WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

12 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 24,252 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 12 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 752,122 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,164,812 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:

12 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

24,252

12.4140

12.3500

12.5000

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

08:08:55

GMT

84

12.5

GBP

XLON

606278901018018666

08:09:33

GMT

396

12.48

GBP

XLON

592205149472867404

08:09:33

GMT

251

12.48

GBP

XLON

592205149472867414

08:15:10

GMT

97

12.49

GBP

XLON

606278901018154062

08:15:10

GMT

143

12.49

GBP

XLON

592205149472997272

08:15:10

GMT

232

12.49

GBP

XLON

592205149472997271

08:15:10

GMT

288

12.49

GBP

XLON

606278901018154072

08:25:00

GMT

236

12.45

GBP

XLON

592205149473195232

08:25:00

GMT

38

12.45

GBP

XLON

606278901018342921

08:25:00

GMT

47

12.45

GBP

XLON

606278901018342920

08:35:45

GMT

21

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149473437175

08:35:45

GMT

73

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149473437174

08:39:32

GMT

111

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149473522400

08:39:56

GMT

122

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149473532130

08:41:02

GMT

2

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149473561842

08:54:59

GMT

17

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149473880304

08:54:59

GMT

20

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901018991107

08:54:59

GMT

65

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901018991106

09:04:04

GMT

95

12.46

GBP

XLON

592205149474099376

09:06:21

GMT

96

12.46

GBP

XLON

606278901019245253

09:07:49

GMT

98

12.46

GBP

XLON

592205149474182314

09:07:49

GMT

231

12.46

GBP

XLON

606278901019276004

09:07:49

GMT

320

12.46

GBP

XLON

592205149474182319

09:07:49

GMT

348

12.45

GBP

XLON

592205149474182318

09:07:49

GMT

70

12.46

GBP

XLON

592205149474182324

09:22:15

GMT

82

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149474515766

09:22:15

GMT

150

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149474515767

09:22:15

GMT

232

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901019591421

09:22:15

GMT

129

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901019591425

09:47:50

GMT

239

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149475104865

09:47:50

GMT

100

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149475104868

09:49:00

GMT

69

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149475126864

09:49:00

GMT

100

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149475126865

09:49:00

GMT

74

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149475126866

10:08:48

GMT

97

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149475565089

10:08:48

GMT

193

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149475565090

10:08:48

GMT

357

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149475565088

10:21:09

GMT

90

12.45

GBP

XLON

592205149475869181

10:21:09

GMT

90

12.45

GBP

XLON

592205149475869182

10:21:09

GMT

145

12.45

GBP

XLON

592205149475869180

10:21:18

GMT

89

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901020875091

10:21:18

GMT

100

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901020875089

10:21:18

GMT

128

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901020875090

10:48:41

GMT

129

12.42

GBP

XLON

606278901021514053

10:49:57

GMT

93

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149476579494

10:49:57

GMT

165

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149476579495

10:49:57

GMT

172

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149476579493

10:49:57

GMT

206

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149476579500

10:53:36

GMT

94

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149476662524

11:11:04

GMT

97

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901022054644

11:11:04

GMT

97

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901022054645

11:11:04

GMT

224

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149477119085

11:11:04

GMT

99

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901022054653

11:13:47

GMT

44

12.38

GBP

XLON

606278901022129935

11:13:47

GMT

53

12.38

GBP

XLON

606278901022129934

11:53:41

GMT

93

12.37

GBP

XLON

606278901022989099

11:55:53

GMT

28

12.37

GBP

XLON

606278901023038232

11:55:53

GMT

71

12.37

GBP

XLON

606278901023038231

12:03:58

GMT

86

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901023211693

12:03:58

GMT

123

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149478344698

12:07:11

GMT

47

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149478414373

12:07:11

GMT

52

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149478414372

12:08:40

GMT

88

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901023307851

12:11:57

GMT

90

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149478516131

12:14:45

GMT

11

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901023436477

12:14:45

GMT

74

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901023436476

12:17:39

GMT

41

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901023498146

12:17:39

GMT

56

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901023498147

12:20:19

GMT

12

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149478708420

12:20:19

GMT

78

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149478708421

12:23:41

GMT

38

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901023624562

12:23:41

GMT

62

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901023624561

12:26:37

GMT

87

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901023680676

12:27:13

GMT

100

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901023694740

12:27:20

GMT

42

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901023697561

12:27:20

GMT

335

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901023697562

12:27:20

GMT

28

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149478860034

12:27:20

GMT

320

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149478860033

12:27:20

GMT

242

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901023697569

13:01:27

GMT

71

12.38

GBP

XLON

592205149479615736

13:01:27

GMT

89

12.38

GBP

XLON

592205149479615731

13:01:27

GMT

89

12.38

GBP

XLON

592205149479615738

13:01:27

GMT

89

12.38

GBP

XLON

592205149479615739

13:01:27

GMT

300

12.38

GBP

XLON

592205149479615734

13:24:09

GMT

92

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901024908402

13:24:09

GMT

92

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149480148126

13:32:45

GMT

10

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901025121341

13:32:45

GMT

93

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901025121344

13:32:45

GMT

95

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901025121340

13:32:45

GMT

105

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901025121342

