WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

16 December 2024

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 24,551 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 16 December 2024 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 801,032 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,115,902 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:

16 December 2024

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

24,551

11.9356

11.8500

12.0800

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

08:12:19

GMT

87

12.04

GBP

XLON

606280316312314177

08:12:27

GMT

86

12.04

GBP

XLON

592206565040847871

08:14:13

GMT

93

12.06

GBP

XLON

592206565040877173

08:14:23

GMT

133

12.06

GBP

XLON

606280316312345389

08:14:42

GMT

75

12.05

GBP

XLON

592206565040885618

08:14:42

GMT

168

12.05

GBP

XLON

592206565040885619

08:26:21

GMT

103

12.08

GBP

XLON

606280316312515294

08:26:21

GMT

383

12.08

GBP

XLON

606280316312515293

08:26:21

GMT

235

12.08

GBP

XLON

606280316312515298

08:26:21

GMT

235

12.08

GBP

XLON

592206565041059423

08:26:21

GMT

235

12.08

GBP

XLON

606280316312515301

08:26:21

GMT

99

12.08

GBP

XLON

592206565041059428

08:40:15

GMT

100

12.01

GBP

XLON

592206565041265944

08:41:13

GMT

100

12

GBP

XLON

606280316312726226

08:41:13

GMT

128

12

GBP

XLON

592206565041283569

08:41:13

GMT

211

12

GBP

XLON

592206565041283570

08:41:13

GMT

71

12

GBP

XLON

592206565041283575

08:49:24

GMT

111

11.98

GBP

XLON

592206565041419587

08:49:24

GMT

149

11.98

GBP

XLON

592206565041419588

08:49:24

GMT

50

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316312854585

08:49:24

GMT

50

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316312854586

09:16:50

GMT

95

12

GBP

XLON

592206565041878017

09:16:50

GMT

349

12

GBP

XLON

592206565041878018

09:28:06

GMT

98

12.03

GBP

XLON

592206565042078711

09:29:05

GMT

13

12.01

GBP

XLON

606280316313489464

09:29:05

GMT

85

12.01

GBP

XLON

606280316313489462

09:29:05

GMT

315

12.01

GBP

XLON

606280316313489463

09:29:05

GMT

319

12.01

GBP

XLON

592206565042093475

09:29:09

GMT

306

12.01

GBP

XLON

606280316313490251

09:29:09

GMT

39

12.01

GBP

XLON

606280316313490254

09:42:47

GMT

94

12

GBP

XLON

606280316313733993

09:42:47

GMT

361

12

GBP

XLON

592206565042352382

09:43:44

GMT

94

11.99

GBP

XLON

606280316313749269

10:07:18

GMT

98

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565042809523

10:07:18

GMT

98

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565042809524

10:07:18

GMT

98

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565042809525

10:07:18

GMT

98

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316314168039

10:07:18

GMT

266

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316314168038

10:08:28

GMT

94

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316314190657

10:40:43

GMT

101

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565043481663

10:40:43

GMT

101

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316314803942

10:40:43

GMT

197

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316314803943

10:40:43

GMT

272

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565043481662

10:40:43

GMT

345

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565043481661

10:48:58

GMT

101

11.96

GBP

XLON

606280316314935605

11:02:09

GMT

36

11.95

GBP

XLON

592206565043868430

11:02:09

GMT

37

11.95

GBP

XLON

606280316315170032

11:02:09

GMT

53

11.95

GBP

XLON

606280316315170031

11:02:09

GMT

54

11.95

GBP

XLON

592206565043868431

11:02:09

GMT

101

11.94

GBP

XLON

606280316315170047

11:02:09

GMT

260

11.94

GBP

XLON

606280316315170048

11:26:41

GMT

279

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315618848

11:26:41

GMT

10

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315618851

11:26:41

GMT

14

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315618850

11:26:41

GMT

17

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315618854

11:26:41

GMT

32

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315618855

11:35:27

GMT

41

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315772850

11:35:27

GMT

70

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315772849

11:35:27

GMT

102

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315772851

11:35:27

GMT

102

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316315772852

11:49:20

GMT

102

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565044746941

11:49:20

GMT

142

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565044746943

