WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

10 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 23,696 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 10 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 1,524,724 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,392,210 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:

10 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

23,696

12.7897

12.7400

12.8600

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

08:05:11

GMT

123

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170610359200059

08:15:01

GMT

109

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861523978489

08:15:28

GMT

100

12.81

GBP

XLON

592096861523990360

08:15:28

GMT

217

12.81

GBP

XLON

606170610359469011

08:15:32

GMT

207

12.81

GBP

XLON

606170610359470329

08:16:01

GMT

133

12.81

GBP

XLON

592096861524002600

08:17:56

GMT

107

12.81

GBP

XLON

592096861524049183

08:20:10

GMT

110

12.81

GBP

XLON

606170610359566652

08:21:57

GMT

153

12.81

GBP

XLON

592096861524130582

08:24:11

GMT

100

12.81

GBP

XLON

592096861524170513

08:28:04

GMT

52

12.8

GBP

XLON

592096861524249942

08:28:04

GMT

351

12.8

GBP

XLON

592096861524249941

08:30:30

GMT

136

12.8

GBP

XLON

592096861524318492

08:30:30

GMT

499

12.8

GBP

XLON

606170610359771818

08:43:14

GMT

62

12.76

GBP

XLON

592096861524617850

08:44:32

GMT

103

12.76

GBP

XLON

592096861524642180

08:44:32

GMT

103

12.76

GBP

XLON

592096861524642181

08:44:32

GMT

111

12.76

GBP

XLON

592096861524642179

08:44:32

GMT

150

12.76

GBP

XLON

592096861524642178

08:59:40

GMT

16

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170610360423087

08:59:40

GMT

101

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170610360423086

09:08:38

GMT

109

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861525241218

09:40:59

GMT

80

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861525970077

09:40:59

GMT

116

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610361315143

09:40:59

GMT

116

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610361315147

09:40:59

GMT

143

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610361315142

09:40:59

GMT

144

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610361315145

09:40:59

GMT

150

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861525970075

09:40:59

GMT

188

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861525970078

09:40:59

GMT

190

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861525970073

09:40:59

GMT

253

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610361315148

09:40:59

GMT

404

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861525970076

09:40:59

GMT

601

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861525970072

09:40:59

GMT

328

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861525970086

10:01:13

GMT

100

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170610361722905

10:01:13

GMT

266

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170610361722904

10:25:40

GMT

112

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527056048

10:26:43

GMT

24

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527083338

10:26:43

GMT

39

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527083339

10:26:43

GMT

41

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527083340

10:30:00

GMT

2

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610362439803

10:30:00

GMT

22

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610362439806

10:30:00

GMT

42

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610362439804

10:30:00

GMT

43

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610362439805

10:33:35

GMT

34

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527257979

10:33:35

GMT

39

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527257977

10:33:35

GMT

44

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527257978

10:45:38

GMT

38

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861527553859

10:45:38

GMT

45

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861527553858

10:45:38

GMT

30

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610362799376

10:45:45

GMT

113

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861527556839

10:49:46

GMT

12

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610362890097

10:49:46

GMT

25

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861527650341

10:49:46

GMT

78

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861527650343

10:52:45

GMT

417

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527715705

10:52:48

GMT

97

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527716568

10:52:48

GMT

230

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610362951639

10:58:08

GMT

113

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610363061746

10:59:37

GMT

48

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610363095537

10:59:37

GMT

116

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527870587

10:59:37

GMT

173

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861527870588

11:53:00

GMT

3

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861529163941

11:53:00

GMT

16

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861529163943

11:53:00

GMT

68

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861529163942

11:53:00

GMT

72

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861529163944

11:53:00

GMT

13

12.84

GBP

XLON

606170610364314678

11:53:01

GMT

73

12.84

GBP

XLON

606170610364315134

11:53:04

GMT

8

12.84

GBP

XLON

606170610364316361

11:53:08

GMT

73

12.85

GBP

XLON

606170610364317592

11:53:09

GMT

117

12.85

GBP

XLON

606170610364318134

11:58:42

GMT

99

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610364420027

11:58:42

GMT

157

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610364420026

11:58:42

GMT

611

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610364420028

11:59:03

GMT

284

12.83

GBP

XLON

592096861529282934

12:12:02

GMT

114

12.81

GBP

XLON

592096861529572720

12:12:02

GMT

126

12.81

GBP

XLON

606170610364696355

12:12:02

GMT

141

12.81

GBP

XLON

592096861529572719

12:35:46

GMT

7

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861530056255

12:35:46

GMT

41

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861530056254

12:35:46

GMT

51

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861530056253

12:42:34

GMT

12

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610365275153

12:42:34

GMT

95

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610365275152

12:45:48

GMT

111

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610365332440

12:49:04

GMT

105

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610365399106

12:52:26

GMT

110

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610365461766

12:56:28

GMT

110

12.86

GBP

XLON

592096861530473032

