WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

14 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 26,455 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 14 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 1,132,033 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,784,901 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:

14 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

26,455

11.4149

11.3100

11.4600

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

08:08:00

GMT

92

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306365090599

08:08:09

GMT

92

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306365093031

08:08:09

GMT

92

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055200539041

08:08:09

GMT

92

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055200539042

08:08:09

GMT

233

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306365093030

08:08:09

GMT

353

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306365093029

08:08:09

GMT

35

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306365093034

08:17:35

GMT

104

11.38

GBP

XLON

592087306365298656

08:17:35

GMT

104

11.38

GBP

XLON

606161055200732774

08:17:35

GMT

104

11.38

GBP

XLON

606161055200732775

08:17:56

GMT

354

11.37

GBP

XLON

592087306365305880

08:21:02

GMT

104

11.37

GBP

XLON

592087306365367439

08:46:15

GMT

104

11.31

GBP

XLON

592087306365936395

08:46:15

GMT

104

11.31

GBP

XLON

606161055201333676

08:46:15

GMT

104

11.31

GBP

XLON

606161055201333677

08:46:15

GMT

104

11.31

GBP

XLON

606161055201333678

08:46:15

GMT

112

11.31

GBP

XLON

592087306365936397

08:46:15

GMT

150

11.31

GBP

XLON

592087306365936393

08:46:15

GMT

210

11.31

GBP

XLON

592087306365936394

08:53:13

GMT

123

11.31

GBP

XLON

592087306366081000

08:53:13

GMT

128

11.31

GBP

XLON

606161055201470435

08:53:13

GMT

150

11.31

GBP

XLON

606161055201470434

09:16:45

GMT

102

11.36

GBP

XLON

606161055201954121

09:16:45

GMT

102

11.36

GBP

XLON

606161055201954123

09:16:45

GMT

368

11.36

GBP

XLON

606161055201954122

09:16:45

GMT

399

11.36

GBP

XLON

606161055201954127

09:26:07

GMT

355

11.32

GBP

XLON

606161055202155923

09:32:19

GMT

95

11.33

GBP

XLON

592087306366943526

09:32:19

GMT

260

11.33

GBP

XLON

592087306366943527

10:06:22

GMT

102

11.41

GBP

XLON

606161055202924060

10:08:47

GMT

101

11.41

GBP

XLON

606161055202973282

10:11:21

GMT

104

11.41

GBP

XLON

592087306367726749

10:13:47

GMT

106

11.41

GBP

XLON

606161055203063725

10:16:16

GMT

100

11.41

GBP

XLON

606161055203115234

10:19:24

GMT

35

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055203175590

10:19:24

GMT

75

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055203175591

10:22:26

GMT

20

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306367949749

10:22:26

GMT

34

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306367949748

10:22:26

GMT

52

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306367949750

10:25:28

GMT

99

11.41

GBP

XLON

592087306368014612

10:29:04

GMT

110

11.41

GBP

XLON

592087306368090268

10:36:44

GMT

105

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055203505726

10:46:31

GMT

103

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055203685043

10:46:39

GMT

157

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055203687354

11:00:05

GMT

25

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306368730805

11:00:05

GMT

41

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055203968402

11:00:05

GMT

68

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306368730806

11:00:05

GMT

93

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306368730807

11:00:05

GMT

107

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055203968401

11:00:05

GMT

114

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306368730804

11:00:05

GMT

150

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055203968399

11:00:05

GMT

431

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055203968400

11:00:05

GMT

360

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055203968408

11:05:11

GMT

127

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055204079380

11:05:11

GMT

228

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055204079381

11:15:31

GMT

77

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306369093912

11:15:31

GMT

279

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306369093913

11:47:37

GMT

12

11.39

GBP

XLON

592087306369738129

11:47:37

GMT

109

11.39

GBP

XLON

592087306369738131

11:47:37

GMT

109

11.39

GBP

XLON

606161055204915607

11:47:37

GMT

109

11.39

GBP

XLON

606161055204915608

11:47:37

GMT

109

11.39

GBP

XLON

606161055204915609

11:47:37

GMT

198

11.39

GBP

XLON

592087306369738130

11:47:37

GMT

343

11.39

GBP

XLON

592087306369738128

11:56:24

GMT

7

11.38

GBP

XLON

592087306369909179

11:56:24

GMT

27

11.38

GBP

XLON

606161055205076010

11:56:24

GMT

154

11.38

GBP

XLON

606161055205076005

11:56:24

GMT

174

11.38

GBP

XLON

606161055205076009

11:57:24

GMT

24

11.38

GBP

XLON

592087306369928017

11:57:24

GMT

71

11.38

GBP

XLON

592087306369928016

12:18:32

GMT

75

11.36

GBP

XLON

592087306370381423

12:38:38

GMT

19

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306370769700

12:38:38

GMT

109

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055205885888

12:38:38

GMT

90

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306370769701

12:41:36

GMT

110

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055205944060

12:45:08

GMT

92

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306370907301

12:45:08

GMT

8

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055206016348

12:48:33

GMT

32

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055206084060

12:48:33

GMT

36

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055206084059

12:48:33

GMT

41

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306370978946

12:51:23

GMT

140

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055206141709

12:55:00

GMT

110

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306371109504

12:56:01

GMT

102

11.4

GBP

XLON

606161055206231889

12:59:00

GMT

96

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306371199802

13:02:20

GMT

110

11.4

GBP

XLON

592087306371280013

13:05:18

GMT

116

11.41

GBP

XLON

592087306371333662

13:08:22

GMT

103

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055206469095

13:10:54

GMT

553

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306371437998

13:10:54

GMT

474

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306371438002

13:10:54

GMT

99

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055206515937

13:18:08

GMT

355

11.41

GBP

XLON

606161055206660350

13:31:01

GMT

167

11.46

GBP

XLON

592087306371950555

13:31:01

GMT

175

11.46

GBP

XLON

592087306371950554

13:35:19

GMT

22

11.46

GBP

XLON

606161055207137386

13:35:19

GMT

110

11.46

GBP

XLON

