Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

09 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 51,000 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 09 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 2,904,222 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 128,012,712 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:

09 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

51,000

9.7178

9.6100

9.8000

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

08:42:11

BST

110

9.79

GBP

XLON

592127989482910810

08:42:11

BST

237

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989482910832

08:42:11

BST

381

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989482910829

08:47:45

BST

121

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989483049473

08:47:45

BST

332

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989483049470

08:47:45

BST

333

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989483049471

08:47:45

BST

377

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989483049472

08:47:45

BST

384

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738318761973

08:47:45

BST

501

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738318761974

08:50:41

BST

144

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989483116317

08:50:41

BST

285

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989483116316

08:50:41

BST

508

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738318826495

08:50:41

BST

366

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738318826500

08:50:41

BST

9

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989483116321

08:50:41

BST

366

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738318826504

08:50:41

BST

312

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989483116325

08:50:45

BST

10

9.775

GBP

XLON

592127989483118004

08:50:45

BST

323

9.775

GBP

XLON

592127989483118007

08:58:56

BST

65

9.755

GBP

XLON

606201738319020983

08:58:56

BST

113

9.755

GBP

XLON

592127989483318470

08:58:56

BST

113

9.755

GBP

XLON

592127989483318471

08:58:56

BST

113

9.755

GBP

XLON

606201738319020985

08:58:56

BST

125

9.755

GBP

XLON

592127989483318472

08:58:56

BST

258

9.755

GBP

XLON

606201738319020984

09:07:12

BST

115

9.765

GBP

XLON

592127989483533036

09:07:12

BST

115

9.765

GBP

XLON

592127989483533037

09:07:12

BST

115

9.765

GBP

XLON

606201738319226846

09:07:12

BST

296

9.76

GBP

XLON

592127989483533038

09:07:12

BST

143

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989483533221

09:07:12

BST

60

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989483533222

09:10:29

BST

170

9.73

GBP

XLON

606201738319295214

09:16:33

BST

23

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989483746919

09:16:33

BST

94

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989483746920

09:16:33

BST

105

9.71

GBP

XLON

606201738319433391

09:16:33

BST

150

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989483746921

09:38:56

BST

112

9.73

GBP

XLON

606201738319889795

09:43:59

BST

37

9.725

GBP

XLON

606201738319995498

09:43:59

BST

46

9.725

GBP

XLON

606201738319995499

09:44:02

BST

35

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989484334289

09:45:01

BST

118

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989484354016

09:45:10

BST

109

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989484357643

09:47:42

BST

131

9.73

GBP

XLON

606201738320071766

09:49:20

BST

115

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989484446651

09:49:41

BST

321

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989484454788

09:49:41

BST

363

9.74

GBP

XLON

606201738320111850

09:49:41

BST

255

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989484454793

09:49:45

BST

457

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989484456833

09:49:45

BST

199

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989484456834

09:49:45

BST

67

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738320113753

10:01:10

BST

104

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738320350990

10:21:17

BST

21

9.755

GBP

XLON

606201738320755295

10:21:17

BST

37

9.755

GBP

XLON

606201738320755296

10:21:17

BST

38

9.755

GBP

XLON

606201738320755297

10:21:17

BST

26

9.75

GBP

XLON

592127989485126357

10:24:38

BST

40

9.75

GBP

XLON

606201738320821184

10:24:38

BST

40

9.75

GBP

XLON

606201738320821185

10:24:38

BST

39

9.75

GBP

XLON

592127989485194682

10:24:38

BST

151

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989485194686

10:24:38

BST

122

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989485194687

10:24:38

BST

130

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738320821193

10:24:38

BST

348

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738320821194

10:24:38

BST

27

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738320821198

10:24:38

BST

24

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989485194718

