WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

28 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 25,679 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 28 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 1,388,438 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,528,496 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:

28 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

25,679

11.9183

11.6200

12.0300

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

08:05:16

GMT

407

11.62

GBP

XLON

606166009735048468

08:09:27

GMT

10

11.74

GBP

XLON

606166009735129073

08:09:27

GMT

610

11.74

GBP

XLON

606166009735129074

08:09:27

GMT

269

11.74

GBP

XLON

606166009735129077

08:23:59

GMT

9

11.79

GBP

XLON

592092260899917824

08:23:59

GMT

17

11.79

GBP

XLON

592092260899917827

08:23:59

GMT

294

11.79

GBP

XLON

592092260899917825

08:23:59

GMT

311

11.79

GBP

XLON

592092260899917826

08:33:39

GMT

99

11.84

GBP

XLON

606166009735616838

08:33:39

GMT

629

11.84

GBP

XLON

606166009735616836

08:33:39

GMT

52

11.84

GBP

XLON

606166009735616846

08:38:02

GMT

132

11.82

GBP

XLON

592092260900220050

08:41:19

GMT

251

11.78

GBP

XLON

606166009735769707

09:05:29

GMT

110

11.76

GBP

XLON

592092260900721231

09:06:02

GMT

126

11.8

GBP

XLON

606166009736187819

09:08:56

GMT

116

11.81

GBP

XLON

592092260900782203

09:11:10

GMT

59

11.81

GBP

XLON

592092260900829803

09:11:10

GMT

46

11.81

GBP

XLON

606166009736282381

09:12:52

GMT

111

11.82

GBP

XLON

606166009736313704

09:12:53

GMT

87

11.81

GBP

XLON

592092260900863128

09:12:54

GMT

19

11.81

GBP

XLON

592092260900863191

09:14:59

GMT

114

11.86

GBP

XLON

592092260900901935

09:21:52

GMT

7

11.96

GBP

XLON

606166009736483228

09:21:52

GMT

104

11.96

GBP

XLON

606166009736483227

09:22:14

GMT

35

11.97

GBP

XLON

592092260901052910

09:22:14

GMT

102

11.97

GBP

XLON

606166009736493207

09:25:00

GMT

105

11.97

GBP

XLON

592092260901105359

09:28:56

GMT

348

11.98

GBP

XLON

606166009736620388

09:28:56

GMT

121

11.98

GBP

XLON

606166009736620391

09:28:56

GMT

165

11.98

GBP

XLON

606166009736620392

09:28:56

GMT

193

11.98

GBP

XLON

606166009736620393

09:28:56

GMT

304

11.98

GBP

XLON

606166009736620396

09:42:19

GMT

460

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260901467867

09:42:54

GMT

110

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009736898726

10:05:35

GMT

7

11.89

GBP

XLON

606166009737350815

10:05:35

GMT

24

11.89

GBP

XLON

592092260901955565

10:05:35

GMT

85

11.89

GBP

XLON

592092260901955564

10:05:35

GMT

343

11.89

GBP

XLON

606166009737350816

10:25:19

GMT

97

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009737743620

10:25:19

GMT

97

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009737743621

10:25:19

GMT

98

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260902372533

10:25:19

GMT

394

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260902372532

10:41:37

GMT

112

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009738045156

10:42:31

GMT

7

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009738061547

10:42:31

GMT

342

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009738061548

10:56:29

GMT

103

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009738308576

10:56:29

GMT

247

11.9

GBP

XLON

592092260902971089

11:36:35

GMT

106

11.89

GBP

XLON

606166009739056137

11:39:54

GMT

118

11.91

GBP

XLON

592092260903828759

12:13:52

GMT

104

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009739704830

12:13:52

GMT

7

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009739704836

12:13:52

GMT

16

11.92

GBP

XLON

592092260904452491

12:13:52

GMT

142

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009739704834

12:13:52

GMT

148

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009739704837

12:13:52

GMT

208

11.92

GBP

XLON

592092260904452494

12:13:52

GMT

243

11.92

GBP

XLON

592092260904452490

12:13:52

GMT

243

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009739704833

12:13:52

GMT

543

11.92

GBP

XLON

592092260904452503

12:13:55

GMT

447

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009739705786

12:17:52

GMT

6

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009739771737

12:17:52

GMT

103

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009739771738

12:24:38

GMT

350

11.89

GBP

XLON

592092260904645527

13:00:59

GMT

49

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009740531610

13:00:59

GMT

55

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009740531609

13:06:10

GMT

126

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009740623688

13:09:17

GMT

7

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009740674763

13:11:09

GMT

97

11.91

GBP

XLON

606166009740704391

13:11:58

GMT

98

11.91

GBP

XLON

606166009740717221

13:13:07

GMT

103

11.91

GBP

XLON

606166009740739436

13:17:37

GMT

631

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009740811461

13:17:37

GMT

410

11.9

GBP

XLON

592092260905636267

13:36:45

GMT

611

12

GBP

XLON

606166009741184041

13:50:20

GMT

19

12.03

GBP

XLON

592092260906340538

13:50:20

GMT

82

12.03

GBP

XLON

592092260906340539

13:50:20

GMT

100

12.03

GBP

XLON

592092260906340540

13:50:20

GMT

100

12.03

GBP

XLON

592092260906340541

13:50:20

GMT

100

