WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

09 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 26,109 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 09 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 1,053,353 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,863,581 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:

09 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

26,109

11.4632

11.3000

11.5500

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

08:04:09

GMT

100

11.34

GBP

XLON

592085533158365449

08:04:09

GMT

431

11.34

GBP

XLON

592085533158365450

08:04:10

GMT

150

11.34

GBP

XLON

592085533158366295

08:04:10

GMT

211

11.34

GBP

XLON

592085533158366296

08:10:20

GMT

95

11.36

GBP

XLON

606159284757712298

08:13:31

GMT

205

11.37

GBP

XLON

606159284757769954

08:20:05

GMT

95

11.39

GBP

XLON

606159284757879289

08:20:05

GMT

519

11.39

GBP

XLON

606159284757879288

08:20:05

GMT

352

11.39

GBP

XLON

606159284757879292

08:36:03

GMT

99

11.31

GBP

XLON

606159284758172235

08:49:59

GMT

172

11.35

GBP

XLON

606159284758415645

08:49:59

GMT

201

11.35

GBP

XLON

606159284758415646

08:50:08

GMT

63

11.35

GBP

XLON

606159284758418961

08:50:08

GMT

365

11.35

GBP

XLON

606159284758418962

08:51:12

GMT

177

11.35

GBP

XLON

606159284758439147

08:51:12

GMT

247

11.35

GBP

XLON

606159284758439148

09:13:57

GMT

330

11.39

GBP

XLON

592085533159753213

09:13:57

GMT

412

11.39

GBP

XLON

592085533159753214

09:13:57

GMT

322

11.39

GBP

XLON

592085533159753219

09:33:00

GMT

509

11.3

GBP

XLON

606159284759283954

10:14:54

GMT

111

11.35

GBP

XLON

592085533161048601

10:14:54

GMT

111

11.35

GBP

XLON

606159284760089486

10:14:54

GMT

628

11.35

GBP

XLON

606159284760089487

10:15:00

GMT

100

11.35

GBP

XLON

592085533161050264

10:15:01

GMT

293

11.35

GBP

XLON

592085533161051135

10:26:57

GMT

154

11.37

GBP

XLON

592085533161316537

10:42:26

GMT

200

11.37

GBP

XLON

592085533161647378

10:42:30

GMT

28

11.37

GBP

XLON

592085533161649732

10:42:30

GMT

101

11.37

GBP

XLON

606159284760657928

10:42:30

GMT

171

11.37

GBP

XLON

592085533161649733

10:42:35

GMT

59

11.36

GBP

XLON

592085533161651960

10:59:03

GMT

130

11.39

GBP

XLON

606159284760977801

10:59:03

GMT

458

11.39

GBP

XLON

592085533161988274

11:57:47

GMT

66

11.41

GBP

XLON

592085533163121722

11:57:47

GMT

101

11.41

GBP

XLON

606159284762049766

12:01:35

GMT

219

11.41

GBP

XLON

592085533163188759

12:03:28

GMT

110

11.43

GBP

XLON

592085533163227500

12:14:09

GMT

93

11.46

GBP

XLON

606159284762349195

12:16:46

GMT

8

11.46

GBP

XLON

592085533163487143

12:16:46

GMT

14

11.46

GBP

XLON

592085533163487144

12:16:46

GMT

21

11.46

GBP

XLON

592085533163487142

12:16:46

GMT

20

11.46

GBP

XLON

606159284762396223

12:16:46

GMT

39

11.46

GBP

XLON

606159284762396224

12:18:47

GMT

93

11.45

GBP

XLON

592085533163521091

12:18:47

GMT

339

11.45

GBP

XLON

592085533163521090

12:18:47

GMT

410

11.45

GBP

XLON

592085533163521094

12:18:47

GMT

410

11.45

GBP

XLON

606159284762428552

12:18:47

GMT

237

11.45

GBP

XLON

592085533163521098

13:07:43

GMT

23

11.48

GBP

XLON

606159284763305104

13:07:43

GMT

71

11.48

GBP

XLON

606159284763305103

13:11:11

GMT

97

11.48

GBP

XLON

606159284763369428

13:12:44

GMT

36

11.48

GBP

XLON

606159284763398468

13:12:44

GMT

65

11.48

GBP

XLON

606159284763398469

13:15:07

GMT

98

11.48

GBP

XLON

606159284763437486

13:17:45

GMT

103

11.48

GBP

XLON

592085533164629259

13:17:46

GMT

29

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763483113

13:17:46

GMT

94

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763483115

13:17:46

GMT

438

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763483114

13:17:46

GMT

44

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763483123

13:17:46

GMT

76

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763483124

13:17:48

GMT

100

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763483727

13:17:51

GMT

247

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763484440

13:19:14

GMT

442

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763511553

13:19:14

GMT

62

11.47

GBP

XLON

606159284763511554

13:40:30

GMT

101

11.45

GBP

XLON

592085533165121675

13:40:30

GMT

120

11.45

GBP

XLON

592085533165121676

13:47:46

GMT

101

11.45

GBP

XLON

592085533165279643

13:47:46

GMT

199

11.45

GBP

XLON

592085533165279644

13:56:41

GMT

100

11.48

GBP

XLON

592085533165469114

13:56:41

GMT

606

11.48

GBP

XLON

606159284764284178

13:56:41

GMT

165

11.48

GBP

XLON

592085533165469118

13:56:41

GMT

301

11.48

GBP

XLON

592085533165469119

14:24:45

GMT

3

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166134911

14:24:45

GMT

11

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166134908

14:24:45

GMT

42

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166134909

14:24:45

GMT

46

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166134910

14:26:14

GMT

8

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166176482

14:26:14

GMT

9

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166176484

14:26:14

GMT

12

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166176483

14:26:14

GMT

31

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166176486

14:26:14

GMT

42

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166176485

14:27:30

GMT

10

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284764992439

14:27:30

GMT

40

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284764992441

14:27:30

GMT

44

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284764992440

14:28:50

GMT

9

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166246157

14:28:50

GMT

94

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166246156

14:30:05

GMT

7

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284765055810

14:30:05

GMT

13

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284765055808

14:30:05

GMT

34

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284765055807

14:30:05

GMT

47

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284765055809

14:31:07

GMT

11

