WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

03 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 25,884 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 03 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 1,892,920 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,024,014 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:

03 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

25,884

11.5554

11.4500

11.6500

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

08:03:01

GMT

73

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042142190021

08:03:01

GMT

96

11.61

GBP

XLON

592104293306515861

08:03:01

GMT

353

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042142190023

08:03:01

GMT

185

11.61

GBP

XLON

592104293306515867

08:08:37

GMT

30

11.6

GBP

XLON

606178042142313470

08:12:34

GMT

65

11.6

GBP

XLON

592104293306753028

08:12:34

GMT

101

11.6

GBP

XLON

592104293306753027

08:12:34

GMT

101

11.6

GBP

XLON

592104293306753029

08:12:34

GMT

297

11.6

GBP

XLON

606178042142407319

08:12:39

GMT

36

11.6

GBP

XLON

592104293306754670

08:12:39

GMT

101

11.6

GBP

XLON

592104293306754671

08:25:23

GMT

97

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293307052171

08:25:23

GMT

112

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293307052172

08:25:23

GMT

526

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293307052170

08:25:23

GMT

113

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293307052176

08:44:28

GMT

415

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293307469609

08:49:06

GMT

100

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293307547197

08:49:06

GMT

106

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293307547196

08:49:06

GMT

490

11.57

GBP

XLON

606178042143131911

09:00:12

GMT

103

11.54

GBP

XLON

592104293307732411

09:00:12

GMT

103

11.54

GBP

XLON

606178042143302171

09:05:21

GMT

6

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042143389078

09:05:21

GMT

111

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042143389088

09:05:21

GMT

111

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042143389089

09:05:21

GMT

323

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042143389087

09:13:00

GMT

327

11.52

GBP

XLON

606178042143519462

09:21:21

GMT

21

11.51

GBP

XLON

592104293308139328

09:21:21

GMT

404

11.51

GBP

XLON

592104293308139329

09:24:43

GMT

140

11.51

GBP

XLON

592104293308203381

09:26:47

GMT

24

11.5

GBP

XLON

592104293308245117

09:26:47

GMT

164

11.5

GBP

XLON

592104293308245118

09:32:52

GMT

187

11.5

GBP

XLON

592104293308378776

09:39:22

GMT

141

11.49

GBP

XLON

592104293308515814

09:39:22

GMT

188

11.49

GBP

XLON

592104293308515815

09:54:11

GMT

354

11.5

GBP

XLON

606178042144303563

09:54:11

GMT

288

11.5

GBP

XLON

592104293308812544

10:03:05

GMT

138

11.45

GBP

XLON

592104293309014603

10:03:05

GMT

192

11.45

GBP

XLON

592104293309014601

10:33:14

GMT

2

11.48

GBP

XLON

606178042145153406

10:33:14

GMT

4

11.48

GBP

XLON

606178042145153408

10:33:14

GMT

6

11.48

GBP

XLON

606178042145153407

10:33:14

GMT

97

11.48

GBP

XLON

606178042145153405

10:36:48

GMT

109

11.48

GBP

XLON

606178042145227178

10:40:24

GMT

121

11.48

GBP

XLON

592104293309884376

10:40:24

GMT

19

11.48

GBP

XLON

592104293309884378

10:51:01

GMT

124

11.51

GBP

XLON

606178042145529010

10:51:01

GMT

264

11.51

GBP

XLON

606178042145529012

10:51:01

GMT

273

11.51

GBP

XLON

606178042145529013

10:51:01

GMT

213

11.51

GBP

XLON

606178042145529027

11:09:50

GMT

107

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042145923933

11:13:35

GMT

45

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293310633164

11:13:35

GMT

52

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293310633163

11:17:19

GMT

8

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293310707820

11:17:19

GMT

40

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293310707822

11:17:19

GMT

53

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293310707821

11:21:17

GMT

101

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042146132428

11:21:20

GMT

231

11.52

GBP

XLON

606178042146133458

11:21:20

GMT

367

11.52

GBP

XLON

606178042146133457

11:21:20

GMT

436

11.52

GBP

XLON

592104293310789286

11:37:46

GMT

111

11.51

GBP

XLON

592104293311129587

11:37:46

GMT

329

11.51

GBP

XLON

592104293311129586

12:13:24

GMT

110

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293311931215

12:13:57

GMT

41

11.58

GBP

XLON

592104293311945608

12:13:57

GMT

114

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293311945612

12:17:22

GMT

104

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293312043231

12:20:22

GMT

7

11.59

GBP

XLON

606178042147368310

12:20:22

GMT

43

11.59

GBP

XLON

606178042147368308

12:20:22

GMT

54

11.59

GBP

XLON

606178042147368309

12:27:26

GMT

124

11.61

GBP

XLON

592104293312357741

12:27:26

GMT

513

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042147586301

12:27:26

GMT

29

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042147586308

12:27:26

GMT

66

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042147586306

12:27:26

GMT

99

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042147586305

12:27:26

GMT

154

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042147586307

12:35:16

GMT

384

11.64

GBP

XLON

592104293312554699

12:54:09

GMT

103

11.65

GBP

XLON

592104293312989957

12:54:09

GMT

578

11.65

GBP

XLON

606178042148170909

13:05:00

GMT

104

11.63

GBP

XLON

606178042148416964

13:05:00

GMT

105

11.63

GBP

XLON