10:24:38

BST

103

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989485194717

10:24:38

BST

104

9.73

GBP

XLON

606201738320821227

10:24:38

BST

122

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989485194722

10:24:38

BST

122

9.73

GBP

XLON

606201738320821228

10:24:38

BST

169

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989485194720

10:24:38

BST

171

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989485194716

10:42:42

BST

116

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738321172485

10:53:36

BST

112

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989485816682

10:53:36

BST

133

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989485816683

10:53:36

BST

66

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989485816685

11:07:27

BST

5

9.775

GBP

XLON

606201738321739143

11:07:27

BST

305

9.775

GBP

XLON

606201738321739144

11:07:27

BST

4

9.78

GBP

XLON

592127989486154846

11:07:27

BST

49

9.78

GBP

XLON

592127989486154844

11:07:27

BST

57

9.78

GBP

XLON

592127989486154845

11:07:27

BST

110

9.78

GBP

XLON

592127989486154856

11:10:30

BST

123

9.79

GBP

XLON

606201738321803677

11:11:11

BST

105

9.79

GBP

XLON

606201738321823698

11:11:11

BST

348

9.785

GBP

XLON

592127989486243284

11:16:40

BST

123

9.785

GBP

XLON

592127989486363694

11:16:40

BST

123

9.785

GBP

XLON

606201738321938399

11:16:40

BST

167

9.785

GBP

XLON

592127989486363693

11:41:45

BST

119

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989486910895

11:41:45

BST

119

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322461133

11:41:45

BST

119

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322461134

11:41:45

BST

134

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989486910896

11:41:45

BST

189

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989486910897

11:41:45

BST

190

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322461135

11:41:45

BST

409

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322461132

11:49:31

BST

119

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322606500

11:49:31

BST

377

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989487062797

11:49:31

BST

387

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322606499

11:49:31

BST

42

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322606526

11:49:31

BST

330

9.795

GBP

XLON

592127989487062827

12:06:44

BST

109

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989487446168

12:06:44

BST

109

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989487446169

12:06:44

BST

109

9.8

GBP

XLON

592127989487446170

12:06:44

BST

109

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322977880

12:06:44

BST

109

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322977881

12:06:44

BST

109

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322977882

12:06:44

BST

198

9.795

GBP

XLON

606201738322977884

12:06:44

BST

213

9.8

GBP

XLON

606201738322977879

12:06:44

BST

230

9.795

GBP

XLON

606201738322977883

12:24:49

BST

97

9.785

GBP

XLON

592127989487821556

12:24:49

BST

121

9.785

GBP

XLON

592127989487821558

12:24:49

BST

121

9.785

GBP

XLON

606201738323337860

12:24:49

BST

138

9.785

GBP

XLON

606201738323337859

12:24:49

BST

361

9.785

GBP

XLON

592127989487821555

12:24:49

BST

24

9.785

GBP

XLON

592127989487821560

12:25:04

BST

226

9.785

GBP

XLON

592127989487826703

12:26:37

BST

56

9.785

GBP

XLON

606201738323376098

12:26:37

BST

60

9.785

GBP

XLON

606201738323376099

12:26:43

BST

121

9.78

GBP

XLON

592127989487888519

12:26:43

BST

121

9.78

GBP

XLON

606201738323402554

12:26:43

BST

128

9.78

GBP

XLON

592127989487888517

12:29:30

BST

346

9.765

GBP

XLON

592127989488014173

12:29:30

BST

94

9.765

GBP

XLON

592127989488014280

12:32:44

BST

258

9.75

GBP

XLON

592127989488097852

12:48:39

BST

363

9.775

GBP

XLON

592127989488439855

12:48:39

BST

77

9.775

GBP

XLON

592127989488439859

12:53:09

BST

116

9.77

GBP

XLON

592127989488541407

12:53:09

BST

129

9.77

GBP

XLON

592127989488541406

12:53:09

BST

136

9.77

GBP

XLON

592127989488541405

12:53:09

BST

147

9.77

GBP

XLON

606201738324030235

12:53:09

BST

123

9.76

GBP

XLON

592127989488541416

12:53:09

BST

123

9.76

GBP

XLON

606201738324030247

12:53:09

BST

123

9.76

GBP

XLON

606201738324030248

13:19:09

BST

108

9.775

GBP

XLON

592127989489142566

13:20:57

BST

108

9.765

GBP

XLON

606201738324643126

13:20:57

BST

108

9.765

GBP

XLON

606201738324643127

13:20:57

BST

108

9.765

GBP

XLON

606201738324643128

13:20:57

BST

108

9.765

GBP

XLON

606201738324643129

13:20:57

BST

108

9.765

GBP

XLON

606201738324643131

13:20:57

BST

186

9.765

GBP

XLON

592127989489181138

13:20:57

BST

245

9.765

GBP

XLON

592127989489181136

13:20:57

BST

108

9.76

GBP

XLON

592127989489181141

13:20:57

BST

108

9.76

GBP

XLON

592127989489181144

13:20:57

BST

108

9.76

GBP

XLON

592127989489181146

13:20:57

BST

108

9.76

GBP

