WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

04 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 26,132 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 04 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 1,919,052 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,997,882 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:

04 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

26,132

11.1502

10.8600

11.4500

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

08:06:31

GMT

43

11.45

GBP

XLON

592104647203432613

08:06:31

GMT

67

11.45

GBP

XLON

606178396038921943

08:08:44

GMT

167

11.42

GBP

XLON

606178396039000217

08:08:44

GMT

450

11.42

GBP

XLON

592104647203516739

08:08:51

GMT

208

11.42

GBP

XLON

606178396039004823

08:10:16

GMT

44

11.42

GBP

XLON

592104647203579901

08:10:16

GMT

175

11.42

GBP

XLON

606178396039059027

08:10:16

GMT

110

11.42

GBP

XLON

592104647203579903

08:10:16

GMT

8

11.42

GBP

XLON

592104647203579909

08:25:00

GMT

297

11.41

GBP

XLON

606178396039484093

08:25:00

GMT

379

11.41

GBP

XLON

592104647204038461

08:25:00

GMT

199

11.41

GBP

XLON

606178396039484096

08:34:53

GMT

15

11.38

GBP

XLON

592104647204336216

08:34:53

GMT

108

11.38

GBP

XLON

606178396039759795

08:34:53

GMT

159

11.38

GBP

XLON

606178396039759796

08:34:53

GMT

369

11.38

GBP

XLON

592104647204336215

08:45:06

GMT

85

11.37

GBP

XLON

606178396040124068

08:45:06

GMT

223

11.37

GBP

XLON

606178396040124066

08:47:40

GMT

55

11.34

GBP

XLON

592104647204813900

08:55:11

GMT

45

11.34

GBP

XLON

592104647205024200

08:55:11

GMT

62

11.34

GBP

XLON

592104647205024202

08:55:11

GMT

100

11.34

GBP

XLON

606178396040399696

08:55:11

GMT

201

11.34

GBP

XLON

592104647205024201

09:13:51

GMT

99

11.33

GBP

XLON

592104647205541519

09:13:51

GMT

99

11.33

GBP

XLON

606178396040878543

09:13:51

GMT

99

11.33

GBP

XLON

606178396040878544

09:13:51

GMT

99

11.33

GBP

XLON

606178396040878546

09:13:51

GMT

406

11.33

GBP

XLON

606178396040878545

09:17:39

GMT

32

11.3

GBP

XLON

606178396040982289

09:17:39

GMT

276

11.3

GBP

XLON

606178396040982290

09:34:05

GMT

268

11.36

GBP

XLON

592104647206099925

09:34:05

GMT

269

11.36

GBP

XLON

592104647206099926

09:34:05

GMT

240

11.36

GBP

XLON

606178396041394720

09:50:44

GMT

108

11.32

GBP

XLON

592104647206503657

09:50:44

GMT

108

11.32

GBP

XLON

606178396041765022

09:50:44

GMT

108

11.32

GBP

XLON

606178396041765023

09:50:44

GMT

308

11.32

GBP

XLON

606178396041765021

10:00:34

GMT

308

11.3

GBP

XLON

592104647206736162

10:17:43

GMT

5

11.31

GBP

XLON

606178396042427789

10:17:43

GMT

109

11.31

GBP

XLON

606178396042427788

10:29:53

GMT

98

11.31

GBP

XLON

592104647207579779

10:31:20

GMT

101

11.31

GBP

XLON

592104647207627315

10:31:48

GMT

100

11.3

GBP

XLON

592104647207645708

10:31:48

GMT

98

11.3

GBP

XLON

606178396042829683

10:31:48

GMT

98

11.3

GBP

XLON

606178396042829684

10:31:48

GMT

99

11.3

GBP

XLON

592104647207645710

10:31:48

GMT

236

11.3

GBP

XLON

592104647207645709

10:31:48

GMT

390

11.3

GBP

XLON

592104647207645716

10:51:02

GMT

111

11.29

GBP

XLON

592104647208187140

