WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

22 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 25,575 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 22 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 1,284,431 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,632,503 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:

22 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

25,575

11.5595

11.2900

11.7700

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

08:02:41

GMT

346

11.72

GBP

XLON

592090137528749786

08:11:26

GMT

31

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886364828281

08:11:26

GMT

95

11.76

GBP

XLON

592090137528957221

08:11:26

GMT

109

11.76

GBP

XLON

592090137528957220

08:11:26

GMT

126

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886364828280

08:11:26

GMT

331

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886364828279

08:11:26

GMT

455

11.76

GBP

XLON

592090137528957226

08:17:30

GMT

345

11.65

GBP

XLON

606163886364954264

08:45:24

GMT

107

11.75

GBP

XLON

606163886365562418

08:47:00

GMT

124

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886365606012

08:47:00

GMT

539

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886365606040

08:54:53

GMT

97

11.77

GBP

XLON

606163886365749788

08:54:53

GMT

97

11.77

GBP

XLON

606163886365749789

08:54:53

GMT

529

11.77

GBP

XLON

606163886365749790

09:13:14

GMT

484

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886366099305

09:13:14

GMT

17

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886366099306

09:13:14

GMT

327

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886366099309

09:34:29

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

592090137530717956

09:34:29

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

592090137530717957

09:34:29

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886366484984

09:34:29

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886366484985

09:34:29

GMT

106

11.76

GBP

XLON

606163886366484986

09:34:29

GMT

346

11.76

GBP

XLON

592090137530717955

09:45:50

GMT

35

11.74

GBP

XLON

592090137530950327

09:47:29

GMT

72

11.74

GBP

XLON

592090137530986851

09:49:52

GMT

41

11.74

GBP

XLON

592090137531030346

09:49:52

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163886366777900

09:51:00

GMT

97

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163886366798972

09:53:30

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163886366847679

09:53:30

GMT

105

11.74

GBP

XLON

592090137531104408

09:53:30

GMT

105

11.74

GBP

XLON

606163886366847678

09:53:30

GMT

106

11.74

GBP

XLON

592090137531104407

10:05:14

GMT

345

11.72

GBP

XLON

592090137531344759

10:12:40

GMT

50

11.71

GBP

XLON

592090137531514676

10:12:40

GMT

56

11.71

GBP

XLON

592090137531514677

10:12:40

GMT

239

11.71

GBP

XLON

592090137531514678

10:19:05

GMT

115

11.69

GBP

XLON

606163886367372394

10:28:25

GMT

110

11.69

GBP

XLON

606163886367552440

10:39:00

GMT

34

11.68

GBP

XLON

592090137532056007

11:02:40

GMT

112

11.7

GBP

XLON

606163886368171571

11:05:20

GMT

12

11.7

GBP

XLON

606163886368217161

11:05:20

GMT

15

11.7

GBP

XLON

606163886368217160

11:05:20

GMT

71

11.7

GBP

XLON

592090137532559323

11:06:29

GMT

38

11.69

GBP

XLON

606163886368237236

11:06:29

GMT

112

11.69

GBP

XLON

606163886368237237

11:06:29

GMT

142

11.69

GBP

XLON

606163886368237240

11:06:29

GMT

150

11.69

GBP

XLON

606163886368237239

11:06:29

GMT

300

11.69

GBP

XLON

606163886368237238

11:06:30

GMT

7

11.69

GBP

XLON

592090137532580849

11:06:30

GMT

27

11.69

GBP

XLON

592090137532580989

11:06:30

GMT

13

11.68

GBP

XLON

606163886368237535

11:06:30

GMT

25

11.68

GBP

XLON

592090137532581096

11:06:30

GMT

87

11.68

GBP

XLON

592090137532581097

11:06:30

GMT

100

11.68

GBP

XLON

606163886368237536

11:06:30

GMT

112

11.68

GBP

XLON

606163886368237534

11:06:30

GMT

120

11.68

GBP

XLON

606163886368237700

11:26:30

GMT

112

11.66

GBP

XLON

592090137533004300

11:26:30

GMT

345

11.66

GBP

XLON

606163886368634686

11:54:16

GMT

104

11.62

GBP

XLON

592090137533538425

11:54:16

GMT

142

11.62

GBP

XLON

592090137533538424

11:54:16

GMT

