WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

11 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 24,469 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 11 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 727,870 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,189,064 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:

11 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

24,469

12.3057

12.1900

12.4100

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

08:08:21

GMT

83

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204795580467608

08:09:51

GMT

150

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278547127670296

08:11:39

GMT

362

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278547127700823

08:11:39

GMT

238

12.23

GBP

XLON

592204795580524481

08:11:40

GMT

64

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278547127701176

08:11:40

GMT

174

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278547127701177

08:11:42

GMT

190

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278547127701615

08:25:40

GMT

98

12.19

GBP

XLON

592204795580750416

08:25:40

GMT

98

12.19

GBP

XLON

606278547127913805

08:25:40

GMT

346

12.19

GBP

XLON

592204795580750415

08:44:27

GMT

245

12.2

GBP

XLON

592204795581114007

08:44:27

GMT

17

12.2

GBP

XLON

592204795581114010

08:44:27

GMT

367

12.2

GBP

XLON

592204795581114011

08:46:42

GMT

11

12.2

GBP

XLON

592204795581172478

08:46:42

GMT

39

12.2

GBP

XLON

592204795581172477

08:46:42

GMT

92

12.2

GBP

XLON

592204795581172479

09:02:15

GMT

89

12.21

GBP

XLON

592204795581528895

09:11:22

GMT

64

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278547128861555

09:11:22

GMT

29

12.23

GBP

XLON

592204795581753026

09:13:41

GMT

88

12.23

GBP

XLON

592204795581804924

09:14:39

GMT

13

12.22

GBP

XLON

592204795581823855

09:14:39

GMT

375

12.22

GBP

XLON

592204795581823856

09:14:39

GMT

311

12.22

GBP

XLON

606278547128928386

09:14:39

GMT

12

12.22

GBP

XLON

592204795581823863

09:14:39

GMT

58

12.22

GBP

XLON

592204795581823864

09:14:39

GMT

180

12.22

GBP

XLON

592204795581823862

09:15:31

GMT

20

12.22

GBP

XLON

606278547128947077

09:41:25

GMT

114

12.24

GBP

XLON

606278547129445545

09:41:25

GMT

250

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204795582371913

09:41:25

GMT

156

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204795582371918

09:41:25

GMT

174

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204795582371917

09:41:25

GMT

229

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204795582371924

10:15:42

GMT

92

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204795583159621

10:27:04

GMT

21

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204795583427265

10:27:04

GMT

94

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204795583427263

10:27:04

GMT

102

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278547130446097

10:27:04

GMT

354

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204795583427264

10:27:04

GMT

374

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278547130446100

10:27:04

GMT

62

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204795583427274

10:27:04

GMT

180

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204795583427273

10:27:05

GMT

64

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278547130446322

10:27:05

GMT

98

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278547130446323

10:38:56

GMT

109

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204795583688663

10:38:56

GMT

216

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204795583688664

10:53:41

GMT

69

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278547131003677

10:53:41

GMT

79

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278547131003675

10:53:41

GMT

177

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278547131003676

11:36:31

GMT

124

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278547131917884

11:37:35

GMT

100

12.26

GBP

XLON

592204795584997651

11:37:35

GMT

14

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278547131939460

11:43:04

GMT

45

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204795585111811

11:43:04

GMT

52

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204795585111810

11:45:15

GMT

289

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278547132090098

11:45:15

GMT

52

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278547132090107

11:45:15

GMT

200

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278547132090106

11:45:15

GMT

180

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204795585155667

11:45:15

GMT

100

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278547132090118

12:02:04

GMT

87

12.26

GBP

XLON

592204795585504127

12:02:04

GMT

87

12.26

GBP

XLON

592204795585504128

12:02:04

GMT

87

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278547132422576

12:02:04

GMT

153

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278547132422575

12:07:07

GMT

104

12.26

GBP

XLON

592204795585625724

12:28:52

GMT

96

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204795586110289

12:31:36

GMT

6

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795586169802

12:31:36

GMT

30

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795586169801

12:31:36

GMT

49

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795586169800

12:35:49

GMT

90

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278547133141108

12:38:32

GMT

86

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278547133191135

12:40:23

GMT

415

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278547133227519

12:40:23

GMT

67

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278547133227524

12:53:23

GMT

84

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795586617269

12:53:23

GMT

393

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278547133479511

12:53:23

GMT

62

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278547133479518

12:53:23

GMT

320

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278547133479517

12:53:23

GMT

61

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795586617279

13:20:30

GMT

2

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278547134038026

13:20:30

GMT

8

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278547134038024

13:20:30

GMT

8

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278547134038025

13:20:30

GMT

69

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278547134038023

13:22:38

GMT

87

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795587258307

13:22:38

GMT

97

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795587258306

13:22:38

GMT

132

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278547134085385

13:22:38

GMT

273

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278547134085384

13:22:38

GMT

78

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795587258313

13:22:38

GMT

180

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795587258314

13:22:38

GMT

43

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204795587258315

13:39:56

GMT

84

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278547134550085

13:40:30

GMT

362

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278547134567496

13:40:30

GMT

100

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278547134567507

13:40:30

GMT

112

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278547134567510

13:40:30

GMT

112

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278547134567511

13:48:18

GMT

87

12.32

GBP

XLON

592204795587998807

13:48:18

GMT

87

12.32

GBP

XLON

592204795587998808

13:48:18

GMT

87

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278547134785259

13:48:18

GMT

87

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278547134785260

13:48:18

GMT

114

12.32

GBP

XLON

592204795587998806

13:48:18

GMT

172

12.32

GBP

XLON

592204795587998805

14:05:10

GMT

227

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204795588497182

14:05:10

GMT

395

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204795588497206

14:05:10

GMT

73

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278547135257374

14:13:59

GMT

91

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204795588755013

14:13:59

GMT

250

12.38

GBP

XLON

606278547135501558

14:13:59

GMT

76

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204795588755017

14:29:53

GMT

85

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204795589234418

14:29:53

GMT

85

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204795589234419

