WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

24 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 26,041 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 24 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 1,336,627 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,580,307 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:

24 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

26,041

11.5048

11.4400

11.6400

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

08:09:31

GMT

96

11.64

GBP

XLON

592090845327324135

08:09:31

GMT

170

11.64

GBP

XLON

606164594162841018

08:18:54

GMT

87

11.64

GBP

XLON

606164594163043991

08:19:36

GMT

98

11.64

GBP

XLON

592090845327556380

08:19:36

GMT

125

11.64

GBP

XLON

606164594163057670

08:19:36

GMT

136

11.64

GBP

XLON

592090845327556379

08:19:36

GMT

166

11.64

GBP

XLON

592090845327556378

08:19:36

GMT

446

11.64

GBP

XLON

592090845327556377

08:19:36

GMT

200

11.64

GBP

XLON

606164594163057675

08:19:36

GMT

283

11.64

GBP

XLON

606164594163057676

08:19:36

GMT

82

11.64

GBP

XLON

592090845327556482

08:29:55

GMT

105

11.62

GBP

XLON

592090845327762999

08:29:55

GMT

105

11.62

GBP

XLON

606164594163252250

08:29:55

GMT

121

11.62

GBP

XLON

606164594163252251

08:29:55

GMT

152

11.62

GBP

XLON

606164594163252249

08:33:14

GMT

33

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090845327833581

08:33:14

GMT

212

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090845327833580

08:55:57

GMT

35

11.61

GBP

XLON

606164594163770051

08:55:57

GMT

101

11.61

GBP

XLON

592090845328313376

08:55:57

GMT

101

11.61

GBP

XLON

606164594163770053

08:55:57

GMT

380

11.61

GBP

XLON

606164594163770052

08:56:28

GMT

209

11.61

GBP

XLON

606164594163779169

09:07:26

GMT

16

11.59

GBP

XLON

606164594164001454

09:07:26

GMT

107

11.59

GBP

XLON

592090845328557029

09:07:26

GMT

107

11.59

GBP

XLON

592090845328557030

09:07:26

GMT

208

11.59

GBP

XLON

606164594164001453

09:10:56

GMT

115

11.58

GBP

XLON

606164594164068676

09:10:56

GMT

116

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090845328627455

09:10:56

GMT

126

11.58

GBP

XLON

592090845328627453

09:31:02

GMT

311

11.53

GBP

XLON

592090845329049131

09:31:02

GMT

149

11.53

GBP

XLON

592090845329049132

09:31:02

GMT

371

11.53

GBP

XLON

606164594164468169

10:06:59

GMT

2

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845329848769

10:06:59

GMT

2

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845329848770

10:06:59

GMT

93

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845329848768

10:06:59

GMT

3

11.52

GBP

XLON

592090845329848778

10:06:59

GMT

14

11.52

GBP

XLON

592090845329848777

10:07:36

GMT

128

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845329862545

10:08:05

GMT

341

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594165247196

10:12:21

GMT

137

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594165336808

10:12:21

GMT

370

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594165336809

10:12:21

GMT

218

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594165336816

10:19:35

GMT

108

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845330127972

10:19:35

GMT

112

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845330127971

10:19:35

GMT

112

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164594165485808

10:19:35

GMT

126

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164594165485809

10:58:20

GMT

112

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845331079132

10:58:20

GMT

112

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845331079133

10:58:20

GMT

112

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594166382825

10:58:20

GMT

112

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594166382829

10:58:20

GMT

143

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594166382827

10:58:20

GMT

528

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845331079131

10:58:21

GMT

127

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845331079374

11:22:36

GMT

100

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594166911192

11:22:36

GMT

100

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594166911193

11:22:36

GMT

100

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594166911194

11:22:36

GMT

349

11.5

GBP

XLON

592090845331640643

11:53:06

GMT

106

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594167514305

11:53:06

GMT

497

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594167514306

12:07:12

GMT

447

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164594167806667

12:07:12

GMT

77

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845332598104

12:07:12

GMT

137

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845332598103

12:07:12

GMT

169

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845332598102

12:20:25

GMT

103

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164594168060911

12:30:12

GMT

5

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594168253983

12:30:12

GMT

50

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594168253982

12:30:12

GMT

54

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594168253981

12:34:28

GMT

109

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845333170214

12:34:28

GMT

504

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164594168337753

12:34:28

GMT

121

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164594168337899

12:44:31

GMT

349

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845333389285

13:21:12

GMT

57

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334211112

13:21:12

GMT

56

11.51

GBP

XLON

606164594169312569

13:21:33

GMT

543

11.5

GBP

XLON

592090845334218996

13:21:33

GMT

277

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594169320217

13:48:10

GMT

25

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334908562

13:48:10

GMT

66

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334908560

13:48:10

GMT

83

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334908563

13:48:10

GMT

104

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334908558

13:48:10

GMT

104

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334908561

