WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

14 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 29,069 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 14 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 2,141,281 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,775,653 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:

14 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

29,069

10.5743

10.3300

10.6900

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

08:06:22

GMT

96

10.35

GBP

XLON

620255683820648976

08:07:11

GMT

95

10.33

GBP

XLON

606181934984492386

08:07:11

GMT

96

10.33

GBP

XLON

620255683820665210

08:07:11

GMT

237

10.33

GBP

XLON

606181934984492385

08:12:56

GMT

33

10.38

GBP

XLON

620255683820778646

08:12:56

GMT

120

10.38

GBP

XLON

620255683820778645

08:17:54

GMT

105

10.42

GBP

XLON

606181934984697138

08:17:54

GMT

149

10.42

GBP

XLON

620255683820886432

08:19:14

GMT

109

10.42

GBP

XLON

606181934984723304

08:20:16

GMT

108

10.42

GBP

XLON

620255683820934491

08:21:02

GMT

126

10.44

GBP

XLON

620255683820948988

08:23:45

GMT

98

10.45

GBP

XLON

606181934984807378

08:23:47

GMT

179

10.45

GBP

XLON

620255683821005174

08:24:40

GMT

111

10.45

GBP

XLON

606181934984824802

08:24:47

GMT

280

10.45

GBP

XLON

620255683821025503

08:26:19

GMT

27

10.48

GBP

XLON

620255683821057110

08:26:19

GMT

143

10.48

GBP

XLON

620255683821057108

08:26:19

GMT

330

10.48

GBP

XLON

620255683821057109

08:26:20

GMT

76

10.48

GBP

XLON

606181934984856566

08:26:21

GMT

364

10.47

GBP

XLON

606181934984856852

08:26:25

GMT

302

10.47

GBP

XLON

620255683821058474

08:36:04

GMT

28

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985058168

08:36:04

GMT

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

620255683821274044

08:36:04

GMT

318

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985058169

08:36:04

GMT

1

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985058172

08:37:54

GMT

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985089098

08:57:20

GMT

100

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985408119

08:57:20

GMT

100

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985408120

08:57:20

GMT

100

10.52

GBP

XLON

620255683821650064

08:57:20

GMT

102

10.52

GBP

XLON

620255683821650065

08:57:20

GMT

383

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985408118

08:57:20

GMT

29

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985408130

08:57:20

GMT

97

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985408128

08:57:20

GMT

175

10.52

GBP

XLON

606181934985408129

08:57:23

GMT

100

10.51

GBP

XLON

620255683821651024

09:23:44

GMT

97

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683822073453

09:25:23

GMT

100

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934985823490

09:27:43

GMT

101

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934985864002

09:28:09

GMT

107

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934985870609

09:28:41

GMT

21

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683822161455

09:28:41

GMT

408

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683822161456

09:28:41

GMT

52

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683822161461

09:28:41

GMT

234

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683822161460

09:28:41

GMT

319

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934985879124

09:46:26

GMT

14

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181934986166641

09:46:26

GMT

107

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181934986166643

09:46:26

GMT

283

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181934986166642

09:46:26

GMT

19

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255683822472678

09:46:26

GMT

16

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255683822472681

09:46:26

GMT

161

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255683822472680

09:58:35

GMT

109

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255683822673283

09:58:35

GMT

138

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181934986350565

09:58:35

GMT

195

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181934986350566

10:08:34

GMT

130

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683822861037

10:08:34

GMT

152

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683822861036

10:11:01

GMT

77

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934986581306

10:11:09

GMT

63

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934986583899

10:11:24

GMT

101

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683822932749

10:11:24

GMT

105

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934986588475

10:11:24

GMT

1

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683822932754

10:17:31

GMT

101

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683823049358

10:31:40

GMT

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683823310115

10:31:40

GMT

175

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683823310116

10:31:41

GMT

245

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683823310240

10:31:41

GMT

6

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683823310241

10:31:41

GMT

44

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934986935410

10:31:48

GMT

100

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934986937270

10:53:25

GMT

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934987425756

10:53:25

GMT

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934987425758

10:53:25

GMT

294

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934987425757

10:53:25

GMT

51