XLON

606201738324643132

13:20:57

BST

114

9.76

GBP

XLON

592127989489181143

13:20:57

BST

104

9.75

GBP

XLON

592127989489181354

13:23:53

BST

21

9.75

GBP

XLON

606201738324707758

13:23:53

BST

109

9.75

GBP

XLON

606201738324707762

13:26:27

BST

166

9.74

GBP

XLON

606201738324774270

13:26:27

BST

185

9.74

GBP

XLON

606201738324774271

13:26:27

BST

42

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989489318362

13:30:03

BST

105

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738324852485

13:30:03

BST

202

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738324852484

13:30:03

BST

258

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989489400195

13:34:31

BST

140

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989489518659

13:34:31

BST

371

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989489518658

13:46:49

BST

120

9.745

GBP

XLON

606201738325289025

13:46:49

BST

430

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989489856036

13:46:49

BST

344

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989489856041

13:46:49

BST

259

9.745

GBP

XLON

606201738325289028

13:50:07

BST

130

9.73

GBP

XLON

592127989489943462

14:09:25

BST

110

9.745

GBP

XLON

606201738325885700

14:09:26

BST

112

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989490480394

14:10:58

BST

1

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989490522679

14:10:58

BST

39

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989490522680

14:11:19

BST

77

9.74

GBP

XLON

606201738325935677

14:12:01

BST

8

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989490551338

14:12:01

BST

110

9.74

GBP

XLON

592127989490551339

14:13:14

BST

110

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989490585716

14:13:44

BST

106

9.745

GBP

XLON

592127989490598255

14:14:28

BST

23

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989490617232

14:14:28

BST

60

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989490617231

14:14:28

BST

377

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989490617233

14:14:28

BST

339

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989490617242

14:14:28

BST

339

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738326016283

14:14:28

BST

339

9.735

GBP

XLON

592127989490617250

14:14:28

BST

228

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738326016287

14:15:59

BST

37

9.745

GBP

XLON

606201738326054601

14:15:59

BST

213

9.745

GBP

XLON

606201738326054602

14:19:44

BST

120

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738326143193

14:19:44

BST

120

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738326143194

14:19:44

BST

303

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738326143192

14:19:44

BST

37

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738326143199

14:19:44

BST

106

9.735

GBP

XLON

606201738326143198

14:20:45

BST

1

9.73

GBP

XLON

606201738326170435

14:20:45

BST

134

9.73

GBP

XLON

606201738326170434

14:20:45

BST

144

9.73

GBP

XLON

606201738326170436

14:32:29

BST

295

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989491146970

14:32:29

BST

467

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989491146979

14:32:29

BST

100

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989491146983

14:32:29

BST

107

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989491147001

14:32:29

BST

342

9.705

GBP

XLON

606201738326525355

14:35:35

BST

156

9.695

GBP

XLON

606201738326628060

14:36:51

BST

19

9.695

GBP

XLON

606201738326668427

14:36:52

BST

155

9.695

GBP

XLON

606201738326669070

14:41:27

BST

5

9.695

GBP

XLON

592127989491449195

14:41:27

BST

160

9.695

GBP

XLON

606201738326817349

14:47:33

BST

28

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989491680081

14:47:33

BST

121

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989491680080

14:48:29

BST

130

9.71

GBP

XLON

592127989491717717

14:48:31

BST

357

9.705

GBP

XLON

606201738327077628

14:48:31

BST

307

9.705

GBP

XLON

606201738327077632

14:48:31

BST

307

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989491718768

14:48:31

BST

134

9.705

GBP

XLON

606201738327077635

14:48:37

BST

123

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989491723056

14:51:11

BST

25

9.7

GBP

XLON

606201738327180918

14:51:11

BST

474

9.7

GBP

XLON

606201738327180919

14:51:11

BST

125

9.7

GBP

XLON

592127989491826495

15:02:11

BST

121

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989492285899

15:02:11

BST

140

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989492285901

15:02:11

BST

168

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989492285903

15:02:11

BST

58

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989492285912

15:02:11

BST

220

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989492285914

15:02:11

BST

390

9.705

GBP

XLON

592127989492285911

15:02:11

BST

101

9.705

GBP

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