WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

21 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 25,181 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 21 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 1,741,548 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,175,386 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:

21 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

25,181

11.8410

11.7400

11.9800

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

08:02:53

GMT

314

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174503202707007

08:09:47

GMT

99

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503202886157

08:09:47

GMT

99

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503202886158

08:09:47

GMT

611

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503202886156

08:09:47

GMT

97

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100754366235186

08:23:04

GMT

102

11.85

GBP

XLON

606174503203154912

08:25:15

GMT

201

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503203192426

08:29:41

GMT

102

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100754366649494

08:29:41

GMT

102

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503203273843

08:29:41

GMT

102

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503203273848

08:29:41

GMT

103

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100754366649495

08:29:41

GMT

103

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503203273846

08:29:41

GMT

110

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503203273845

08:29:41

GMT

112

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503203273842

08:29:41

GMT

150

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503203273841

08:36:37

GMT

105

11.79

GBP

XLON

606174503203443477

08:36:37

GMT

166

11.79

GBP

XLON

606174503203443478

08:39:47

GMT

38

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754366903959

08:39:47

GMT

68

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754366903958

08:48:11

GMT

29

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503203679630

08:48:11

GMT

80

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503203679631

08:48:11

GMT

9

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754367086193

08:50:11

GMT

118

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503203720500

09:00:32

GMT

15

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503203922548

09:00:32

GMT

107

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754367344612

09:00:32

GMT

107

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754367344615

09:00:32

GMT

438

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503203922549

09:08:05

GMT

107

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174503204082732

09:08:05

GMT

119

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174503204082730

09:08:05

GMT

152

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174503204082731

09:18:04

GMT

99

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174503204286190

09:18:04

GMT

99

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174503204286191

09:18:04

GMT

284

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100754367732094

09:38:41

GMT

219

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100754368185944

09:38:41

GMT

346

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100754368185943

09:38:41

GMT

313

11.79

GBP

XLON

606174503204707887

09:38:45

GMT

116

11.79

GBP

XLON

606174503204709210

09:46:46

GMT

271

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503204869779

10:05:04

GMT

44

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174503205241721

10:05:04

GMT

63

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174503205241720

10:05:04

GMT

300

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100754368759538

10:16:04

GMT

7

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503205475290

10:16:04

GMT

18

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100754369010592

10:16:04

GMT

98

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100754369010593

10:16:04

GMT

109

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503205475288

10:16:04

GMT

116

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503205475289

10:16:04

GMT

123

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174503205475287

10:16:04

GMT

182

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100754369010591

10:18:16

GMT

116

11.86

GBP

XLON

592100754369069945

10:47:28

GMT

107

11.95

GBP

XLON

606174503206121744

10:51:49

GMT

106

11.95

GBP

XLON

606174503206234587

10:57:28

GMT

42

11.98

GBP

XLON

592100754369978239

10:57:28

GMT

65

11.98

GBP

XLON

592100754369978240

10:57:35

GMT

35

11.98

GBP

XLON

606174503206380673

10:57:35

GMT

75

11.98

GBP

XLON

606174503206380672

11:00:20

GMT

607

11.96

GBP

XLON

592100754370061785

11:00:20

GMT

306

11.96

GBP

XLON

592100754370061790

11:00:30

GMT

136

11.96

GBP

XLON

592100754370065991

11:36:52

GMT

11

11.96

GBP

XLON

606174503207184094

11:36:52

GMT

26

11.96

GBP

XLON

606174503207184092

11:36:53

GMT

76

11.96

GBP

XLON

592100754370845400

11:36:53

GMT

1

11.96

GBP

XLON

592100754370845401

11:39:27

GMT

25

11.96

GBP

XLON

592100754370895894

11:40:03

GMT

166

11.96

GBP

XLON

592100754370907781

11:48:35

GMT

112

11.97

GBP

XLON

592100754371083123

11:52:03

GMT

113

11.97

GBP

XLON

592100754371153363

11:52:03

GMT

575

11.97

GBP

XLON

592100754371153365

11:52:03

GMT

66

11.97

GBP

XLON

592100754371153375

11:52:03

GMT

264

11.97

GBP

XLON

592100754371153376

11:52:03

GMT

26

11.97

GBP

XLON

592100754371153377

12:02:00

GMT

101

11.97

GBP

XLON

606174503207649036

12:02:00

GMT

272

11.97

GBP

XLON

606174503207649035

12:11:40

GMT

398

11.95

GBP

XLON

606174503207821907

12:11:40

GMT

19

11.95

GBP

XLON

606174503207821908

12:11:40

GMT

19

11.95

GBP

XLON

606174503207821909

12:24:24

GMT

272

11.92

GBP

XLON

606174503208033812

12:25:12

GMT

116

11.88

GBP

XLON

592100754371773621

12:50:06

GMT

63

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503208491560

12:50:06

GMT

117

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754372249403

12:50:06

GMT

117

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754372249404

12:50:06

GMT

117

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754372249405

12:50:06

GMT

117

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503208491562

12:50:06

GMT

117

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503208491563

12:50:06

GMT

210

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503208491561

12:50:11

GMT

33

11.86

GBP

XLON

606174503208493907

12:50:11

GMT

45

11.86

GBP

XLON

606174503208493905

12:50:11

GMT

45

11.86

GBP

XLON

606174503208493906

13:14:53

GMT

10

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754372764200

13:14:53

GMT

41

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754372764201

13:14:53

GMT

53

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754372764202

13:18:21

GMT

127

11.9

GBP

XLON

606174503209045275

13:21:54

GMT

167

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754372921610

13:29:09

GMT

115

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754373090517

13:31:52

GMT

108

11.89

GBP

XLON

606174503209341469

13:31:56

GMT

27

11.89

GBP

XLON

606174503209343039

13:31:56

GMT

39

11.89

GBP

XLON

606174503209343042

13:31:56

GMT

49

11.89

GBP

XLON

606174503209343040

13:33:50

GMT

13

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754373214291

13:33:50

GMT

96

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754373214290

13:34:44

GMT

100

11.88

GBP

XLON

606174503209411926

13:34:44

GMT