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166304662

14:31:07

GMT

37

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166304661

14:31:07

GMT

48

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166304663

14:32:09

GMT

9

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284765107614

14:32:09

GMT

34

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166332130

14:32:09

GMT

7

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166332137

14:32:09

GMT

22

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166332138

14:32:09

GMT

22

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166332139

14:33:56

GMT

100

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533166380594

14:35:11

GMT

54

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085533166415491

14:42:51

GMT

7

11.52

GBP

XLON

606159284765385661

14:42:51

GMT

593

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085533166624489

14:47:59

GMT

48

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085533166783721

14:47:59

GMT

111

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085533166783723

14:47:59

GMT

111

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085533166783724

14:47:59

GMT

166

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085533166783722

14:47:59

GMT

180

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284765537142

14:47:59

GMT

449

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284765537143

14:47:59

GMT

10

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284765537157

14:47:59

GMT

24

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284765537158

14:47:59

GMT

80

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284765537156

14:47:59

GMT

195

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284765537154

14:47:59

GMT

350

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284765537153

14:47:59

GMT

300

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085533166783730

14:49:39

GMT

82

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085533166838091

14:49:39

GMT

155

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284765588616

14:50:14

GMT

273

11.52

GBP

XLON

606159284765611085

15:09:12

GMT

30

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167462515

15:11:10

GMT

193

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167517473

15:11:33

GMT

16

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284766244573

15:11:33

GMT

83

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284766244572

15:11:33

GMT

99

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167528195

15:11:33

GMT

99

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167528196

15:11:33

GMT

99

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167528197

15:11:33

GMT

99

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167528198

15:11:33

GMT

99

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284766244569

15:11:33

GMT

99

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284766244570

15:11:33

GMT

99

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284766244571

15:11:33

GMT

136

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167528194

15:11:33

GMT

205

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167528206

15:11:33

GMT

300

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533167528205

15:16:59

GMT

406

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284766385718

15:16:59

GMT

105

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284766385722

15:23:01

GMT

25

11.5

GBP

XLON

606159284766564385

15:23:01

GMT

150

11.5

GBP

XLON

606159284766564386

15:23:01

GMT

153

11.5

GBP

XLON

606159284766564389

15:23:01

GMT

155

11.5

GBP

XLON

606159284766564387

15:24:18

GMT

28

11.5

GBP

XLON

606159284766600923

15:24:18

GMT

96

11.5

GBP

XLON

606159284766600924

15:34:11

GMT

94

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533168180378

15:34:11

GMT

469

11.51

GBP

XLON

606159284766867996

15:34:11

GMT

125

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085533168180404

15:50:06

GMT

395

11.52

GBP

XLON

606159284767295393

15:52:41

GMT

53

11.52

GBP

XLON

606159284767371146

15:52:41

GMT

98

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085533168709802

15:52:41

GMT

151

11.52

GBP

XLON

606159284767371145

15:52:41

GMT

113

11.52

GBP

XLON

606159284767371151

15:52:41

GMT

200

11.52

GBP

XLON

606159284767371152

15:52:41

GMT

360

11.52

GBP

XLON

606159284767371150

16:05:44

GMT

98

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284767790529

16:10:37

GMT

15

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284767956300

16:10:37

GMT

47

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284767956299

16:10:37

GMT

107

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085533169323005

16:10:37

GMT

107

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085533169323006

16:10:37

GMT

146

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284767956301

16:10:37

GMT

356

11.53

GBP

XLON

606159284767956298

16:14:09

GMT

18

11.55

GBP

XLON

592085533169451491

16:14:09

GMT

102

11.55

GBP

XLON

592085533169451493

16:14:09

GMT

103

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768077899

16:14:09

GMT

467

11.55

GBP

XLON

592085533169451492

16:14:09

GMT

200

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768077906

16:14:09

GMT

350

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768077905

16:14:09

GMT

412

11.55

GBP

XLON

592085533169451518

16:14:09

GMT

27

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768078105

16:29:56

GMT

1

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768775097

16:29:56

GMT

22

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768775096

16:29:56

GMT

52

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768775091

16:29:56

GMT

71

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768775090

16:29:56

GMT

128

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768775093

16:29:56

GMT

200

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768775098

16:29:56

GMT

235

11.55

GBP

XLON

606159284768775094

16:29:58

GMT

536

11.55

GBP

XLON

592085533170184337

Ends