606178042148416965

13:05:00

GMT

330

11.63

GBP

XLON

592104293313255746

13:15:39

GMT

16

11.61

GBP

XLON

592104293313507178

13:15:39

GMT

313

11.61

GBP

XLON

592104293313507177

13:36:01

GMT

54

11.59

GBP

XLON

606178042149093444

13:36:01

GMT

58

11.59

GBP

XLON

606178042149093442

13:36:01

GMT

112

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293313986250

13:36:01

GMT

430

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293313986255

13:41:16

GMT

31

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042149204857

13:41:16

GMT

104

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042149204858

13:41:16

GMT

119

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042149204856

13:41:16

GMT

191

11.61

GBP

XLON

606178042149204854

13:51:56

GMT

105

11.6

GBP

XLON

592104293314370793

13:51:56

GMT

170

11.6

GBP

XLON

592104293314370795

13:51:56

GMT

329

11.6

GBP

XLON

592104293314370794

14:13:47

GMT

26

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293315063151

14:13:47

GMT

82

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293315063150

14:13:47

GMT

108

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293315063152

14:13:47

GMT

518

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293315063149

14:13:47

GMT

154

11.59

GBP

XLON

606178042150088241

14:14:36

GMT

39

11.57

GBP

XLON

606178042150111535

14:17:08

GMT

69

11.57

GBP

XLON

606178042150183285

14:25:00

GMT

112

11.56

GBP

XLON

592104293315412228

14:25:00

GMT

112

11.56

GBP

XLON

592104293315412229

14:25:00

GMT

329

11.56

GBP

XLON

606178042150408856

14:34:32

GMT

33

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042150808664

14:34:32

GMT

82

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042150808663

14:35:02

GMT

28

11.52

GBP

XLON

592104293315863010

14:35:02

GMT

87

11.52

GBP

XLON

592104293315863009

14:35:02

GMT

115

11.52

GBP

XLON

606178042150829316

14:35:02

GMT

329

11.52

GBP

XLON

606178042150829315

14:37:08

GMT

215

11.52

GBP

XLON

592104293315965366

14:37:08

GMT

115

11.51

GBP

XLON

592104293315965861

14:44:31

GMT

103

11.5

GBP

XLON

592104293316289686

14:44:31

GMT

103

11.5

GBP

XLON

592104293316289687

14:44:31

GMT

328

11.5

GBP

XLON

592104293316289685

14:59:10

GMT

22

11.54

GBP

XLON

606178042152020949

14:59:10

GMT

82

11.54

GBP

XLON

606178042152020951

15:00:11

GMT

5

11.54

GBP

XLON

592104293317219347

15:00:11

GMT

109

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042152097148

15:00:11

GMT

109

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042152097149

15:00:11

GMT

347

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293317219348

15:00:11

GMT

401

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293317219363

15:00:11

GMT

59

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042152097195

15:09:42

GMT

106

11.56

GBP

XLON

606178042152462340

15:17:44

GMT

19

11.56

GBP

XLON

606178042152743391

15:17:44

GMT

77

11.56

GBP

XLON

606178042152743392

15:19:33

GMT

110

11.56

GBP

XLON

606178042152808339

15:21:25

GMT

116

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293318053635

15:23:45

GMT

17

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293318137336

15:23:45

GMT

92

11.57

GBP

XLON

592104293318137339

15:24:01

GMT

376

11.56

GBP

XLON

592104293318148094

15:30:39

GMT

107

11.59

GBP

XLON

606178042153237324

15:30:39

GMT

555

11.59

GBP

XLON

592104293318445217

15:30:39

GMT

222

11.59

GBP

XLON

606178042153237330

15:31:42

GMT

190

11.58

GBP

XLON

592104293318489998

15:37:39

GMT

95

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042153463658

15:37:39

GMT

102

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042153463660

15:37:39

GMT

235

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042153463659

15:51:47

GMT

7

11.55

GBP

XLON

592104293319217475

15:52:00

GMT

105

11.55

GBP

XLON

592104293319224784

15:53:08

GMT

106

11.55

GBP

XLON

592104293319266785

16:02:58

GMT

9

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042154364731

16:02:58

GMT

94

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042154364729

16:02:58

GMT

103

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042154364732

16:02:58

GMT

103

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042154364733

16:02:58

GMT

103

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042154364734

16:02:58

GMT

135

11.55

GBP

XLON

592104293319655508

16:02:58

GMT

188

11.55

GBP

XLON

592104293319655507

16:02:58

GMT

411

11.55

GBP

XLON

592104293319655506

16:02:58

GMT

190

11.55

GBP

XLON

592104293319655513

16:02:58

GMT

379

11.55

GBP

XLON

592104293319655515

16:02:58

GMT

65

11.55

GBP

XLON

606178042154364745

16:11:32

GMT

99

11.52

GBP

XLON

592104293319995434

16:11:32

GMT

99

11.52

GBP

XLON

592104293319995435

16:11:32

GMT

99

11.52

GBP

XLON

606178042154682029

16:11:32

GMT

145

11.52

GBP

XLON

606178042154682028

16:11:32

GMT

185

11.52

GBP

XLON

606178042154682025

16:20:13

GMT

97

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293320384474

16:20:13

GMT

97

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042155044739

16:20:13

GMT

97

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042155044741

16:20:13

GMT

116

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042155044738

16:20:13

GMT

360

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042155044737

16:20:13

GMT

294

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042155044790

16:25:35

GMT

583

11.53

GBP

XLON

606178042155301524

16:25:35

GMT

47

11.53

GBP

XLON

592104293320658763

Ends