WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

17 March 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 26,700 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 March 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 2,167,981 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,748,953 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 March 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

26,700

10.5323

10.4900

10.6000

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

08:08:32

GMT

96

10.6

GBP

XLON

606183000273092436

08:08:32

GMT

26

10.58

GBP

XLON

620256749108633072

08:08:32

GMT

70

10.58

GBP

XLON

620256749108633073

08:08:32

GMT

96

10.58

GBP

XLON

620256749108633074

08:08:32

GMT

317

10.58

GBP

XLON

620256749108633071

08:08:32

GMT

279

10.58

GBP

XLON

620256749108633079

08:08:32

GMT

172

10.58

GBP

XLON

606183000273092446

08:18:18

GMT

101

10.58

GBP

XLON

606183000273271990

08:18:18

GMT

101

10.58

GBP

XLON

606183000273271991

08:18:18

GMT

101

10.58

GBP

XLON

620256749108823987

08:18:18

GMT

101

10.58

GBP

XLON

620256749108823988

08:18:18

GMT

118

10.58

GBP

XLON

606183000273271989

08:18:18

GMT

175

10.58

GBP

XLON

606183000273271988

08:24:25

GMT

292

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749108921522

08:40:30

GMT

111

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000273641462

08:40:30

GMT

111

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000273641463

08:40:30

GMT

111

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749109215814

08:40:30

GMT

117

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749109215815

08:40:30

GMT

349

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000273641461

08:40:30

GMT

58

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000273641469

08:40:30

GMT

153

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749109215953

08:51:01

GMT

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749109413637

08:51:01

GMT

255

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749109413636

08:51:01

GMT

39

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000273827914

09:03:26

GMT

115

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000274053343

09:03:26

GMT

341

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749109655013

09:03:26

GMT

16

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749109655018

09:09:00

GMT

115

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749109756693

09:10:20

GMT

177

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000274176569

09:24:58

GMT

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749110059788

09:24:58

GMT

143

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749110059786

09:24:58

GMT

218

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749110059787

09:24:58

GMT

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000274430481

09:40:44

GMT

100

10.5

GBP

XLON

606183000274690197

09:40:44

GMT

100

10.5

GBP

XLON

606183000274690198

09:40:44

GMT

293

10.5

GBP

XLON

606183000274690196

10:03:12

GMT

107

10.56

GBP

XLON

606183000275034055

10:05:27

GMT

31

10.56

GBP

XLON

606183000275067795

10:05:27

GMT

69

10.56

GBP

XLON

606183000275067796

10:08:27

GMT

103

10.57

GBP

XLON

620256749110785466

10:10:38

GMT

96

10.57

GBP

XLON

606183000275144062

10:10:38

GMT

332

10.56

GBP

XLON

606183000275144063

10:10:38

GMT

186

10.56

GBP

XLON

620256749110818515

10:10:38

GMT

63

10.56

GBP

XLON

620256749110818516

10:10:38

GMT

249

10.56

GBP

XLON

606183000275144068

10:10:38

GMT

25

10.56

GBP

XLON

620256749110818526

10:10:38

GMT

84

10.56

GBP

XLON

620256749110818525

10:23:25

GMT

6

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000275336723

10:23:25

GMT

98

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000275336724

10:23:25

GMT

104

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000275336725

10:23:25

GMT

292

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000275336722

10:36:15

GMT

25

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000275520933

10:36:15

GMT

289

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000275520934

10:51:21

GMT

100

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000275755836

10:51:21

GMT

100

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749111470731

10:51:21

GMT

143

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749111470730

10:51:21

GMT

180

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000275755835

10:57:34

GMT

107

10.49

GBP

XLON

620256749111563874

10:57:34

GMT

186

10.49

GBP

XLON

620256749111563873

11:25:45

GMT

2

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749112011636

11:25:45

GMT

100

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749112011635

11:28:44

GMT

35

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749112059017

11:28:44

GMT

79

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749112059016

11:31:40

GMT

1

10.49

GBP

XLON

606183000276346428

11:31:40

GMT

102

10.49

GBP

XLON

620256749112103550

11:31:40

GMT

102

10.49

GBP

XLON

620256749112103551

11:31:40

GMT

102

10.49

GBP

XLON

620256749112103552

11:31:40

GMT

102

10.49

GBP

XLON

620256749112103554

11:31:40

GMT

102

10.49

GBP

XLON

620256749112103556

11:31:40

GMT

102

10.49

GBP

XLON

620256749112103557

11:31:40

GMT

291

10.49

GBP

XLON

606183000276346429

11:31:48

GMT

100

10.49

GBP

XLON

606183000276348269

11:31:48

GMT

22

10.49

GBP

XLON

606183000276348516

11:54:04

GMT

89

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749112457384

11:56:02

GMT

89

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000276703604

11:56:02

GMT

342

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000276703605

11:56:02

GMT

244

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000276703634

11:56:40

GMT

75

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749112499210

12:18:38

GMT

119

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749112843895

12:20:56

GMT

101

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749112879541

12:23:23

GMT

103

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749112917110

12:25:46

GMT

396

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000277137747

12:25:46

GMT

261

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749112952917

12:25:46

GMT

98

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000277137754

12:25:46

GMT

147

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000277137755

12:25:47

GMT

99

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749112953229

12:37:00

GMT

18

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277313226

12:37:00

GMT

90

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277313227

12:37:00

GMT

292

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749113141300

12:48:50

GMT

108

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277493134

12:48:50

GMT

108

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749113334172

12:48:50

GMT

292

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749113334171

13:18:55

GMT

17

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749113811226

13:18:55

GMT

108

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277938593

13:18:55

GMT

108

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277938594

13:18:55

GMT

370

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277938592

13:18:55

GMT

91

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749113811227

13:18:55

GMT

175

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277938600

13:18:55

GMT

107

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277938628

13:18:56

GMT

40

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000277938860

13:27:40

GMT

114

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000278082896

13:27:40

GMT

114

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000278082897

13:38:57

GMT

101

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000278333182

13:40:34

GMT

101

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000278362055

13:42:26

GMT

98

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000278403534

13:44:23

GMT

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749114349276

13:46:22

GMT

34

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749114397970

13:46:22

GMT

80

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749114397969

13:48:16

GMT

5

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000278533534

13:48:16

GMT

96

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000278533533

13:49:52

GMT

101

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000278568173

13:49:52

GMT

101

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000278568175

13:49:52

GMT

102

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000278568174

13:49:52

GMT

230

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000278568172

13:49:52

GMT

100

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000278568183

13:49:52

GMT

246

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000278568184