11:57:02

GMT

55

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565044880784

11:57:02

GMT

95

11.9

GBP

XLON

606280316316123567

11:57:02

GMT

95

11.9

GBP

XLON

606280316316123568

11:57:02

GMT

99

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565044880785

11:57:02

GMT

99

11.9

GBP

XLON

606280316316123569

12:24:13

GMT

87

11.92

GBP

XLON

592206565045400533

12:25:40

GMT

320

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565045427171

12:27:12

GMT

100

11.9

GBP

XLON

606280316316666455

12:27:12

GMT

291

11.9

GBP

XLON

606280316316666456

12:27:12

GMT

36

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565045459674

12:27:12

GMT

340

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565045459673

13:06:00

GMT

102

11.91

GBP

XLON

606280316317299549

13:06:36

GMT

121

11.91

GBP

XLON

592206565046138103

13:07:26

GMT

277

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565046150800

13:07:26

GMT

286

11.9

GBP

XLON

606280316317319763

13:07:26

GMT

68

11.9

GBP

XLON

606280316317319766

13:07:26

GMT

90

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565046150806

13:07:26

GMT

272

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565046150805

13:07:44

GMT

8

11.9

GBP

XLON

592206565046156184

13:07:44

GMT

113

11.9

GBP

XLON

606280316317324893

13:18:45

GMT

300

11.89

GBP

XLON

606280316317509558

13:18:45

GMT

61

11.89

GBP

XLON

592206565046351715

13:41:26

GMT

45

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316317964181

13:41:26

GMT

53

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316317964180

13:43:31

GMT

44

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316318001794

13:43:31

GMT

44

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316318001795

13:45:38

GMT

102

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316318042375

13:47:50

GMT

100

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316318086794

13:49:58

GMT

27

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316318127201

13:49:58

GMT

75

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316318127200

13:51:56

GMT

97

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316318166966

13:53:02

GMT

93

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206565047070438

13:54:16

GMT

124

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316318214785

13:54:17

GMT

374

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206565047096113

13:54:17

GMT

100

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316318215297

13:54:19

GMT

210

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316318215769

13:54:19

GMT

190

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316318215773

14:05:15

GMT

27

11.88

GBP

XLON

592206565047362734

14:05:15

GMT

38

11.88

GBP

XLON

592206565047362733

14:05:15

GMT

65

11.88

GBP

XLON

592206565047362735

14:05:15

GMT

192

11.88

GBP

XLON

592206565047362732

14:05:15

GMT

276

11.88

GBP

XLON

592206565047362740

14:13:36

GMT

38

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206565047563902

14:13:36

GMT

324

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206565047563903

14:22:07

GMT

41

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206565047768952

14:22:07

GMT

50

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206565047768953

14:26:54

GMT

80

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316318967463

14:26:54

GMT

100

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206565047889507

14:26:54

GMT

262

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206565047889509

14:26:54

GMT

11

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316318967489

14:26:54

GMT

93

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206565047889556

14:26:54

GMT

93

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206565047889558

14:26:54

GMT

93

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316318967490

14:38:24

GMT

90

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316319373197

14:40:05

GMT

101

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316319430685

14:41:06

GMT

101

11.86

GBP

XLON

592206565048410117

14:41:55

GMT

87

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316319499203

14:42:51

GMT

96

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316319526729

14:43:47

GMT

99

11.86

GBP

XLON

606280316319555674

14:44:12

GMT

95

11.85

GBP

XLON

592206565048515397

14:44:12

GMT

228

11.85

GBP

XLON

592206565048515398

14:44:12

GMT

340

11.85

GBP

XLON

606280316319566497

14:45:08

GMT