13:48:10

GMT

112

11.51

GBP

XLON

606164594169968079

13:48:10

GMT

435

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334908559

13:48:10

GMT

360

11.51

GBP

XLON

606164594169968087

13:48:46

GMT

46

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334926893

13:48:46

GMT

268

11.51

GBP

XLON

592090845334926892

14:00:50

GMT

85

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845335259684

14:00:50

GMT

106

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845335259686

14:00:50

GMT

106

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845335259687

14:00:50

GMT

265

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090845335259685

14:20:48

GMT

104

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164594170786833

14:22:11

GMT

23

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845335814284

14:22:11

GMT

27

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845335814282

14:22:11

GMT

81

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845335814285

14:22:11

GMT

104

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845335814286

14:22:11

GMT

104

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845335814287

14:22:11

GMT

104

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845335814288

14:22:11

GMT

104

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594170824555

14:22:11

GMT

104

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594170824556

14:22:11

GMT

104

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594170824557

14:22:11

GMT

322

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845335814283

14:32:47

GMT

102

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845336168474

14:32:47

GMT

102

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845336168475

14:32:47

GMT

102

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594171161451

14:32:47

GMT

102

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594171161452

14:32:47

GMT

349

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594171161450

14:40:34

GMT

95

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090845336470297

14:40:34

GMT

103

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090845336470296

14:40:34

GMT

103

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164594171448449

14:40:34

GMT

350

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090845336470295

14:43:26

GMT

8

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090845336581843

14:43:26

GMT

101

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164594171555048

14:43:26

GMT

103

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090845336581845

14:43:26

GMT

236

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090845336581844

14:49:26

GMT

350

11.47

GBP

XLON

606164594171785618

14:55:36

GMT

105

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090845337048462

14:55:36

GMT

69

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090845337048464

14:55:36

GMT

106

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090845337048465

14:55:36

GMT

175

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090845337048463

15:01:58

GMT

65

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164594172251052

15:01:58

GMT

101

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090845337315685

15:01:58

GMT

283

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164594172251053

15:12:55

GMT

630

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164594172661401

15:12:55

GMT

115

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090845337745921

15:26:03

GMT

112

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090845338206035

15:26:03

GMT

112

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164594173098958

15:26:03

GMT

112

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164594173098959

15:26:03

GMT

112

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164594173098960

15:26:03

GMT

112

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164594173098961

15:26:03

GMT

350

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164594173098957

15:44:04

GMT

98

11.47

GBP

XLON

606164594173637298

15:44:04

GMT

186

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845338774752

15:44:04

GMT

191

11.47

GBP

XLON

606164594173637299

15:44:04

GMT

402

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845338774751

15:44:04

GMT

9

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845338774757

15:44:04

GMT

133

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845338774758

15:44:04

GMT

360

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845338774756

15:57:52

GMT

109

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845339250497

15:57:52

GMT

109

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594174088438

15:57:52

GMT

109

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594174088439

15:57:52

GMT

109

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164594174088437

15:57:52

GMT

477

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845339250496

15:57:52

GMT

264

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845339250502

16:07:52

GMT

99

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845339624582

16:09:56

GMT

106

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845339706414

16:14:21

GMT

16

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090845339889217

16:17:58

GMT

85

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845340034153

16:17:58

GMT

119

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594174831429

16:17:58

GMT

178

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594174831428

16:17:58

GMT

413

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845340034154

16:17:58

GMT

552

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845340034162

16:17:58

GMT

50

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594174831438

16:17:58

GMT

200

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164594174831437

16:17:58

GMT

222

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090845340034171

16:29:55

GMT

15

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594175366359

16:29:55

GMT

928

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164594175366361

Ends