151

11.88

GBP

XLON

606174503209411927

13:34:44

GMT

151

11.88

GBP

XLON

606174503209411928

13:34:44

GMT

54

11.88

GBP

XLON

592100754373238171

13:34:44

GMT

150

11.88

GBP

XLON

592100754373238168

13:35:41

GMT

108

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754373266053

13:35:41

GMT

113

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503209438223

13:35:41

GMT

121

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503209438224

13:53:01

GMT

105

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754373772043

13:53:01

GMT

105

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754373772044

13:53:01

GMT

105

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503209905791

13:53:01

GMT

105

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503209905792

13:53:01

GMT

105

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503209905793

13:53:01

GMT

271

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754373772041

14:13:00

GMT

109

11.89

GBP

XLON

606174503210455297

14:15:10

GMT

163

11.88

GBP

XLON

606174503210513890

14:15:10

GMT

468

11.88

GBP

XLON

606174503210513888

14:15:10

GMT

220

11.88

GBP

XLON

606174503210514034

14:16:40

GMT

130

11.87

GBP

XLON

592100754374469722

14:30:00

GMT

78

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503210932236

14:30:02

GMT

33

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503210934606

14:33:25

GMT

107

11.88

GBP

XLON

592100754375016452

14:34:43

GMT

67

11.88

GBP

XLON

592100754375069136

14:34:44

GMT

45

11.88

GBP

XLON

592100754375070263

14:35:17

GMT

31

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503211137935

14:35:17

GMT

76

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503211137936

14:35:17

GMT

170

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503211137933

14:35:17

GMT

188

11.87

GBP

XLON

606174503211137934

14:36:59

GMT

104

11.88

GBP

XLON

592100754375172703

14:37:05

GMT

106

11.88

GBP

XLON

592100754375177896

14:45:19

GMT

100

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754375500420

14:47:07

GMT

119

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754375563991

14:47:45

GMT

66

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754375585603

14:49:52

GMT

102

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754375660120

14:49:52

GMT

384

11.89

GBP

XLON

606174503211670955

14:49:52

GMT

456

11.89

GBP

XLON

606174503211670964

14:49:52

GMT

43

11.89

GBP

XLON

592100754375660136

14:54:10

GMT

108

11.88

GBP

XLON

606174503211831469

14:54:10

GMT

272

11.88

GBP

XLON

606174503211831468

15:05:27

GMT

29

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503212236345

15:05:27

GMT

89

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503212236346

15:05:27

GMT

118

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754376262297

15:05:27

GMT

118

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754376262298

15:05:27

GMT

118

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503212236347

15:05:27

GMT

271

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754376262296

15:09:50

GMT

271

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100754376416368

15:21:03

GMT

13

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100754376816041

15:21:03

GMT

88

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100754376816038

15:21:03

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100754376816035

15:21:03

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100754376816036

15:21:03

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100754376816037

15:21:03

GMT

271

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100754376816034

15:32:51

GMT

117

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100754377216267

15:32:51

GMT

117

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174503213132671

15:32:51

GMT

117

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174503213132672

15:32:51

GMT

330

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100754377216266

15:46:45

GMT

8

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100754377740343

15:46:45

GMT

100

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100754377740342

15:48:17

GMT

103

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100754377790022

15:49:42

GMT

100

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503213720146

15:50:39

GMT

114

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503213751218

15:50:39

GMT

114

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503213751219

15:50:39

GMT

324

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503213751217

15:50:39

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300

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754377880611

16:00:07

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13

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378218536

16:00:07

GMT

19

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503214067704

16:00:07

GMT

49

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378218531

16:00:07

GMT

73

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378218529

16:00:07

GMT

84

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503214067703

16:00:07

GMT

90

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378218537

16:00:07

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103

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378218535

16:00:07

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103

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503214067705

16:00:07

GMT

103

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174503214067707

16:00:07

GMT

151

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378218532

16:02:57

GMT

79

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378329180

16:02:57

GMT

195

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378329182

16:05:51

GMT

113

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100754378428893

16:14:07

GMT

114

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503214550360

16:15:41

GMT

75

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754378798612

16:15:41

GMT

19

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754378798613

16:15:41

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19

11.78

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XLON

592100754378798614

16:16:38

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424

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100754378836693

16:20:56

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70

11.78

GBP

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606174503214819866

16:20:56

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43

11.78

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606174503214819870

16:21:54

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54

11.78

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50

11.78

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16:22:51

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106

11.78

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606174503214899873

16:23:29

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115

11.78

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592100754379134023

16:23:29

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645

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174503214923709

16:24:25

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107

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100754379173197

16:28:27

GMT

191

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100754379355280

16:29:53

GMT

1

11.79

GBP

XLON

606174503215199778

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