Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

29 April 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 53,873 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 29 April 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 2,559,502 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 128,357,432 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:

29 April 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

53,873

9.1732

9.0700

9.2900

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

08:08:38

BST

100

9.21

GBP

XLON

592124450540186820

08:08:38

BST

123

9.21

GBP

XLON

592124450540186826

08:08:38

BST

115

9.2

GBP

XLON

592124450540186828

08:08:38

BST

315

9.2

GBP

XLON

606198199376035678

08:08:38

BST

85

9.2

GBP

XLON

592124450540186835

08:08:38

BST

234

9.2

GBP

XLON

606198199376035682

08:08:38

BST

300

9.2

GBP

XLON

606198199376035683

08:08:39

BST

300

9.2

GBP

XLON

606198199376036028

08:08:39

BST

104

9.2

GBP

XLON

606198199376036036

08:12:59

BST

174

9.225

GBP

XLON

592124450540305911

08:12:59

BST

111

9.225

GBP

XLON

606198199376148927

08:12:59

BST

117

9.225

GBP

XLON

606198199376148926

08:12:59

BST

194

9.225

GBP

XLON

592124450540305944

08:25:16

BST

114

9.29

GBP

XLON

606198199376486195

08:25:25

BST

23

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450540666855

08:25:25

BST

100

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450540666854

08:25:27

BST

87

9.285

GBP

XLON

592124450540668289

08:25:30

BST

68

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450540669352

08:26:29

BST

257

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450540694537

08:26:30

BST

330

9.28

GBP

XLON

606198199376516686

08:26:30

BST

368

9.28

GBP

XLON

592124450540694592

08:26:30

BST

368

9.28

GBP

XLON

606198199376516691

08:26:30

BST

284

9.28

GBP

XLON

592124450540694595

08:27:44

BST

237

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199376568300

08:34:22

BST

3

9.24

GBP

XLON

592124450540978112

08:34:22

BST

97

9.24

GBP

XLON

592124450540978109

08:34:22

BST

100

9.24

GBP

XLON

606198199376787094

08:34:22

BST

100

9.24

GBP

XLON

606198199376787095

08:34:22

BST

100

9.235

GBP

XLON

592124450540978121

08:34:22

BST

349

9.235

GBP

XLON

592124450540978122

08:34:23

BST

55

9.235

GBP

XLON

606198199376787593

08:37:49

BST

112

9.26

GBP

XLON

606198199376883523

08:37:49

BST

374

9.26

GBP

XLON

606198199376883522

08:43:13

BST

104

9.27

GBP

XLON

592124450541237261

08:43:13

BST

315

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199377031199

08:45:08

BST

265

9.24

GBP

XLON

592124450541288909

08:57:25

BST

82

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450541627322

08:57:25

BST

119

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450541627318

08:57:25

BST

119

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450541627319

08:57:25

BST

119

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450541627321

08:57:25

BST

119

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450541627323

08:57:25

BST

167

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450541627317

08:57:25

BST

297

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450541627320

08:57:25

BST

175

9.29

GBP

XLON

592124450541627331

09:00:05

BST

28

9.28

GBP

XLON

606198199377471430

09:00:05

BST

310

9.28

GBP

XLON

606198199377471431

09:03:00

BST

234

9.26

GBP

XLON

606198199377561158

09:09:52

BST

59

9.265

GBP

XLON

606198199377737950

09:09:52

BST

107

9.265

GBP

XLON

592124450541991831

09:09:52

BST

107

9.265

GBP

XLON

592124450541991832

09:09:52

BST

261

9.265

GBP

XLON

606198199377737949

09:11:33

BST

107

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199377795127

09:11:33

BST

113

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199377795128

09:11:33

BST

163

9.255

GBP

XLON

592124450542051867

09:20:16

BST

83

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199378033377

09:22:33

BST

28

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199378088055

09:22:33

BST

111

9.245

GBP

XLON

592124450542362805

09:22:33

BST

111

9.245

GBP

XLON

592124450542362806

09:22:33

BST

111

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199378088056

09:26:53

BST

104

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199378192005

09:34:38

BST

103

9.265

GBP

XLON

592124450542667206

09:34:38

BST

103

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199378377037

09:34:38

BST

303

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199378377038

09:48:59

BST

104