12:59:50

GMT

28

12.86

GBP

XLON

606170610365607050

12:59:50

GMT

79

12.86

GBP

XLON

606170610365607049

13:00:35

GMT

195

12.85

GBP

XLON

606170610365627537

13:10:32

GMT

107

12.85

GBP

XLON

592096861530822777

13:10:32

GMT

108

12.85

GBP

XLON

606170610365868865

13:10:32

GMT

209

12.85

GBP

XLON

606170610365868864

13:10:32

GMT

79

12.85

GBP

XLON

592096861530822780

13:10:32

GMT

80

12.85

GBP

XLON

592096861530822781

13:10:32

GMT

150

12.85

GBP

XLON

592096861530822782

13:10:32

GMT

150

12.85

GBP

XLON

592096861530822783

13:10:32

GMT

30

12.85

GBP

XLON

592096861530822784

13:22:49

GMT

44

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861531124993

13:30:29

GMT

63

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861531310917

13:30:29

GMT

100

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861531310918

13:30:29

GMT

100

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861531310920

13:30:29

GMT

100

12.84

GBP

XLON

606170610366324901

13:30:29

GMT

160

12.84

GBP

XLON

592096861531310919

13:30:38

GMT

100

12.83

GBP

XLON

592096861531315096

13:30:38

GMT

100

12.83

GBP

XLON

606170610366328915

13:49:59

GMT

103

12.85

GBP

XLON

592096861531805632

13:50:00

GMT

522

12.84

GBP

XLON

606170610366789892

13:50:00

GMT

96

12.84

GBP

XLON

606170610366789897

13:50:00

GMT

230

12.84

GBP

XLON

606170610366789896

13:56:32

GMT

266

12.82

GBP

XLON

592096861531982946

14:18:10

GMT

21

12.8

GBP

XLON

592096861532585506

14:18:10

GMT

78

12.8

GBP

XLON

592096861532585507

14:20:45

GMT

99

12.79

GBP

XLON

606170610367595170

14:20:45

GMT

114

12.8

GBP

XLON

592096861532660911

14:20:45

GMT

607

12.79

GBP

XLON

606170610367595171

14:20:45

GMT

18

12.79

GBP

XLON

606170610367595174

14:20:55

GMT

149

12.79

GBP

XLON

606170610367599828

14:36:07

GMT

117

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610368085394

14:38:14

GMT

44

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610368163113

14:38:14

GMT

106

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861533262112

14:38:14

GMT

319

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610368163114

14:38:14

GMT

89

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610368163118

14:38:14

GMT

300

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610368163117

14:38:14

GMT

151

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861533262123

14:53:16

GMT

104

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610368678840

14:53:16

GMT

398

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610368678841

14:53:38

GMT

406

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861533818990

14:54:01

GMT

82

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861533830969

15:10:30

GMT

110

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861534462276

15:10:30

GMT

110

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610369299611

15:10:30

GMT

111

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861534462274

15:10:30

GMT

214

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610369299612

15:10:30

GMT

351

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861534462275

15:10:30

GMT

130

12.78

GBP

XLON

592096861534462281

15:24:51

GMT

99

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610369751384

15:26:57

GMT

11

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610369818141

15:26:57

GMT

96

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170610369818140

15:29:15

GMT

106

12.79

GBP

XLON

592096861535097136

15:31:41

GMT

118

12.79

GBP

XLON

606170610369976675

15:33:39

GMT

36

12.79

GBP

XLON

592096861535252958

15:33:39

GMT

36

12.79

GBP

XLON

592096861535252960

15:33:39

GMT

38

12.79

GBP

XLON

592096861535252959

15:34:41

GMT

99

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861535291412

15:34:41

GMT

99

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861535291414

15:34:41

GMT

99

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861535291415

15:34:41

GMT

99

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861535291417

15:34:41

GMT

99

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610370080672

15:34:41

GMT

99

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610370080673

15:34:41

GMT

265

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861535291413

15:38:44

GMT

265

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861535434043

15:52:29

GMT

117

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861535933012

15:52:29

GMT

117

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610370682500

15:52:29

GMT

436

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861535933011

15:52:29

GMT

161

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610370682507

15:59:07

GMT

76

12.74

GBP

XLON

592096861536186601

15:59:07

GMT

100

12.74

GBP

XLON

592096861536186602

15:59:07

GMT

266

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170610370920317

15:59:08

GMT

24

12.74

GBP

XLON

592096861536187146

16:05:12

GMT

74

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170610371138748

16:05:12

GMT

266

12.75

GBP

XLON

592096861536418610

16:12:59

GMT

42

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861536741299

16:12:59

GMT

58

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861536741300

16:12:59

GMT

100

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610371441956

16:12:59

GMT

123

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610371441957

16:12:59

GMT

314

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610371441955

16:12:59

GMT

143

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861536741310

16:12:59

GMT

2

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861536741368

16:13:01

GMT

4

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861536742685

16:15:57

GMT

269

12.76

GBP

XLON

592096861536867136

16:23:22

GMT

67

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170610371879933

16:23:29

GMT

15

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170610371885085

16:23:29

GMT

28

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170610371885088

16:28:36

GMT

36

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861537444907

16:28:36

GMT

36

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861537444908

16:28:36

GMT

41

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861537444906

16:28:36

GMT

180

12.77

GBP

XLON

592096861537444909

16:28:36

GMT

31

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170610372105905

16:29:44

GMT

62

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170610372155576

16:29:44

GMT

44

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170610372155577

16:29:44

GMT

47

12.75

GBP

XLON

592096861537497437

16:29:44

GMT

61

12.75

GBP

XLON

592096861537497436

16:29:44

GMT

440

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170610372155578