WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

13 March 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 27,777 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 13 March 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 2,112,212 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,804,722 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:

13 March 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

27,777

10.5243

10.3000

10.7900

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

08:04:33

GMT

56

10.73

GBP

XLON

606181581079983931

08:04:33

GMT

95

10.73

GBP

XLON

620255329915807941

08:04:33

GMT

95

10.73

GBP

XLON

620255329915807942

08:04:33

GMT

96

10.73

GBP

XLON

606181581079983933

08:04:33

GMT

241

10.73

GBP

XLON

606181581079983932

08:11:35

GMT

95

10.79

GBP

XLON

620255329916121744

08:11:35

GMT

308

10.79

GBP

XLON

606181581080278941

08:11:35

GMT

262

10.79

GBP

XLON

606181581080278949

08:11:35

GMT

171

10.79

GBP

XLON

620255329916121751

08:17:59

GMT

13

10.75

GBP

XLON

606181581080510053

08:17:59

GMT

62

10.75

GBP

XLON

606181581080510050

08:17:59

GMT

88

10.75

GBP

XLON

606181581080510051

08:17:59

GMT

170

10.75

GBP

XLON

606181581080510049

08:18:00

GMT

38

10.75

GBP

XLON

620255329916372406

08:18:00

GMT

49

10.75

GBP

XLON

620255329916372405

08:24:34

GMT

319

10.64

GBP

XLON

620255329916628502

08:35:58

GMT

418

10.69

GBP

XLON

620255329917003792

08:40:15

GMT

98

10.7

GBP

XLON

620255329917136636

08:40:15

GMT

234

10.7

GBP

XLON

620255329917136637

08:40:15

GMT

85

10.7

GBP

XLON

620255329917136645

08:58:14

GMT

105

10.72

GBP

XLON

620255329917680700

08:58:14

GMT

210

10.72

GBP

XLON

606181581081738354

08:58:14

GMT

232

10.72

GBP

XLON

606181581081738355

08:58:14

GMT

241

10.72

GBP

XLON

606181581081738358

08:58:14

GMT

42

10.72

GBP

XLON

620255329917680709

09:16:59

GMT

107

10.75

GBP

XLON

606181581082267049

09:16:59

GMT

263

10.75

GBP

XLON

606181581082267050

09:16:59

GMT

360

10.75

GBP

XLON

620255329918246669

09:16:59

GMT

135

10.75

GBP

XLON

606181581082267057

09:30:15

GMT

4

10.73

GBP

XLON

620255329918602820

09:30:15

GMT

103

10.73

GBP

XLON

606181581082598833

09:30:15

GMT

291

10.73

GBP

XLON

620255329918602819

09:30:15

GMT

74

10.73

GBP

XLON

606181581082598838

09:30:15

GMT

66

10.73

GBP

XLON

606181581082598924

09:41:16

GMT

98

10.72

GBP

XLON

606181581082857880

09:41:16

GMT

98

10.72

GBP

XLON

606181581082857881

09:41:16

GMT

326

10.72

GBP

XLON

606181581082857882

09:58:08

GMT

99

10.63

GBP

XLON

620255329919287460

09:58:08

GMT

102

10.63

GBP

XLON

606181581083239057

09:58:08

GMT

102

10.63

GBP

XLON

620255329919287459

09:58:08

GMT

357

10.63

GBP

XLON

620255329919287458

09:58:11

GMT

3

10.63

GBP

XLON

620255329919289166

10:00:21

GMT

116

10.62

GBP

XLON

620255329919343943

10:05:42

GMT

319

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181581083408316

10:23:13

GMT

16

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181581083790438

10:23:13

GMT

83

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181581083790441

10:23:13

GMT

99

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181581083790437

10:23:13

GMT

109

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181581083790439

10:23:13

GMT

320

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181581083790436

10:30:40

GMT

248

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255329920057067

10:30:44

GMT

71

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255329920058405

10:46:23

GMT

98

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255329920408461

10:46:23

GMT

364

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255329920408462

10:52:56

GMT

39

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181581084428359