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378703242

09:48:59

BST

14

9.27

GBP

XLON

592124450543011854

09:48:59

BST

118

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378703250

09:49:00

BST

175

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378703451

09:51:15

BST

128

9.27

GBP

XLON

592124450543067512

09:51:22

BST

81

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378758850

09:51:22

BST

27

9.27

GBP

XLON

592124450543070939

09:52:41

BST

106

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378789640

09:54:18

BST

109

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378826657

09:55:08

BST

81

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378844523

09:58:46

BST

20

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378928788

09:58:46

BST

101

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378928789

09:58:46

BST

427

9.27

GBP

XLON

592124450543249938

09:58:46

BST

394

9.27

GBP

XLON

592124450543249950

09:58:46

BST

82

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378928796

09:58:46

BST

2

9.27

GBP

XLON

606198199378928797

09:58:46

BST

321

9.265

GBP

XLON

606198199378928801

09:58:47

BST

21

9.265

GBP

XLON

592124450543250074

09:58:47

BST

219

9.265

GBP

XLON

606198199378928928

09:59:29

BST

108

9.26

GBP

XLON

606198199378945293

10:14:46

BST

117

9.26

GBP

XLON

592124450543675549

10:16:20

BST

107

9.26

GBP

XLON

592124450543718294

10:18:07

BST

116

9.26

GBP

XLON

606198199379419938

10:18:08

BST

34

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199379420218

10:18:08

BST

83

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199379420217

10:18:08

BST

117

9.255

GBP

XLON

592124450543769071

10:18:08

BST

117

9.255

GBP

XLON

592124450543769072

10:18:08

BST

117

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199379420216

10:18:08

BST

117

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199379420219

10:18:08

BST

118

9.255

GBP

XLON

592124450543769074

10:18:08

BST

170

9.255

GBP

XLON

592124450543769073

10:18:08

BST

19

9.25

GBP

XLON

606198199379420228

10:18:08

BST

116

9.25

GBP

XLON

592124450543769090

10:18:08

BST

130

9.25

GBP

XLON

606198199379420230

10:18:08

BST

189

9.25

GBP

XLON

606198199379420229

10:24:12

BST

26

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199379567530

10:24:12

BST

277

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199379567532

10:31:56

BST

47

9.25

GBP

XLON

606198199379746329

10:31:56

BST

95

9.25

GBP

XLON

606198199379746330

10:31:56

BST

107

9.25

GBP

XLON

606198199379746331

10:47:35

BST

113

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199380127100

10:49:14

BST

10

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199380168736

10:49:14

BST

93

9.255

GBP

XLON

606198199380168734

10:50:06

BST

112

9.24

GBP

XLON

592124450544584662

10:50:06

BST

112

9.24

GBP

XLON

606198199380192569

10:50:06

BST

112

9.245

GBP

XLON

592124450544584660

10:50:06

BST

112

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199380192563

10:50:06

BST

112

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199380192564

10:50:06

BST

112

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199380192565

10:50:06

BST

112

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199380192567

10:50:06

BST

112

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199380192568

10:50:06

BST

116

9.24

GBP

XLON

592124450544584661

10:50:06

BST

203

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199380192566

11:13:29

BST

102

9.24

GBP

XLON

606198199380798252

11:14:23

BST

32

9.24

GBP

XLON

606198199380818712

11:14:23

BST

71

9.24

GBP

XLON

606198199380818711

11:14:30

BST

102

9.225

GBP

XLON

592124450545244065

11:14:30

BST

102

9.225

GBP

XLON

592124450545244067

11:14:30

BST

102

9.225

GBP

XLON

606198199380822325

11:14:30

BST

102

9.225

GBP

XLON

606198199380822326

11:14:30

BST

171

9.225

GBP

XLON

606198199380822327

11:14:30

BST

313

9.225

GBP

XLON

606198199380822324

11:14:30

BST

380

9.225

GBP

XLON

592124450545244066

11:24:45

BST

52

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199381093090

11:26:10

BST

97

9.245

GBP

XLON

592124450545564064

11:26:10

BST

103

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199381127028

11:26:10

BST

104

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199381127029

11:26:10

BST

300

9.245

GBP

XLON

606198199381127027

11:33:25

BST

116

9.25

GBP

XLON

592124450545755324

11:33:25

BST

363

9.25

GBP

XLON

592124450545755325

11:33:25

BST

4

9.25

GBP

XLON

592124450545755334

11:48:09

BST

