14:30:18

GMT

1

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840897813012

14:30:18

GMT

117

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840897813013

14:31:31

GMT

169

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840897866383

14:31:31

GMT

489

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840897866382

14:31:31

GMT

225

12.71

GBP

XLON

592095092062789692

14:36:59

GMT

103

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092063012019

14:36:59

GMT

106

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840898078851

14:36:59

GMT

221

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092063012018

14:48:39

GMT

11

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063471460

14:48:39

GMT

94

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063471459

14:52:25

GMT

111

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063628627

14:54:18

GMT

111

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063707545

14:56:08

GMT

103

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063781049

14:58:06

GMT

12

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063870509

14:58:06

GMT

92

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063870510

15:00:08

GMT

112

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840898992371

15:01:02

GMT

2

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840899033485

15:01:02

GMT

43

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840899033486

15:01:02

GMT

74

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840899033487

15:02:49

GMT

118

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092064084683

15:03:50

GMT

39

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840899152281

15:03:50

GMT

380

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840899152282

15:03:50

GMT

284

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840899152290

15:25:38

GMT

19

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064877968

15:25:38

GMT

24

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840899855654

15:25:38

GMT

94

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840899855653

15:25:38

GMT

118

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064877970

15:25:38

GMT

149

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064877969

15:27:11

GMT

32

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064927915

15:27:11

GMT

79

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064927916

15:27:11

GMT

111

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064927914

15:27:11

GMT

450

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840899902582

15:27:11

GMT

298

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064927921

15:41:53

GMT

97

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900338454

15:42:03

GMT

11

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900343450

15:43:52

GMT

83

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900398063

15:43:52

GMT

19

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900398162

15:44:05

GMT

4

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900405669

15:45:58

GMT

4

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900467610

15:45:58

GMT

110

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092065522843

15:47:45

GMT

385

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168840900520744

15:47:45

GMT

80

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168840900520748

15:47:45

GMT

320

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168840900520747

16:03:19

GMT

106

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168840901044885

16:03:19

GMT

136

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092066130786

16:08:22

GMT

110

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840901218060

16:08:22

GMT

209

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092066313304

16:08:59

GMT

477

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168840901238971

16:08:59

GMT

11

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092066335322

16:08:59

GMT

320

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092066335321

16:08:59

GMT

27

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168840901238975

16:08:59

GMT

104

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168840901238974

16:18:55

GMT

15

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901689588

16:18:55

GMT

104

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901689587

16:20:15

GMT

50

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901752592

16:20:15

GMT

66

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901752587

16:21:59

GMT

106

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901832903

16:21:59

GMT

538

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092066959303

16:29:52

GMT

1

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840902203782

Ends