10:52:56

GMT

280

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181581084428360

11:00:17

GMT

320

10.51

GBP

XLON

606181581084627626

11:23:04

GMT

289

10.63

GBP

XLON

620255329921363340

11:23:04

GMT

325

10.63

GBP

XLON

606181581085178901

11:35:16

GMT

150

10.63

GBP

XLON

606181581085439618

11:35:16

GMT

238

10.63

GBP

XLON

606181581085439619

11:35:16

GMT

19

10.63

GBP

XLON

606181581085439624

11:44:04

GMT

237

10.62

GBP

XLON

606181581085631168

11:44:04

GMT

5

10.62

GBP

XLON

620255329921848661

11:44:04

GMT

78

10.62

GBP

XLON

620255329921848660

11:50:30

GMT

292

10.61

GBP

XLON

620255329922002311

11:50:57

GMT

43

10.6

GBP

XLON

606181581085782744

11:59:51

GMT

118

10.47

GBP

XLON

620255329922290235

11:59:51

GMT

202

10.47

GBP

XLON

620255329922290236

12:17:34

GMT

3

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255329922790141

12:17:34

GMT

20

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255329922790139

12:17:34

GMT

74

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255329922790140

12:19:11

GMT

352

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255329922831844

12:19:11

GMT

255

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181581086553507

12:45:24

GMT

243

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255329923518554

12:45:24

GMT

377

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181581087194073

12:45:24

GMT

377

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255329923518561

12:45:24

GMT

7

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181581087194081

12:45:24

GMT

7

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181581087194084

13:06:09

GMT

416

10.6

GBP

XLON

606181581087704927

13:18:34

GMT

46

10.64

GBP

XLON

620255329924354456

13:18:34

GMT

52

10.64

GBP

XLON

620255329924354455

13:18:34

GMT

230

10.64

GBP

XLON

606181581087974639

13:18:34

GMT

319

10.64

GBP

XLON

620255329924354461

13:18:35

GMT

153

10.64

GBP

XLON

606181581087974767

13:27:25

GMT

101

10.62

GBP

XLON

606181581088177962

13:27:25

GMT

321

10.62

GBP

XLON

620255329924573167

13:29:01

GMT

101

10.61

GBP

XLON

606181581088215975

13:32:58

GMT

294

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181581088353125

13:33:03

GMT

26

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181581088356862

13:38:17

GMT

111

10.54

GBP

XLON

620255329924933665

13:40:26

GMT

3

10.54

GBP

XLON

606181581088578726

13:40:28

GMT

55

10.54

GBP

XLON

606181581088580014

13:40:28

GMT

71

10.54

GBP

XLON

606181581088580016

13:40:28

GMT

128

10.54

GBP

XLON

606181581088580015

13:40:28

GMT

150

10.54

GBP

XLON

606181581088580013

13:43:10

GMT

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181581088661297

13:50:32

GMT

108

10.48

GBP

XLON

620255329925335023

13:50:32

GMT

293

10.48

GBP

XLON

620255329925335022

13:53:42

GMT

319

10.49

GBP

XLON

620255329925444275

14:05:38

GMT

7

10.43

GBP

XLON

620255329925857576

14:05:38

GMT

300

10.43

GBP

XLON

620255329925857575

14:05:38

GMT

145

10.43

GBP

XLON

606181581089375991

14:16:36

GMT

20

10.44

GBP

XLON

620255329926180591

14:16:36

GMT

75

10.44

GBP

XLON

620255329926180592

14:16:36

GMT

293

10.44

GBP

XLON

606181581089678494

14:16:36

GMT

66

10.44

GBP

XLON

606181581089678502

14:28:36

GMT

105

10.37

GBP

XLON

606181581090024756

14:28:36

GMT

105

10.37

GBP

XLON

620255329926552229

14:28:36

GMT

105

10.37

GBP

XLON

620255329926552230

14:28:36

GMT

294

10.37

GBP

XLON

606181581090024755

14:28:36

GMT

25

10.36

GBP

XLON

620255329926552278

14:42:00

GMT

109

10.42

GBP

XLON

606181581090504336

14:42:00

GMT

109

10.42

GBP

XLON

606181581090504337

14:42:00

GMT

109

10.42

GBP

XLON

620255329927067088

14:42:00

GMT

281

10.42