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683823839125

11:08:03

GMT

98

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683824265305

11:08:03

GMT

191

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934987824365

11:08:03

GMT

263

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934987824366

11:18:35

GMT

345

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934988116863

11:28:06

GMT

24

10.56

GBP

XLON

606181934988313660

11:28:42

GMT

16

10.56

GBP

XLON

606181934988325223

11:28:42

GMT

130

10.56

GBP

XLON

606181934988325221

11:28:42

GMT

175

10.56

GBP

XLON

606181934988325222

11:36:03

GMT

34

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683824957227

11:36:03

GMT

78

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683824957228

11:45:00

GMT

10

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683825140782

11:45:00

GMT

29

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683825140784

11:45:00

GMT

105

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934988642310

11:45:00

GMT

236

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683825140783

11:45:00

GMT

30

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683825140790

11:52:08

GMT

18

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934988789193

11:52:08

GMT

327

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934988789195

12:13:12

GMT

107

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683825775702

12:13:12

GMT

202

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934989232547

12:13:12

GMT

318

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683825775701

12:13:12

GMT

56

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683825775710

12:13:12

GMT

175

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683825775709

12:33:03

GMT

1

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683826183434

12:33:03

GMT

99

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934989613802

12:33:03

GMT

99

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934989613803

12:33:03

GMT

99

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683826183435

12:33:03

GMT

310

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683826183433

12:33:03

GMT

34

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683826183443

12:34:53

GMT

99

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934989652585

12:48:34

GMT

31

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255683826563299

12:48:34

GMT

96

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181934989967283

12:48:34

GMT

96

10.55

GBP

XLON

606181934989967284

12:48:34

GMT

314

10.55

GBP

XLON

620255683826563298

13:09:43

GMT

48

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934990462745

13:09:43

GMT

369

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934990462744

13:09:43

GMT

51

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683827091155

13:09:43

GMT

57

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934990462746

13:09:43

GMT

105

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683827091154

13:14:22

GMT

16

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934990574212

13:14:22

GMT

89

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934990574213

13:21:54

GMT

108

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934990747421

13:21:54

GMT

283

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683827394516

13:25:57

GMT

104

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934990837367

13:25:57

GMT

104

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683827490560

13:25:57

GMT

334

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934990837366

13:25:57

GMT

68

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934990837376

13:35:24

GMT

101

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934991143520

13:35:24

GMT

101

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934991143521

13:35:24

GMT

101

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683827814546

13:35:24

GMT

346

10.58

GBP

XLON

606181934991143519

13:52:21

GMT

103

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683828338384

13:52:21

GMT

283

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934991633979

13:56:03

GMT

48

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934991742092

13:56:04

GMT

379

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934991742391

13:56:04

GMT

89

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934991742399

14:00:00

GMT

175

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934991847919

14:00:00

GMT

15

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934991847950

14:00:00

GMT

223

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934991848045

14:00:00

GMT

105

10.58

GBP

XLON

620255683828567986

14:13:08

GMT

109

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683829006130

14:13:08

GMT

303

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934992262948

14:23:34

GMT

100

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683829299896

14:23:34

GMT

121

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934992538732

14:23:34

GMT

224

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683829299895

14:23:54

GMT

3

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683829309210

14:23:54

GMT

103

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934992547398

14:23:54

GMT

103

10.57

GBP

XLON

606181934992547399

14:35:40

GMT

103

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934992901204

14:35:40

GMT

103

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683829687872

14:35:40

GMT

317

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683829687871