51

9.25

GBP

XLON

606198199381660919

11:48:09

BST

54

9.25

GBP

XLON

592124450546124294

11:48:14

BST

34

9.235

GBP

XLON

606198199381663354

11:48:14

BST

71

9.235

GBP

XLON

606198199381663353

11:48:14

BST

105

9.23

GBP

XLON

592124450546126884

11:48:14

BST

105

9.23

GBP

XLON

592124450546126888

11:48:14

BST

105

9.235

GBP

XLON

592124450546126879

11:48:14

BST

105

9.235

GBP

XLON

592124450546126880

11:48:14

BST

105

9.235

GBP

XLON

592124450546126881

11:48:14

BST

105

9.235

GBP

XLON

592124450546126882

11:48:14

BST

105

9.235

GBP

XLON

606198199381663355

11:48:14

BST

105

9.235

GBP

XLON

606198199381663357

11:48:14

BST

173

9.235

GBP

XLON

606198199381663356

11:48:14

BST

236

9.23

GBP

XLON

592124450546126886

12:02:43

BST

7

9.18

GBP

XLON

606198199382042473

12:02:43

BST

103

9.18

GBP

XLON

606198199382042474

12:02:43

BST

110

9.18

GBP

XLON

592124450546525454

12:02:43

BST

110

9.18

GBP

XLON

606198199382042471

12:02:43

BST

110

9.18

GBP

XLON

606198199382042472

12:02:43

BST

110

9.18

GBP

XLON

606198199382042475

12:02:43

BST

381

9.18

GBP

XLON

592124450546525453

12:06:18

BST

53

9.165

GBP

XLON

592124450546622666

12:06:18

BST

308

9.165

GBP

XLON

592124450546622667

12:24:10

BST

3

9.165

GBP

XLON

606198199382561702

12:24:10

BST

110

9.165

GBP

XLON

606198199382561701

12:24:10

BST

113

9.165

GBP

XLON

606198199382561699

12:24:10

BST

113

9.165

GBP

XLON

606198199382561700

12:24:10

BST

113

9.165

GBP

XLON

606198199382561703

12:24:10

BST

113

9.165

GBP

XLON

606198199382561705

12:24:10

BST

113

9.165

GBP

XLON

606198199382561706

12:27:42

BST

68

9.155

GBP

XLON

592124450547165111

12:40:29

BST

109

9.165

GBP

XLON

592124450547523028

12:41:42

BST

94

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450547553798

12:41:42

BST

12

9.17

GBP

XLON

606198199383016166

12:44:48

BST

107

9.18

GBP

XLON

592124450547632529

12:44:49

BST

164

9.17

GBP

XLON

606198199383090936

12:44:49

BST

243

9.17

GBP

XLON

606198199383090937

12:44:49

BST

410

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450547632738

12:44:49

BST

165

9.17

GBP

XLON

606198199383090944

12:45:59

BST

171

9.17

GBP

XLON

606198199383118474

13:04:20

BST

119

9.19

GBP

XLON

592124450548178032

13:05:40

BST

15

9.19

GBP

XLON

606198199383641315

13:05:40

BST

86

9.19

GBP

XLON

592124450548210070

13:07:06

BST

25

9.19

GBP

XLON

606198199383671969

13:07:06

BST

79

9.19

GBP

XLON

606198199383671968

13:08:52

BST

120

9.195

GBP

XLON

606198199383714218

13:09:22

BST

120

9.195

GBP

XLON

592124450548299408

13:11:33

BST

35

9.195

GBP

XLON

606198199383780153

13:11:33

BST

68

9.195

GBP

XLON

606198199383780152

13:12:57

BST

26

9.195

GBP

XLON

592124450548396469

13:12:57

BST

85

9.195

GBP

XLON

592124450548396468

13:14:22

BST

23

9.195

GBP

XLON

606198199383856289

13:14:22

BST

89

9.195

GBP

XLON

592124450548435468

13:16:00

BST

106

9.19

GBP

XLON

592124450548477404

13:16:04

BST

453

9.185

GBP

XLON

606198199383898400

13:16:04

BST

52

9.185

GBP

XLON

606198199383898405

13:16:27

BST

382

9.185

GBP

XLON

606198199383909381

13:16:27

BST

38

9.185

GBP

XLON

592124450548490821

13:16:27

BST

410

9.185

GBP

XLON

592124450548490820

13:16:27

BST

13

9.185

GBP

XLON

592124450548490835

13:16:27

BST

40

9.18

GBP

XLON

592124450548490838

13:16:27

BST

63

9.18

GBP

XLON

592124450548490837

13:30:10

BST

56

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450548878058

13:30:10

BST

56

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450548878059

13:30:10

BST

112

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450548878056

13:30:10

BST

112

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450548878057

13:30:10

BST

112

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450548878060

13:30:10

BST

112

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450548878061

13:30:10

BST

112

9.17

GBP

XLON

592124450548878062

13:30:10

BST

112

9.17

GBP

XLON

606198199384277716

13:30:10

BST

112

9.165

GBP

XLON

606198199384277719

13:30:10

BST

329

9.165

GBP

XLON

592124450548878063

13:30:10

BST

44

9.165

GBP

XLON

592124450548878070

13:44:21

BST

108

9.15

GBP

XLON

606198199384666299

13:44:21

BST

119

9.15

GBP

XLON

606198199384666297

13:44:21

BST

119

9.15

GBP

XLON

606198199384666298

13:44:21

BST

333

9.15

GBP

XLON

592124450549285340

13:44:55

BST

11

9.15

GBP

XLON

606198199384681063

13:44:55

BST

103

9.15

GBP

XLON

592124450549300849

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