WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

10 December 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 24,115 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 10 December 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 703,401 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,213,533 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:

10 December 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

24,115

12.2906

12.2200

12.4100

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

08:07:38

GMT

82

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278192120944572

08:09:37

GMT

37

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204441684233485

08:09:37

GMT

61

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204441684233486

08:11:28

GMT

131

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278192121020424

08:13:53

GMT

85

12.38

GBP

XLON

592204441684316715

08:14:21

GMT

104

12.38

GBP

XLON

606278192121070063

08:17:15

GMT

96

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204441684377702

08:17:15

GMT

283

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204441684377704

08:18:50

GMT

91

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204441684413094

08:18:50

GMT

200

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204441684413093

08:18:50

GMT

330

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204441684413099

08:18:50

GMT

115

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278192121150883

08:35:00

GMT

78

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278192121460610

08:35:00

GMT

97

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278192121460612

08:35:00

GMT

102

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278192121460609

08:35:00

GMT

132

12.4

GBP

XLON

606278192121460611

08:37:10

GMT

283

12.4

GBP

XLON

592204441684793170

08:51:37

GMT

89

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278192121804265

08:51:37

GMT

94

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204441685109491

08:51:37

GMT

110

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204441685109490

08:51:37

GMT

130

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278192121804264

08:58:18

GMT

17

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278192121956045

08:58:18

GMT

78

12.41

GBP

XLON

606278192121956044

09:04:48

GMT

26

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278192122100089

09:04:48

GMT

83

12.39

GBP

XLON

592204441685426932

09:04:48

GMT

83

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278192122100091

09:04:48

GMT

308

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278192122100090

09:04:48

GMT

45

12.39

GBP

XLON

606278192122100094

09:18:33

GMT

94

12.37

GBP

XLON

606278192122411056

09:24:48

GMT

33

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204441685909262

09:28:00

GMT

41

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278192122620484

09:28:00

GMT

53

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278192122620485

09:28:00

GMT

94

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204441685982153

09:28:00

GMT

94

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278192122620483

09:28:00

GMT

100

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204441685982149

09:28:00

GMT

157

12.36

GBP

XLON

592204441685982150

09:28:00

GMT

44

12.36

GBP

XLON

606278192122620499

09:28:00

GMT

94

12.35

GBP

XLON

592204441685982170

09:37:41

GMT

89

12.32

GBP

XLON

592204441686213708

09:37:41

GMT

89

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278192122838425

09:37:41

GMT

89

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278192122838426

09:45:00

GMT

86

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278192122998331

09:45:00

GMT

87

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204441686384144

09:45:00

GMT

307

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278192122998332

09:45:00

GMT

36

12.33

GBP

XLON

592204441686384149

09:53:56

GMT

87

12.31

GBP

XLON

592204441686589070

09:53:56

GMT

247

12.31

GBP

XLON

592204441686589071

10:18:21

GMT

268

12.33

GBP

XLON

606278192123723486

10:34:07

GMT

17

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278192124040919

10:34:07

GMT

29

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278192124040917

10:34:07

GMT

34

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278192124040916

10:34:07

GMT

60

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278192124040918

10:40:46

GMT

97

12.34

GBP

XLON

606278192124166099

10:41:03

GMT

56

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278192124171934

10:41:03

GMT

62

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278192124171935

10:41:03

GMT

95

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278192124171932

10:41:03

GMT

95

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278192124171933

10:41:03

GMT

179

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278192124171936

10:41:03

GMT

297

12.32

GBP

XLON

606278192124171931

10:41:03

GMT

36

12.32

GBP

XLON

592204441687630737

10:48:00

GMT

100

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192124304854

10:48:00

GMT

149

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192124304855

11:21:40

GMT

10

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192124960008

11:21:40

GMT

81

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192124960007

11:21:40

GMT

91

12.3

GBP

XLON

592204441688470224

11:21:40

GMT

91

12.3

GBP

XLON

592204441688470225

11:21:40

GMT

91

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192124960009

11:21:40

GMT

91

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192124960010

11:21:45

GMT

12

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278192124961384

11:21:45

GMT

91

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441688471704

11:21:45

GMT

95

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441688471703

11:21:45

GMT

226

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278192124961383

11:51:52

GMT

95

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441689094984

11:51:52

GMT

95

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441689094985

11:51:52

GMT

95

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441689094986

11:51:52

GMT

95

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278192125542699

11:52:31

GMT

95

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278192125556276

11:52:31

GMT

95

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278192125556277

11:52:31

GMT

97

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278192125556278

12:13:55

GMT

93

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204441689587340

12:13:55

GMT

93

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204441689587341

12:13:55

GMT

140

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278192126004596

12:17:07

GMT

93

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204441689661759

12:17:07

GMT

93

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278192126074321

12:17:07

GMT

94

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278192126074323

12:17:07

GMT

243

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204441689661758

12:17:07

GMT

90

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278192126074329

12:40:16

GMT

5

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278192126540885

12:40:16

GMT

90

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278192126540886

12:40:16

GMT

95

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204441690161715

12:41:40

GMT

97

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278192126564102

13:09:00

GMT

40

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192127088829

13:09:00

GMT

60

12.3

GBP

XLON

592204441690747835

13:09:00

GMT

100

12.3

GBP

XLON

592204441690747834

13:09:00

GMT

49

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192127088831

13:09:00

GMT

89

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441690747944

13:09:00

GMT

89

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278192127088951

13:09:00

GMT

231

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441690747943

13:10:03

GMT

373

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278192127115638

13:10:03

GMT

320

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441690776534

13:13:31

GMT

115

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441690859502

13:13:31

GMT

127

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278192127193131

13:13:31

GMT

92

12.28

GBP

XLON

606278192127193132

13:28:55

GMT

68

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204441691236642

13:28:55

GMT

88

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204441691236644

13:28:55

GMT

88

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204441691236645

13:28:55

GMT

88

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278192127547277

