WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

07 March 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 27,806 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 07 March 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 2,002,281 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,914,653 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:

07 March 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

27,806

10.6739

10.5300

10.7600

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

08:07:27

GMT

96

10.64

GBP

XLON

620253206549808825

08:07:27

GMT

487

10.64

GBP

XLON

620253206549808826

08:07:27

GMT

382

10.64

GBP

XLON

620253206549808832

08:07:27

GMT

26

10.64

GBP

XLON

606179457713708897

08:07:27

GMT

44

10.64

GBP

XLON

606179457713708896

08:12:28

GMT

99

10.59

GBP

XLON

606179457713910689

08:12:28

GMT

329

10.59

GBP

XLON

606179457713910688

08:21:42

GMT

100

10.58

GBP

XLON

606179457714251563

08:21:42

GMT

100

10.58

GBP

XLON

606179457714251564

08:21:42

GMT

100

10.58

GBP

XLON

620253206550020899

08:21:42

GMT

330

10.58

GBP

XLON

606179457714251562

08:27:59

GMT

100

10.53

GBP

XLON

606179457714486768

08:27:59

GMT

112

10.53

GBP

XLON

620253206550108096

08:27:59

GMT

118

10.53

GBP

XLON

620253206550108097

08:37:10

GMT

98

10.55

GBP

XLON

620253206550264197

08:37:10

GMT

108

10.55

GBP

XLON

620253206550264198

08:37:10

GMT

229

10.55

GBP

XLON

606179457714886617

08:44:57

GMT

419

10.59

GBP

XLON

620253206550390401

08:44:57

GMT

128

10.59

GBP

XLON

620253206550390410

09:00:21

GMT

13

10.6

GBP

XLON

620253206550605415

09:00:21

GMT

106

10.6

GBP

XLON

606179457715793557

09:00:21

GMT

106

10.6

GBP

XLON

620253206550605417

09:00:21

GMT

106

10.6

GBP

XLON

620253206550605418

09:00:21

GMT

317

10.6

GBP

XLON

620253206550605416

09:15:45

GMT

111

10.61

GBP

XLON

620253206550840259

09:15:45

GMT

427

10.61

GBP

XLON

620253206550840258

09:15:45

GMT

103

10.61

GBP

XLON

606179457716389019

09:38:28

GMT

106

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457717239951

09:38:36

GMT

78

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206551157522

09:39:09

GMT

48

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206551163775

09:40:54

GMT

102

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457717324722

09:42:30

GMT

50

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206551207092

09:42:30

GMT

106

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206551207093

09:42:30

GMT

379

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206551207091

09:42:30

GMT

88

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457717381139

09:42:30

GMT

210

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457717381138

09:42:30

GMT

231

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206551207143

09:43:53

GMT

119

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457717431860

09:54:30

GMT

162

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206551364369

09:54:30

GMT

169

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206551364370

10:09:26

GMT

109

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457718422840

10:09:26

GMT

109

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457718422842

10:09:26

GMT

331

10.66

GBP

XLON

620253206551575894

10:16:26

GMT

110

10.65

GBP

XLON

620253206551666950

10:16:26

GMT

221

10.65

GBP

XLON

620253206551666949

10:26:26

GMT

114

10.63

GBP

XLON

606179457719044338

10:32:00

GMT

78

10.62

GBP

XLON

620253206551867548

10:32:00

GMT

102

10.62

GBP

XLON

606179457719248055

10:32:00

GMT

253

10.62

GBP

XLON

620253206551867549

10:42:18

GMT

330

10.61

GBP

XLON

620253206551999309

11:16:25

GMT

28

10.63

GBP

XLON

620253206552440768

11:16:25

GMT

105

10.63

GBP

XLON

606179457720830217

11:16:25

GMT

393

10.63

GBP

XLON

620253206552440767

11:16:25

GMT

397

10.63

GBP

XLON

620253206552440769

11:16:25

GMT

135

10.63

GBP

XLON

620253206552440779

11:16:25

GMT

200

10.63

GBP

XLON

620253206552440778

11:28:02

GMT

68

10.61

GBP

XLON

606179457721215533

11:28:02

GMT

263

10.61

GBP

XLON

606179457721215534

11:59:00

GMT

170

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457722314655

12:01:55

GMT

108

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206552980923

12:09:54

GMT

100

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457722736651

12:11:30

GMT

8

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457722798922

12:11:30

GMT

133

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457722798925

12:11:30

GMT

157

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206553106767

12:11:30

GMT

199

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206553106766

12:19:18

GMT

155

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457723101436

12:19:18

GMT

165

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457723101438

12:19:18

GMT

513

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457723101437

12:20:41

GMT

215

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206553228834

12:25:56

GMT

104

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457723386209

12:25:56

GMT

108

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206553296822

12:25:56

GMT

119

10.69

GBP

XLON

620253206553296821

12:34:16

GMT

335

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206553413581

13:00:16

GMT

111

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457724784652

13:00:16

GMT

111

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457724784653

13:00:16

GMT

111

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457724784654

13:00:16

GMT

111

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206553744247

13:00:16

GMT

111

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206553744248

13:00:16

GMT

111

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206553744249

13:00:16

GMT

392

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206553744246

13:15:26

GMT

28

10.66

GBP

XLON

620253206553941803

13:15:26

GMT

108

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457725391508

