WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

03 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 03 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 98,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,816,230 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:

03 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

14.1340

14.0600

14.2300

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

08:10:08

BST

551

14.09

GBP

XLON

606254112537644182

08:20:44

BST

308

14.06

GBP

XLON

606254112537959658

08:30:01

BST

206

14.14

GBP

XLON

592180362103590371

08:45:32

BST

223

14.09

GBP

XLON

592180362104016651

09:22:58

BST

209

14.11

GBP

XLON

606254112539483443

09:22:58

BST

382

14.11

GBP

XLON

606254112539483442

09:32:47

BST

253

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112539705400

10:26:14

BST

578

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180362106411740

10:47:50

BST

262

14.17

GBP

XLON

606254112541277232

11:11:25

BST

226

14.14

GBP

XLON

592180362107435771

11:35:45

BST

99

14.13

GBP

XLON

606254112542325895

11:35:45

BST

126

14.13

GBP

XLON

606254112542325896

11:35:45

BST

126

14.13

GBP

XLON

606254112542325897

12:01:52

BST

232

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112542849705

12:15:37

BST

225

14.13

GBP

XLON

606254112543136412

12:54:44

BST

31

14.14

GBP

XLON

592180362109737952

12:54:44

BST

168

14.14

GBP

XLON

592180362109737951

13:04:58

BST

215

14.13

GBP

XLON

592180362109964494

13:07:45

BST

52

14.12

GBP

XLON

606254112544202246

13:07:45

BST

173

14.12

GBP

XLON

606254112544202247

13:30:28

BST

146

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112544776425

13:30:28

BST

260

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112544776424

13:48:42

BST

15

14.09

GBP

XLON

606254112545255148

13:48:42

BST

207

14.09

GBP

XLON

606254112545255149

13:48:42

BST

207

14.09

GBP

XLON

606254112545255150

14:38:19

BST

87

14.13

GBP

XLON

592180362112568048

14:38:19

BST

133

14.13

GBP

XLON

592180362112568047

14:41:42

BST

41

14.17

GBP

XLON

592180362112690944

14:41:42

BST

187

14.17

GBP

XLON

592180362112690943

14:41:42

BST

42

14.17

GBP

XLON

606254112546706689

14:47:09

BST

133

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180362112887554

14:47:09

BST

553

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180362112887553

14:47:09

BST

287

14.16

GBP

XLON

606254112546892492

14:47:10

BST

17

14.16

GBP

XLON

606254112546892765

14:47:45

BST

94

14.16

GBP

XLON

606254112546912254

14:59:50

BST

44

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180362113364938

14:59:50

BST

100

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180362113364936

14:59:50

BST

200

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180362113364934

14:59:50

BST

269

14.16

GBP

XLON

592180362113364932

15:13:40

BST

370

14.23

GBP

XLON

606254112547903835

15:20:21

BST

103

14.2

GBP

XLON

606254112548181321

15:22:34

BST

250

14.2

GBP

XLON

606254112548255399

15:30:05

BST

352

14.18

GBP

XLON

592180362114596832

15:41:11

BST

221

14.13

GBP

XLON

606254112548933394

15:41:11

BST

133

14.13

GBP

XLON

606254112548933395

15:58:15

BST

65

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112549523141

15:58:15

BST

100

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112549523140

15:58:15

BST

190

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112549523139

15:58:15

BST

206

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112549523142

15:58:15

BST

206

14.1

GBP

XLON

606254112549523143

16:26:13

BST

247

14.14

GBP

XLON

592180362116875077

16:27:48

BST

74

14.13

GBP

XLON

592180362116938421

16:27:48

BST

200

14.13

GBP

XLON

592180362116938432

16:27:58

BST

153

14.13

GBP

XLON

592180362116945387

16:27:58

BST

463

14.13

GBP

XLON

592180362116945386

Ends