WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

16 January 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 26 January 2024, of 25,146 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 16 January 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 1,183,334 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,733,600 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:

16 January 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

25,146

11.7554

11.6800

11.8500

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

08:08:05

GMT

93

11.69

GBP

XLON

606161762986751000

08:09:20

GMT

360

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014151267128

08:09:20

GMT

533

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014151267132

08:09:20

GMT

3

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014151267219

08:09:20

GMT

340

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014151267220

08:23:17

GMT

98

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014151609037

08:23:17

GMT

124

11.73

GBP

XLON

592088014151609065

08:23:17

GMT

164

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762987115543

08:23:17

GMT

478

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762987115542

08:23:17

GMT

5

11.73

GBP

XLON

592088014151609069

08:31:21

GMT

423

11.68

GBP

XLON

592088014151775674

08:48:17

GMT

424

11.71

GBP

XLON

592088014152144130

09:02:28

GMT

28

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014152414756

09:02:28

GMT

77

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014152414757

09:02:28

GMT

422

11.7

GBP

XLON

606161762987876050

09:24:34

GMT

292

11.81

GBP

XLON

606161762988333020

09:24:45

GMT

312

11.81

GBP

XLON

606161762988336359

09:24:45

GMT

10

11.81

GBP

XLON

606161762988336365

09:24:45

GMT

83

11.8

GBP

XLON

592088014152902391

09:24:45

GMT

116

11.8

GBP

XLON

592088014152902393

09:27:51

GMT

22

11.79

GBP

XLON

606161762988402562

09:27:51

GMT

116

11.79

GBP

XLON

606161762988402563

09:45:12

GMT

143

11.82

GBP

XLON

592088014153323519

09:45:12

GMT

409

11.82

GBP

XLON

592088014153323520

09:45:12

GMT

133

11.82

GBP

XLON

592088014153323523

10:15:06

GMT

94

11.78

GBP

XLON

606161762989304174

10:15:06

GMT

176

11.78

GBP

XLON

592088014153927134

10:15:06

GMT

205

11.78

GBP

XLON

592088014153927135

10:15:06

GMT

42

11.78

GBP

XLON

592088014153927142

10:15:06

GMT

94

11.77

GBP

XLON

592088014153927216

10:34:16

GMT

9

11.77

GBP

XLON

592088014154346618

10:35:39

GMT

7

11.77

GBP

XLON

592088014154376677

10:35:39

GMT

92

11.77

GBP

XLON

592088014154376678

10:45:21

GMT

24

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014154559234

10:45:21

GMT

23

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014154559252

10:57:51

GMT

50

11.77

GBP

XLON

606161762990137499

10:57:51

GMT

81

11.77

GBP

XLON

606161762990137500

10:57:51

GMT

106

11.77

GBP

XLON

592088014154808315

10:57:51

GMT

205

11.77

GBP

XLON

592088014154808314

10:58:44

GMT

18

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014154827455

10:58:44

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014154827453

10:58:44

GMT

133

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014154827454

10:58:44

GMT

167

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014154827452

10:58:44

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

606161762990155340

10:58:44

GMT

136

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014154827456

11:19:14

GMT

96

11.75

GBP

XLON

592088014155227178

11:19:14

GMT

96

11.75

GBP

XLON

606161762990530169

11:19:14

GMT

106

11.75

GBP

XLON

592088014155227179

11:19:14

GMT

317

11.75

GBP

XLON

592088014155227180

11:19:22

GMT

96

11.74

GBP

XLON

606161762990532065

11:48:17

GMT

111

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014155766695

11:48:17

GMT

111

11.74

GBP

XLON

606161762991039897

11:48:17

GMT

423

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014155766694

11:48:17

GMT

111

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762991039903

12:12:18

GMT

79

11.72

GBP

XLON

592088014156224583

12:12:18

GMT

110

11.72

GBP

XLON

592088014156224582

12:12:18

GMT

110

11.72

GBP

XLON

606161762991473065

12:23:00

GMT

12

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014156415192

12:23:00

GMT

100

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014156415190

12:23:00

GMT

100

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014156415193

12:23:00

GMT

200

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014156415191

12:23:01

GMT

112

11.73

GBP

XLON

592088014156415503

12:23:01

GMT

307

11.73

GBP

XLON

592088014156415508

12:58:20

GMT

95

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014157125062

12:58:20

GMT

164

11.76

GBP

XLON

592088014157125063

12:58:20

GMT

14

11.76

GBP

XLON

606161762992324249

12:58:20

GMT

95

11.76

GBP

XLON

606161762992324248

13:01:23

GMT

421

11.75

GBP

XLON

592088014157201361

13:01:23

GMT

82

11.75

GBP

XLON

592088014157201376

13:01:23

GMT

150

11.75

GBP

XLON

592088014157201375

13:02:20

GMT

67

11.74

GBP

XLON

606161762992423735

13:20:50

GMT

33

11.74

GBP

XLON

606161762992791010

13:20:50

GMT

100

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014157621479

13:20:50

GMT

102

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014157621477

13:20:50

GMT

102

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014157621480

13:20:50

GMT

390

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014157621478

13:20:50

GMT

12

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014157621486

13:50:08

GMT

52

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993405068

13:50:08

GMT

58

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993405070