13:15:26

GMT

108

10.66

GBP

XLON

620253206553941805

13:15:26

GMT

303

10.66

GBP

XLON

620253206553941804

13:31:02

GMT

541

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179457726083454

13:34:04

GMT

41

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179457726247669

13:34:04

GMT

74

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179457726247668

13:34:04

GMT

248

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179457726247667

13:39:13

GMT

332

10.69

GBP

XLON

606179457726464511

13:53:50

GMT

229

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206554569979

13:57:29

GMT

10

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206554630148

13:57:29

GMT

103

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206554630147

13:57:29

GMT

105

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206554630149

13:57:29

GMT

115

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457727231922

13:57:29

GMT

115

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457727231923

13:57:29

GMT

115

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457727231924

13:57:29

GMT

115

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206554630150

13:57:29

GMT

115

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206554630151

14:09:08

GMT

114

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457727872087

14:09:08

GMT

224

10.67

GBP

XLON

620253206554879361

14:09:08

GMT

301

10.67

GBP

XLON

620253206554879362

14:27:56

GMT

106

10.67

GBP

XLON

606179457728833597

14:29:05

GMT

107

10.67

GBP

XLON

620253206555259561

14:30:14

GMT

102

10.67

GBP

XLON

606179457728978941

14:30:26

GMT

50

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457728994309

14:30:26

GMT

56

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457728994310

14:30:26

GMT

63

10.66

GBP

XLON

620253206555296139

14:30:26

GMT

106

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457728994305

14:30:26

GMT

106

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457728994306

14:30:26

GMT

106

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457728994307

14:30:26

GMT

106

10.66

GBP

XLON

606179457728994308

14:30:26

GMT

106

10.66

GBP

XLON

620253206555296141

14:30:26

GMT

320

10.66

GBP

XLON

620253206555296140

14:37:26

GMT

112

10.65

GBP

XLON

606179457729471750

14:37:26

GMT

158

10.65

GBP

XLON

606179457729471749

14:37:33

GMT

3

10.65

GBP

XLON

606179457729477624

14:37:33

GMT

61

10.65

GBP

XLON

606179457729477625

14:47:51

GMT

107

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457730175035

14:49:31

GMT

113

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457730291537

14:50:56

GMT

31

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206555893647

14:50:56

GMT

72

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206555893646

14:58:26

GMT

74

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179457730917101

14:58:26

GMT

110

10.71

GBP

XLON

620253206556113920

14:58:26

GMT

133

10.71

GBP

XLON

606179457730917100

14:58:34

GMT

192

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206556118789

14:58:34

GMT

394

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206556118790

14:58:34

GMT

196

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457730929559

14:58:34

GMT

247

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457730929558

14:58:36

GMT

81

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206556119751

14:58:36

GMT

232

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206556119752

15:06:19

GMT

111

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457731463193

15:06:19

GMT

111

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457731463194

15:06:19

GMT

342

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206556343879

15:15:38

GMT

97

10.7

GBP

XLON

606179457732034609

15:15:38

GMT

97

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206556578277

15:15:38

GMT

367

10.7

GBP

XLON

620253206556578276

15:26:30

GMT

428

10.72

GBP

XLON

606179457732711626

15:26:30

GMT

27

10.72

GBP

XLON

606179457732711627

15:26:30

GMT

16

10.72

GBP

XLON

606179457732711641

15:26:56

GMT

24

10.72

GBP

XLON

606179457732739044

15:30:50

GMT

114

10.72

GBP

XLON

606179457732963902

15:30:50

GMT

114

10.72

GBP

XLON

620253206556952405

15:30:50

GMT

278

10.72

GBP

XLON

606179457732963901

15:31:09

GMT

114

10.71

GBP

XLON

620253206556962047

15:36:26

GMT

104

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457733320941

15:36:26

GMT

97

10.68

GBP

XLON

620253206557104894

15:36:26

GMT

226

10.68

GBP

XLON

606179457733320944

15:41:03

GMT

358

10.67

GBP

XLON

620253206557220895

15:50:11

GMT

349

10.73

GBP

XLON

620253206557541153

15:50:14

GMT

18

10.73

GBP

XLON

620253206557544610

15:53:17

GMT

115

10.73

GBP

XLON

606179457734604856

15:53:17

GMT

115

10.73

GBP

XLON

606179457734604857

15:53:17

GMT

323

10.73

GBP

XLON

606179457734604855

16:00:09

GMT

338

10.73

GBP

XLON

606179457735152041

16:00:09

GMT

101

10.73

GBP

XLON

606179457735152046

16:00:09

GMT

181

10.73

GBP

XLON

606179457735152045

16:04:29

GMT

104

10.73

GBP

XLON

620253206558037656

16:06:21

GMT

193

10.74

GBP

XLON

620253206558092880

16:06:21

GMT

232

10.74

GBP

XLON

620253206558092879

16:06:26

GMT

16

10.74

GBP

XLON

620253206558095641

16:09:13

GMT

166

10.75

GBP

XLON

620253206558184198

16:09:13

GMT

166

10.75

GBP

XLON

620253206558184199

16:12:30

GMT

116

10.74

GBP

XLON

620253206558284578

16:12:30

GMT

215

10.74

GBP

XLON

620253206558284577

16:17:58

GMT

5

10.75

GBP

XLON

620253206558472102

16:18:14

GMT

87

10.75

GBP

XLON

606179457736520710

16:18:14

GMT

326

10.75

GBP

XLON

620253206558480067

16:18:14

GMT

15

10.75

GBP

XLON

606179457736521383

16:18:14

GMT

102

10.75

GBP

XLON

606179457736521384

16:21:02

GMT

379

10.75

GBP

XLON

620253206558580299

16:25:39

GMT

118

10.76

GBP

XLON

606179457737177160

16:25:39

GMT

137

10.76

GBP

XLON

620253206558752345

16:25:39

GMT

235

10.76

GBP

XLON

620253206558752344

Ends