Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

06 May 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 54,618 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 06 May 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 2,777,346 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 128,139,588 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:

06 May 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

54,618

9.0640

8.8750

9.2400

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

08:06:21

BST

139

9.2

GBP

XLON

592126927796459638

08:06:21

BST

373

9.2

GBP

XLON

606200676632046437

08:06:21

BST

450

9.2

GBP

XLON

606200676632046443

08:06:22

BST

100

9.2

GBP

XLON

592126927796459645

08:06:22

BST

350

9.2

GBP

XLON

592126927796459646

08:06:22

BST

75

9.2

GBP

XLON

606200676632046446

08:09:00

BST

75

9.125

GBP

XLON

606200676632101755

08:09:00

BST

308

9.125

GBP

XLON

592126927796517716

08:09:00

BST

32

9.125

GBP

XLON

606200676632101756

08:09:00

BST

107

9.125

GBP

XLON

606200676632101757

08:13:17

BST

113

9.165

GBP

XLON

592126927796610759

08:13:17

BST

305

9.165

GBP

XLON

606200676632189336

08:13:17

BST

267

9.165

GBP

XLON

606200676632189342

08:22:32

BST

106

9.17

GBP

XLON

592126927796809520

08:22:32

BST

106

9.17

GBP

XLON

606200676632376888

08:22:32

BST

115

9.17

GBP

XLON

592126927796809521

08:22:32

BST

120

9.17

GBP

XLON

606200676632376887

08:22:32

BST

200

9.17

GBP

XLON

592126927796809519

08:22:32

BST

203

9.17

GBP

XLON

592126927796809518

08:22:32

BST

293

9.17

GBP

XLON

606200676632376889

08:34:26

BST

107

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676632611458

08:34:26

BST

268

9.145

GBP

XLON

592126927797059557

08:34:26

BST

318

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676632611459

08:34:26

BST

17

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676632611475

08:34:26

BST

172

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676632611478

08:34:26

BST

288

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676632611477

08:34:26

BST

208

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676632611511

08:34:27

BST

97

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676632611656

08:34:27

BST

65

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676632611770

08:46:43

BST

122

9.15

GBP

XLON

592126927797314746

08:48:32

BST

119

9.16

GBP

XLON

606200676632886881

08:48:45

BST

111

9.17

GBP

XLON

606200676632891446

08:48:55

BST

431

9.15

GBP

XLON

606200676632894286

08:48:55

BST

287

9.15

GBP

XLON

606200676632894290

08:48:55

BST

287

9.15

GBP

XLON

592126927797357361

08:48:55

BST

287

9.15

GBP

XLON

606200676632894295

08:48:55

BST

33

9.15

GBP

XLON

592126927797357404

08:49:10

BST

121

9.15

GBP

XLON

592126927797362856

08:56:10

BST

111

9.15

GBP

XLON

606200676633036794

08:56:10

BST

463

9.15

GBP

XLON

606200676633036795

08:59:14

BST

113

9.15

GBP

XLON

592126927797574044

08:59:14

BST

116

9.15

GBP

XLON

592126927797574042

08:59:14

BST

124

9.15

GBP

XLON

592126927797574043

08:59:14

BST

181

9.15

GBP

XLON

606200676633099625

09:00:19

BST

143

9.145

GBP

XLON

592126927797600002

09:00:19

BST

153

9.145

GBP

XLON

592126927797600003

09:00:19

BST

162

9.145

GBP

XLON

606200676633124526

09:09:51

BST

40

9.115

GBP

XLON

606200676633347989

09:09:51

BST

80

9.115

GBP

XLON

606200676633347990

09:09:51

BST

120

9.115

GBP

XLON

592126927797832822

09:09:51

BST

120

9.115

GBP

XLON

592126927797832825

09:09:51

BST

120

9.115

GBP

XLON

606200676633347988

09:09:51

BST

284

9.105

GBP

XLON

592126927797833109

09:11:53

BST

47

9.095

GBP

XLON

592126927797883820

09:11:53

BST

285

9.095

GBP

XLON

592126927797883819

09:16:59

BST

4

9.075

GBP

XLON

592126927798007796

09:16:59

BST

240

9.075

GBP

XLON

592126927798007795

09:20:04

BST

251

9.055

GBP

XLON

606200676633597790

09:29:31

BST

459

9.03

GBP

XLON

606200676633799372

09:29:31

BST

124

9.025

GBP

XLON

606200676633799373

09:29:31

BST

69

9.03

GBP

XLON

606200676633799376

09:33:01

BST

16

9.005

GBP

XLON

592126927798386367

09:39:49

BST

108

9.005

GBP

XLON

592126927798523776

09:39:49

BST

117

9.005

GBP

XLON

592126927798523777

09:39:49

BST

117

9.005

GBP

XLON

606200676634007457

09:39:49

BST

117

9.005

GBP

XLON

606200676634007458

09:39:49

BST

270

9.005

GBP

XLON

606200676634007456

09:42:06

BST

117

8.985

GBP

XLON

606200676634055839

09:42:06

