WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

08 January 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 26 January 2024, of 25,295 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 08 January 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 1,027,244 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,889,690 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:

08 January 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

25,295

11.6021

11.4800

11.8700

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

08:02:50

GMT

574

11.87

GBP

XLON

606158930835787745

08:02:50

GMT

34

11.87

GBP

XLON

606158930835787751

08:09:54

GMT

97

11.83

GBP

XLON

592085179271365406

08:09:54

GMT

162

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158930835932011

08:09:54

GMT

186

11.83

GBP

XLON

606158930835932012

08:17:50

GMT

101

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158930836082175

08:17:50

GMT

443

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158930836082174

08:44:49

GMT

103

11.81

GBP

XLON

606158930836645329

08:45:47

GMT

9

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179272139386

08:45:47

GMT

103

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179272139385

08:45:47

GMT

349

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158930836670077

08:46:43

GMT

25

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179272159171

08:51:03

GMT

4

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179272251560

08:51:03

GMT

65

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179272251561

08:51:03

GMT

103

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179272251562

08:51:03

GMT

103

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179272251563

08:51:03

GMT

103

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179272251564

08:51:03

GMT

103

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158930836777325

08:51:03

GMT

103

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158930836777326

08:51:03

GMT

113

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158930836777327

08:52:20

GMT

36

11.78

GBP

XLON

606158930836800208

09:06:52

GMT

135

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158930837120115

09:06:52

GMT

10

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158930837120116

09:09:14

GMT

66

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158930837168861

09:09:14

GMT

108

11.74

GBP

XLON

606158930837168864

09:09:14

GMT

108

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158930837168863

09:09:14

GMT

139

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158930837168860

09:09:14

GMT

191

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158930837168862

09:15:54

GMT

108

11.75

GBP

XLON

592085179272825851

09:15:54

GMT

249

11.76

GBP

XLON

592085179272825850

09:27:30

GMT

95

11.76

GBP

XLON

592085179273095332

09:27:30

GMT

348

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158930837582841

09:51:57

GMT

110

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158930838113137

09:51:57

GMT

110

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158930838113142

09:51:57

GMT

398

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158930838113140

09:51:57

GMT

243

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158930838113166

09:52:02

GMT

109

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158930838115919

09:55:37

GMT

109

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158930838193321

10:01:35

GMT

228

11.74

GBP

XLON

592085179273869982

10:01:35

GMT

54

11.74

GBP

XLON

592085179273869984

10:01:35

GMT

67

11.74

GBP

XLON

592085179273869985

10:27:41

GMT

101

11.78

GBP

XLON

592085179274502465

10:29:11

GMT

29

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158930838954220

10:29:11

GMT

474

11.77

GBP

XLON

606158930838954219

10:31:58

GMT

41

11.76

GBP

XLON

592085179274598567

10:31:58

GMT

59

11.76

GBP

XLON

592085179274598568

10:31:58

GMT

100

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158930839013368

10:45:23

GMT

102

11.76

GBP

XLON

606158930839312628

10:45:23

GMT

174

11.76

GBP

XLON

592085179274912963

10:45:23

GMT

175

11.75

GBP

XLON

592085179274912965

11:12:17

GMT

24

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158930839889193

11:12:17

GMT

154

11.75

GBP

XLON

592085179275519506

11:12:17

GMT

80

11.75

GBP

XLON

606158930839889210

11:12:27

GMT

176

11.74

GBP

XLON

606158930839895203

11:12:32

GMT

139

11.74

GBP

XLON

592085179275528218

11:12:32

GMT

226

11.74

GBP

XLON

606158930839897596

11:16:51

GMT

108

11.72

GBP

XLON

606158930840008344

11:28:21

GMT

348

11.64

GBP

XLON

606158930840329903

11:59:48

GMT

94

11.64

GBP

XLON

592085179276899802

11:59:48

GMT

94

11.64

GBP

XLON

606158930841205415

12:03:31

GMT

94

11.63

GBP

XLON

592085179276992197

12:03:31

GMT

363

11.63

GBP

XLON

592085179276992196

12:10:01

GMT

67

11.59

GBP

XLON

606158930841427004

12:10:01

GMT

10

11.59

GBP

XLON

606158930841427005

12:10:01

GMT

79

11.59

GBP

XLON

606158930841427008

12:10:01

GMT

114

11.59

GBP

XLON

592085179277133741

12:10:01

GMT

7

11.59

GBP

XLON

592085179277133742

12:10:01

GMT

71

11.59

GBP

XLON

592085179277133743

12:22:32

GMT

397

11.5

GBP

XLON

592085179277436254

12:36:54

GMT

348

11.49

GBP

XLON

592085179277741971

12:57:41

GMT

17

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930842395407

12:57:43

GMT

86

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930842396489

12:57:43

GMT

103

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930842396491

12:57:43

GMT

370

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930842396490

12:57:49

GMT

73

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930842399092

13:08:55

GMT

349

11.49

GBP

XLON

606158930842651697

13:17:24

GMT

89

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930842825866

13:18:03

GMT

260

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930842838694

13:21:27

GMT

112

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930842915250

13:34:00

GMT

42

11.53

GBP

XLON

606158930843183551

13:34:00

GMT

110

11.53

GBP

XLON

606158930843183553

13:34:00

GMT

348

11.53

GBP

XLON

606158930843183552

13:34:03

GMT

110

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930843186602

14:00:11

GMT

26

11.52

GBP

XLON

606158930843839796

14:01:17

GMT

68

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085179279723967

14:01:17

GMT

81

11.52

GBP

XLON

606158930843874680

14:01:17

GMT

13

11.52

GBP

XLON

606158930843874919

14:01:21

GMT

150

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179279726176

14:01:22