181

11.62

GBP

XLON

606163886369135965

11:54:16

GMT

346

11.62

GBP

XLON

592090137533538422

12:12:13

GMT

341

11.65

GBP

XLON

606163886369478004

12:12:13

GMT

384

11.65

GBP

XLON

592090137533902776

12:27:35

GMT

99

11.63

GBP

XLON

592090137534205790

12:27:35

GMT

99

11.63

GBP

XLON

592090137534205791

12:27:35

GMT

345

11.63

GBP

XLON

592090137534205789

12:43:36

GMT

106

11.59

GBP

XLON

606163886370054627

12:43:36

GMT

346

11.59

GBP

XLON

606163886370054628

12:59:23

GMT

104

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090137534826252

12:59:23

GMT

104

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886370345907

12:59:23

GMT

345

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886370345906

13:30:55

GMT

7

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886370958489

13:30:55

GMT

14

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886370958491

13:30:55

GMT

15

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886370958490

13:30:55

GMT

25

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886370958488

13:30:55

GMT

28

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886370958492

13:30:55

GMT

21

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090137535474362

13:32:54

GMT

2

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886371006482

13:32:54

GMT

10

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886371006481

13:32:54

GMT

22

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886371006480

13:32:54

GMT

79

11.58

GBP

XLON

606163886371006479

13:33:27

GMT

21

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090137535539537

13:33:27

GMT

46

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090137535539536

13:33:27

GMT

51

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090137535539535

13:35:09

GMT

16

11.57

GBP

XLON

606163886371057384

13:35:09

GMT

96

11.57

GBP

XLON

592090137535578910

13:38:35

GMT

105

11.57

GBP

XLON

606163886371142936

13:38:35

GMT

355

11.57

GBP

XLON

606163886371142937

13:38:35

GMT

185

11.57

GBP

XLON

592090137535669104

13:38:35

GMT

350

11.57

GBP

XLON

592090137535669103

13:42:00

GMT

105

11.56

GBP

XLON

606163886371222123

13:42:00

GMT

162

11.56

GBP

XLON

592090137535752796

13:42:00

GMT

184

11.56

GBP

XLON

606163886371222122

14:01:12

GMT

106

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090137536270409

14:03:01

GMT

19

11.5

GBP

XLON

606163886371752144

14:03:08

GMT

85

11.5

GBP

XLON

606163886371756662

14:03:58

GMT

37

11.5

GBP

XLON

606163886371778303

14:11:30

GMT

105

11.53

GBP

XLON

606163886371971259

14:11:45

GMT

134

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090137536552766

14:11:45

GMT

241

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090137536552767

14:11:45

GMT

241

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090137536552768

14:11:45

GMT

485

11.51

GBP

XLON

606163886371977068

14:22:46

GMT

382

11.48

GBP

XLON

606163886372302616

14:22:46

GMT

146

11.48

GBP

XLON

606163886372302623

14:27:35

GMT

347

11.46

GBP

XLON

606163886372440583

14:32:07

GMT

163

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090137537209187

14:32:07

GMT

182

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090137537209186

14:37:31

GMT

417

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137537408472

14:41:36

GMT

346

11.43

GBP

XLON

606163886372934390

14:45:48

GMT

10

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373073494

14:45:55

GMT

109

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373076944

14:47:55

GMT

77

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373137835

14:53:55

GMT

82

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373343979

14:54:14

GMT

40

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373353611

14:54:14

GMT

57

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373353612

14:54:14

GMT

69

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373353609

14:54:14

GMT

97

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090137538000567

14:54:14

GMT

97

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090137538000568

14:54:14

GMT

97

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090137538000569