13:49:52

GMT

82

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749114481795

13:56:04

GMT

97

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749114629878

13:56:04

GMT

293

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000278705553

14:12:50

GMT

99

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000279067349

14:12:50

GMT

99

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000279067350

14:12:50

GMT

99

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000279067351

14:12:50

GMT

99

10.51

GBP

XLON

606183000279067352

14:12:50

GMT

99

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749115018233

14:12:50

GMT

292

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749115018232

14:33:21

GMT

5

10.51

GBP

XLON

620256749115495007

14:36:48

GMT

112

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749115581594

14:37:19

GMT

18

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749115596648

14:37:19

GMT

94

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749115596651

14:39:32

GMT

1

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115654215

14:39:32

GMT

1

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115654218

14:39:32

GMT

19

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115654217

14:39:32

GMT

45

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115654216

14:39:32

GMT

36

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000279663472

14:39:59

GMT

21

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115665082

14:39:59

GMT

68

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115665084

14:39:59

GMT

11

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115665086

14:40:30

GMT

13

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115677289

14:41:48

GMT

110

10.54

GBP

XLON

620256749115709063

14:43:42

GMT

113

10.54

GBP

XLON

606183000279760782

14:45:02

GMT

7

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749115794741

14:46:34

GMT

114

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000279835109

14:46:34

GMT

250

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749115836552

14:46:34

GMT

31

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000279835117

14:46:34

GMT

172

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000279835116

14:52:15

GMT

101

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000279983779

14:52:15

GMT

101

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000279983780

14:52:15

GMT

101

10.53

GBP

XLON

606183000279983781

14:52:15

GMT

101

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749115995352

14:52:15

GMT

246

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749115995351

14:52:15

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175

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749115995361

14:52:15

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13

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749115995633

14:52:15

GMT

3

10.53

GBP

XLON

620256749115995634

15:07:23

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113

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749116441555

15:08:51

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40

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000280438942

15:08:51

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75

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000280438941

15:10:13

GMT

97

10.52

GBP

XLON

620256749116519377

15:11:49

GMT

111

10.52

GBP

XLON

606183000280519440

15:14:07

GMT

104

10.52

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XLON

606183000280575955

15:14:07

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256

10.52

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XLON

606183000280575956

15:14:07

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46

10.52

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XLON

606183000280575961

15:14:07

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370

10.52

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XLON

606183000280575960

15:21:30

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101

10.52

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XLON

606183000280770491

15:21:30

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101

10.52

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XLON

606183000280770492

15:21:30

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101

10.52

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XLON

620256749116832272

15:21:30

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334

10.52

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XLON

606183000280770490

15:21:30

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259

10.52

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XLON

606183000280770493

15:33:37

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114

10.52

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XLON

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114

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15:33:37

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114

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XLON

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114

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XLON

606183000281105013

15:33:37

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334

10.52

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620256749117192344

15:33:37

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124

10.52

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XLON

606183000281105020

15:45:55

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98

10.58

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XLON

606183000281431335

15:47:21

GMT

115

10.58

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XLON

620256749117583338

15:48:45

GMT

99

10.58

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XLON

620256749117622225

15:50:14

GMT

97

10.59

GBP

XLON

606183000281547702

15:50:28

GMT

56

10.59

GBP

XLON

620256749117671441

15:50:28

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60

10.59

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620256749117671440

15:51:59

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110

10.59

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XLON

606183000281592486

15:52:42

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283

10.58

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606183000281609661

15:52:42

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403

10.58

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15:53:00

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211

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15:59:36

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265

10.58

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620256749117943541

16:09:06

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72

10.56

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103

10.56

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16:09:06

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10.56

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31

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16:09:06

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103

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103

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103

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16:09:06

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103

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16:10:09

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42

10.56

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606183000282132088

16:18:54

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101

10.55

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620256749118619544

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102

10.54

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606183000282467599

16:19:24

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264

10.54

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241

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35

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68

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103

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620256749118888346

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211

10.53

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620256749118888342

16:25:05

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44

10.53

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16:29:28

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205

10.52

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620256749119057605

16:29:30

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37

10.52

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XLON

620256749119058384

16:29:32

GMT

53

10.52

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620256749119061037

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