13:32:45

GMT

140

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149480372745

13:32:45

GMT

227

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901025121339

13:32:45

GMT

228

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901025121352

13:32:45

GMT

228

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149480372765

13:32:45

GMT

228

12.44

GBP

XLON

606278901025121364

13:32:45

GMT

61

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149480372772

13:32:45

GMT

61

12.44

GBP

XLON

592205149480372773

13:50:46

GMT

8

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149480899507

13:50:46

GMT

79

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149480899508

13:50:46

GMT

389

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149480899506

13:50:46

GMT

166

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149480899511

13:50:46

GMT

231

12.43

GBP

XLON

592205149480899512

13:53:02

GMT

87

12.42

GBP

XLON

606278901025672820

14:13:03

GMT

86

12.42

GBP

XLON

592205149481533237

14:13:52

GMT

23

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901026232300

14:13:52

GMT

63

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901026232302

14:13:52

GMT

77

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901026232298

14:13:52

GMT

86

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149481554801

14:13:52

GMT

86

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149481554802

14:13:52

GMT

86

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149481554803

14:13:52

GMT

86

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149481554804

14:13:52

GMT

86

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901026232301

14:13:52

GMT

86

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901026232303

14:13:52

GMT

248

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901026232299

14:26:23

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149481954808

14:26:23

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901026608884

14:26:23

GMT

100

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901026608883

14:26:23

GMT

211

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901026608882

14:26:23

GMT

126

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901026608887

14:42:25

GMT

54

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149482599511

14:42:25

GMT

85

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149482599510

14:42:25

GMT

371

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149482599509

14:43:18

GMT

5

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149482629707

14:43:18

GMT

85

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901027246406

14:43:18

GMT

176

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149482629705

14:43:18

GMT

227

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149482629703

14:43:18

GMT

345

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149482629709

14:43:18

GMT

259

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901027246410

14:43:18

GMT

63

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901027246444

14:43:18

GMT

126

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901027246486

14:54:15

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483067344

14:54:15

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483067345

14:54:15

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483067346

14:54:15

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483067347

14:54:15

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483067348

14:54:15

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901027659699

14:54:15

GMT

323

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278901027659697

15:02:05

GMT

68

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483420701

15:02:05

GMT

100

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483420699

15:02:05

GMT

100

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483420700

15:02:05

GMT

230

12.39

GBP

XLON

592205149483420707

15:05:21

GMT

324

12.38

GBP

XLON

606278901028106537

15:16:32

GMT

99

12.37

GBP

XLON

592205149483937451

15:16:32

GMT

99

12.37

GBP

XLON

592205149483937452

15:16:32

GMT

99

12.37

GBP

XLON

592205149483937453

15:16:32

GMT

322

12.37

GBP

XLON

592205149483937450

15:16:32

GMT

21

12.37

GBP

XLON

606278901028483512

15:16:32

GMT

155

12.37

GBP

XLON

606278901028483511

15:30:46

GMT

95

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901028980094

15:30:46

GMT

391

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901028980093

15:30:46

GMT

39

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901028980101

15:30:46

GMT

320

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901028980099

15:30:46

GMT

67

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149484462342

15:30:50

GMT

43

12.42

GBP

XLON

592205149484464977

15:30:50

GMT

52

12.42

GBP

XLON

592205149484464978

15:33:38

GMT

43

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278901029085062

15:47:52

GMT

13

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149485106587

15:47:52

GMT

38

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149485106586

15:47:52

GMT

40

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149485106585

15:49:09

GMT

5

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901029631061

15:49:09

GMT

41

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901029631059

15:49:09

GMT

46

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901029631060

15:50:20

GMT

84

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901029672666

15:50:20

GMT

91

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149485192295

15:50:20

GMT

383

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149485192294

15:50:20

GMT

39

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149485192300

15:50:20

GMT

180

12.4

GBP

XLON

592205149485192301

16:01:03

GMT

97

12.43

GBP

XLON

606278901030080738

16:01:39

GMT

293

12.42

GBP

XLON

592205149485648069

16:06:17

GMT

42

12.42

GBP

XLON

606278901030297213

16:06:17

GMT

52

12.42

GBP

XLON

606278901030297212

16:06:17

GMT

94

12.42

GBP

XLON

592205149485851245

16:06:17

GMT

209

12.42

GBP

XLON

592205149485851244

16:06:17

GMT

292

12.42

GBP

XLON

592205149485851243

16:06:17

GMT

382

12.42

GBP

XLON

606278901030297223

16:09:52

GMT

30

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278901030452195

16:09:52

GMT

94

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149486013770

16:09:52

GMT

295

12.41

GBP

XLON

592205149486013769

16:12:58

GMT

249

12.38

GBP

XLON

592205149486192678

16:12:58

GMT

78

12.38

GBP

XLON

592205149486192883

16:16:45

GMT

288

12.37

GBP

XLON

606278901030848873

16:16:45

GMT

34

12.37

GBP

XLON

592205149486429313

16:20:03

GMT

326

12.35

GBP

XLON

606278901031033299

16:23:21

GMT

320

12.35

GBP

XLON

592205149486815434

16:23:24

GMT

2

12.35

GBP

XLON

606278901031219851

16:29:56

GMT

227

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278901031587050

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