WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

11 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 23,146 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 11 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 1,547,870 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,369,064 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:

11 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

23,146

12.7367

12.6800

12.7900

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

08:03:10

GMT

161

12.68

GBP

XLON

592097215414263020

08:07:38

GMT

102

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215414359132

08:07:38

GMT

2

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215414359134

08:07:38

GMT

2

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215414359135

08:09:24

GMT

111

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097215414392133

08:10:55

GMT

144

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964249955940

08:12:18

GMT

76

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964249987041

08:12:18

GMT

43

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215414469674

08:13:38

GMT

69

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215414501561

08:13:38

GMT

37

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964250016688

08:14:13

GMT

55

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215414514001

08:14:13

GMT

64

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215414514002

08:15:11

GMT

399

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097215414533111

08:15:11

GMT

57

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964250046190

08:15:11

GMT

330

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964250046191

08:35:56

GMT

105

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964250382683

08:38:37

GMT

103

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964250427075

08:41:36

GMT

87

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215415000483

08:41:36

GMT

122

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215415000484

08:41:36

GMT

474

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215415000482

08:41:36

GMT

225

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964250482067

08:47:07

GMT

251

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097215415107786

09:01:24

GMT

420

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215415367004

09:01:24

GMT

132

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215415367007

09:13:58

GMT

19

12.68

GBP

XLON

592097215415589711

09:13:58

GMT

92

12.68

GBP

XLON

592097215415589713

09:13:58

GMT

111

12.68

GBP

XLON

592097215415589712

09:13:58

GMT

111

12.68

GBP

XLON

606170964251029971

09:13:58

GMT

251

12.68

GBP

XLON

606170964251029970

09:21:17

GMT

114

12.68

GBP

XLON

592097215415731255

09:21:17

GMT

252

12.68

GBP

XLON

606170964251162338

09:47:18

GMT

139

12.69

GBP

XLON

606170964251632183

09:47:18

GMT

415

12.69

GBP

XLON

606170964251632182

09:47:20

GMT

52

12.69

GBP

XLON

592097215416235841

10:04:24

GMT

116

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215416552238

10:06:35

GMT

109

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964251962969

10:08:50

GMT

41

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964252000859

10:08:50

GMT

68

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215416633996

10:11:04

GMT

6

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964252041707

10:11:04

GMT

64

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215416678563

10:11:04

GMT

37

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215416678564

10:12:30

GMT

44

12.7

GBP

XLON

606170964252066358

10:12:30

GMT

72

12.7

GBP

XLON

606170964252066359

10:12:30

GMT

116

12.7

GBP

XLON

592097215416705337

10:12:30

GMT

389

12.7

GBP

XLON

606170964252066357

10:12:30

GMT

165

12.7

GBP

XLON

606170964252066367

10:28:30

GMT

99

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215416983156

10:40:37

GMT

12

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964252535708

10:40:37

GMT

100

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964252535707

10:45:09

GMT

12

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215417292913

10:45:09

GMT

100

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215417292912

10:49:10

GMT

105

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964252678852

10:52:48

GMT

113

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964252746525

10:56:59

GMT

106

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215417512381

10:58:09

GMT

259

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215417532293

10:58:09

GMT

486

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964252832476

11:26:41

GMT

101

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215418061269

11:26:41

GMT

101

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215418061275

11:26:41

GMT

101

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215418061278

11:26:41

GMT

101

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215418061281

11:26:41

GMT

101

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215418061285

11:26:41

GMT

101

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964253323990

11:26:41

GMT

255

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964253323988

11:48:37

GMT

99

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215418469806

11:48:37

GMT

99

12.73

GBP

XLON

606170964253703872

11:48:37

GMT

99

12.73

GBP

XLON

606170964253703874

11:48:37

GMT

251

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215418469808

11:57:34

GMT

355

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097215418634390

12:06:16

GMT

251

12.7

GBP

XLON

592097215418806271

12:21:07

GMT

6

12.72

GBP

XLON

606170964254236156

12:21:07

GMT

6

12.72

GBP

XLON

606170964254236157

12:21:07

GMT

91

12.72

GBP

XLON

606170964254236155

12:21:07

GMT

103

12.72

GBP

XLON

606170964254236154

12:45:51

GMT

4

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215419480075

12:46:15

GMT

63

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964254645703

12:46:15

GMT

63

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964254645704

12:49:29

GMT

108

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964254697039

12:52:12

GMT

70

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215419594355

12:52:12

GMT

390

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215419594356

13:15:19

GMT

638

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215420068645

13:15:19

GMT

100

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215420068648

13:15:19

GMT

100

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964255182494

13:15:19

GMT

31

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964255182499

13:15:19

GMT

100

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215420068651

13:15:19

GMT

120

