WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

27 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 26,132 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 27 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 1,362,759 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,554,175 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:

27 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

26,132

11.6833

11.5100

12.1700

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

08:08:06

GMT

122

12.16

GBP

XLON

606165655836158347

08:08:06

GMT

507

12.17

GBP

XLON

606165655836158346

08:08:06

GMT

25

12.16

GBP

XLON

606165655836158350

08:16:40

GMT

345

12.09

GBP

XLON

592091907000965889

08:16:40

GMT

99

12.09

GBP

XLON

606165655836470153

08:34:46

GMT

373

11.92

GBP

XLON

592091907001512646

08:51:44

GMT

438

11.86

GBP

XLON

592091907001917031

08:51:44

GMT

98

11.86

GBP

XLON

606165655837365554

08:53:15

GMT

102

11.77

GBP

XLON

606165655837397157

09:06:49

GMT

240

11.86

GBP

XLON

592091907002267444

09:06:49

GMT

240

11.86

GBP

XLON

592091907002267445

09:17:08

GMT

378

11.8

GBP

XLON

592091907002518222

09:21:17

GMT

383

11.73

GBP

XLON

592091907002615222

09:41:32

GMT

32

11.76

GBP

XLON

592091907003077767

09:41:32

GMT

57

11.76

GBP

XLON

592091907003077769

09:41:32

GMT

190

11.76

GBP

XLON

592091907003077768

09:41:32

GMT

345

11.76

GBP

XLON

592091907003077766

09:41:32

GMT

43

11.76

GBP

XLON

606165655838458756

09:47:44

GMT

5

11.68

GBP

XLON

592091907003233570

09:47:44

GMT

197

11.68

GBP

XLON

592091907003233569

09:53:12

GMT

111

11.7

GBP

XLON

606165655838743557

10:02:06

GMT

49

11.7

GBP

XLON

592091907003595557

10:02:06

GMT

61

11.7

GBP

XLON

592091907003595558

10:02:06

GMT

61

11.7

GBP

XLON

606165655838945755

10:02:06

GMT

202

11.7

GBP

XLON

606165655838945756

10:07:44

GMT

375

11.79

GBP

XLON

606165655839094139

10:37:19

GMT

113

11.88

GBP

XLON

592091907004467294

10:37:19

GMT

113

11.88

GBP

XLON

592091907004467295

10:37:19

GMT

113

11.88

GBP

XLON

606165655839762049

10:37:19

GMT

374

11.88

GBP

XLON

606165655839762047

10:51:23

GMT

374

11.84

GBP

XLON

592091907004771958

11:03:20

GMT

379

11.76

GBP

XLON

606165655840337635

11:16:41

GMT

387

11.79

GBP

XLON

592091907005371984

11:18:34

GMT

116

11.78

GBP

XLON

606165655840656478

11:48:58

GMT

106

11.8

GBP

XLON

592091907006143798

11:48:58

GMT

433

11.8

GBP

XLON

592091907006143797

11:48:58

GMT

97

11.8

GBP

XLON

606165655841339785

11:48:58

GMT

112

11.8

GBP

XLON

606165655841339786

11:53:08

GMT

115

11.77

GBP

XLON

606165655841464964

12:15:12

GMT

106

11.77

GBP

XLON

606165655841964534

12:15:12

GMT

106

11.77

GBP

XLON

606165655841964535

12:15:12

GMT

374

11.77

GBP

XLON

606165655841964533

12:31:01

GMT

107

11.73

GBP

XLON

606165655842258378

12:31:01

GMT

214

11.72

GBP

XLON

592091907007121322

12:31:01

GMT

255

11.72

GBP

XLON

592091907007121323

12:33:48

GMT

107

11.69

GBP

XLON

606165655842307760

12:45:28

GMT

373

11.74

GBP

XLON

592091907007407780

12:48:16

GMT

397

11.63

GBP

XLON

592091907007476308

12:51:02

GMT

114

11.65

GBP

XLON

606165655842649647

12:51:02

GMT

259

11.65

GBP

XLON

592091907007536959

13:12:37

GMT

41

11.6

GBP

XLON

606165655843091816

13:12:37

GMT

115

11.6

GBP

XLON

592091907008007449

13:12:37

GMT

429

11.6

GBP

XLON

606165655843091817

13:13:56

GMT

114

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907008033763

13:35:29

GMT

115

11.64

GBP

XLON

606165655843595290

13:35:29

GMT

495

11.64

GBP

XLON

592091907008541852

13:35:29

GMT

223

11.62

GBP

XLON

592091907008541859

13:57:37

GMT

12

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655844142600

13:57:37

GMT

90

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655844142601

13:57:37

GMT

102

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907009123173

13:57:37

GMT

102

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907009123174

13:57:37

GMT

102

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907009123175

13:57:37

GMT

102

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655844142602

13:57:37

GMT

102

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655844142603

13:57:37

GMT

102

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655844142604

13:57:37

GMT

374

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907009123172

14:13:24

GMT

546

11.71

GBP

XLON

592091907009500770

14:13:24

GMT

329

11.7

GBP

XLON

592091907009500776

14:24:29

GMT

354

11.66

GBP

XLON

592091907009759555

14:24:29

GMT

242

11.66

GBP

XLON

592091907009759558

14:30:02

GMT

375

11.6

GBP

XLON

606165655844890182

14:33:43

GMT

51

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655845040642

14:43:53

GMT

98

11.65

GBP

XLON

606165655845379605

14:47:06

GMT

23

11.65