10:51:02

GMT

410

11.29

GBP

XLON

592104647208187141

11:01:12

GMT

350

11.29

GBP

XLON

606178396043616191

11:04:15

GMT

99

11.28

GBP

XLON

592104647208569516

11:07:16

GMT

209

11.27

GBP

XLON

606178396043755635

11:36:04

GMT

97

11.25

GBP

XLON

592104647209450890

11:36:04

GMT

97

11.25

GBP

XLON

606178396044503061

11:36:04

GMT

97

11.25

GBP

XLON

606178396044503062

11:36:04

GMT

97

11.25

GBP

XLON

606178396044503063

11:36:04

GMT

97

11.25

GBP

XLON

606178396044503064

11:36:04

GMT

109

11.25

GBP

XLON

606178396044503060

11:36:04

GMT

199

11.25

GBP

XLON

592104647209450891

11:51:24

GMT

39

11.25

GBP

XLON

592104647209826490

11:51:24

GMT

63

11.25

GBP

XLON

592104647209826491

11:51:24

GMT

102

11.25

GBP

XLON

606178396044849246

11:51:49

GMT

102

11.24

GBP

XLON

592104647209835933

11:51:49

GMT

308

11.24

GBP

XLON

606178396044857948

12:03:24

GMT

100

11.2

GBP

XLON

592104647210151094

12:03:24

GMT

100

11.2

GBP

XLON

592104647210151095

12:03:24

GMT

308

11.2

GBP

XLON

606178396045147625

12:18:38

GMT

27

11.18

GBP

XLON

592104647210537566

12:18:38

GMT

74

11.18

GBP

XLON

592104647210537568

12:18:38

GMT

101

11.18

GBP

XLON

592104647210537567

12:18:38

GMT

308

11.18

GBP

XLON

592104647210537565

12:34:46

GMT

100

11.11

GBP

XLON

606178396045878094

12:34:46

GMT

100

11.11

GBP

XLON

606178396045878095

12:34:46

GMT

390

11.11

GBP

XLON

592104647210940420

12:57:32

GMT

391

11.11

GBP

XLON

592104647211519225

12:57:32

GMT

344

11.11

GBP

XLON

592104647211519230

13:22:53

GMT

66

11.12

GBP

XLON

606178396047058644

13:23:16

GMT

44

11.13

GBP

XLON

592104647212224789

13:24:55

GMT

382

11.14

GBP

XLON

592104647212274878

13:24:55

GMT

261

11.14

GBP

XLON

592104647212274882

13:29:01

GMT

38

11.13

GBP

XLON

592104647212410384

13:29:01

GMT

59

11.13

GBP

XLON

592104647212410383

13:29:01

GMT

378

11.13

GBP

XLON

592104647212410382

13:52:53

GMT

107

11.11

GBP

XLON

592104647213171200

13:52:53

GMT

167

11.11

GBP

XLON

592104647213171201

13:52:53

GMT

187

11.11

GBP

XLON

606178396047943886

13:52:53

GMT

259

11.11

GBP

XLON

592104647213171202

13:52:53

GMT

206

11.11

GBP

XLON

592104647213171211

13:52:53

GMT

360

11.11

GBP

XLON

592104647213171210

13:59:58

GMT

309

11.1

GBP

XLON

606178396048208561

14:14:31

GMT

105

11.08

GBP

XLON

592104647213994029

14:20:05

GMT

82

11.1

GBP

XLON

606178396048879359

14:20:05

GMT

485

11.1

GBP

XLON

606178396048879360

14:20:05

GMT

100

11.1

GBP

XLON

606178396048879368

14:20:05

GMT

213

11.1

GBP

XLON

606178396048879372

14:27:26

GMT

101

11.09

GBP

XLON

592104647214447196

14:27:26

GMT

125

11.09

GBP

XLON

592104647214447194

14:27:26

GMT

198

11.09

GBP

XLON

592104647214447195

14:33:11

GMT

101

11.06

GBP

XLON

592104647214697627

14:33:11

GMT

308

11.06

GBP

XLON

592104647214697625

14:37:33

GMT

308

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178396049556533

14:43:15

GMT

58

11.05

GBP

XLON

592104647215156066

14:43:15

GMT

51

11.05

GBP

XLON

592104647215156068

14:43:15

GMT

97

11.05

GBP

XLON

606178396049794320

14:43:15

GMT

199

11.05

GBP

XLON

606178396049794319

