WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

20 February 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 24,903 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 20 February 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 1,716,367 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,200,567 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:

20 February 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

24,903

11.7680

11.7000

11.8400

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

08:03:07

GMT

297

11.7

GBP

XLON

592100400465889790

08:10:13

GMT

34

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174149301758384

08:10:13

GMT

69

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174149301758385

08:10:22

GMT

132

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400466118334

08:10:30

GMT

427

11.79

GBP

XLON

606174149301767845

08:10:30

GMT

40

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100400466122767

08:10:30

GMT

41

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100400466122766

08:10:30

GMT

179

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100400466122769

08:10:30

GMT

190

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100400466122768

08:16:02

GMT

108

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400466270641

08:16:02

GMT

172

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400466270640

08:36:21

GMT

57

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149302333125

08:36:21

GMT

113

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400466733025

08:36:21

GMT

113

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149302333126

08:36:21

GMT

121

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400466733024

08:36:21

GMT

150

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149302333124

08:36:21

GMT

227

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400466733023

08:36:21

GMT

234

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149302333133

08:48:45

GMT

61

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400466993985

08:48:45

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400466993986

08:48:45

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149302574864

08:48:45

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149302574865

08:48:45

GMT

219

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400466993984

09:00:09

GMT

398

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100400467231737

09:02:17

GMT

35

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100400467284948

09:02:17

GMT

104

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174149302843056

09:21:01

GMT

111

11.81

GBP

XLON

606174149303203251

09:21:04

GMT

354

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400467675058

09:21:04

GMT

96

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400467675073

09:21:04

GMT

150

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400467675074

09:21:04

GMT

295

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400467675075

09:21:04

GMT

8

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174149303204297

09:29:44

GMT

15

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400467862757

09:29:44

GMT

65

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400467862759

09:29:44

GMT

108

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400467862758

09:49:43

GMT

103

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149303775910

09:51:53

GMT

93

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400468338359

09:51:53

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400468338360

09:51:53

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400468338361

09:51:53

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400468338363

09:51:53

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149303817951

09:51:53

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149303817952

09:51:53

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149303817954

09:51:53

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149303817957

09:51:53

GMT

103

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149303817958

10:12:41

GMT

6

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149304227889

10:12:41

GMT

9

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149304227887

10:12:41

GMT

107

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400468781299

10:12:41

GMT

107

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149304227890

10:12:41

GMT

107

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149304227891

10:12:41

GMT

107

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149304227892

10:12:41

GMT

107

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149304227893

10:12:41

GMT

266

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149304227888

10:17:25

GMT

280

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149304329872

10:47:45

GMT

27

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149304868965

10:47:45

GMT

35

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149304868963

10:47:45

GMT

56

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149304868964

10:51:43

GMT

114

11.79

GBP

XLON

606174149304937416

10:53:49

GMT

107

11.79

GBP

XLON

592100400469582903

10:55:49

GMT

103

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400469625931

11:10:58

GMT

100

11.84

GBP

XLON

592100400469922225

11:10:58

GMT

190

11.84

GBP

XLON

606174149305288277

11:10:58

GMT

545

11.84

GBP

XLON

606174149305288278

11:10:58

GMT

340

11.84

GBP

XLON

592100400469922233

11:11:05

GMT

181

11.84

GBP

XLON

606174149305290012

11:23:15

GMT

101

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174149305513003

11:23:15

GMT

281

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100400470165091

11:35:31

GMT

281

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100400470415623

11:45:01

GMT

101

11.83

GBP

XLON

606174149305926550

11:45:01

GMT

321

11.83

GBP

XLON

592100400470612717

12:08:00

GMT

29

11.82

GBP

XLON

606174149306371733

12:08:00

GMT

84

11.82

GBP

XLON

606174149306371732

12:08:09

GMT

113

11.81

GBP

XLON

606174149306374517

12:16:23

GMT

114

11.81

GBP

XLON

606174149306529585

12:19:54

GMT

102

11.81

GBP

XLON

592100400471328128

12:22:06

GMT

23

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174149306629649

12:22:06

GMT

90

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174149306629650

12:22:06

GMT

113

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400471373049

12:22:06

GMT

113

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400471373050

12:22:06

GMT

113

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400471373051

12:22:06

GMT

113

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174149306629648

12:22:06

GMT

113

11.8

GBP

XLON

606174149306629651

12:22:06

GMT

281

11.8

GBP

XLON

592100400471373048

12:46:37

GMT

5

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400471898073

12:46:37

GMT

101

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400471898075

12:46:37

GMT

101

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400471898076

12:46:37

GMT

101

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149307112265

12:46:37

GMT

101

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149307112266

12:46:37

GMT

101

