Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

19 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 48,638 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 19 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 3,130,562 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 127,786,372 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:

19 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

48,638

10.2276

10.1500

10.2800

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

08:10:11

BST

5

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528431724275

08:10:11

BST

101

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528431724274

08:10:11

BST

116

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277267328883

08:10:17

BST

116

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528431726160

08:10:46

BST

276

10.26

GBP

XLON

606205277267341520

08:11:33

BST

118

10.26

GBP

XLON

592131528431752398

08:12:31

BST

1

10.26

GBP

XLON

606205277267375059

08:12:31

BST

36

10.26

GBP

XLON

606205277267375058

08:12:31

BST

74

10.26

GBP

XLON

606205277267375057

08:14:45

BST

117

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277267414592

08:15:24

BST

137

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528431830269

08:15:27

BST

152

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267428837

08:16:33

BST

115

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528431852257

08:16:38

BST

408

10.22

GBP

XLON

606205277267450075

08:21:48

BST

106

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267537265

08:22:50

BST

117

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528431962456

08:23:57

BST

33

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267571053

08:23:57

BST

19

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528431981495

08:24:29

BST

33

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528431989663

08:25:01

BST

28

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267586643

08:25:01

BST

30

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528431997961

08:25:01

BST

87

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267586642

08:25:01

BST

459

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267586644

08:25:01

BST

155

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528431997968

08:25:01

BST

197

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528431997967

08:25:01

BST

352

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267586658

08:25:01

BST

76

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267586877

08:25:11

BST

117

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267589277

08:25:11

BST

13

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277267589279

08:35:57

BST

116

10.21

GBP

XLON

606205277267767870

08:41:52

BST

50

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432285736

08:41:52

BST

55

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432285737

08:43:01

BST

106

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432303614

08:44:06

BST

128

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432320919

08:47:45

BST

25

10.21

GBP

XLON

606205277267965799

08:50:28

BST

13

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432446521

08:50:28

BST

95

10.21

GBP

XLON

606205277268010481

08:50:28

BST

121

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432446520

08:50:28

BST

380

10.21

GBP

XLON

606205277268010482

08:50:28

BST

469

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432446522

08:50:28

BST

339

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432446528

08:50:28

BST

452

10.21

GBP

XLON

606205277268010487

08:50:28

BST

36

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528432446533

08:59:54

BST

11

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268155907

09:02:21

BST

78

10.2

GBP

XLON

592131528432648473

09:02:21

BST

121

10.2

GBP

XLON

606205277268201225

09:03:38

BST

43

10.2

GBP

XLON

592131528432674750

09:03:38

BST

113

10.2

GBP

XLON

592131528432674749

09:07:01

BST

115

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528432732020

09:07:01

BST

115

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528432732022

09:07:01

BST

121

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528432732021

09:07:01

BST

121

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268280952

09:07:01

BST

364

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528432732019

09:07:01

BST

368

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268280951

09:08:00

BST

96

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528432747520

09:11:00

BST

115

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268337640

09:19:21

BST

117

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268459710

09:19:21

BST

117

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268459711

09:19:21

BST

335

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528432918660

09:19:21

BST

25

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528432918665

09:20:44

BST

117

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528432940854

09:20:44

BST

197

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528432940855

09:37:37

BST

124

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528433224832

09:37:37

BST

124

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528433224833

09:37:37

BST

124

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268752514

09:37:37

BST

302

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528433224831

09:37:37

BST

348

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268752513

09:42:22

BST

124

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268835352

09:42:22

BST

138

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277268835351

09:42:22

BST

164

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528433311323

09:42:22

BST

185

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528433311321

09:45:35

BST

122

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277268896854

10:00:02

BST

108

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269124120

10:08:21

BST

118

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269254074

10:09:55

BST

33

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269274614

10:09:55

BST

89

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269274615

10:11:29

BST

41

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269302484

10:11:29

BST

66

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269302483

10:13:05

BST

106

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277269325292

10:13:05

BST

8

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277269325293

10:15:45

BST

118

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269368441

10:15:48

BST

158

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528433870970

10:17:48

BST

47

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528433905482

10:17:48

BST

76

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528433905483

10:19:41

BST

105

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528433935453

10:21:44

BST

118

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528433968712

10:23:47

BST

7

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528433994942

10:23:47

BST

39

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528433994943

10:23:47

BST

61

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528433994944

10:23:47

BST

3

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269488483

10:27:06

BST

105

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528434043903

10:27:34

BST

23

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269542501

10:27:34

BST

82

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269542500

10:29:06

BST

127

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528434074997

10:30:37

BST

123

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269592008

10:34:24

BST

106

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269650340

10:34:24

BST

140

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269650341

10:38:24

BST

124

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528434229501

10:39:48

BST

34

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269731614

10:39:48

BST

84

10.18

GBP

XLON

606205277269731613

10:41:27

BST

33

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528434274205

10:41:27

BST

35

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528434274206

10:41:27

BST

37

