Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

21 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 46,796 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 21 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 3,222,887 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 127,694,047 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:

21 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

46,796

10.5628

10.5100

10.6400

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

08:03:46

BST

41

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236214130314

08:03:46

BST

107

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985050103854

08:03:46

BST

347

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236214130313

08:03:46

BST

337

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236214130319

08:03:46

BST

182

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985050103858

08:13:03

BST

123

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236214343118

08:13:03

BST

123

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236214343119

08:13:03

BST

138

10.52

GBP

XLON

606205985050307321

08:13:03

BST

159

10.52

GBP

XLON

606205985050307323

08:13:03

BST

311

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236214343125

08:13:03

BST

292

10.52

GBP

XLON

606205985050307328

08:19:40

BST

20

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236214513962

08:19:40

BST

123

10.51

GBP

XLON

606205985050470570

08:19:40

BST

254

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236214513963

08:19:44

BST

34

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236214515126

08:19:44

BST

47

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236214515127

08:19:44

BST

116

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236214515129

08:19:44

BST

82

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236214515131

08:35:15

BST

127

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236214827609

08:35:19

BST

75

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985050771329

08:35:44

BST

6

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985050779357

08:35:51

BST

47

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985050781038

08:35:51

BST

47

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985050781039

08:36:21

BST

68

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985050791985

08:36:21

BST

403

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236214850694

08:36:21

BST

45

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985050791989

08:36:27

BST

36

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985050793493

08:38:05

BST

73

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985050824010

08:38:05

BST

208

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985050824009

08:42:53

BST

384

10.59

GBP

XLON

606205985050906315

08:42:53

BST

323

10.59

GBP

XLON

606205985050906319

08:47:05

BST

89

10.61

GBP

XLON

606205985050971892

08:47:05

BST

107

10.61

GBP

XLON

592132236215039107

08:47:05

BST

114

10.61

GBP

XLON

606205985050971890

08:47:05

BST

294

10.61

GBP

XLON

606205985050971891

08:47:05

BST

131

10.61

GBP

XLON

592132236215039115

09:02:26

BST

128

10.6

GBP

XLON

592132236215331172

09:08:15

BST

55

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985051367342

09:08:26

BST

118

10.63

GBP

XLON

592132236215455642

09:08:26

BST

125

10.63

GBP

XLON

606205985051370541

09:08:34

BST

141

10.63

GBP

XLON

592132236215459153

09:08:34

BST

69

10.63

GBP

XLON

606205985051373863

09:09:37

BST

159

10.63

GBP

XLON

592132236215489763

09:09:41

BST

43

10.63

GBP

XLON

606205985051404583

09:09:41

BST

361

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236215490919

09:09:41

BST

440

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236215490923

09:09:41

BST

62

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985051404591

09:29:45

BST

118

10.64

GBP

XLON

592132236215878008

09:29:51

BST

184

10.64

GBP

XLON

592132236215879142

09:31:48

BST

86

10.64

GBP

XLON

592132236215918497

09:31:50

BST

35

10.64

GBP

XLON

606205985051814761

09:33:36

BST

23

10.64

GBP

XLON

592132236215949028

09:33:36

BST

89

10.64

GBP

XLON

606205985051843447

09:35:38

BST

121

10.63

GBP

XLON

592132236215984432

09:37:55

BST

107

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985051919996

09:41:58

BST

110

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236216099028

09:48:19

BST

122

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985052094301

09:48:19

BST

144

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985052094300

09:48:19

BST

188

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985052094299

09:48:19

BST

310

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236216211213

09:48:19

BST

165

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236216211241

09:48:19

BST

221

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236216211240

09:48:19

BST

515

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985052094329

09:48:20

BST

184

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236216211329

09:48:20

BST

24

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236216211491

10:00:14

BST

126

10.59

GBP

XLON

606205985052294086

10:00:14

BST

356

10.59

GBP

XLON

606205985052294085

10:00:15

BST

170

10.59

GBP

XLON

592132236216421595

10:00:18

BST

21

10.59

GBP

XLON

592132236216422841

10:00:18

BST

127

10.59

GBP

XLON

592132236216422842

10:01:27

BST

126

10.58

GBP

XLON

592132236216445767

10:30:49

BST

128

10.61

GBP

XLON

592132236216965380

10:36:07

BST

8

10.61

GBP

XLON

592132236217071310

10:36:07

BST

128

10.61

GBP

XLON

606205985052913879

10:36:07

BST

200

10.61

GBP

XLON

606205985052913880

10:36:07

BST

346

10.61

GBP

XLON

592132236217071309

10:36:07

BST

481

10.61

GBP

XLON

606205985052913885

10:57:04

BST

108

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985053264745

10:57:04

BST

114

10.62

GBP

XLON

592132236217439145

10:57:04

BST

148

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985053264744

10:57:04

BST

156

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985053264747

10:57:04

BST

280

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985053264746

10:57:04

BST

340

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985053264772

10:57:05

BST

100

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985053264863

10:57:05

BST

197

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985053264865

10:57:05

BST

479

10.62

GBP

XLON

606205985053264870

10:57:10

BST

141

10.61

GBP

XLON

606205985053266281

11:10:30

BST

204

10.59

GBP

XLON

592132236217703415

11:10:31

BST

108

10.59

GBP

XLON

592132236217703803

11:10:31

BST

128

10.59

GBP

XLON

606205985053518111

11:10:31

BST

228

10.59

GBP

XLON

592132236217703802

11:10:31

BST

10

10.59

GBP

XLON

606205985053518117

11:22:34

BST

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236217923146

11:22:34

BST

386

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236217923145

11:22:34

BST

55

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985053729849

11:27:58

BST

434

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236218024085

11:28:55

BST

8

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985053842269

11:47:03

BST

118

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236218340357

11:52:14

BST

118

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985054222035

11:52:42

BST

138