13:50:08

GMT

110

11.73

GBP

XLON

592088014158271142

13:50:08

GMT

203

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993405069

13:58:03

GMT

107

11.73

GBP

XLON

592088014158468716

14:02:03

GMT

139

11.74

GBP

XLON

592088014158582289

14:02:03

GMT

535

11.73

GBP

XLON

592088014158582296

14:02:03

GMT

91

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993698005

14:02:05

GMT

108

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993699079

14:02:05

GMT

150

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993699078

14:02:05

GMT

232

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993699077

14:02:06

GMT

49

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993699499

14:02:13

GMT

111

11.73

GBP

XLON

606161762993703537

14:04:30

GMT

58

11.72

GBP

XLON

606161762993761548

14:04:30

GMT

58

11.72

GBP

XLON

606161762993761549

14:28:56

GMT

78

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762994447419

14:28:58

GMT

33

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762994448574

14:29:24

GMT

421

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014159392443

14:34:31

GMT

96

11.72

GBP

XLON

592088014159610699

14:34:31

GMT

96

11.72

GBP

XLON

606161762994672462

14:34:31

GMT

481

11.72

GBP

XLON

606161762994672463

14:34:31

GMT

188

11.72

GBP

XLON

592088014159610704

14:42:17

GMT

13

11.72

GBP

XLON

606161762994972109

14:42:17

GMT

88

11.72

GBP

XLON

606161762994972108

14:42:17

GMT

101

11.72

GBP

XLON

592088014159925231

14:43:06

GMT

43

11.71

GBP

XLON

592088014159953933

14:43:06

GMT

58

11.71

GBP

XLON

592088014159953934

14:43:06

GMT

101

11.71

GBP

XLON

592088014159953932

14:43:06

GMT

101

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762994999500

14:43:06

GMT

101

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762994999501

14:43:06

GMT

101

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762994999502

14:43:06

GMT

105

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762994999503

14:43:06

GMT

153

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762994999499

14:43:06

GMT

327

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762994999498

14:59:36

GMT

110

11.71

GBP

XLON

606161762995592952

14:59:37

GMT

43

11.7

GBP

XLON

606161762995593071

14:59:37

GMT

67

11.7

GBP

XLON

606161762995593072

14:59:37

GMT

110

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014160577840

14:59:37

GMT

110

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014160577841

14:59:37

GMT

110

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014160577842

14:59:37

GMT

110

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014160577845

14:59:37

GMT

110

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014160577846

14:59:37

GMT

110

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014160577847

14:59:37

GMT

110

11.7

GBP

XLON

606161762995593073

14:59:37

GMT

425

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014160577839

15:15:00

GMT

1

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014161150049

15:15:00

GMT

4

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014161150050

15:15:00

GMT

99

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014161150051

15:15:00

GMT

104

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014161150047

15:15:00

GMT

125

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014161150046

15:15:00

GMT

449

11.7

GBP

XLON

592088014161150048

15:23:25

GMT

101

11.73

GBP

XLON

592088014161424222

15:30:21

GMT

7

11.75

GBP

XLON

606161762996607233

15:30:21

GMT

71

11.75

GBP

XLON

606161762996607256

15:30:22

GMT

23

11.75

GBP

XLON

606161762996607532

15:30:22

GMT

101

11.75

GBP

XLON

592088014161645681

15:38:13

GMT

45

11.79

GBP

XLON

606161762996859708

15:38:13

GMT

66

11.79

GBP

XLON

606161762996859707

15:38:13

GMT

103

11.79

GBP

XLON

592088014161910934

15:38:13

GMT

42

11.79

GBP

XLON

592088014161910937

15:38:13

GMT

61

11.79

GBP

XLON

592088014161910938

15:39:05

GMT

105

11.78

GBP

XLON

592088014161936722

15:39:05

GMT

348

11.77

GBP

XLON

606161762996883907

15:39:22

GMT

30

11.79

GBP

XLON

606161762996891506

15:39:22

GMT

231

11.79

GBP

XLON

606161762996891504

15:43:17

GMT

106

11.81

GBP

XLON

606161762997012824

15:44:24

GMT

98

11.81

GBP

XLON

606161762997045290

15:44:30

GMT

429

11.81

GBP

XLON

592088014162110783

15:44:30

GMT

429

11.81

GBP

XLON

592088014162110789

15:44:30

GMT

1

11.81

GBP

XLON

606161762997048830

15:44:38

GMT

435

11.8

GBP

XLON

592088014162114372

15:59:33

GMT

97

11.83

GBP

XLON

606161762997509131

15:59:40

GMT

97

11.82

GBP

XLON

592088014162599993

15:59:40

GMT

97

11.82

GBP

XLON

592088014162599995

15:59:40

GMT

97

11.82

GBP

XLON

592088014162599996

15:59:40

GMT

97

11.82

GBP

XLON

606161762997513697

15:59:40

GMT

97

11.82

GBP

XLON

606161762997513698

15:59:40

GMT

353

11.82

GBP

XLON

592088014162599994

15:59:40

GMT

327

11.82

GBP

XLON

592088014162600239

16:05:31

GMT

99

11.83

GBP

XLON

606161762997734847

16:09:09

GMT

107

11.84

GBP

XLON

592088014162969499

16:13:02

GMT

107

11.85

GBP

XLON

606161762998005842

16:13:51

GMT

103

11.85

GBP

XLON

606161762998035127

16:14:41

GMT

100

11.85

GBP

XLON

606161762998070414

16:14:41

GMT

107

11.84

GBP

XLON

592088014163182616

16:14:41

GMT

444

11.84

GBP

XLON

592088014163182615

16:14:41

GMT

272

11.84

GBP

XLON

592088014163182661

16:14:41

GMT

356

11.84

GBP

XLON

592088014163182662

16:14:41

GMT

135

11.84

GBP

XLON

606161762998070487

16:21:12

GMT

555

11.84

GBP

XLON

606161762998323620

16:21:12

GMT

197

11.84

GBP

XLON

592088014163447437

16:21:14

GMT

17

11.84

GBP

XLON

592088014163449634

Ends