WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

24 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 24,709 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 24 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 1,766,257 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,150,677 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:

24 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

24,709

11.7937

11.6900

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

08:11:38

GMT

10

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564879432164

08:11:38

GMT

99

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564879432162

08:11:38

GMT

133

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816044478253

08:11:38

GMT

133

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564879432165

08:11:38

GMT

284

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564879432166

08:11:38

GMT

108

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816044478260

08:14:31

GMT

139

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564879488313

08:14:31

GMT

176

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564879488312

08:14:31

GMT

359

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564879488311

08:14:33

GMT

62

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816044540026

08:14:33

GMT

78

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816044540027

08:30:57

GMT

102

11.84

GBP

XLON

592101816044967186

08:30:57

GMT

102

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175564879886155

08:30:57

GMT

172

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175564879886153

08:30:57

GMT

452

11.84

GBP

XLON

606175564879886154

08:30:57

GMT

84

11.84

GBP

XLON

592101816044967197

08:30:57

GMT

164

11.84

GBP

XLON

592101816044967198

08:39:18

GMT

72

11.83

GBP

XLON

592101816045177337

08:39:18

GMT

238

11.83

GBP

XLON

592101816045177336

08:46:38

GMT

311

11.83

GBP

XLON

592101816045338529

09:10:15

GMT

29

11.85

GBP

XLON

592101816045895858

09:10:15

GMT

52

11.85

GBP

XLON

606175564880749768

09:10:15

GMT

54

11.85

GBP

XLON

606175564880749767

09:10:15

GMT

511

11.85

GBP

XLON

592101816045895857

09:10:15

GMT

119

11.85

GBP

XLON

606175564880749777

09:13:45

GMT

53

11.84

GBP

XLON

592101816045977229

09:13:45

GMT

65

11.84

GBP

XLON

592101816045977230

09:13:45

GMT

75

11.84

GBP

XLON

592101816045977228

09:13:45

GMT

237

11.84

GBP

XLON

592101816045977227

09:30:44

GMT

577

11.87

GBP

XLON

592101816046385149

09:30:44

GMT

11

11.86

GBP

XLON

606175564881205399

09:30:44

GMT

275

11.86

GBP

XLON

606175564881205400

09:41:06

GMT

3

11.85

GBP

XLON

592101816046639855

09:41:06

GMT

7

11.85

GBP

XLON

592101816046639851

09:41:06

GMT

99

11.85

GBP

XLON

592101816046639857

09:41:06

GMT

150

11.85

GBP

XLON

592101816046639853

09:41:06

GMT

150

11.85

GBP

XLON

592101816046639854

09:51:38

GMT

5

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175564881677324

09:51:38

GMT

305

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175564881677325

10:09:41

GMT

111

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175564882093633

10:09:41

GMT

1

11.82

GBP

XLON

592101816047336724

10:09:41

GMT

110

11.82

GBP

XLON

592101816047336725

10:09:41

GMT

111

11.82

GBP

XLON

592101816047336726

10:09:41

GMT

111

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175564882093945

10:09:41

GMT

337

11.82

GBP

XLON

592101816047336723

10:34:36

GMT

118

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816047952374

10:34:36

GMT

118

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175564882670027

10:34:36

GMT

320

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816047952375

10:34:36

GMT

98

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816047952398

10:34:36

GMT

118

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816047952399

10:39:01

GMT

134

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175564882763531

11:00:23

GMT

104

11.79

GBP

XLON

592101816048550161

11:00:23

GMT

351

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564883228035

11:01:06

GMT

32

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564883244099

11:01:06

GMT

43

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564883244100

11:07:45

GMT

119

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175564883374265

11:07:45

GMT

219

11.83

GBP

XLON

606175564883374264

11:16:58

GMT

143

11.82

GBP

XLON

592101816048896800

11:16:58

GMT

167

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175564883552281

11:23:14

GMT

108

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564883670916

11:53:51

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816049671329

11:53:51

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816049671330

11:53:51

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816049671331

11:53:51

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816049671332

11:53:51

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816049671334

11:53:51

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816049671335

11:53:51

GMT

110

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564884274239

11:53:51

GMT

110

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816049671327

11:53:51

GMT

202

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816049671328

12:07:34

GMT

43

11.76

GBP

XLON

592101816049958388

12:07:34

GMT

100

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564884540930

12:07:34

GMT

267

11.76

GBP

XLON

592101816049958387

12:32:59

GMT

68

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564885061897

12:32:59

GMT

102

11.75

GBP

XLON

592101816050515386

12:32:59

GMT

102

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564885061899

12:32:59

GMT

102

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564885061900

12:32:59

GMT

102

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564885061901

12:32:59

GMT

102

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564885061902

12:32:59

GMT

242

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564885061898

12:54:25

GMT

313

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564885450701

12:54:25

GMT

69

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564885450702

12:54:25

GMT

69

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564885450703

12:54:25

GMT

90

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564885450704

12:54:25

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

592101816050932305

12:54:25

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

592101816050932306

12:54:25

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564885450705

12:58:59

GMT

11

11.76

GBP

XLON

592101816051026693

13:09:44

GMT