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964255182498

13:15:19

GMT

179

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964255182504

13:36:50

GMT

16

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964255621609

13:36:50

GMT

101

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215420542416

13:40:32

GMT

23

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215420643531

13:40:32

GMT

48

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215420643530

13:40:32

GMT

28

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964255714625

13:42:20

GMT

99

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215420687180

13:44:52

GMT

8

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215420745724

13:44:52

GMT

47

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215420745725

13:44:52

GMT

58

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215420745726

13:47:51

GMT

114

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097215420818996

13:51:08

GMT

110

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964255945731

13:51:18

GMT

76

12.73

GBP

XLON

606170964255950926

13:51:18

GMT

99

12.73

GBP

XLON

606170964255950927

13:51:18

GMT

117

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215420900138

13:51:18

GMT

117

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215420900139

13:51:18

GMT

400

12.73

GBP

XLON

606170964255950925

13:51:19

GMT

8

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097215420900487

14:12:31

GMT

100

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097215421433248

14:15:04

GMT

114

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097215421496843

14:15:07

GMT

229

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964256509254

14:24:53

GMT

47

12.73

GBP

XLON

606170964256754112

14:24:53

GMT

65

12.73

GBP

XLON

606170964256754113

14:25:06

GMT

127

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097215421768853

14:26:54

GMT

112

12.72

GBP

XLON

606170964256812767

14:27:43

GMT

640

12.72

GBP

XLON

606170964256841042

14:29:08

GMT

116

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215421902984

14:30:18

GMT

107

12.72

GBP

XLON

606170964256932980

14:30:18

GMT

143

12.72

GBP

XLON

606170964256932981

14:36:31

GMT

105

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097215422189286

14:36:31

GMT

105

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964257155819

14:36:31

GMT

290

12.71

GBP

XLON

606170964257155817

14:49:11

GMT

34

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964257661712

14:49:11

GMT

77

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964257661711

14:52:29

GMT

99

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964257801096

14:52:29

GMT

213

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964257801098

14:52:29

GMT

223

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964257801097

14:52:29

GMT

427

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964257801105

14:52:29

GMT

2

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097215422881925

15:04:26

GMT

111

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215423439165

15:04:26

GMT

111

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215423439168

15:04:26

GMT

111

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215423439169

15:04:26

GMT

159

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215423439167

15:04:26

GMT

219

12.73

GBP

XLON

592097215423439166

15:17:25

GMT

1

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097215423871183

15:17:25

GMT

100

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097215423871182

15:19:06

GMT

103

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097215423928215

15:21:06

GMT

111

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097215423995172

15:23:09

GMT

107

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964258898650

15:25:23

GMT

34

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964258968375

15:25:23

GMT

83

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964258968376

15:27:26

GMT

3

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964259025852

15:27:26

GMT

47

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964259025851

15:27:26

GMT

50

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964259025850

15:30:13

GMT

176

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215424286561

15:33:20

GMT

52

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170964259201747

15:33:20

GMT

52

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170964259201748

15:33:51

GMT

12

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170964259214968

15:35:09

GMT

106

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170964259251300

15:35:09

GMT

428

12.77

GBP

XLON

592097215424438464

15:41:22

GMT

101

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097215424638431

15:44:36

GMT

104

12.79

GBP

XLON

606170964259539863

15:46:04

GMT

65

12.79

GBP

XLON

606170964259601957

15:46:04

GMT

33

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097215424813863

15:46:45

GMT

133

12.79

GBP

XLON

606170964259626254

15:48:45

GMT

134

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097215424914033

15:50:26

GMT

109

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097215424973056

15:50:26

GMT

618

12.78

GBP

XLON

606170964259748822

15:50:26

GMT

172

12.77

GBP

XLON

606170964259748916

16:03:34

GMT

104

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964260204217

16:04:43

GMT

103

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964260241180

16:06:06

GMT

29

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964260288800

16:06:06

GMT

75

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964260288803

16:06:06

GMT

104

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215425555862

16:06:06

GMT

104

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215425555863

16:06:06

GMT

104

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215425555864

16:06:06

GMT

104

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215425555865

16:06:06

GMT

104

12.75

GBP

XLON

606170964260288802

16:06:06

GMT

252

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215425555861

16:06:23

GMT

108

12.74

GBP

XLON

606170964260300059

16:16:57

GMT

115

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215426008734

16:17:39

GMT

143

12.77

GBP

XLON

592097215426037511

16:18:02

GMT

101

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964260751562

16:18:02

GMT

207

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964260751560

16:18:02

GMT

266

12.76

GBP

XLON

606170964260751561

16:18:02

GMT

100

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215426054594

16:18:02

GMT

121

12.76

GBP

XLON

592097215426054642

16:29:26

GMT

315

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215426593032

16:29:55

GMT

165

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097215426642445

Ends