GBP

XLON

592091907010587178

14:47:06

GMT

495

11.65

GBP

XLON

606165655845537703

14:47:56

GMT

88

11.65

GBP

XLON

592091907010614029

14:47:56

GMT

163

11.65

GBP

XLON

592091907010614030

14:47:56

GMT

542

11.65

GBP

XLON

592091907010614031

14:47:56

GMT

184

11.65

GBP

XLON

606165655845563497

14:53:00

GMT

194

11.62

GBP

XLON

606165655845727358

14:56:05

GMT

7

11.62

GBP

XLON

606165655845826769

14:56:05

GMT

337

11.62

GBP

XLON

606165655845826768

14:56:05

GMT

82

11.62

GBP

XLON

606165655845826770

14:56:05

GMT

80

11.62

GBP

XLON

592091907010890020

15:07:13

GMT

270

11.62

GBP

XLON

592091907011284665

15:07:13

GMT

110

11.62

GBP

XLON

592091907011284667

15:07:13

GMT

177

11.62

GBP

XLON

592091907011284666

15:07:13

GMT

325

11.62

GBP

XLON

606165655846202140

15:15:18

GMT

108

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907011544373

15:15:18

GMT

108

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655846449699

15:15:18

GMT

179

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655846449698

15:15:18

GMT

198

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655846449697

15:16:31

GMT

108

11.57

GBP

XLON

592091907011586920

15:27:55

GMT

543

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655846838890

15:27:55

GMT

7

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655846838896

15:27:55

GMT

35

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655846838898

15:27:55

GMT

169

11.59

GBP

XLON

606165655846838904

15:31:08

GMT

107

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907012050612

15:36:35

GMT

114

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907012209391

15:36:35

GMT

477

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907012209390

15:36:35

GMT

41

11.59

GBP

XLON

592091907012209395

15:48:40

GMT

2

11.58

GBP

XLON

592091907012554490

15:48:40

GMT

107

11.58

GBP

XLON

606165655847408991

15:48:40

GMT

374

11.58

GBP

XLON

606165655847408989

15:48:40

GMT

105

11.58

GBP

XLON

592091907012554491

15:48:40

GMT

107

11.58

GBP

XLON

592091907012554492

15:48:40

GMT

107

11.58

GBP

XLON

592091907012554493

15:48:40

GMT

107

11.58

GBP

XLON

592091907012554494

15:48:40

GMT

107

11.58

GBP

XLON

606165655847408992

15:48:40

GMT

107

11.58

GBP

XLON

606165655847408993

15:48:41

GMT

113

11.58

GBP

XLON

592091907012555109

15:54:55

GMT

109

11.57

GBP

XLON

606165655847581133

15:54:55

GMT

373

11.57

GBP

XLON

592091907012734777

16:00:35

GMT

60

11.53

GBP

XLON

606165655847749651

16:00:35

GMT

108

11.53

GBP

XLON

592091907012911827

16:00:35

GMT

108

11.53

GBP

XLON

592091907012911828

16:00:35

GMT

108

11.53

GBP

XLON

606165655847749653

16:00:35

GMT

312

11.53

GBP

XLON

606165655847749652

16:06:31

GMT

216

11.51

GBP

XLON

606165655847927105

16:12:19

GMT

111

11.57

GBP

XLON

592091907013298216

16:12:20

GMT

354

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848119331

16:14:40

GMT

205

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848195688

16:14:40

GMT

48

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848195820

16:14:40

GMT

64

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848195821

16:14:40

GMT

118

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848195822

16:14:40

GMT

218

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848195819

16:14:41

GMT

217

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848196128

16:14:57

GMT

73

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848205045

16:15:05

GMT

46

11.55

GBP

XLON

606165655848210793

16:20:17

GMT

388

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848401483

16:22:46

GMT

27

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848500406

16:22:46

GMT

67

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848500405

16:23:16

GMT

81

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848520802

16:24:05

GMT

7

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848552016

16:24:05

GMT

47

11.54

GBP

XLON

592091907013751668

16:24:05

GMT

115

11.54

GBP

XLON

592091907013751667

16:24:05

GMT

118

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848552017

16:24:05

GMT

4

11.54

GBP

XLON

592091907013751669

16:24:43

GMT

65

11.54

GBP

XLON

592091907013777776

16:25:19

GMT

2

11.54

GBP

XLON

592091907013813924

16:26:17

GMT

6

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848646969

16:26:46

GMT

67

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848663135

16:27:16

GMT

18

11.54

GBP

XLON

592091907013885277

16:27:16

GMT

30

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848679961

16:27:16

GMT

42

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848679960

16:27:16

GMT

85

11.54

GBP

XLON

606165655848679962

16:27:16

GMT

519

11.54

GBP

XLON

592091907013885278

16:27:16

GMT

152

11.54

GBP

XLON

592091907013885283

Ends