Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

07 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 52,200 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 07 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 2,829,546 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 128,087,388 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:

07 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

52,200

9.2742

9.1000

9.4750

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

08:05:34

BST

103

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281693846623

08:06:23

BST

148

9.125

GBP

XLON

606201030530559708

08:06:23

BST

435

9.12

GBP

XLON

606201030530559711

08:06:23

BST

273

9.12

GBP

XLON

606201030530559716

08:06:23

BST

273

9.12

GBP

XLON

592127281693868306

08:06:23

BST

15

9.12

GBP

XLON

606201030530559725

08:06:23

BST

219

9.12

GBP

XLON

592127281693868312

08:09:50

BST

111

9.12

GBP

XLON

592127281693963652

08:16:53

BST

105

9.135

GBP

XLON

606201030530809905

08:16:53

BST

98

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281694134561

08:16:53

BST

392

9.135

GBP

XLON

606201030530809916

08:16:53

BST

4

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281694134571

08:16:53

BST

98

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281694134570

08:16:53

BST

356

9.135

GBP

XLON

606201030530809919

08:16:53

BST

39

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281694134584

08:16:53

BST

46

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281694134585

08:16:53

BST

47

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281694134583

08:16:53

BST

150

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281694134586

08:18:27

BST

216

9.11

GBP

XLON

592127281694175274

08:20:42

BST

222

9.115

GBP

XLON

606201030530899084

08:30:34

BST

23

9.115

GBP

XLON

592127281694516634

08:30:34

BST

94

9.115

GBP

XLON

592127281694516633

08:30:34

BST

103

9.1

GBP

XLON

592127281694516680

08:30:34

BST

103

9.1

GBP

XLON

592127281694516681

08:30:34

BST

103

9.1

GBP

XLON

592127281694516682

08:30:34

BST

103

9.1

GBP

XLON

592127281694516684

08:30:34

BST

103

9.1

GBP

XLON

606201030531171617

08:30:34

BST

103

9.1

GBP

XLON

606201030531171618

08:30:34

BST

103

9.1

GBP

XLON

606201030531171619

08:30:34

BST

127

9.1

GBP

XLON

606201030531171615

08:30:34

BST

160

9.1

GBP

XLON

592127281694516685

08:30:34

BST

207

9.1

GBP

XLON

592127281694516683

08:40:49

BST

114

9.12

GBP

XLON

592127281694844073

08:42:52

BST

140

9.13

GBP

XLON

592127281694899276

08:42:59

BST

323

9.115

GBP

XLON

592127281694901778

08:42:59

BST

423

9.115

GBP

XLON

606201030531533223

08:42:59

BST

198

9.115

GBP

XLON

592127281694901783

08:43:00

BST

402

9.1

GBP

XLON

592127281694902095

08:43:00

BST

18

9.1

GBP

XLON

606201030531533498

08:55:23

BST

110

9.12

GBP

XLON

592127281695195605

08:55:23

BST

110

9.12

GBP

XLON

592127281695195607

08:55:23

BST

110

9.12

GBP

XLON

606201030531810691

08:55:23

BST

137

9.12

GBP

XLON

606201030531810693

08:55:23

BST

403

9.12

GBP

XLON

592127281695195606

08:55:23

BST

452

9.12

GBP

XLON

606201030531810699

09:01:34

BST

119

9.105

GBP

XLON

606201030531931769

09:01:34

BST

364

9.1

GBP

XLON

606201030531931770

09:09:51

BST

9

9.1

GBP

XLON

606201030532154570

09:09:51

BST

119

9.1

GBP

XLON

592127281695556738

09:16:28

BST

115

9.125

GBP

XLON

592127281695696865

09:19:46

BST

41

9.125

GBP

XLON

606201030532402933

09:19:46

BST

72

9.125

GBP

XLON

606201030532402934

09:19:46

BST

120

9.125

GBP

XLON

592127281695817933

09:19:50

BST

359

9.12

GBP

XLON

606201030532404110

09:21:16

BST

75

9.14

GBP

XLON

592127281695858555

09:21:16

BST

400

9.14

GBP

XLON

592127281695858554

09:21:16

BST

299

9.14

GBP

XLON

592127281695858558

09:21:16

BST

184

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281695858559

09:26:00

BST

49

9.11

GBP

XLON

592127281695968454

09:26:00

BST

67

9.11

GBP

XLON

592127281695968453

09:26:00

BST

165

9.11

GBP

XLON

606201030532544714

09:26:00

BST

224

9.11

GBP

XLON

606201030532544713

09:43:22

BST

300

9.115

GBP

XLON

592127281696349543

09:43:22

BST

43

9.115

GBP

XLON

592127281696349544

09:43:22

BST

410

9.115

GBP

XLON

592127281696349551

09:43:22

BST

94

9.115

GBP

XLON

606201030532906382

09:43:25

BST

350

9.11

GBP

XLON

606201030532907447

10:03:53

BST

116