606161055207137385

13:35:19

GMT

222

11.46

GBP

XLON

592087306372098414

13:43:54

GMT

17

11.45

GBP

XLON

592087306372331543

13:43:54

GMT

337

11.45

GBP

XLON

592087306372331542

14:00:02

GMT

489

11.46

GBP

XLON

592087306372729809

14:00:02

GMT

44

11.46

GBP

XLON

606161055207730397

14:00:02

GMT

124

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055207730453

14:01:31

GMT

177

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055207779709

14:20:06

GMT

92

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373250649

14:20:06

GMT

376

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055208221942

14:30:14

GMT

110

11.45

GBP

XLON

592087306373523698

14:30:14

GMT

5

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523710

14:30:14

GMT

27

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523701

14:30:14

GMT

32

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523703

14:30:14

GMT

35

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523706

14:30:14

GMT

51

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523702

14:30:14

GMT

105

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523708

14:30:14

GMT

110

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523700

14:30:14

GMT

110

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523707

14:30:14

GMT

110

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055208481048

14:30:14

GMT

269

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523699

14:30:14

GMT

317

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306373523704

14:41:40

GMT

103

11.46

GBP

XLON

592087306373963060

14:41:40

GMT

146

11.46

GBP

XLON

592087306373963059

14:41:40

GMT

219

11.46

GBP

XLON

592087306373963058

14:41:40

GMT

360

11.46

GBP

XLON

606161055208898538

14:41:40

GMT

219

11.46

GBP

XLON

592087306373963067

14:48:55

GMT

94

11.45

GBP

XLON

592087306374232654

14:48:55

GMT

94

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055209156167

14:48:55

GMT

94

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055209156169

14:48:55

GMT

352

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055209156166

14:52:28

GMT

113

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055209275018

14:59:05

GMT

14

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055209512829

14:59:05

GMT

93

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055209512828

14:59:05

GMT

107

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306374606179

14:59:05

GMT

107

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055209512827

14:59:05

GMT

112

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055209512826

14:59:05

GMT

241

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055209512825

15:08:57

GMT

107

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055209867428

15:08:57

GMT

107

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055209867429

15:08:57

GMT

107

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055209867430

15:08:57

GMT

150

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055209867426

15:08:57

GMT

236

11.45

GBP

XLON

606161055209867427

15:20:13

GMT

108

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306375381354

15:20:13

GMT

108

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306375381356

15:20:13

GMT

108

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055210249951

15:20:13

GMT

110

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306375381355

15:20:13

GMT

521

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306375381353

15:35:06

GMT

31

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306375949002

15:35:06

GMT

79

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306375949003

15:37:01

GMT

110

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376015167

15:37:01

GMT

423

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055210853524

15:37:01

GMT

10

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055210853672

15:37:01

GMT

45

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376015330

15:37:01

GMT

80

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376015329

15:37:01

GMT

430

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376015328

15:37:01

GMT

112

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376015333

15:48:11

GMT

617

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376420315

15:48:11

GMT

332

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376420323

15:58:10

GMT

41

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055211587232

15:58:10

GMT

69

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055211587234

15:59:47

GMT

10

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376847918

15:59:47

GMT

86

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376847916

15:59:47

GMT

110

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055211644802

15:59:47

GMT

579

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055211644803

15:59:47

GMT

2

11.43

GBP

XLON

592087306376847922

15:59:47

GMT

73

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055211644807

16:02:55

GMT

61

11.43

GBP

XLON

606161055211766523

16:10:35

GMT

100

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055212048199

16:11:22

GMT

93

11.44

GBP

XLON

606161055212080693

16:17:58

GMT

86

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338834

16:17:58

GMT

100

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306377577369

16:17:58

GMT

100

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306377577370

16:17:58

GMT

100

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306377577371

16:17:58

GMT

100

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306377577372

16:17:58

GMT

100

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338830

16:17:58

GMT

100

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338832

16:17:58

GMT

100

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338833

16:17:58

GMT

294

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338831

16:17:58

GMT

14

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338835

16:17:58

GMT

38

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338837

16:17:58

GMT

106

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338836

16:17:58

GMT

106

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338840

16:17:58

GMT

108

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338838

16:17:58

GMT

177

11.42

GBP

XLON

592087306377577373

16:17:58

GMT

248

11.42

GBP

XLON

606161055212338839

16:28:51

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104

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306378085218

16:28:51

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126

11.44

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XLON

606161055212822091

16:28:51

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380

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306378085217

16:28:51

GMT

264

11.44

GBP

XLON

592087306378085223

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