WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

17 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 24,529 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 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 1,642,543 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,274,391 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:

17 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

24,529

12.2952

12.2100

12.3400

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

08:07:43

GMT

12

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173087620779608

08:09:52

GMT

87

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173087620829604

08:09:52

GMT

99

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099338786409750

08:10:18

GMT

9

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338786421975

08:10:18

GMT

9

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338786421977

08:10:18

GMT

90

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338786421974

08:10:35

GMT

112

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173087620850448

08:12:32

GMT

113

12.31

GBP

XLON

592099338786481131

08:13:28

GMT

116

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087620913105

08:13:35

GMT

566

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173087620914925

08:13:39

GMT

197

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338786503034

08:27:31

GMT

100

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338786762856

08:27:31

GMT

10

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338786762861

08:30:03

GMT

616

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087621197572

08:30:03

GMT

171

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087621197576

08:44:42

GMT

102

12.32

GBP

XLON

592099338787063968

08:44:42

GMT

102

12.32

GBP

XLON

592099338787063969

08:44:42

GMT

102

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173087621437869

08:44:42

GMT

634

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173087621437868

08:44:43

GMT

60

12.32

GBP

XLON

592099338787064176

08:58:53

GMT

116

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087621655121

09:01:21

GMT

93

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338787338393

09:01:57

GMT

23

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338787347652

09:05:34

GMT

181

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087621765446

09:05:34

GMT

182

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338787417926

09:05:34

GMT

222

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087621765445

09:05:34

GMT

137

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087621765452

09:30:23

GMT

10

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087622164404

09:30:23

GMT

97

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087622164403

09:30:23

GMT

106

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338787848641

09:30:23

GMT

106

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087622164405

09:30:23

GMT

106

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087622164406

09:30:23

GMT

363

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338787848640

09:30:23

GMT

317

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338787848646

09:50:27

GMT

32

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338788202543

09:50:27

GMT

82

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338788202542

09:50:27

GMT

114

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338788202544

09:50:27

GMT

115

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173087622491611

10:08:06

GMT

103

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338788520131

10:08:06

GMT

103

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338788520132

10:08:06

GMT

103

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087622787328

10:08:06

GMT

103

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087622787330

10:08:06

GMT

587

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087622787329

10:08:07

GMT

11

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338788520212

10:08:07

GMT

32

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338788520214

10:08:07

GMT

61

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338788520213

10:48:21

GMT

81

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173087623458637

10:48:35

GMT

31

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173087623462073

10:50:55

GMT

107

12.26

GBP

XLON

606173087623504622

10:50:55

GMT

112

12.26

GBP

XLON

606173087623504621

10:50:55

GMT

112

12.26

GBP

XLON

606173087623504625

10:50:55

GMT

112

12.26

GBP

XLON

606173087623504626

10:50:55

GMT

112

12.26

GBP

XLON

606173087623504627

10:50:55

GMT

182

12.26

GBP

XLON

606173087623504624

10:50:55

GMT

219

12.26

GBP

XLON

606173087623504623

10:50:55

GMT

232

12.26

GBP

XLON

606173087623504635

10:52:15

GMT

51

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087623528832

10:52:15

GMT

59

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087623528831

10:52:24

GMT

13

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338789327758

11:08:01

GMT

114

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173087623842177

11:08:01

GMT

390

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099338789661808

11:23:55

GMT

390

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099338789966991

11:34:45

GMT

114

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173087624312412

11:43:25

GMT

119

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099338790351266

11:43:25

GMT

119

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099338790351267

11:43:25

GMT

276

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173087624478195

12:10:01

GMT

116

12.22

GBP

XLON

592099338790966820

12:10:01

GMT

116

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173087625048151

12:18:54

GMT

33

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173087625194172

12:18:54

GMT

38

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173087625194174

12:18:54

GMT

77

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173087625194173

12:18:54

GMT

363

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173087625194175

12:21:21

GMT

20

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099338791169917

12:21:21

GMT

400

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099338791169916

12:27:57

GMT

32

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173087625336954

12:27:57

GMT

81

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173087625336955

12:27:57

GMT

107

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099338791280094

13:01:19

GMT

144

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338791897469