9.14

GBP

XLON

592127281696813297

10:03:53

BST

449

9.14

GBP

XLON

606201030533347145

10:06:47

BST

313

9.16

GBP

XLON

606201030533408970

10:06:47

BST

490

9.16

GBP

XLON

606201030533408974

10:06:47

BST

449

9.16

GBP

XLON

592127281696878630

10:12:40

BST

303

9.135

GBP

XLON

606201030533535865

10:12:40

BST

116

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281697012577

10:17:27

BST

285

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281697117946

10:29:12

BST

36

9.135

GBP

XLON

606201030533876164

10:29:12

BST

79

9.135

GBP

XLON

606201030533876165

10:29:12

BST

115

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281697371802

10:29:12

BST

115

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281697371803

10:29:12

BST

115

9.135

GBP

XLON

606201030533876163

10:29:12

BST

119

9.135

GBP

XLON

592127281697371801

10:29:52

BST

155

9.13

GBP

XLON

592127281697385946

10:42:43

BST

89

9.155

GBP

XLON

606201030534166148

10:42:43

BST

212

9.155

GBP

XLON

606201030534166149

10:42:43

BST

330

9.155

GBP

XLON

592127281697679909

10:42:43

BST

157

9.155

GBP

XLON

606201030534166160

10:57:58

BST

123

9.175

GBP

XLON

592127281698030173

10:57:58

BST

123

9.175

GBP

XLON

606201030534497344

10:57:58

BST

123

9.175

GBP

XLON

606201030534497345

11:01:02

BST

123

9.17

GBP

XLON

592127281698115428

11:01:02

BST

123

9.17

GBP

XLON

606201030534577776

11:01:02

BST

226

9.17

GBP

XLON

606201030534577775

11:01:02

BST

265

9.17

GBP

XLON

606201030534577774

11:01:02

BST

120

9.165

GBP

XLON

592127281698115431

11:37:24

BST

132

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281698877271

11:37:24

BST

200

9.18

GBP

XLON

592127281698877274

11:37:24

BST

408

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030535297927

11:37:24

BST

87

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281698877282

11:37:24

BST

100

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281698877277

11:37:24

BST

144

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281698877279

11:37:24

BST

161

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281698877281

11:37:24

BST

161

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030535297935

11:37:24

BST

67

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030535297941

11:37:24

BST

222

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030535297940

11:37:24

BST

289

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281698877288

11:37:24

BST

232

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030535297947

11:45:09

BST

115

9.19

GBP

XLON

592127281699042621

11:56:11

BST

103

9.195

GBP

XLON

592127281699267465

11:56:11

BST

369

9.195

GBP

XLON

606201030535665449

11:56:11

BST

439

9.195

GBP

XLON

606201030535665452

11:56:11

BST

36

9.195

GBP

XLON

592127281699267471

11:56:11

BST

343

9.19

GBP

XLON

606201030535665455

11:56:11

BST

227

9.19

GBP

XLON

606201030535665458

12:03:56

BST

115

9.205

GBP

XLON

592127281699437916

12:08:13

BST

109

9.195

GBP

XLON

592127281699526070

12:08:13

BST

179

9.195

GBP

XLON

606201030535909309

12:08:13

BST

291

9.195

GBP

XLON

606201030535909308

12:08:13

BST

115

9.195

GBP

XLON

606201030535909313

12:27:52

BST

26

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030536294487

12:27:52

BST

78

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030536294485

12:27:52

BST

104

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281699933572

12:27:52

BST

104

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281699933575

12:27:52

BST

104

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281699933576

12:27:52

BST

104

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281699933577

12:27:52

BST

104

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030536294483

12:27:52

BST

104

9.185

GBP

XLON

606201030536294484

12:27:52

BST

106

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281699933571

12:27:52

BST

130

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281699933578

12:33:03

BST

416

9.19

GBP

XLON

592127281700046270

12:33:03

BST

93

9.19

GBP

XLON

592127281700046273

12:33:05

BST

23

9.19

GBP

XLON

592127281700046733

12:33:05

BST

116

9.185

GBP

XLON

592127281700046817

12:40:55

BST

244

9.2

GBP

XLON

606201030536569679

12:53:31

BST

406

9.245

GBP

XLON

592127281700506158

12:53:31

BST

270

9.245

GBP

XLON

592127281700506161

12:53:31

BST