14:29:53

GMT

85

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204795589234420

14:29:53

GMT

85

12.4

GBP

XLON

592204795589234417

14:29:53

GMT

301

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278547135955499

14:29:53

GMT

78

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278547135955506

14:29:53

GMT

320

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278547135955507

14:29:53

GMT

28

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204795589234428

14:39:15

GMT

88

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278547136321806

14:39:54

GMT

91

12.4

GBP

XLON

592204795589644745

14:40:46

GMT

98

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278547136384760

14:41:41

GMT

98

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204795589722488

14:41:46

GMT

2

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204795589725809

14:41:46

GMT

86

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204795589725810

14:41:46

GMT

88

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204795589725811

14:41:46

GMT

88

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204795589725812

14:41:46

GMT

94

12.38

GBP

XLON

606278547136421647

14:41:46

GMT

304

12.38

GBP

XLON

606278547136421646

14:41:46

GMT

12

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204795589725818

14:41:46

GMT

320

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204795589725817

14:50:41

GMT

20

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204795590077057

14:50:41

GMT

72

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204795590077058

14:50:41

GMT

92

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204795590077056

14:50:41

GMT

92

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204795590077059

14:50:41

GMT

92

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278547136755459

14:50:41

GMT

94

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278547136755458

14:50:41

GMT

262

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278547136755457

14:50:41

GMT

64

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204795590077066

14:56:15

GMT

286

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795590304584

14:56:15

GMT

88

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795590304587

15:08:06

GMT

97

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795590779474

15:10:26

GMT

97

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795590863152

15:10:26

GMT

97

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795590863154

15:10:26

GMT

97

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547137501578

15:10:26

GMT

97

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547137501579

15:10:26

GMT

98

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795590863153

15:10:26

GMT

98

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547137501580

15:10:26

GMT

357

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795590863150

15:10:50

GMT

54

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795590878209

15:14:34

GMT

302

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278547137642489

15:14:41

GMT

22

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278547137646066

15:29:20

GMT

46

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795591552456

15:29:20

GMT

46

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795591552457

15:31:39

GMT

74

12.35

GBP

XLON

606278547138236500

15:31:56

GMT

11

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204795591646314

15:31:56

GMT

25

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278547138248620

15:31:56

GMT

64

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278547138248621

15:32:03

GMT

92

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795591651976

15:32:03

GMT

92

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795591651977

15:32:03

GMT

92

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795591651978

15:32:03

GMT

92

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547138253998

15:32:03

GMT

92

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547138253999

15:32:03

GMT

92

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547138254000

15:32:03

GMT

95

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547138253997

15:32:03

GMT

263

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795591651974

15:32:03

GMT

62

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547138254003

15:48:27

GMT

85

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278547138828549

15:49:32

GMT

84

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278547138865902

15:50:46

GMT

90

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204795592340665

15:51:56

GMT

86

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278547138948479

15:53:14

GMT

19

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204795592430059

15:53:24

GMT

79

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795592435409

15:53:47

GMT

19

12.35

GBP

XLON

606278547139011236

15:53:47

GMT

80

12.35

GBP

XLON

606278547139011235

15:55:05

GMT

94

12.35

GBP

XLON

606278547139066345

15:56:10

GMT

86

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795592550250

15:57:20

GMT

83

12.34

GBP

XLON

592204795592591853

15:58:39

GMT

95

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278547139189135

15:59:32

GMT

367

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278547139220319

15:59:32

GMT

2

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204795592669255

15:59:32

GMT

320

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204795592669254

15:59:32

GMT

44

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278547139220329

15:59:32

GMT

45

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278547139220328

15:59:32

GMT

196

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204795592669258

16:15:15

GMT

94

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204795593302101

16:15:15

GMT

24

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204795593302105

16:15:15

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105

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278547139820844

16:15:15

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111

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204795593302104

16:16:27

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54

12.35

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592204795593354371

16:18:04

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88

12.35

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592204795593426072

16:18:04

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110

12.35

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606278547139939030

16:18:04

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284

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795593426073

16:18:04

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177

12.35

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XLON

592204795593426079

16:18:04

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180

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795593426078

16:18:04

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40

12.35

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XLON

592204795593426092

16:18:04

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81

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204795593426094

16:26:12

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85

12.39

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606278547140307626

16:26:12

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20

12.39

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592204795593812570

16:26:12

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20

12.39

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XLON

592204795593812571

16:26:12

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80

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204795593812569

16:29:47

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45

12.41

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592204795593962823

16:29:47

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47

12.41

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XLON

592204795593962824

16:29:47

GMT

270

12.41

GBP

XLON

592204795593962826

16:29:47

GMT

1

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278547140450938

16:29:53

GMT

362

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278547140472683

16:29:53

GMT

312

12.41

GBP

XLON

592204795593985365

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