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528434274204

10:41:27

BST

158

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277269755845

10:41:31

BST

32

10.17

GBP

XLON

592131528434275132

10:41:31

BST

115

10.17

GBP

XLON

592131528434275133

10:41:31

BST

320

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277269756687

10:41:31

BST

476

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277269756693

10:43:25

BST

82

10.17

GBP

XLON

592131528434303268

10:43:25

BST

361

10.17

GBP

XLON

592131528434303269

10:45:14

BST

26

10.16

GBP

XLON

606205277269807333

10:45:19

BST

85

10.16

GBP

XLON

606205277269808550

11:12:29

BST

109

10.15

GBP

XLON

592131528434732720

11:12:29

BST

109

10.15

GBP

XLON

606205277270196114

11:12:29

BST

481

10.15

GBP

XLON

606205277270196115

11:22:53

BST

119

10.16

GBP

XLON

592131528434890805

11:25:23

BST

19

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277270384755

11:25:23

BST

97

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277270384756

11:25:23

BST

129

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277270384757

11:28:18

BST

115

10.17

GBP

XLON

592131528434979016

11:30:06

BST

113

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277270454188

11:31:55

BST

115

10.17

GBP

XLON

592131528435030975

11:33:45

BST

119

10.17

GBP

XLON

606205277270506496

11:33:47

BST

500

10.16

GBP

XLON

592131528435057959

11:33:47

BST

942

10.16

GBP

XLON

592131528435057963

12:02:01

BST

52

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277270895729

12:02:01

BST

63

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277270895728

12:02:01

BST

115

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528435465207

12:02:01

BST

211

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528435465206

12:02:01

BST

455

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277270895730

12:02:01

BST

415

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277270895736

12:02:01

BST

400

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528435465213

12:02:01

BST

15

10.19

GBP

XLON

592131528435465216

12:02:01

BST

193

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277270895739

12:14:09

BST

113

10.18

GBP

XLON

592131528435674011

12:30:04

BST

186

10.19

GBP

XLON

606205277271333922

12:40:04

BST

55

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528436099512

12:40:04

BST

93

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528436099511

12:40:04

BST

122

10.21

GBP

XLON

606205277271495520

12:40:04

BST

199

10.21

GBP

XLON

606205277271495521

12:40:05

BST

233

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528436100046

12:40:07

BST

115

10.21

GBP

XLON

592131528436100630

12:47:22

BST

107

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277271617683

12:47:22

BST

136

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528436228790

12:47:22

BST

418

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277271617684

12:47:22

BST

506

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528436228793

12:47:22

BST

370

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277271617691

12:50:17

BST

113

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277271665893

12:50:17

BST

412

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528436279727

13:16:58

BST

6

10.26

GBP

XLON

606205277272104775

13:16:58

BST

1

10.26

GBP

XLON

606205277272104776

13:16:58

BST

116

10.26

GBP

XLON

606205277272104777

13:16:58

BST

123

10.26

GBP

XLON

606205277272104778

13:17:35

BST

123

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528436754559

13:17:35

BST

123

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528436754562

13:17:35

BST

123

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528436754563

13:17:35

BST

123

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277272114788

13:17:35

BST

123

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277272114790

13:17:35

BST

123

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277272114791

13:17:35

BST

405

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528436754560

13:17:35

BST

230

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277272114806

13:30:44

BST

98

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277272343282

13:30:44

BST

107

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277272343284

13:30:44

BST

107

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528436996173

13:30:44

BST

107

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528436996174

13:30:44

BST

107

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528436996175

13:30:44

BST

107

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277272343279

13:30:44

BST

107

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277272343280

13:30:44

BST

214

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277272343283

13:30:44

BST

162

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528436996239

13:47:42

BST

112

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277272660088

13:48:49

BST

108

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277272681482

13:48:49

BST

54

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437353102

13:48:49

BST

58

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437353100

13:48:49

BST

112

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437353104

13:48:49

BST

112

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437353105

13:48:49

BST

112

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277272681487

13:48:49

BST

112

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277272681488

13:48:49

BST

308

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277272681486

13:48:49

BST

326

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437353113

13:48:49

BST

293

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277272681502

14:03:32

BST

122

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277272976541

14:08:34

BST

69

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277273090982

14:08:36

BST

56

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528437784642

14:09:48

BST

39

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528437808839

14:09:48

BST

75

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528437808840

14:11:00

BST

49

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277273141449

14:11:00

BST

58

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277273141448

14:12:14

BST

116

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277273164897

14:13:18

BST

42

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437883426

14:13:18

BST

83

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437883424

14:13:18

BST

122

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437883415

14:13:18

BST

122

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277273184637

14:13:18

BST

125

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437883421

14:13:18

BST

125

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277273184639

14:13:18

BST

158

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437883419

14:13:18

BST

158

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277273184636

14:13:18

BST

170

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437883417

14:13:18

BST

275

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437883412

14:13:18

BST

31

10.23

GBP

XLON

606205277273184658

14:13:20

BST

47

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437890169

14:13:20

BST

64

10.23

GBP

XLON

592131528437890168

14:30:22

BST

111

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528438277182

14:30:47

BST

41

10.24

GBP

XLON

606205277273575061

14:30:47

BST

93

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528438292256

14:30:47

BST

79

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528438292259

14:30:59

BST

16

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528438298553

14:30:59

BST

96

10.24

GBP

XLON

592131528438298554

14:41:32

BST

224

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528438616314

14:41:39

BST

3

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277273891147

14:41:39

BST

4

10.25

GBP

XLON

592131528438623227

14:41:39

BST

49

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277273891149

14:41:39

BST

104

10.25

GBP

XLON

606205277273891154

14:41:39

BST

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10.25

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