WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

23 October 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 11,000 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 October 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 252,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,664,095 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:

23 October 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

11,000

14.0925

14.0000

14.3700

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

08:05:01

BST

409

14.37

GBP

XLON

606261190428049288

08:12:16

BST

135

14.31

GBP

XLON

606261190428206275

08:12:16

BST

161

14.31

GBP

XLON

606261190428206274

08:31:42

BST

73

14.26

GBP

XLON

606261190428550291

08:32:14

BST

158

14.26

GBP

XLON

606261190428558728

08:53:09

BST

314

14.17

GBP

XLON

606261190428893039

09:00:23

BST

202

14.15

GBP

XLON

606261190429012049

09:18:22

BST

286

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439991596634

09:46:21

BST

178

14.04

GBP

XLON

592187439992147102

09:46:37

BST

37

14.03

GBP

XLON

606261190429893863

09:48:58

BST

171

14.03

GBP

XLON

606261190429935526

10:11:42

BST

9

14.04

GBP

XLON

606261190430360228

10:23:00

BST

37

14.04

GBP

XLON

606261190430556952

10:23:01

BST

137

14.04

GBP

XLON

606261190430557009

10:23:01

BST

178

14.04

GBP

XLON

606261190430557008

10:57:57

BST

413

14.08

GBP

XLON

592187439993504116

11:19:59

BST

4

14.04

GBP

XLON

606261190431553755

11:19:59

BST

200

14.04

GBP

XLON

606261190431553754

11:45:01

BST

113

14

GBP

XLON

592187439994462791

11:45:01

BST

246

14

GBP

XLON

592187439994462790

12:26:36

BST

514

14.05

GBP

XLON

606261190432769013

13:05:49

BST

98

14.1

GBP

XLON

606261190433458479

13:05:49

BST

100

14.1

GBP

XLON

606261190433458478

13:20:07

BST

255

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439996337586

13:20:07

BST

416

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439996337585

13:30:33

BST

105

14.07

GBP

XLON

606261190433946993

13:30:33

BST

115

14.07

GBP

XLON

606261190433946994

13:50:23

BST

275

14.07

GBP

XLON

592187439996986225

13:54:58

BST

152

14.08

GBP

XLON

592187439997109200

13:54:58

BST

192

14.08

GBP

XLON

592187439997109201

14:28:56

BST

23

14.07

GBP

XLON

592187439997911540

14:29:50

BST

37

14.07

GBP

XLON

592187439997933790

14:39:46

BST

210

14.1

GBP

XLON

606261190435539088

14:45:22

BST

146

14.12

GBP

XLON

606261190435696611

14:45:37

BST

38

14.12

GBP

XLON

606261190435704478

14:45:37

BST

100

14.12

GBP

XLON

606261190435704477

14:52:08

BST

87

14.12

GBP

XLON

606261190435902812

14:52:08

BST

100

14.12

GBP

XLON

606261190435902811

14:57:26

BST

85

14.12

GBP

XLON

606261190436080671

14:57:26

BST

100

14.12

GBP

XLON

606261190436080670

14:58:34

BST

565

14.11

GBP

XLON

606261190436116489

14:58:38

BST

1

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439998877323

14:58:38

BST

1

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439998877329

14:59:25

BST

37

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439998904839

14:59:42

BST

6

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439998915464

15:00:22

BST

37

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439998946351

15:01:15

BST

37

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439998973367

15:01:15

BST

129

14.11

GBP

XLON

592187439998973368

15:06:55

BST

1

14.1

GBP

XLON

592187439999150601

15:06:55

BST

362

14.1

GBP

XLON

592187439999150602

15:14:04

BST

98

14.08

GBP

XLON

606261190436575052

15:14:04

BST

122

14.08

GBP

XLON

606261190436575053

15:20:06

BST

221

14.06

GBP

XLON

592187439999540016

15:47:51

BST

447

14.04

GBP

XLON

592187440000329637

15:52:22

BST

31

14.05

GBP

XLON

592187440000463051

15:52:22

BST

100

14.05

GBP

XLON

592187440000463052

15:52:22

BST

206

14.05

GBP

XLON

592187440000463054

15:52:22

BST

338

14.05

GBP

XLON

592187440000463053

16:05:42

BST

334

14.04

GBP

XLON

592187440000890377

16:05:43

BST

158

14.04

GBP

XLON

592187440000890378

16:06:59

BST

1

14.03

GBP

XLON

592187440000932918

16:08:13

BST

37

14.03

GBP

XLON

592187440000973977

16:08:51

BST

37

14.03

GBP

XLON

592187440000994972

16:08:54

BST

75

14.03

GBP

XLON

606261190438087757

16:08:54

BST

144

14.03

GBP

XLON

592187440000997066

16:11:14

BST

246

14.03

GBP

XLON

606261190438164813

16:16:41

BST

18

14

GBP

XLON

606261190438369697

16:17:20

BST

37

14

GBP

XLON

606261190438391449

16:17:57

BST

37

14

GBP

XLON

606261190438409915

16:18:08

BST

125

14

GBP

XLON

592187440001348871

16:18:08

BST

129

14

GBP

XLON

606261190438415353

16:18:08

BST

197

14

GBP

XLON

592187440001348872

16:29:30

BST

77

14.01

GBP

XLON

592187440001788070

Ends