161

11.85

GBP

XLON

592206565048546571

14:50:05

GMT

95

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316319757251

14:50:05

GMT

139

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316319757252

14:50:05

GMT

112

11.87

GBP

XLON

606280316319757253

14:50:05

GMT

136

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206565048715365

14:50:05

GMT

86

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206565048715372

14:50:05

GMT

113

11.87

GBP

XLON

592206565048715371

15:04:24

GMT

45

11.96

GBP

XLON

606280316320288813

15:04:24

GMT

58

11.96

GBP

XLON

592206565049271655

15:06:22

GMT

92

11.96

GBP

XLON

592206565049341444

15:07:35

GMT

96

11.96

GBP

XLON

592206565049382329

15:10:00

GMT

44

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316320483136

15:10:00

GMT

96

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565049475016

15:10:00

GMT

267

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565049475017

15:10:00

GMT

291

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316320483137

15:10:00

GMT

70

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565049475027

15:10:00

GMT

101

11.97

GBP

XLON

606280316320483146

15:10:00

GMT

330

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565049475026

15:10:00

GMT

84

11.97

GBP

XLON

592206565049475038

15:18:44

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565049753861

15:18:44

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

606280316320748089

15:18:44

GMT

361

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565049753860

15:25:08

GMT

94

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316320923872

15:25:08

GMT

100

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316320923870

15:25:08

GMT

259

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316320923871

15:42:55

GMT

100

11.94

GBP

XLON

606280316321433947

15:44:25

GMT

99

11.94

GBP

XLON

606280316321479045

15:45:38

GMT

91

11.94

GBP

XLON

592206565050560854

15:45:38

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565050560862

15:45:38

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565050560863

15:45:38

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565050560864

15:45:38

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565050560865

15:45:38

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565050560867

15:45:38

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

606280316321517475

15:45:38

GMT

100

11.93

GBP

XLON

606280316321517476

15:45:38

GMT

252

11.93

GBP

XLON

606280316321517474

15:45:38

GMT

164

11.93

GBP

XLON

606280316321517484

15:45:38

GMT

17

11.93

GBP

XLON

606280316321517485

15:47:05

GMT

18

11.93

GBP

XLON

606280316321561801

15:53:43

GMT

128

11.94

GBP

XLON

592206565050829771

15:53:43

GMT

158

11.94

GBP

XLON

592206565050829772

15:53:43

GMT

174

11.94

GBP

XLON

592206565050829777

15:56:52

GMT

28

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565050947633

15:56:52

GMT

75

11.93

GBP

XLON

592206565050947634

16:02:43

GMT

91

11.92

GBP

XLON

592206565051158372

16:02:43

GMT

91

11.92

GBP

XLON

592206565051158373

16:02:43

GMT

91

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322088876

16:02:43

GMT

104

11.92

GBP

XLON

592206565051158371

16:02:43

GMT

256

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322088875

16:09:04

GMT

103

11.92

GBP

XLON

592206565051380625

16:09:04

GMT

128

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322302056

16:09:04

GMT

204

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322302055

16:09:04

GMT

110

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322302060

16:18:03

GMT

2

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322638031

16:18:03

GMT

88

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322638030

16:18:03

GMT

242

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322638032

16:18:03

GMT

190

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322638041

16:18:03

GMT

190

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322638043

16:18:03

GMT

1

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322638061

16:18:03

GMT

29

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322638064

16:18:03

GMT

190

11.92

GBP

XLON

592206565051732591

16:18:09

GMT

28

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322642592

16:18:09

GMT

48

11.92

GBP

XLON

606280316322642593

16:29:35

GMT

30

11.94

GBP

XLON

606280316323117062

16:29:58

GMT

94

11.94

GBP

XLON

606280316323148063

16:29:58

GMT

403

11.94

GBP

XLON

592206565052266769

Ends