WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

23 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 26,155 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 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 1,310,586 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,606,348 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:

23 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

26,155

11.4409

11.3800

11.5000

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

08:02:09

GMT

99

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491423159849

08:02:09

GMT

497

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491423159850

08:02:09

GMT

175

11.47

GBP

XLON

606164240258679499

08:13:34

GMT

101

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491423433886

08:13:34

GMT

101

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491423433888

08:13:34

GMT

101

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240258939825

08:13:34

GMT

101

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240258939826

08:13:34

GMT

102

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491423433887

08:13:34

GMT

355

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491423433885

08:14:43

GMT

35

11.42

GBP

XLON

606164240258963169

08:14:43

GMT

67

11.42

GBP

XLON

606164240258963168

08:32:26

GMT

98

11.42

GBP

XLON

606164240259279879

08:32:26

GMT

601

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090491423793927

08:32:26

GMT

119

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090491423793931

08:32:26

GMT

245

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090491423793932

08:50:37

GMT

95

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090491424115591

08:50:37

GMT

95

11.38

GBP

XLON

606164240259584362

08:50:37

GMT

95

11.38

GBP

XLON

606164240259584364

08:50:37

GMT

150

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090491424115589

08:50:37

GMT

205

11.38

GBP

XLON

592090491424115590

09:08:18

GMT

102

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090491424428917

09:08:23

GMT

499

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164240259882025

09:08:23

GMT

309

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090491424430701

09:26:47

GMT

115

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164240260209002

09:26:47

GMT

340

11.45

GBP

XLON

606164240260209001

09:27:25

GMT

103

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090491424786571

09:27:25

GMT

103

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090491424786572

09:27:25

GMT

143

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090491424786568

09:33:33

GMT

113

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491424897373

09:38:42

GMT

242

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240260414964

09:41:26

GMT

14

11.39

GBP

XLON

606164240260464938

10:11:59

GMT

103

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240261025407

10:11:59

GMT

606

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240261025408

10:11:59

GMT

381

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240261025411

10:11:59

GMT

82

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491425631484

10:23:44

GMT

105

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491425876058

10:23:44

GMT

70

11.43

GBP

XLON

592090491425876114

10:23:44

GMT

284

11.43

GBP

XLON

592090491425876113

10:47:30

GMT

96

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491426364496

10:47:30

GMT

96

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240261722776

10:47:30

GMT

105

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240261722774

10:47:30

GMT

108

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240261722777

10:47:30

GMT

118

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491426364495

10:47:30

GMT

131

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491426364494

11:04:57

GMT

82

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240262053865

11:04:57

GMT

107

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240262053866

11:04:57

GMT

107

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240262053867

11:04:57

GMT

273

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240262053864

11:20:11

GMT

42

11.39

GBP

XLON

592090491427032292

11:20:11

GMT

70

11.39

GBP

XLON

592090491427032291

11:20:11

GMT

354

11.39

GBP

XLON

606164240262351707

11:35:22

GMT

110

11.42

GBP

XLON

606164240262693565

11:35:22

GMT

127

11.42

GBP

XLON

606164240262693564

11:35:22

GMT

227

11.42

GBP

XLON

606164240262693563

11:38:11

GMT

110

11.43

GBP

XLON

592090491427465303

11:59:58

GMT

631

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240263131192

11:59:58

GMT

64

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491427868488

12:25:00

GMT

353

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240263656635

12:34:32

GMT

140

11.46

GBP

XLON

606164240263832209

12:34:32

GMT

477

11.46

GBP

XLON

592090491428611139

12:35:32

GMT

108

11.45

GBP

XLON

592090491428630918

12:47:25

GMT

354

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491428847757

12:54:50

GMT

106

11.43

GBP

XLON

606164240264182354

13:06:30

GMT

101

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491429203106

13:06:42

GMT

63

11.43

GBP

XLON

606164240264392032

13:06:42

GMT

292

11.43

GBP

XLON

606164240264392031

13:13:54

GMT

119

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090491429352271

13:13:54

GMT

235

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090491429352270

13:39:30

GMT

16

11.41

GBP

XLON

592090491429882090

13:39:35

GMT

95

11.41

GBP

XLON

592090491429884141

13:41:26

GMT

110

11.41

GBP

XLON

592090491429920922

13:43:26

GMT

53

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240265106761

13:43:26

GMT

60

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240265106760

13:45:29

GMT

111

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240265147082

13:45:45

GMT

10

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491430017011

13:45:45

GMT

10

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491430017012

13:45:45