27

9.24

GBP

XLON

592127281700506166

12:53:31

BST

88

9.24

GBP

XLON

592127281700506168

12:53:31

BST

144

9.24

GBP

XLON

592127281700506167

13:06:59

BST

115

9.235

GBP

XLON

592127281700829501

13:06:59

BST

221

9.235

GBP

XLON

606201030537140861

13:06:59

BST

31

9.235

GBP

XLON

606201030537140896

13:06:59

BST

109

9.235

GBP

XLON

592127281700829536

13:06:59

BST

109

9.235

GBP

XLON

592127281700829537

13:06:59

BST

109

9.235

GBP

XLON

606201030537140897

13:06:59

BST

109

9.235

GBP

XLON

606201030537140898

13:06:59

BST

119

9.235

GBP

XLON

592127281700829538

13:23:36

BST

114

9.21

GBP

XLON

592127281701224286

13:26:42

BST

122

9.235

GBP

XLON

592127281701294410

13:28:19

BST

116

9.225

GBP

XLON

606201030537619910

13:28:19

BST

343

9.225

GBP

XLON

606201030537619908

13:28:19

BST

444

9.23

GBP

XLON

606201030537619907

13:28:19

BST

275

9.23

GBP

XLON

606201030537619917

13:28:19

BST

14

9.23

GBP

XLON

606201030537619930

13:28:19

BST

184

9.23

GBP

XLON

606201030537619929

13:29:06

BST

123

9.22

GBP

XLON

592127281701352965

13:43:53

BST

10

9.245

GBP

XLON

592127281701738638

13:43:53

BST

109

9.265

GBP

XLON

592127281701738642

13:44:53

BST

19

9.28

GBP

XLON

606201030538029018

13:44:53

BST

95

9.28

GBP

XLON

606201030538029017

13:46:55

BST

109

9.28

GBP

XLON

606201030538084217

13:48:07

BST

116

9.28

GBP

XLON

592127281701850730

13:49:06

BST

107

9.28

GBP

XLON

592127281701879535

13:50:13

BST

109

9.28

GBP

XLON

592127281701911182

13:51:16

BST

10

9.3

GBP

XLON

592127281701933673

13:51:33

BST

53

9.315

GBP

XLON

606201030538199374

13:51:33

BST

42

9.315

GBP

XLON

592127281701942440

13:52:14

BST

120

9.32

GBP

XLON

606201030538214625

13:55:09

BST

117

9.32

GBP

XLON

592127281702031318

13:55:09

BST

356

9.32

GBP

XLON

592127281702031319

13:55:09

BST

493

9.32

GBP

XLON

606201030538283912

13:55:09

BST

493

9.32

GBP

XLON

592127281702031324

13:55:09

BST

148

9.32

GBP

XLON

606201030538283917

14:00:52

BST

109

9.32

GBP

XLON

606201030538439018

14:00:52

BST

204

9.32

GBP

XLON

606201030538439019

14:00:52

BST

288

9.315

GBP

XLON

606201030538439020

14:11:41

BST

289

9.315

GBP

XLON

606201030538745661

14:12:11

BST

486

9.315

GBP

XLON

592127281702527946

14:12:11

BST

273

9.315

GBP

XLON

606201030538758981

14:17:37

BST

475

9.34

GBP

XLON

592127281702684119

14:17:37

BST

35

9.34

GBP

XLON

592127281702684125

14:17:56

BST

120

9.32

GBP

XLON

592127281702693092

14:29:46

BST

10

9.35

GBP

XLON

606201030539239306

14:29:46

BST

22

9.35

GBP

XLON

606201030539239303

14:29:46

BST

98

9.35

GBP

XLON

606201030539239304

14:29:46

BST

110

9.35

GBP

XLON

606201030539239305

14:29:46

BST

120

9.35

GBP

XLON

592127281703032894

14:29:46

BST

120

9.35

GBP

XLON

592127281703032895

14:29:46

BST

120

9.35

GBP

XLON

592127281703032896

14:29:46

BST

163

9.35

GBP

XLON

592127281703032893

14:29:46

BST

392

9.35

GBP

XLON

606201030539239302

14:33:20

BST

113

9.375

GBP

XLON

606201030539383800

14:33:45

BST

113

9.37

GBP

XLON

592127281703198121

14:33:45

BST

113

9.37

GBP

XLON

606201030539397287

14:33:45

BST

370

9.37

GBP

XLON

606201030539397288

14:34:24

BST

127

9.37

GBP

XLON

592127281703221521

14:34:24

BST

157

9.37

GBP

XLON

606201030539419660

14:37:12

BST

273

9.345

GBP

XLON

592127281703329286

14:37:12

BST

91

9.345

GBP

XLON

606201030539522863

14:40:08

BST

24

9.375

GBP

XLON

592127281703430722

14:40:08

BST

405

9.375

GBP

XLON

592127281703430723

14:40:08

BST

99

9.375

GBP

XLON

592127281703430728

14:48:40

BST

123

9.39

GBP

XLON

592127281703714522

14:48:40

BST

123

9.39

GBP

XLON

592127281703714523

14:48:40

BST

123

9.39

GBP

XLON

606201030539890636

14:48:40

BST

123

9.39

GBP

XLON

606201030539890637

14:48:40

BST

414

9.39

GBP

XLON

606201030539890635

14:48:40

BST

320

9.39

GBP

XLON

606201030539890642

15:00:58

BST

123

9.39

GBP

XLON

606201030540545214

15:00:58

BST

168

9.39

GBP

XLON

592127281704393567

15:01:04

BST

125

9.39

GBP

XLON

606201030540548050

15:01:50

BST

4

9.39

GBP

XLON

592127281704420535

15:01:50

BST

100

9.39

GBP

XLON

592127281704420534

15:01:55

BST

357

9.38

GBP

XLON

592127281704424436

15:01:56

BST

433

9.38

GBP

XLON

592127281704424500

15:01:56

BST

325

9.38

GBP

XLON

592127281704424608

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