WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

07 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 25,063 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 07 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 1,001,949 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,914,985 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:

07 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

25,063

11.8258

11.7600

11.9700

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

08:10:00

GMT

114

11.86

GBP

XLON

592084825378151636

08:11:02

GMT

113

11.92

GBP

XLON

592084825378185442

08:13:27

GMT

111

11.91

GBP

XLON

606158576698727967

08:16:38

GMT

99

11.91

GBP

XLON

606158576698801620

08:17:03

GMT

452

11.9

GBP

XLON

592084825378336493

08:30:09

GMT

18

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084825378640879

08:30:09

GMT

39

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084825378640880

08:30:41

GMT

23

11.94

GBP

XLON

606158576699112442

08:30:41

GMT

52

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084825378655216

08:30:41

GMT

86

11.94

GBP

XLON

606158576699112441

08:34:30

GMT

105

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084825378746075

08:34:30

GMT

360

11.93

GBP

XLON

592084825378746076

08:34:30

GMT

384

11.93

GBP

XLON

606158576699198767

08:56:40

GMT

101

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158576699758544

08:56:40

GMT

372

11.97

GBP

XLON

592084825379333914

08:56:41

GMT

37

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158576699758552

08:56:41

GMT

329

11.97

GBP

XLON

606158576699758553

08:56:41

GMT

300

11.97

GBP

XLON

592084825379333938

08:56:41

GMT

14

11.97

GBP

XLON

592084825379333953

09:09:59

GMT

225

11.95

GBP

XLON

606158576700053890

09:09:59

GMT

59

11.95

GBP

XLON

606158576700053891

09:09:59

GMT

59

11.95

GBP

XLON

606158576700053892

09:13:04

GMT

96

11.94

GBP

XLON

592084825379715021

09:21:25

GMT

74

11.91

GBP

XLON

606158576700296840

09:21:25

GMT

141

11.91

GBP

XLON

606158576700296844

09:21:25

GMT

33

11.91

GBP

XLON

606158576700296845

09:21:25

GMT

108

11.91

GBP

XLON

592084825379897105

09:22:26

GMT

108

11.9

GBP

XLON

592084825379915769

09:48:01

GMT

23

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825380444137

09:48:01

GMT

24

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825380444135

09:48:01

GMT

25

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825380444139

09:48:01

GMT

84

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825380444138

09:48:01

GMT

86

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825380444136

09:48:01

GMT

109

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825380444140

09:48:01

GMT

109

11.85

GBP

XLON

606158576700818433

09:48:01

GMT

319

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825380444134

09:49:49

GMT

109

11.82

GBP

XLON

606158576700860686

10:03:30

GMT

109

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158576701165349

10:03:30

GMT

139

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825380806210

10:03:30

GMT

202

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825380806209

10:21:01

GMT

57

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825381201067

10:21:01

GMT

90

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825381201064

10:21:01

GMT

101

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825381201068

10:21:01

GMT

150

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825381201065

10:21:01

GMT

150

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825381201066

10:21:05

GMT

101

11.82

GBP

XLON

606158576701543093

10:50:33

GMT

93

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825381816713

10:50:33

GMT

100

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825381816714

10:50:33

GMT

100

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825381816715

10:50:33

GMT

100

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825381816716

10:50:33

GMT

100

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576702128989

10:50:33

GMT

100

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576702128990

10:50:33

GMT

101

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825381816712

10:50:33

GMT

150

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825381816711

10:58:00

GMT

134

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825381959796

10:58:00

GMT

209

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825381959797

11:14:44

GMT

67

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825382303625

11:14:44

GMT

277

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825382303626

11:15:55

GMT

99

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825382327249

11:44:59

GMT

4

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576703128231

11:44:59

GMT

48

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825382861564

11:44:59

GMT

53

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825382861563

11:44:59

GMT

97

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576703128234

11:44:59

GMT

101

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825382861565

11:44:59

GMT

101

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576703128235

11:44:59

GMT

344

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576703128232

11:57:30

GMT

343

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576703365359

12:15:28

GMT

96

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084825383450156

12:23:48

GMT

35

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825383598203

12:23:48

GMT

61

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825383598202

12:23:48

GMT

96

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825383598201

12:23:48

GMT

107

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576703831840

12:23:48

GMT

110

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825383598200

12:23:48

GMT

110

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825383598204

12:23:48

GMT

126

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825383598199

12:32:35

GMT

104

11.76

GBP

XLON

592084825383767890

12:32:35

GMT

110

11.76

GBP

XLON

592084825383767889

12:32:35

GMT

110

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158576703993809

12:32:35

GMT

124

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158576703993810

13:08:20

GMT

103

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576704652059

13:08:44

GMT

103

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825384466227

13:08:44

GMT

103

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825384466228

13:08:44

GMT

103

11.8

GBP

XLON

606158576704659167

13:08:44

GMT

103

11.8

GBP

XLON

606158576704659169

13:08:44

GMT

103

11.8

GBP

XLON

606158576704659171

13:08:44

GMT

103

11.8

GBP

XLON

606158576704659172

13:08:44

GMT

381

11.8

GBP

XLON

606158576704659168

13:08:44

GMT

54

11.8

GBP

XLON

606158576704659182

13:23:31

GMT

42

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576704928916

13:23:31

GMT

69

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576704928915

13:23:31

GMT

111

11.79

GBP

XLON

606158576704928917

13:23:31

GMT

167