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149307112267

12:46:37

GMT

101

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149307112268

12:46:37

GMT

276

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400471898074

12:52:20

GMT

281

11.79

GBP

XLON

606174149307214712

12:58:28

GMT

281

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149307332086

13:16:07

GMT

544

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149307682183

13:36:58

GMT

4

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149308140581

13:36:58

GMT

4

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149308140582

13:36:58

GMT

100

11.78

GBP

XLON

606174149308140580

13:38:42

GMT

4

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400473058432

13:38:42

GMT

13

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400473058429

13:38:42

GMT

43

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400473058431

13:38:42

GMT

44

11.78

GBP

XLON

592100400473058430

13:40:13

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100400473096145

13:40:13

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100400473096146

13:40:13

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

592100400473096148

13:40:13

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174149308219304

13:40:13

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174149308219307

13:40:13

GMT

108

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174149308219308

13:40:13

GMT

116

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174149308219305

13:40:13

GMT

164

11.77

GBP

XLON

606174149308219303

13:49:37

GMT

104

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400473344909

13:49:37

GMT

338

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400473344910

13:58:01

GMT

29

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400473593922

13:58:01

GMT

252

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400473593923

14:11:43

GMT

101

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400473991193

14:11:43

GMT

101

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400473991194

14:11:43

GMT

101

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400473991196

14:11:43

GMT

101

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149309045087

14:11:43

GMT

281

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400473991192

14:30:51

GMT

105

11.74

GBP

XLON

606174149309566858

14:31:48

GMT

29

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149309606579

14:31:48

GMT

40

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149309606578

14:31:48

GMT

41

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149309606577

14:36:13

GMT

117

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400474768341

14:36:13

GMT

117

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149309765702

14:36:13

GMT

381

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400474768342

14:36:13

GMT

154

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400474768349

14:36:14

GMT

430

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400474768543

14:36:14

GMT

57

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400474768547

14:52:34

GMT

45

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149310443065

14:52:34

GMT

150

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149310443064

14:52:34

GMT

101

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400475499348

14:53:08

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100400475526239

14:53:08

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100400475526241

14:53:08

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100400475526242

14:53:08

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

606174149310468076

14:53:08

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

606174149310468077

14:53:08

GMT

101

11.74

GBP

XLON

606174149310468078

14:53:08

GMT

281

11.74

GBP

XLON

592100400475526237

15:00:43

GMT

106

11.72

GBP

XLON

606174149310845767

15:00:43

GMT

106

11.72

GBP

XLON

606174149310845768

15:00:43

GMT

106

11.72

GBP

XLON

606174149310845769

15:00:43

GMT

280

11.72

GBP

XLON

606174149310845766

15:08:17

GMT

40

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149311173459

15:08:17

GMT

48

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149311173454

15:08:17

GMT

72

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149311173458

15:08:17

GMT

266

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149311173455

15:24:57

GMT

26

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149311774849

15:24:57

GMT

85

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149311774848

15:26:59

GMT

41

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400477011373

15:26:59

GMT

67

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400477011372

15:28:53

GMT

19

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149311900672

15:28:53

GMT

42

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149311900670

15:28:53

GMT

43

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149311900671

15:28:53

GMT

111

11.73

GBP

XLON

592100400477076269

15:28:53

GMT

111

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149311900678

15:28:53

GMT

463

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149311900679

15:29:04

GMT

67

11.73

GBP

XLON

592100400477082385

15:29:04

GMT

214

11.73

GBP

XLON

592100400477082384

15:37:46

GMT

115

11.73

GBP

XLON

592100400477382939

15:37:46

GMT

115

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149312186271

15:37:46

GMT

131

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149312186269

15:37:46

GMT

150

11.73

GBP

XLON

606174149312186268

15:42:49

GMT

14

11.72

GBP

XLON

592100400477556612

15:42:49

GMT

14

11.72

GBP

XLON

592100400477556613

15:42:49

GMT

86

11.72

GBP

XLON

592100400477556611

15:46:46

GMT

13

11.71

GBP

XLON

606174149312490105

15:46:46

GMT

117

11.71

GBP

XLON

592100400477708798

15:46:46

GMT

117

11.71

GBP

XLON

606174149312490107

15:46:46

GMT

267

11.71

GBP

XLON

606174149312490106

15:57:51

GMT

108

11.71

GBP

XLON

606174149312861904

16:00:10

GMT

103

11.71

GBP

XLON

592100400478207175

16:00:10

GMT

473

11.71

GBP

XLON

606174149312954264

16:00:10

GMT

251

11.71

GBP

XLON

606174149312954275

16:10:32

GMT

114

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400478655645

16:12:56

GMT

28

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149313471513

16:12:56

GMT

85

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149313471512

16:14:16

GMT

95

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149313528854

16:15:19

GMT

20

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149313571527

16:15:19

GMT

35

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400478870019

16:15:19

GMT

119

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400478870020

16:15:19

GMT

128

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149313571528

16:15:19

GMT

308

11.76

GBP

XLON

592100400478870017

16:15:19

GMT

438

11.76

GBP

XLON

606174149313571738

16:20:11

GMT

118

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149313772512

16:20:11

GMT

118

11.75

GBP

XLON

606174149313772513

16:20:11

GMT

283

11.75

GBP

XLON

592100400479086208

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