BST

126

8.985

GBP

XLON

606200676634055838

09:52:16

BST

307

8.985

GBP

XLON

606200676634263766

09:52:16

BST

121

8.98

GBP

XLON

606200676634263767

09:52:16

BST

121

8.98

GBP

XLON

606200676634263769

09:54:49

BST

120

8.98

GBP

XLON

592126927798841924

09:55:18

BST

120

8.975

GBP

XLON

592126927798855667

09:55:18

BST

121

8.975

GBP

XLON

606200676634325327

10:01:15

BST

114

8.99

GBP

XLON

606200676634441794

10:01:15

BST

278

8.99

GBP

XLON

592126927798976788

10:04:27

BST

256

8.965

GBP

XLON

606200676634542236

10:23:43

BST

105

8.975

GBP

XLON

592126927799529013

10:25:07

BST

10

8.965

GBP

XLON

592126927799561553

10:25:07

BST

95

8.965

GBP

XLON

592126927799561554

10:25:07

BST

105

8.965

GBP

XLON

592126927799561552

10:25:07

BST

105

8.965

GBP

XLON

606200676635003300

10:25:07

BST

136

8.965

GBP

XLON

606200676635003299

10:25:07

BST

349

8.965

GBP

XLON

606200676635003298

10:25:07

BST

105

8.96

GBP

XLON

592126927799561559

10:25:07

BST

116

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676635003301

10:25:07

BST

170

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676635003302

10:25:07

BST

106

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676635003308

10:43:29

BST

11

8.935

GBP

XLON

592126927799937561

10:43:29

BST

97

8.935

GBP

XLON

592126927799937562

10:43:29

BST

108

8.935

GBP

XLON

592126927799937563

10:43:29

BST

108

8.935

GBP

XLON

606200676635362135

10:43:29

BST

108

8.935

GBP

XLON

606200676635362136

10:45:37

BST

102

8.93

GBP

XLON

606200676635396830

10:45:37

BST

108

8.93

GBP

XLON

606200676635396833

10:45:37

BST

233

8.93

GBP

XLON

606200676635396832

10:45:37

BST

316

8.93

GBP

XLON

606200676635396831

10:45:45

BST

21

8.93

GBP

XLON

606200676635399491

10:45:45

BST

81

8.925

GBP

XLON

592126927799977107

11:03:58

BST

103

8.965

GBP

XLON

592126927800355314

11:03:58

BST

103

8.965

GBP

XLON

606200676635760750

11:04:05

BST

31

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676635763213

11:04:05

BST

329

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676635763212

11:07:19

BST

71

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676635819465

11:07:19

BST

105

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676635819466

11:07:19

BST

136

8.96

GBP

XLON

592126927800417207

11:07:19

BST

200

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676635819464

11:07:26

BST

123

8.955

GBP

XLON

606200676635821089

11:07:26

BST

125

8.955

GBP

XLON

606200676635821090

11:14:37

BST

266

8.935

GBP

XLON

592126927800557142

11:16:58

BST

43

8.935

GBP

XLON

592126927800599327

11:16:58

BST

131

8.935

GBP

XLON

592126927800599326

11:16:58

BST

147

8.935

GBP

XLON

606200676635993755

11:16:58

BST

107

8.93

GBP

XLON

606200676635993756

11:23:37

BST

193

8.875

GBP

XLON

592126927800730686

11:25:37

BST

86

8.875

GBP

XLON

592126927800766517

11:25:37

BST

101

8.875

GBP

XLON

606200676636152160

11:37:17

BST

324

8.915

GBP

XLON

592126927801005181

11:37:18

BST

329

8.915

GBP

XLON

606200676636379344

11:37:18

BST

86

8.915

GBP

XLON

606200676636379347

11:42:37

BST

119

8.91

GBP

XLON

606200676636480775

11:42:37

BST

199

8.91

GBP

XLON

592126927801112563

11:43:54

BST

7

8.905

GBP

XLON

592126927801139670

11:43:54

BST

292

8.905

GBP

XLON

592126927801139669

11:44:48

BST

177

8.9

GBP

XLON

592126927801160795

12:02:00

BST

206

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637007269

12:02:00

BST

63

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637007274

12:02:00

BST

193

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637007276

12:02:02

BST

182

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637009615

12:02:02

BST

349

8.95

GBP

XLON

592126927801665469

12:02:02

BST

31

8.95

GBP

XLON

592126927801665479

12:02:02

BST

43

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637009625

12:17:58

BST

65

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637347727

12:17:58

BST

106

8.95

GBP

XLON

592126927802020827

12:17:58

BST

106

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637347726

12:18:58

BST

335

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637366910

12:23:12

BST

231

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927802135906

12:23:12

BST

234

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927802135905

12:23:12

BST

241

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927802135907