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825384749252

13:23:31

GMT

236

11.79

GBP

XLON

592084825384749251

13:42:18

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825385123056

13:42:18

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576705285338

13:42:18

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576705285340

13:42:18

GMT

343

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576705285337

13:42:18

GMT

6

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825385123058

13:42:18

GMT

102

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825385123057

13:42:18

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576705285342

13:58:54

GMT

98

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825385472910

13:58:54

GMT

98

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576705617343

13:58:54

GMT

98

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576705617345

13:58:54

GMT

344

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576705617344

14:17:18

GMT

7

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825385995477

14:17:18

GMT

94

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825385995478

14:18:41

GMT

15

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825386030089

14:18:41

GMT

17

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825386030086

14:18:41

GMT

17

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825386030087

14:18:41

GMT

38

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825386030081

14:18:41

GMT

51

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825386030083

14:18:41

GMT

129

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825386030084

14:18:41

GMT

150

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825386030082

14:18:41

GMT

150

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825386030085

14:26:15

GMT

4

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825386212818

14:26:15

GMT

62

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706320410

14:26:15

GMT

104

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825386212817

14:26:15

GMT

108

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706320411

14:26:15

GMT

174

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706320412

14:26:15

GMT

209

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706320413

14:26:15

GMT

205

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706320416

14:37:36

GMT

96

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158576706713351

14:38:26

GMT

8

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158576706744256

14:38:26

GMT

55

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158576706744255

14:38:26

GMT

35

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825386656493

14:39:39

GMT

20

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706781307

14:39:39

GMT

96

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825386694837

14:39:39

GMT

96

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706781306

14:39:39

GMT

96

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706781308

14:39:39

GMT

98

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706781309

14:39:39

GMT

108

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825386694839

14:39:39

GMT

354

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576706781305

14:39:39

GMT

270

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825386694851

14:44:13

GMT

95

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084825386851073

14:44:13

GMT

95

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084825386851074

14:44:13

GMT

347

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158576706930980

14:57:16

GMT

14

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576707383931

14:57:16

GMT

81

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576707383930

14:57:16

GMT

95

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825387324972

14:57:16

GMT

95

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158576707383929

14:57:16

GMT

501

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825387324971

14:57:16

GMT

94

11.81

GBP

XLON

592084825387324980

15:02:20

GMT

346

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084825387565329

15:02:28

GMT

89

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576707617791

15:02:28

GMT

10

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576707617792

15:02:28

GMT

10

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576707617793

15:10:55

GMT

97

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825387911932

15:10:55

GMT

97

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158576707942416

15:10:55

GMT

350

11.77

GBP

XLON

592084825387911931

15:16:24

GMT

104

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084825388120104

15:16:24

GMT

104

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158576708139762

15:16:24

GMT

170

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084825388120102

15:16:24

GMT

174

11.78

GBP

XLON

592084825388120103

15:29:52

GMT

96

11.8

GBP

XLON

606158576708594673

15:29:52

GMT

98

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825388599259

15:29:52

GMT

589

11.8

GBP

XLON

606158576708594672

15:29:52

GMT

168

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825388599268

15:38:22

GMT

31

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825388923865

15:38:22

GMT

69

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825388923863

15:38:22

GMT

100

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825388923862

15:38:22

GMT

343

11.8

GBP

XLON

592084825388923861

15:45:21

GMT

93

11.84

GBP

XLON

606158576709172627

15:45:21

GMT

156

11.84

GBP

XLON

606158576709172649

15:45:47

GMT

204

11.84

GBP

XLON

606158576709187827

15:45:47

GMT

85

11.84

GBP

XLON

606158576709187831

15:55:01

GMT

111

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825389580110

15:55:01

GMT

262

11.85

GBP

XLON

606158576709521595

15:55:01

GMT

352

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825389580111

15:55:01

GMT

111

11.85

GBP

XLON

592084825389580118

15:55:31

GMT

111

11.85

GBP

XLON

606158576709539536

16:00:58

GMT

109

11.84

GBP

XLON

592084825389798104

16:00:58

GMT

126

11.84

GBP

XLON

606158576709730019

16:00:58

GMT

220

11.84

GBP

XLON

606158576709730022

16:11:53

GMT

99

11.84

GBP

XLON

592084825390185952

16:12:18

GMT

99

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825390204806

16:12:18

GMT

99

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825390204807

16:12:18

GMT

431

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825390204805

16:12:18

GMT

190

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158576710117900

16:12:18

GMT

301

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158576710117901

16:21:35

GMT

95

11.84

GBP

XLON

606158576710478583

16:22:28

GMT

97

11.84

GBP

XLON

592084825390619644

16:23:09

GMT

132

11.84

GBP

XLON

592084825390653797

16:23:55

GMT

357

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158576710583747

16:23:55

GMT

409

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158576710583751

16:23:55

GMT

275

11.83

GBP

XLON

592084825390693732

Ends