GMT

17

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179279727296

14:04:37

GMT

23

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930843968941

14:04:37

GMT

71

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930843968942

14:04:37

GMT

94

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179279824109

14:04:37

GMT

94

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179279824110

14:04:37

GMT

94

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179279824111

14:04:37

GMT

94

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930843968940

14:04:37

GMT

94

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930843968943

14:04:37

GMT

406

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179279824108

14:17:04

GMT

75

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085179280209410

14:17:04

GMT

104

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085179280209407

14:17:04

GMT

307

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085179280209409

14:17:04

GMT

295

11.53

GBP

XLON

606158930844332263

14:29:06

GMT

1

11.54

GBP

XLON

606158930844676364

14:29:06

GMT

62

11.54

GBP

XLON

606158930844676361

14:29:06

GMT

104

11.54

GBP

XLON

606158930844676363

14:29:06

GMT

295

11.54

GBP

XLON

606158930844676362

14:29:06

GMT

74

11.54

GBP

XLON

606158930844676375

14:29:06

GMT

166

11.54

GBP

XLON

606158930844676374

14:36:23

GMT

106

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179280921278

14:41:00

GMT

100

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930845176721

14:42:03

GMT

107

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179281147133

14:43:14

GMT

18

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930845261051

14:43:14

GMT

78

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930845261052

14:45:22

GMT

21

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179281269246

14:45:22

GMT

37

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179281269245

14:45:22

GMT

39

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179281269244

14:45:27

GMT

8

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179281271749

14:45:27

GMT

34

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179281271748

14:45:27

GMT

58

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179281271747

14:46:27

GMT

17

11.52

GBP

XLON

606158930845371660

14:46:27

GMT

79

11.52

GBP

XLON

606158930845371661

14:47:09

GMT

475

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930845396863

14:47:09

GMT

9

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179281330509

14:47:09

GMT

40

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179281330511

14:47:09

GMT

45

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179281330510

14:47:09

GMT

129

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179281330508

14:47:09

GMT

350

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179281330507

14:49:17

GMT

58

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930845474595

14:52:30

GMT

99

11.52

GBP

XLON

606158930845601865

14:52:30

GMT

347

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179281546113

15:07:33

GMT

98

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085179282132360

15:07:33

GMT

98

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085179282132361

15:07:33

GMT

169

11.53

GBP

XLON

606158930846159130

15:07:33

GMT

386

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085179282132359

15:07:33

GMT

86

11.53

GBP

XLON

606158930846159136

15:07:33

GMT

34

11.53

GBP

XLON

606158930846159137

15:07:34

GMT

158

11.53

GBP

XLON

606158930846159269

15:10:27

GMT

349

11.53

GBP

XLON

592085179282234238

15:15:26

GMT

349

11.52

GBP

XLON

592085179282418431

15:20:47

GMT

350

11.52

GBP

XLON

606158930846607663

15:32:51

GMT

5

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930846961689

15:32:51

GMT

67

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179282973632

15:32:51

GMT

101

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179282973628

15:32:51

GMT

101

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179282973629

15:32:51

GMT

101

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179282973630

15:32:51

GMT

101

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930846961691

15:32:51

GMT

342

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930846961690

15:32:51

GMT

34

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179282973644

15:41:11

GMT

109

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179283244488

15:41:11

GMT

109

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930847220124

15:41:11

GMT

349

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930847220126

15:48:06

GMT

95

11.51

GBP

XLON

606158930847435920

15:48:06

GMT

506

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179283471129

15:56:07

GMT

104

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179283740393

15:56:07

GMT

105

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179283740396

15:56:07

GMT

139

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179283740397

15:56:07

GMT

245

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179283740394

15:57:17

GMT

105

11.5

GBP

XLON

592085179283779134

16:00:57

GMT

106

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930847873396

16:00:57

GMT

347

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930847873395

16:05:53

GMT

348

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179284106914

16:06:23

GMT

109

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179284132531

16:08:34

GMT

348

11.49

GBP

XLON

592085179284217948

16:13:53

GMT

338

11.48

GBP

XLON

592085179284417569

16:21:33

GMT

7

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179284728686

16:21:33

GMT

16

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179284728687

16:21:33

GMT

80

11.51

GBP

XLON

592085179284728685

16:22:03

GMT

102

11.5

GBP

XLON

592085179284750267

16:22:03

GMT

102

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930848655260

16:22:03

GMT

106

11.5

GBP

XLON

592085179284750268

16:22:03

GMT

416

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930848655259

16:22:03

GMT

132

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930848655404

16:22:51

GMT

17

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930848686634

16:23:29

GMT

138

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930848717414

16:25:37

GMT

30

11.5

GBP

XLON

592085179284922493

16:25:37

GMT

60

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930848820851

16:25:37

GMT

107

11.5

GBP

XLON

592085179284922494

16:25:37

GMT

308

11.5

GBP

XLON

606158930848820853

Ends