104

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816051258189

13:10:33

GMT

133

11.77

GBP

XLON

592101816051276415

13:10:33

GMT

214

11.77

GBP

XLON

592101816051276416

13:10:35

GMT

248

11.77

GBP

XLON

592101816051276965

13:31:23

GMT

79

11.77

GBP

XLON

592101816051749738

13:31:23

GMT

430

11.77

GBP

XLON

606175564886210299

13:31:23

GMT

38

11.77

GBP

XLON

592101816051749746

13:31:23

GMT

117

11.77

GBP

XLON

592101816051749747

13:50:59

GMT

107

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816052180109

13:53:18

GMT

114

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175564886660641

13:58:32

GMT

15

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816052345348

13:58:32

GMT

47

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816052345344

13:58:32

GMT

56

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816052345346

13:58:32

GMT

453

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816052345347

13:58:32

GMT

343

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175564886765410

13:58:34

GMT

38

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175564886766172

13:58:34

GMT

30

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175564886766177

13:58:34

GMT

190

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175564886766176

14:22:51

GMT

114

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175564887354875

14:22:51

GMT

114

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175564887354877

14:22:51

GMT

294

11.82

GBP

XLON

606175564887354876

14:22:51

GMT

509

11.82

GBP

XLON

592101816052979247

14:22:53

GMT

33

11.82

GBP

XLON

592101816052980134

14:22:53

GMT

113

11.82

GBP

XLON

592101816052980138

14:30:23

GMT

103

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564887565674

14:30:23

GMT

158

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564887565675

14:30:42

GMT

28

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564887579564

14:30:42

GMT

50

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564887579562

14:30:42

GMT

87

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564887579563

14:35:22

GMT

370

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564887757964

14:48:32

GMT

10

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564888218854

14:48:32

GMT

29

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564888218857

14:48:32

GMT

30

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564888218855

14:48:32

GMT

55

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564888218856

14:50:10

GMT

5

11.79

GBP

XLON

592101816053967439

14:50:10

GMT

24

11.79

GBP

XLON

592101816053967436

14:50:10

GMT

41

11.79

GBP

XLON

592101816053967438

14:50:10

GMT

48

11.79

GBP

XLON

592101816053967437

14:50:43

GMT

26

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175564888295353

14:50:43

GMT

91

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175564888295355

14:50:43

GMT

117

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816053984674

14:50:43

GMT

117

11.78

GBP

XLON

606175564888295354

14:50:43

GMT

296

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816053984677

14:50:43

GMT

310

11.78

GBP

XLON

592101816053984675

14:57:25

GMT

23

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564888536878

14:57:25

GMT

88

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564888536877

14:57:25

GMT

111

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564888536876

14:57:25

GMT

310

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564888536875

15:02:29

GMT

121

11.73

GBP

XLON

592101816054489797

15:02:29

GMT

190

11.73

GBP

XLON

592101816054489796

15:22:27

GMT

103

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564889544283

15:23:20

GMT

52

11.74

GBP

XLON

606175564889567911

15:23:20

GMT

66

11.74

GBP

XLON

592101816055347214

15:28:17

GMT

106

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564889710920

15:28:17

GMT

106

11.75

GBP

XLON

606175564889710921

15:28:17

GMT

115

11.75

GBP

XLON

592101816055500024

15:28:17

GMT

264

11.75

GBP

XLON

592101816055500025

15:28:17

GMT

317

11.75

GBP

XLON

592101816055500026

15:32:43

GMT

430

11.75

GBP

XLON

592101816055646516

15:32:43

GMT

105

11.74

GBP

XLON

592101816055646946

15:32:43

GMT

105

11.74

GBP

XLON

606175564889848305

15:37:57

GMT

110

11.74

GBP

XLON

592101816055815621

15:37:57

GMT

311

11.74

GBP

XLON

606175564890005896

15:43:58

GMT

109

11.73

GBP

XLON

606175564890178625

15:43:58

GMT

312

11.73

GBP

XLON

592101816056000419

15:48:36

GMT

310

11.69

GBP

XLON

606175564890342321

16:01:32

GMT

9

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564890796759

16:01:32

GMT

92

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564890796758

16:03:26

GMT

10

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564890861760

16:03:26

GMT

105

11.76

GBP

XLON

606175564890861761

16:10:56

GMT

32

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175564891145609

16:10:56

GMT

35

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816057039778

16:10:56

GMT

40

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816057039779

16:10:56

GMT

50

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175564891145619

16:10:56

GMT

52

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175564891145620

16:10:56

GMT

198

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816057039783

16:11:19

GMT

112

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816057054750

16:11:24

GMT

30

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175564891162854

16:11:24

GMT

30

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175564891162855

16:11:24

GMT

109

11.81

GBP

XLON

606175564891162853

16:12:31

GMT

35

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816057100700

16:12:31

GMT

66

11.81

GBP

XLON

592101816057100699

16:12:32

GMT

371

11.8

GBP

XLON

592101816057102002

16:13:03

GMT

531

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564891220735

16:13:03

GMT

127

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564891220741

16:18:22

GMT

115

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564891425150

16:18:22

GMT

115

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564891425151

16:18:22

GMT

134

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564891425146

16:18:22

GMT

180

11.79

GBP

XLON

606175564891425148

16:29:00

GMT

91

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564891860061

16:29:00

GMT

20

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564891860062

16:29:31

GMT

104

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564891878008

16:29:50

GMT

8

11.8

GBP

XLON

606175564891891820

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