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985054231608

11:54:20

BST

115

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985054261876

11:57:09

BST

6

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236218529369

11:57:51

BST

121

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985054321801

11:57:51

BST

515

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985054321802

11:57:51

BST

332

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985054321807

12:03:42

BST

48

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236218656626

12:03:42

BST

76

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236218656627

12:03:42

BST

124

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236218656625

12:03:42

BST

124

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236218656628

12:03:42

BST

463

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985054432492

12:03:47

BST

132

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985054435469

12:19:03

BST

110

10.58

GBP

XLON

592132236218932542

12:19:08

BST

110

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236218933819

12:19:08

BST

110

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236218933820

12:19:08

BST

110

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236218933821

12:19:08

BST

110

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236218933823

12:19:08

BST

465

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985054696934

12:32:50

BST

127

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985054951260

12:32:50

BST

424

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985054951259

12:33:01

BST

222

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985054954965

12:52:55

BST

112

10.58

GBP

XLON

606205985055300279

12:54:44

BST

8

10.58

GBP

XLON

606205985055331014

12:54:44

BST

55

10.58

GBP

XLON

606205985055331011

12:54:44

BST

56

10.58

GBP

XLON

606205985055331013

12:55:15

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236219608096

12:55:15

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236219608097

12:55:15

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236219608098

12:55:15

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985055339537

12:55:15

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985055339540

12:55:15

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985055339542

12:55:15

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985055339543

12:55:15

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985055339545

12:55:15

BST

127

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236219608094

12:55:15

BST

127

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985055339534

12:55:15

BST

187

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985055339539

13:18:19

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236220078484

13:18:19

BST

444

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236220078483

13:18:24

BST

381

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236220080784

13:31:35

BST

113

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236220386880

13:31:35

BST

113

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985056079652

13:31:35

BST

113

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985056079653

13:31:35

BST

113

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985056079655

13:31:35

BST

511

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236220386879

13:31:35

BST

360

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236220386887

13:31:35

BST

93

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985056079662

13:43:02

BST

114

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985056327265

13:47:58

BST

36

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985056443091

13:47:58

BST

77

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985056443092

13:49:08

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985056468152

13:49:53

BST

124

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985056483066

13:50:30

BST

515

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236220823395

13:50:30

BST

364

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236220823398

13:50:30

BST

150

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985056496495

13:50:30

BST

280

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236220823401

14:01:54

BST

11

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236221090876

14:01:54

BST

113

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236221090877

14:01:54

BST

124

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236221090874

14:01:54

BST

124

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236221090875

14:01:54

BST

412

10.51

GBP

XLON

606205985056753146

14:01:55

BST

114

10.51

GBP

XLON

592132236221090906

14:17:44

BST

111

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236221457108

14:18:48

BST

20

10.52

GBP

XLON

606205985057123859

14:18:48

BST

89

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236221479290

14:20:00

BST

122

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236221506324

14:21:17

BST

116

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236221537572

14:23:44

BST

127

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236221599533

14:23:44

BST

130

10.52

GBP

XLON

606205985057239367

14:23:44

BST

149

10.52

GBP

XLON

606205985057239368

14:23:44

BST

339

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236221599663

14:23:44

BST

426

10.52

GBP

XLON

606205985057239477

14:23:44

BST

366

10.52

GBP

XLON

592132236221599669

14:35:53

BST

124

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985057651672

14:36:40

BST

11

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985057674834

14:37:32

BST

60

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236222080918

14:37:32

BST

62

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236222080919

14:37:32

BST

112

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985057701831

14:38:00

BST

117

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985057716066

14:39:13

BST

107

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985057751907

14:39:13

BST

474

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985057751908

14:39:13

BST

305

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236222132965

14:39:13

BST

143

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985057751920

14:39:13

BST

162

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985057751921

14:39:13

BST

4

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985057751926

14:39:13

BST

5

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236222132973

14:39:13

BST

300

10.57

GBP

XLON

592132236222132974

14:39:13

BST

5

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985057751933

14:39:13

BST

60

10.57

GBP

XLON

606205985057751934

14:50:26

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236222512926

14:50:26

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058118757

14:50:26

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058118759

14:50:26

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058118760

14:50:26

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058118761

14:50:26

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058118762

14:50:26

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058118763

14:50:26

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058118766

14:50:26

BST

389

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058118756

14:50:26

BST

53