12.03

GBP

XLON

606166009741475108

13:50:20

GMT

457

12.03

GBP

XLON

606166009741475107

13:50:20

GMT

15

12.03

GBP

XLON

606166009741475117

14:09:31

GMT

112

12

GBP

XLON

592092260906835979

14:15:38

GMT

116

12.01

GBP

XLON

592092260906980156

14:16:28

GMT

124

12.01

GBP

XLON

592092260907002602

14:16:28

GMT

167

12

GBP

XLON

606166009742098053

14:16:28

GMT

425

12

GBP

XLON

606166009742098054

14:16:28

GMT

131

12

GBP

XLON

592092260907002615

14:16:28

GMT

340

12

GBP

XLON

592092260907002614

14:31:09

GMT

100

11.97

GBP

XLON

606166009742475794

14:31:09

GMT

427

11.97

GBP

XLON

592092260907401197

14:31:09

GMT

10

11.97

GBP

XLON

592092260907401203

14:31:09

GMT

18

11.97

GBP

XLON

592092260907401204

14:31:09

GMT

141

11.97

GBP

XLON

592092260907401205

14:31:09

GMT

195

11.97

GBP

XLON

592092260907401202

14:45:53

GMT

114

11.99

GBP

XLON

606166009742988140

14:45:53

GMT

7

11.99

GBP

XLON

606166009742988146

14:45:53

GMT

52

11.99

GBP

XLON

606166009742988144

14:45:53

GMT

55

11.99

GBP

XLON

606166009742988145

14:47:06

GMT

14

11.99

GBP

XLON

606166009743033699

14:47:06

GMT

6

11.99

GBP

XLON

592092260907986733

14:47:16

GMT

20

11.99

GBP

XLON

592092260907992280

14:47:41

GMT

76

11.99

GBP

XLON

592092260908007652

14:47:58

GMT

116

11.99

GBP

XLON

592092260908019539

14:48:30

GMT

1

11.98

GBP

XLON

606166009743085386

14:49:27

GMT

140

11.98

GBP

XLON

606166009743115681

14:50:03

GMT

110

11.98

GBP

XLON

592092260908098714

14:50:03

GMT

274

11.98

GBP

XLON

606166009743139289

14:50:48

GMT

34

11.97

GBP

XLON

606166009743162527

14:50:48

GMT

151

11.97

GBP

XLON

606166009743162526

14:51:35

GMT

101

11.97

GBP

XLON

606166009743184840

14:51:35

GMT

302

11.97

GBP

XLON

606166009743184839

14:51:35

GMT

222

11.97

GBP

XLON

606166009743184845

14:56:42

GMT

349

11.97

GBP

XLON

592092260908320991

15:07:32

GMT

447

11.95

GBP

XLON

592092260908675817

15:07:32

GMT

416

11.95

GBP

XLON

606166009743688527

15:12:25

GMT

49

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260908819347

15:12:25

GMT

300

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260908819346

15:23:53

GMT

5

11.94

GBP

XLON

592092260909186427

15:23:53

GMT

5

11.94

GBP

XLON

592092260909186429

15:23:53

GMT

111

11.94

GBP

XLON

592092260909186428

15:23:53

GMT

111

11.94

GBP

XLON

592092260909186430

15:26:28

GMT

14

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009744256509

15:26:28

GMT

50

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009744256510

15:26:28

GMT

64

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009744256511

15:26:28

GMT

104

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009744256508

15:26:28

GMT

445

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009744256507

15:40:22

GMT

98

11.92

GBP

XLON

592092260909736624

15:40:22

GMT

98

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009744691613

15:40:22

GMT

98

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009744691615

15:40:22

GMT

506

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009744691614

15:40:22

GMT

291

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009744691619

15:47:17

GMT

100

11.9

GBP

XLON

606166009744910901

15:52:39

GMT

36

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009745084883

15:52:39

GMT

340

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009745084882

15:52:40

GMT

75

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009745085233

15:52:45

GMT

123

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009745087657

15:52:45

GMT

210

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009745087656

15:53:39

GMT

26

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009745114558

15:53:40

GMT

114

11.92

GBP

XLON

606166009745114691

16:05:02

GMT

103

11.94

GBP

XLON

606166009745503972

16:05:55

GMT

12

11.94

GBP

XLON

592092260910626127

16:05:55

GMT

87

11.94

GBP

XLON

592092260910626126

16:06:46

GMT

99

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260910657896

16:10:34

GMT

103

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009745702187

16:10:34

GMT

103

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009745702189

16:10:34

GMT

114

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260910797650

16:10:34

GMT

396

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009745702188

16:10:34

GMT

135

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009745702199

16:10:34

GMT

165

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009745702196

16:10:34

GMT

190

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009745702197

16:10:34

GMT

292

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009745702207

16:13:53

GMT

348

11.89

GBP

XLON

592092260910940235

16:23:10

GMT

13

11.95

GBP

XLON

592092260911380512

16:23:10

GMT

96

11.95

GBP

XLON

592092260911380511

16:24:06

GMT

430

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009746299104

16:24:06

GMT

194

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260911426412

16:24:06

GMT

200

11.93

GBP

XLON

592092260911426411

16:24:10

GMT

164

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009746301630

16:24:10

GMT

7

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009746301742

16:27:01

GMT

10

11.93

GBP

XLON

606166009746430146

Ends