14:54:14

GMT

97

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090137538000570

14:54:14

GMT

97

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373353613

15:07:44

GMT

10

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373906401

15:07:44

GMT

12

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090137538581541

15:07:44

GMT

33

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373906400

15:07:44

GMT

99

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090137538581542

15:07:44

GMT

99

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373906399

15:07:44

GMT

335

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090137538581540

15:07:45

GMT

19

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373906689

15:07:45

GMT

56

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373906688

15:07:55

GMT

80

11.38

GBP

XLON

606163886373915836

15:14:47

GMT

103

11.43

GBP

XLON

606163886374172276

15:14:48

GMT

312

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090137538862336

15:14:58

GMT

6

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090137538872132

15:14:58

GMT

41

11.42

GBP

XLON

606163886374182168

15:14:58

GMT

62

11.42

GBP

XLON

606163886374182170

15:14:58

GMT

103

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090137538872130

15:14:58

GMT

150

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090137538872129

15:20:55

GMT

75

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090137539164248

15:20:55

GMT

102

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090137539164251

15:20:55

GMT

271

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090137539164250

15:26:55

GMT

77

11.37

GBP

XLON

592090137539384886

15:27:38

GMT

14

11.37

GBP

XLON

592090137539408566

15:27:38

GMT

33

11.37

GBP

XLON

592090137539408568

15:27:38

GMT

222

11.37

GBP

XLON

592090137539408567

15:29:55

GMT

104

11.36

GBP

XLON

606163886374762334

15:35:55

GMT

33

11.32

GBP

XLON

606163886374967705

15:37:24

GMT

106

11.32

GBP

XLON

606163886375012594

15:37:24

GMT

106

11.32

GBP

XLON

606163886375012596

15:37:24

GMT

367

11.32

GBP

XLON

606163886375012593

15:45:36

GMT

106

11.32

GBP

XLON

592090137540018114

15:45:36

GMT

106

11.32

GBP

XLON

592090137540018117

15:45:36

GMT

106

11.32

GBP

XLON

592090137540018118

15:45:36

GMT

106

11.32

GBP

XLON

606163886375270740

15:45:36

GMT

239

11.32

GBP

XLON

592090137540018116

15:46:59

GMT

16

11.29

GBP

XLON

592090137540074466

15:48:55

GMT

75

11.29

GBP

XLON

592090137540139151

15:55:55

GMT

97

11.3

GBP

XLON

592090137540379318

15:55:55

GMT

97

11.3

GBP

XLON

606163886375611425

15:55:55

GMT

569

11.3

GBP

XLON

592090137540379317

16:07:56

GMT

18

11.45

GBP

XLON

606163886376028945

16:07:56

GMT

83

11.45

GBP

XLON

606163886376028942

16:08:25

GMT

100

11.47

GBP

XLON

606163886376044462

16:09:05

GMT

626

11.46

GBP

XLON

606163886376070412

16:09:05

GMT

376

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137540861936

16:09:05

GMT

86

11.46

GBP

XLON

606163886376070418

16:19:45

GMT

41

11.47

GBP

XLON

606163886376473277

16:19:45

GMT

69

11.47

GBP

XLON

606163886376473278

16:21:10

GMT

102

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137541356710

16:21:11

GMT

347

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090137541357872

16:23:30

GMT

105

11.46

GBP

XLON

606163886376627394

16:23:43

GMT

75

11.47

GBP

XLON

606163886376636159

16:23:56

GMT

30

11.47

GBP

XLON

606163886376644793

16:24:13

GMT

10

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137541480496

16:24:13

GMT

136

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137541480495

16:24:56

GMT

78

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137541520407

16:24:56

GMT

120

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137541520442

16:24:56

GMT

127

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137541520486

16:25:56

GMT

77

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137541563987

16:26:56

GMT

98

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090137541601995

16:27:42

GMT

150

11.48

GBP

XLON

606163886376800694

16:27:42

GMT

217

11.48

GBP

XLON

606163886376800695

Ends