12:29:00

BST

295

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637584555

12:29:00

BST

170

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637584558

12:37:16

BST

56

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637738858

12:37:16

BST

53

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676637738859

12:41:16

BST

43

8.945

GBP

XLON

606200676637810823

12:41:16

BST

66

8.945

GBP

XLON

606200676637810824

12:41:16

BST

115

8.945

GBP

XLON

592126927802508237

12:41:16

BST

279

8.945

GBP

XLON

606200676637810822

12:44:16

BST

217

8.945

GBP

XLON

592126927802559535

12:47:16

BST

168

8.94

GBP

XLON

606200676637911394

12:50:03

BST

203

8.93

GBP

XLON

592126927802666347

13:03:31

BST

111

8.95

GBP

XLON

606200676638241163

13:04:15

BST

119

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927802976889

13:04:38

BST

32

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927802983414

13:07:39

BST

106

8.96

GBP

XLON

606200676638321079

13:11:39

BST

105

8.955

GBP

XLON

606200676638396404

13:11:39

BST

105

8.955

GBP

XLON

606200676638396405

13:11:39

BST

140

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927803124823

13:11:39

BST

146

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927803124824

13:11:39

BST

300

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927803124825

13:11:39

BST

304

8.955

GBP

XLON

592126927803124826

13:11:48

BST

133

8.955

GBP

XLON

606200676638398834

13:22:58

BST

114

8.98

GBP

XLON

606200676638630571

13:22:58

BST

287

8.98

GBP

XLON

606200676638630572

13:22:58

BST

272

8.98

GBP

XLON

592126927803371664

13:37:37

BST

140

8.975

GBP

XLON

606200676638973327

13:40:42

BST

7

8.975

GBP

XLON

606200676639051838

13:40:42

BST

212

8.975

GBP

XLON

606200676639051837

13:41:40

BST

122

8.985

GBP

XLON

606200676639077366

13:41:40

BST

44

8.975

GBP

XLON

606200676639077369

13:41:40

BST

69

8.975

GBP

XLON

606200676639077690

13:41:40

BST

131

8.975

GBP

XLON

606200676639077691

13:41:40

BST

234

8.975

GBP

XLON

606200676639077692

13:51:43

BST

14

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927804101147

13:51:43

BST

56

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927804101143

13:51:43

BST

59

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927804101145

13:51:56

BST

46

9.01

GBP

XLON

592126927804107226

13:51:56

BST

47

9.01

GBP

XLON

592126927804107225

13:51:56

BST

196

9.01

GBP

XLON

606200676639328247

13:51:56

BST

251

9.01

GBP

XLON

592126927804107224

13:51:58

BST

3

9.01

GBP

XLON

592126927804107876

13:51:58

BST

44

9.01

GBP

XLON

592126927804107875

13:51:58

BST

268

9.01

GBP

XLON

592126927804107874

13:58:24

BST

118

9.01

GBP

XLON

606200676639498983

13:58:24

BST

444

9.01

GBP

XLON

606200676639498982

14:03:43

BST

106

9.02

GBP

XLON

592126927804455521

14:03:43

BST

106

9.02

GBP

XLON

606200676639658890

14:03:43

BST

106

9.02

GBP

XLON

606200676639658891

14:03:43

BST

172

9.02

GBP

XLON

606200676639658889

14:03:43

BST

498

9.02

GBP

XLON

592126927804455520

14:03:43

BST

420

9.02

GBP

XLON

606200676639658899

14:03:43

BST

116

9.02

GBP

XLON

592126927804455525

14:07:50

BST

210

9.02

GBP

XLON

606200676639769496

14:08:01

BST

102

9.02

GBP

XLON

606200676639775703

14:08:01

BST

185

9.02

GBP

XLON

592126927804578300

14:15:21

BST

112

9.02

GBP

XLON

606200676639963852

14:15:21

BST

112

9.02

GBP

XLON

606200676639963853

14:16:55

BST

313

9.015

GBP

XLON

606200676640004671

14:16:55

BST

32

9.015

GBP

XLON

606200676640004673

14:16:55

BST

112

9.015

GBP

XLON

606200676640004674

14:20:14

BST

9

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927804935398

14:24:22

BST

105

9.03

GBP

XLON

592126927805066813

14:27:52

BST

111

9.03

GBP

XLON

606200676640341028

14:27:55

BST

10

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927805178064

14:27:55

BST

95

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927805178065

14:27:55

BST

299

9.025

GBP

XLON

606200676640342782

14:28:06

BST

148

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927805185039

14:28:08

BST

159

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927805185714

14:30:02

BST

47

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927805256723

14:30:02

BST

63

9.025

GBP

XLON

592126927805256726

14:30:02

BST

110

9.025

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XLON

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