13:03:41

GMT

101

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087625953067

13:06:24

GMT

105

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338791993757

13:06:24

GMT

119

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087625998951

13:06:24

GMT

470

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087625998952

13:06:28

GMT

139

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087625999862

13:06:28

GMT

461

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087625999863

13:22:11

GMT

41

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099338792277503

13:34:34

GMT

8

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338792512298

13:39:06

GMT

97

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338792610147

13:39:06

GMT

105

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338792610148

13:39:06

GMT

105

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087626571561

13:39:06

GMT

105

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087626571563

13:39:06

GMT

105

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338792610146

13:39:06

GMT

509

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087626571562

13:39:06

GMT

269

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087626571566

14:00:43

GMT

101

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087627044522

14:00:43

GMT

101

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087627044523

14:00:43

GMT

101

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087627044524

14:00:43

GMT

101

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087627044525

14:00:43

GMT

101

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173087627044526

14:00:43

GMT

413

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099338793123745

14:26:46

GMT

17

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338793714393

14:26:46

GMT

25

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338793714395

14:26:46

GMT

69

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338793714394

14:29:31

GMT

128

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173087627656668

14:30:47

GMT

117

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087627692566

14:30:48

GMT

17

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099338793821229

14:30:48

GMT

335

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173087627692736

14:30:48

GMT

626

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099338793821230

14:30:50

GMT

80

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173087627693884

14:30:53

GMT

106

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173087627695205

14:37:32

GMT

392

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338794021164

14:50:37

GMT

110

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173087628264202

14:50:37

GMT

110

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173087628264203

14:50:37

GMT

110

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087628264242

14:50:37

GMT

110

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087628264243

14:50:37

GMT

467

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087628264244

14:56:29

GMT

389

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087628430766

15:04:08

GMT

102

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087628666896

15:10:39

GMT

99

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338795070390

15:10:39

GMT

99

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087628846781

15:10:39

GMT

99

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087628846782

15:10:39

GMT

102

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338795070389

15:10:39

GMT

390

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087628846780

15:24:19

GMT

119

12.31

GBP

XLON

592099338795457474

15:24:19

GMT

119

12.31

GBP

XLON

592099338795457475

15:24:19

GMT

119

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087629204422

15:30:40

GMT

110

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087629377260

15:30:40

GMT

110

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087629377261

15:35:56

GMT

39

12.31

GBP

XLON

592099338795798730

15:35:56

GMT

61

12.31

GBP

XLON

592099338795798729

15:35:56

GMT

100

12.31

GBP

XLON

592099338795798731

15:35:56

GMT

100

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173087629519809

15:35:56

GMT

110

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087629519811

15:35:56

GMT

121

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173087629519810

15:35:56

GMT

392

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099338795798732

15:41:00

GMT

389

12.32

GBP

XLON

592099338795949575

15:51:08

GMT

106

12.32

GBP

XLON

592099338796261147

16:09:29

GMT

43

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630526919

16:09:29

GMT

84

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630526920

16:09:29

GMT

75

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338796888491

16:09:29

GMT

75

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630526927

16:11:51

GMT

27

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338796982762

16:11:51

GMT

48

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630614006

16:11:51

GMT

56

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630614010

16:11:51

GMT

62

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630614009

16:11:51

GMT

121

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338796982764

16:11:51

GMT

230

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630614008

16:11:51

GMT

241

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338796982765

16:11:51

GMT

356

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630614007

16:11:51

GMT

504

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630614083

16:20:48

GMT

23

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338797373827

16:20:48

GMT

43

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630978519

16:20:48

GMT

77

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338797373825

16:20:48

GMT

77

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630978517

16:20:48

GMT

117

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338797373830

16:20:48

GMT

117

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338797373831

16:20:48

GMT

117

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630978515

16:20:48

GMT

117

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630978522

16:20:48

GMT

119

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630978524

16:20:48

GMT

121

12.34

GBP

XLON

606173087630978521

16:20:48

GMT

217

12.34

GBP

XLON

592099338797373826

16:27:07

GMT

427

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173087631224231

Ends