GBP

XLON

620255329927067087

14:42:02

GMT

273

10.42

GBP

XLON

620255329927068158

14:42:02

GMT

61

10.42

GBP

XLON

620255329927068162

14:47:18

GMT

264

10.44

GBP

XLON

606181581090677435

14:52:50

GMT

55

10.46

GBP

XLON

606181581090854307

14:52:50

GMT

94

10.46

GBP

XLON

606181581090854308

14:52:50

GMT

142

10.46

GBP

XLON

606181581090854305

14:52:50

GMT

226

10.46

GBP

XLON

620255329927441653

15:02:05

GMT

32

10.44

GBP

XLON

606181581091217724

15:02:05

GMT

72

10.44

GBP

XLON

606181581091217722

15:02:05

GMT

104

10.44

GBP

XLON

606181581091217723

15:02:05

GMT

104

10.44

GBP

XLON

606181581091217725

15:02:05

GMT

104

10.44

GBP

XLON

620255329927827900

15:02:05

GMT

280

10.44

GBP

XLON

606181581091217721

15:02:05

GMT

40

10.44

GBP

XLON

620255329927827906

15:11:47

GMT

150

10.39

GBP

XLON

606181581091539969

15:11:47

GMT

157

10.39

GBP

XLON

606181581091539970

15:11:47

GMT

139

10.39

GBP

XLON

620255329928171670

15:11:47

GMT

200

10.39

GBP

XLON

620255329928171671

15:11:48

GMT

32

10.39

GBP

XLON

606181581091540633

15:12:38

GMT

112

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329928208066

15:25:19

GMT

106

10.34

GBP

XLON

606181581091960268

15:25:19

GMT

106

10.34

GBP

XLON

606181581091960269

15:25:19

GMT

106

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329928622716

15:25:19

GMT

106

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329928622718

15:25:19

GMT

106

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329928622719

15:25:19

GMT

106

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329928622720

15:25:19

GMT

246

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329928622717

15:33:31

GMT

104

10.39

GBP

XLON

620255329928896470

15:33:31

GMT

105

10.39

GBP

XLON

606181581092215217

15:33:31

GMT

162

10.39

GBP

XLON

606181581092215215

15:33:31

GMT

209

10.39

GBP

XLON

606181581092215216

15:33:31

GMT

68

10.39

GBP

XLON

620255329928896475

15:36:57

GMT

304

10.38

GBP

XLON

606181581092319309

15:36:57

GMT

16

10.37

GBP

XLON

606181581092319364

15:40:11

GMT

299

10.32

GBP

XLON

620255329929124330

15:40:11

GMT

21

10.32

GBP

XLON

606181581092427980

15:51:45

GMT

33

10.33

GBP

XLON

606181581092884813

15:51:45

GMT

63

10.33

GBP

XLON

606181581092884812

15:53:00

GMT

113

10.33

GBP

XLON

606181581092923674

15:56:13

GMT

111

10.33

GBP

XLON

620255329929776038

15:56:13

GMT

255

10.33

GBP

XLON

620255329929776039

15:56:18

GMT

372

10.33

GBP

XLON

606181581093043695

15:56:58

GMT

103

10.32

GBP

XLON

620255329929806011

15:56:58

GMT

305

10.33

GBP

XLON

606181581093067708

15:56:58

GMT

174

10.33

GBP

XLON

606181581093067717

16:07:09

GMT

98

10.4

GBP

XLON

606181581093409473

16:07:09

GMT

358

10.4

GBP

XLON

620255329930170138

16:07:09

GMT

98

10.4

GBP

XLON

606181581093409476

16:07:09

GMT

246

10.4

GBP

XLON

620255329930170145

16:07:09

GMT

99

10.4

GBP

XLON

606181581093409495

16:10:58

GMT

98

10.35

GBP

XLON

606181581093547975

16:10:58

GMT

318

10.35

GBP

XLON

606181581093547974

16:15:22

GMT

390

10.32

GBP

XLON

606181581093709672

16:15:22

GMT

74

10.32

GBP

XLON

620255329930490888

16:15:22

GMT

92

10.32

GBP

XLON

620255329930490887

16:21:34

GMT

98

10.3

GBP

XLON

606181581093960533

16:21:34

GMT

99

10.3

GBP

XLON

620255329930756029

16:21:34

GMT

117

10.3

GBP

XLON

620255329930756028

16:21:34

GMT

293

10.3

GBP

XLON

620255329930756027

16:21:34

GMT

96

10.3

GBP

XLON

606181581093960542

16:28:42

GMT

267

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329931049383

16:28:42

GMT

237

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329931049434

16:28:45

GMT

10

10.34

GBP

XLON

620255329931052684

16:29:53

GMT

188

10.37

GBP

XLON

606181581094292984

Ends