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236222512937

14:55:35

BST

127

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985058332058

14:55:35

BST

383

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985058332059

14:55:35

BST

78

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985058332064

14:58:35

BST

316

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236222870831

14:58:38

BST

123

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985058463434

15:10:27

BST

277

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985058926678

15:11:51

BST

455

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985058971621

15:11:51

BST

191

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236223400283

15:11:53

BST

177

10.56

GBP

XLON

592132236223401124

15:11:53

BST

255

10.56

GBP

XLON

606205985058972425

15:11:53

BST

120

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985058972858

15:21:46

BST

110

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236223735498

15:21:46

BST

110

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236223735499

15:21:46

BST

110

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985059293546

15:21:46

BST

507

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985059293544

15:21:46

BST

352

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236223735503

15:30:00

BST

108

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224008526

15:30:00

BST

108

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059553976

15:30:00

BST

108

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059553977

15:30:00

BST

108

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059553978

15:30:00

BST

108

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059553979

15:30:00

BST

108

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059553982

15:30:00

BST

285

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059553975

15:30:00

BST

18

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059553998

15:30:00

BST

141

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059553997

15:39:31

BST

44

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059871173

15:39:31

BST

69

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059871176

15:40:06

BST

123

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224356063

15:40:44

BST

7

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224372637

15:40:44

BST

100

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059904612

15:41:29

BST

5

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985059925405

15:41:29

BST

110

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224394321

15:42:34

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224428332

15:42:34

BST

163

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224428331

15:42:34

BST

399

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224428333

15:42:43

BST

107

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224431918

15:42:44

BST

382

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224432111

15:42:45

BST

460

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236224432563

15:54:00

BST

123

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236224802716

15:54:35

BST

109

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236224822288

15:55:29

BST

125

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236224856290

15:56:25

BST

127

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236224884627

15:56:49

BST

2

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236224898425

15:56:49

BST

4

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236224898427

15:56:49

BST

106

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060409624

15:57:24

BST

82

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236224918679

15:57:25

BST

31

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060429140

15:58:07

BST

97

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060451583

15:58:07

BST

14

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060451672

16:00:11

BST

33

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060531807

16:00:11

BST

74

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060531805

16:00:11

BST

107

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225025637

16:00:11

BST

107

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225025638

16:00:11

BST

344

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060531806

16:00:11

BST

200

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060531817

16:00:11

BST

200

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060531818

16:00:11

BST

360

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060531816

16:00:12

BST

306

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225026029

16:05:29

BST

123

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225216493

16:10:00

BST

119

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060885686

16:10:00

BST

146

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060885687

16:10:00

BST

60

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060885688

16:10:01

BST

119

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060886440

16:10:01

BST

119

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060886441

16:10:01

BST

122

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060886439

16:10:01

BST

142

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225394349

16:10:01

BST

52

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225394514

16:10:01

BST

398

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225394513

16:10:01

BST

289

10.55

GBP

XLON

606205985060886608

16:10:02

BST

160

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225395074

16:17:11

BST

46

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225672212

16:17:11

BST

66

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225672213

16:17:40

BST

28

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225688894

16:17:40

BST

30

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225688896

16:17:40

BST

59

10.55

GBP

XLON

592132236225688895

16:18:03

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236225702699

16:18:03

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236225702700

16:18:03

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236225702701

16:18:03

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236225702702

16:18:03

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236225702703

16:18:03

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236225702704

16:18:03

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985061183298

16:18:03

BST

112

10.54

GBP

XLON

606205985061183299

16:18:03

BST

280

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236225702698

16:18:04

BST

158

10.54

GBP

XLON

592132236225703280

16:21:14

BST

124

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236225865446

16:21:14

BST

125

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985061340662

16:21:14

BST

125

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985061340663

16:21:14

BST

288

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985061340661

16:21:15

BST

151

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236225865559

16:25:11

BST

127

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985061502037

16:25:11

BST

502

10.53

GBP

XLON

592132236226032541

16:25:11

BST

229

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985061502419

16:25:11

BST

267

10.53

GBP

XLON

606205985061502420

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