14:46:00

GMT

126

11.06

GBP

XLON

592104647215279432

14:48:40

GMT

106

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178396050032751

14:49:23

GMT

42

11.05

GBP

XLON

592104647215446577

14:49:23

GMT

169

11.05

GBP

XLON

592104647215446578

14:54:27

GMT

97

11.04

GBP

XLON

606178396050308515

14:54:27

GMT

106

11.04

GBP

XLON

606178396050308513

14:54:27

GMT

203

11.04

GBP

XLON

606178396050308514

15:00:06

GMT

135

11.03

GBP

XLON

592104647216340452

15:00:06

GMT

170

11.03

GBP

XLON

592104647216340450

15:00:12

GMT

4

11.03

GBP

XLON

592104647216349245

15:00:12

GMT

27

11.03

GBP

XLON

606178396050914705

15:00:17

GMT

2

11.03

GBP

XLON

606178396050920253

15:00:34

GMT

83

11.03

GBP

XLON

606178396050938901

15:00:34

GMT

111

11.03

GBP

XLON

606178396050938898

15:06:31

GMT

112

11

GBP

XLON

592104647216696875

15:06:31

GMT

308

11

GBP

XLON

592104647216696876

15:14:37

GMT

98

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178396051655331

15:14:37

GMT

364

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178396051655332

15:24:01

GMT

509

10.96

GBP

XLON

606178396052153370

15:24:01

GMT

49

10.96

GBP

XLON

606178396052153373

15:38:43

GMT

113

10.98

GBP

XLON

606178396052859593

15:39:56

GMT

96

10.98

GBP

XLON

592104647218492181

15:41:02

GMT

219

10.97

GBP

XLON

606178396052963813

15:41:02

GMT

371

10.97

GBP

XLON

606178396052963812

15:41:02

GMT

396

10.97

GBP

XLON

592104647218547017

15:47:15

GMT

115

10.97

GBP

XLON

592104647218880366

15:47:15

GMT

127

10.97

GBP

XLON

606178396053275374

15:47:15

GMT

182

10.97

GBP

XLON

606178396053275373

15:51:37

GMT

115

10.96

GBP

XLON

606178396053477030

15:51:37

GMT

194

10.96

GBP

XLON

606178396053477031

15:55:57

GMT

146

10.93

GBP

XLON

592104647219328960

15:56:38

GMT

12

10.93

GBP

XLON

592104647219363145

15:57:10

GMT

108

10.93

GBP

XLON

606178396053747689

15:57:10

GMT

151

10.93

GBP

XLON

592104647219388051

16:04:08

GMT

48

10.92

GBP

XLON

592104647219785027

16:04:08

GMT

66

10.92

GBP

XLON

592104647219785028

16:04:08

GMT

114

10.92

GBP

XLON

592104647219785029

16:04:08

GMT

114

10.92

GBP

XLON

592104647219785030

16:04:08

GMT

309

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178396054116820

16:08:50

GMT

99

10.89

GBP

XLON

606178396054360343

16:08:50

GMT

99

10.89

GBP

XLON

606178396054360344

16:08:50

GMT

310

10.89

GBP

XLON

606178396054360342

16:17:13

GMT

114

10.9

GBP

XLON

592104647220574292

16:17:47

GMT

600

10.89

GBP

XLON

592104647220607914

16:17:47

GMT

154

10.89

GBP

XLON

606178396054882979

16:24:01

GMT

101

10.87

GBP

XLON

592104647220993966

16:24:01

GMT

101

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178396055244316

16:24:01

GMT

101

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178396055244317

16:24:01

GMT

393

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178396055244315

16:29:16

GMT

9

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178396055521105

16:29:16

GMT

61

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178396055521106

16:29:16

GMT

160

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178396055521102

Ends