GMT

91

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491430017010

13:45:45

GMT

111

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491430017009

13:45:45

GMT

111

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240265154173

13:45:45

GMT

111

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240265154174

13:45:45

GMT

111

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240265154175

13:45:45

GMT

111

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240265154176

13:45:45

GMT

112

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491430017008

13:45:45

GMT

355

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491430017007

14:19:19

GMT

109

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240265940588

14:19:19

GMT

122

11.41

GBP

XLON

592090491430859648

14:19:19

GMT

195

11.41

GBP

XLON

592090491430859646

14:19:19

GMT

396

11.41

GBP

XLON

592090491430859647

14:19:19

GMT

281

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240265940595

14:19:19

GMT

14

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240265940602

14:19:27

GMT

245

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240265943721

14:19:27

GMT

244

11.41

GBP

XLON

592090491430863086

14:25:57

GMT

161

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240266098892

14:25:57

GMT

194

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240266098891

14:36:18

GMT

99

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491431368578

14:36:18

GMT

99

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240266417933

14:36:18

GMT

99

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240266417935

14:36:18

GMT

99

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240266417938

14:36:18

GMT

99

11.4

GBP

XLON

606164240266417941

14:36:18

GMT

355

11.4

GBP

XLON

592090491431368577

14:49:05

GMT

96

11.41

GBP

XLON

606164240266822124

14:49:37

GMT

123

11.42

GBP

XLON

592090491431814672

14:51:09

GMT

113

11.42

GBP

XLON

606164240266884905

14:55:41

GMT

109

11.43

GBP

XLON

606164240267039650

14:58:32

GMT

95

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491432135864

14:58:32

GMT

95

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240267138711

14:58:32

GMT

159

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240267138713

14:58:32

GMT

163

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240267138712

14:59:44

GMT

241

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240267177464

15:00:26

GMT

442

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491432210234

15:00:28

GMT

10

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240267209802

15:00:28

GMT

34

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240267209801

15:00:28

GMT

125

11.44

GBP

XLON

606164240267209803

15:05:31

GMT

98

11.43

GBP

XLON

606164240267360344

15:05:31

GMT

98

11.43

GBP

XLON

606164240267360345

15:05:31

GMT

105

11.43

GBP

XLON

592090491432373849

15:05:31

GMT

108

11.43

GBP

XLON

592090491432373850

15:05:31

GMT

144

11.43

GBP

XLON

592090491432373848

15:10:59

GMT

354

11.44

GBP

XLON

592090491432542029

15:22:00

GMT

107

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491432898330

15:22:00

GMT

107

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164240267848741

15:22:00

GMT

107

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164240267848742

15:22:00

GMT

109

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491432898331

15:22:00

GMT

126

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164240267848739

15:22:00

GMT

268

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164240267848740

15:31:29

GMT

18

11.47

GBP

XLON

606164240268090319

15:31:29

GMT

97

11.47

GBP

XLON

606164240268090324

15:31:29

GMT

107

11.47

GBP

XLON

592090491433158155

15:31:29

GMT

229

11.47

GBP

XLON

606164240268090323

15:42:06

GMT

98

11.5

GBP

XLON

592090491433470466

15:42:06

GMT

98

11.5

GBP

XLON

592090491433470467

15:42:06

GMT

98

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164240268379686

15:42:06

GMT

98

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164240268379687

15:42:06

GMT

587

11.5

GBP

XLON

592090491433470465

15:42:06

GMT

102

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164240268379692

15:49:35

GMT

5

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090491433709690

15:50:03

GMT

42

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090491433724658

15:50:03

GMT

44

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090491433724656

15:50:03

GMT

111

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090491433724659

15:50:03

GMT

111

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164240268616124

15:50:03

GMT

264

11.49

GBP

XLON

592090491433724657

15:53:42

GMT

29

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491433831914

15:53:42

GMT

82

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491433831915

15:53:42

GMT

244

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164240268716396

15:58:01

GMT

357

11.47

GBP

XLON

606164240268848725

16:07:05

GMT

89

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491434260391

16:07:05

GMT

106

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164240269118996

16:07:05

GMT

323

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491434260392

16:07:44

GMT

196

11.48

GBP

XLON

592090491434284770

16:11:47

GMT

95

11.5

GBP

XLON

592090491434450634

16:18:53

GMT

98

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164240269544524

16:18:53

GMT

149

11.5

GBP

XLON

592090491434712524

16:18:53

GMT

399

11.5

GBP

XLON

592090491434712523

16:18:53

GMT

189

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164240269544535

16:18:53

GMT

200

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164240269544534

16:18:53

GMT

360

11.5

GBP

XLON

606164240269544533

16:21:56

GMT

129

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164240269654327

16:21:56

GMT

223

11.49

GBP

XLON

606164240269654328

16:26:23

GMT

123

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164240269842337

16:26:23

GMT

273

11.48

GBP

XLON

606164240269842336

Ends