14:40:59

GMT

99

10.63

GBP

XLON

606181934993058284

14:40:59

GMT

99

10.63

GBP

XLON

620255683829854736

14:41:34

GMT

71

10.62

GBP

XLON

606181934993073914

14:41:34

GMT

156

10.62

GBP

XLON

606181934993073916

14:41:34

GMT

175

10.62

GBP

XLON

606181934993073915

14:41:34

GMT

49

10.62

GBP

XLON

606181934993073929

14:56:25

GMT

103

10.63

GBP

XLON

620255683830330590

14:57:23

GMT

108

10.63

GBP

XLON

606181934993539674

15:00:03

GMT

31

10.64

GBP

XLON

620255683830472947

15:00:03

GMT

64

10.64

GBP

XLON

620255683830472948

15:03:43

GMT

4

10.67

GBP

XLON

606181934993751756

15:03:43

GMT

120

10.67

GBP

XLON

606181934993751755

15:03:43

GMT

100

10.67

GBP

XLON

620255683830591133

15:04:08

GMT

105

10.67

GBP

XLON

620255683830603464

15:05:25

GMT

103

10.67

GBP

XLON

606181934993797822

15:08:07

GMT

98

10.68

GBP

XLON

620255683830723099

15:08:07

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98

10.68

GBP

XLON

620255683830723100

15:08:07

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253

10.68

GBP

XLON

606181934993875558

15:09:29

GMT

206

10.68

GBP

XLON

606181934993909357

15:12:31

GMT

110

10.69

GBP

XLON

606181934993993701

15:12:31

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110

10.69

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XLON

606181934993993702

15:12:31

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110

10.69

GBP

XLON

620255683830848383

15:13:27

GMT

27

10.68

GBP

XLON

620255683830877861

15:13:27

GMT

83

10.68

GBP

XLON

620255683830877860

15:13:27

GMT

92

10.68

GBP

XLON

606181934994021547

15:14:12

GMT

100

10.68

GBP

XLON

620255683830899993

15:14:12

GMT

169

10.68

GBP

XLON

620255683830899994

15:19:19

GMT

10

10.69

GBP

XLON

606181934994182194

15:19:19

GMT

97

10.69

GBP

XLON

606181934994182195

15:19:19

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107

10.69

GBP

XLON

606181934994182197

15:19:19

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107

10.69

GBP

XLON

620255683831048522

15:19:47

GMT

107

10.68

GBP

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620255683831062262

15:19:47

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232

10.68

GBP

XLON

606181934994195041

15:19:47

GMT

93

10.68

GBP

XLON

620255683831062267

15:23:40

GMT

22

10.65

GBP

XLON

620255683831178802

15:23:40

GMT

111

10.65

GBP

XLON

606181934994303321

15:23:40

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153

10.65

GBP

XLON

620255683831178801

15:23:40

GMT

170

10.65

GBP

XLON

620255683831178803

15:37:46

GMT

3

10.65

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XLON

620255683831611231

15:37:46

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14

10.65

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XLON

620255683831611230

15:37:46

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96

10.65

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620255683831611232

15:38:10

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394

10.64

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620255683831623024

15:39:00

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343

10.64

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15:42:24

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109

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606181934994834759

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109

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620255683831747747

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109

10.64

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302

10.64

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606181934994834758

15:49:04

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22

10.59

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15:49:04

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79

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15:54:30

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112

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112

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16:00:01

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158

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236

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16:04:37

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345

10.57

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606181934995510571

16:07:30

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30

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620255683832568670

16:07:30

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263

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101

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108

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620255683832829557

16:14:30

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123

10.59

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168

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108

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606181934995846380

16:23:47

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96

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606181934996232833

16:23:47

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425

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934996232834

16:23:47

GMT

355

10.59

GBP

XLON

606181934996232841

16:23:47

GMT

10

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683833242888

16:23:47

GMT

285

10.59

GBP

XLON

620255683833242887

16:28:44

GMT

297

10.57

GBP

XLON

620255683833465010

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