13:28:55

GMT

88

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278192127547278

13:28:55

GMT

175

12.27

GBP

XLON

592204441691236643

13:28:55

GMT

91

12.27

GBP

XLON

606278192127547283

13:50:22

GMT

93

12.29

GBP

XLON

606278192128049899

13:52:17

GMT

96

12.29

GBP

XLON

592204441691817828

13:54:36

GMT

91

12.31

GBP

XLON

592204441691879867

13:54:41

GMT

25

12.31

GBP

XLON

592204441691882324

13:56:23

GMT

89

12.31

GBP

XLON

592204441691924849

13:57:33

GMT

276

12.3

GBP

XLON

592204441691954433

13:57:33

GMT

88

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192128222187

13:57:33

GMT

320

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192128222186

13:57:35

GMT

220

12.3

GBP

XLON

592204441691954918

13:57:35

GMT

7

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192128222633

13:57:35

GMT

100

12.3

GBP

XLON

606278192128222632

14:03:46

GMT

14

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204441692120467

14:03:46

GMT

152

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204441692120468

14:03:46

GMT

169

12.28

GBP

XLON

592204441692120469

14:30:02

GMT

89

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129079975

14:30:02

GMT

89

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129079977

14:30:02

GMT

345

12.26

GBP

XLON

592204441692864912

14:30:02

GMT

393

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129080329

14:34:08

GMT

21

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129260726

14:34:08

GMT

86

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129260723

14:34:08

GMT

86

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129260725

14:34:08

GMT

306

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129260724

14:34:08

GMT

65

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129260727

14:34:08

GMT

86

12.26

GBP

XLON

606278192129260728

14:34:08

GMT

34

12.26

GBP

XLON

592204441693057628

14:39:40

GMT

84

12.24

GBP

XLON

606278192129454997

14:39:40

GMT

254

12.24

GBP

XLON

606278192129454996

14:39:40

GMT

80

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204441693264115

14:47:35

GMT

94

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278192129754559

14:48:39

GMT

24

12.22

GBP

XLON

606278192129791890

14:48:39

GMT

27

12.22

GBP

XLON

592204441693621654

14:48:39

GMT

69

12.22

GBP

XLON

606278192129791891

14:48:39

GMT

93

12.22

GBP

XLON

592204441693621657

14:48:39

GMT

96

12.22

GBP

XLON

606278192129791889

14:48:39

GMT

308

12.22

GBP

XLON

592204441693621656

15:02:04

GMT

35

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278192130300984

15:02:04

GMT

84

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278192130300985

15:02:04

GMT

85

12.23

GBP

XLON

592204441694163383

15:02:04

GMT

236

12.23

GBP

XLON

592204441694163381

15:02:04

GMT

345

12.23

GBP

XLON

592204441694163395

15:02:04

GMT

4

12.23

GBP

XLON

592204441694163403

15:14:34

GMT

90

12.24

GBP

XLON

606278192130707891

15:15:40

GMT

98

12.24

GBP

XLON

606278192130740685

15:16:07

GMT

228

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278192130754283

15:16:07

GMT

100

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278192130754288

15:16:07

GMT

100

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278192130754289

15:16:07

GMT

155

12.23

GBP

XLON

606278192130754290

15:16:35

GMT

355

12.23

GBP

XLON

592204441694661146

15:24:04

GMT

39

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278192130997765

15:24:04

GMT

53

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278192130997766

15:24:04

GMT

92

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204441694904528

15:24:55

GMT

18

12.24

GBP

XLON

606278192131022465

15:24:55

GMT

74

12.24

GBP

XLON

606278192131022467

15:24:55

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92

12.24

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XLON

606278192131022468

15:24:55

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200

12.24

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XLON

606278192131022466

15:24:55

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40

12.24

GBP

XLON

592204441694930784

15:37:55

GMT

98

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204441695394064

15:37:55

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99

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204441695394063

15:44:02

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21

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278192131650220

15:44:02

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68

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278192131650218

15:46:15

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29

12.25

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XLON

606278192131724397

15:46:15

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84

12.25

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XLON

592204441695675287

15:46:15

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84

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278192131724395

15:46:15

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193

12.25

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XLON

606278192131724396

15:46:15

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190

12.25

GBP

XLON

606278192131724405

15:46:15

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232

12.25

GBP

XLON

592204441695675297

16:08:09

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21

12.26

GBP

XLON

592204441696476158

16:08:09

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94

12.26

GBP

XLON

592204441696476150

16:08:09

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94

12.26

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XLON

592204441696476155

16:08:09

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94

12.26

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XLON

592204441696476157

16:08:09

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94

12.26

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XLON

606278192132480896

16:08:09

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94

12.26

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606278192132480906

16:08:09

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132

12.26

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606278192132480893

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188

12.26

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606278192132480903

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201

12.26

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606278192132480900

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263

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592204441696476160

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268

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361

12.26

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592204441696476180

16:08:09

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88

12.26

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606278192132481040

16:08:09

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199

12.26

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51

12.25

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16:13:04

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83

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592204441696684548

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83

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606278192132678633

16:13:04

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235

12.25

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606278192132678629

16:13:04

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46

12.25

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606278192132678641

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1

12.24

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592204441696959562

16:19:22

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87

12.24

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16:19:22

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87

12.24

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592204441696959561

16:19:22

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268

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592204441696959559

16:19:22

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86

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16:19:22

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87

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16:19:22

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66

12.24

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XLON

606278192132938300

16:29:54

GMT

646

12.27

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XLON

606278192133422477

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