RNS Number : 9280N

WH Smith PLC

27 November 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

27 November 2024

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 26 January 2024, of 24,135 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 27 November 2024 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 488,879 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,428,055 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:

27 November 2024

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

24,135

12.4341

12.3800

12.5000

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
08:10:10	GMT	233	12.43	GBP	XLON	606273591482652396
08:10:10	GMT	233	12.43	GBP	XLON	606273591482652397
08:10:10	GMT	462	12.43	GBP	XLON	606273591482652395
08:10:10	GMT	113	12.43	GBP	XLON	592199841050828917
08:24:04	GMT	75	12.41	GBP	XLON	592199841051136109
08:24:04	GMT	313	12.41	GBP	XLON	592199841051136110
08:30:52	GMT	375	12.39	GBP	XLON	592199841051255784
09:09:22	GMT	179	12.49	GBP	XLON	592199841051955258
09:09:22	GMT	181	12.49	GBP	XLON	606273591483709756
09:09:22	GMT	710	12.49	GBP	XLON	592199841051955259
09:09:22	GMT	320	12.49	GBP	XLON	606273591483709760
09:09:22	GMT	108	12.49	GBP	XLON	592199841051955265
09:21:10	GMT	463	12.48	GBP	XLON	592199841052200761
09:31:27	GMT	337	12.48	GBP	XLON	592199841052422238
10:08:03	GMT	100	12.46	GBP	XLON	592199841053115231
10:08:03	GMT	180	12.46	GBP	XLON	592199841053115229
10:08:03	GMT	180	12.46	GBP	XLON	606273591484800078
10:08:03	GMT	266	12.46	GBP	XLON	592199841053115232
10:08:03	GMT	380	12.46	GBP	XLON	592199841053115230
10:08:03	GMT	18	12.46	GBP	XLON	592199841053115244
10:38:51	GMT	182	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841053724435
10:38:51	GMT	182	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841053724437
10:38:51	GMT	182	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591485373928
10:38:51	GMT	183	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841053724436
10:38:51	GMT	313	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591485373927
11:10:43	GMT	196	12.39	GBP	XLON	606273591485952335
11:10:43	GMT	604	12.39	GBP	XLON	606273591485952336
11:41:22	GMT	642	12.38	GBP	XLON	592199841054924325
11:41:22	GMT	172	12.38	GBP	XLON	606273591486495889
12:09:21	GMT	192	12.4	GBP	XLON	606273591486935830
12:09:21	GMT	261	12.4	GBP	XLON	606273591486935829
12:09:21	GMT	282	12.4	GBP	XLON	606273591486935828
12:09:21	GMT	100	12.4	GBP	XLON	592199841055393516
12:09:21	GMT	81	12.4	GBP	XLON	592199841055393517
12:47:26	GMT	55	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841056024876
12:47:26	GMT	138	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841056024875
12:56:42	GMT	192	12.46	GBP	XLON	606273591487655884
13:02:31	GMT	184	12.45	GBP	XLON	592199841056267745
13:02:31	GMT	231	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591487750252
13:02:31	GMT	881	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841056267746
13:02:31	GMT	5	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591487750260
13:29:33	GMT	174	12.46	GBP	XLON	592199841056695192
13:29:51	GMT	710	12.46	GBP	XLON	592199841056700086
13:43:39	GMT	28	12.5	GBP	XLON	592199841056974983
13:43:39	GMT	147	12.5	GBP	XLON	592199841056974982
13:44:58	GMT	401	12.49	GBP	XLON	592199841056999154
13:44:58	GMT	419	12.49	GBP	XLON	592199841056999155
13:56:17	GMT	474	12.46	GBP	XLON	592199841057207072
14:09:04	GMT	19	12.43	GBP	XLON	606273591488902936
14:09:04	GMT	167	12.43	GBP	XLON	606273591488902937
14:09:04	GMT	187	12.43	GBP	XLON	592199841057498193
14:09:04	GMT	312	12.43	GBP	XLON	606273591488902935
14:26:11	GMT	53	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591489246735
14:27:12	GMT	15	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591489270309
14:27:12	GMT	53	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841057890710
14:27:12	GMT	127	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841057890711
14:27:12	GMT	165	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591489270310
14:27:12	GMT	180	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591489270308
14:27:12	GMT	258	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591489270307
14:35:23	GMT	492	12.43	GBP	XLON	592199841058152547
14:48:15	GMT	55	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591489892545
14:48:15	GMT	147	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591489892544
14:50:13	GMT	63	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591489955428
14:50:13	GMT	110	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841058620081
14:53:52	GMT	190	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591490067912
14:56:21	GMT	170	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591490139083
14:59:04	GMT	253	12.44	GBP	XLON	606273591490215001
15:03:42	GMT	98	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841059058719
15:03:42	GMT	197	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841059058718
15:03:42	GMT	573	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841059058720
15:03:42	GMT	82	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841059058728
15:03:42	GMT	100	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841059058727
15:03:42	GMT	200	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841059058726
15:15:49	GMT	193	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591490708593
15:15:49	GMT	193	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591490708595
15:15:49	GMT	193	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591490708596
15:15:49	GMT	384	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591490708594
15:15:51	GMT	122	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841059424795
15:15:51	GMT	71	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591490709303
15:31:48	GMT	213	12.44	GBP	XLON	592199841059898346
15:32:41	GMT	473	12.43	GBP	XLON	592199841059927347
15:32:41	GMT	279	12.43	GBP	XLON	592199841059927348
15:32:41	GMT	100	12.43	GBP	XLON	606273591491182076
15:32:46	GMT	146	12.43	GBP	XLON	606273591491184450
15:37:43	GMT	312	12.41	GBP	XLON	606273591491312851
15:46:34	GMT	89	12.39	GBP	XLON	592199841060326324
15:46:34	GMT	100	12.39	GBP	XLON	592199841060326321
15:46:34	GMT	100	12.39	GBP	XLON	592199841060326322
15:46:34	GMT	100	12.39	GBP	XLON	592199841060326323
15:46:34	GMT	192	12.39	GBP	XLON	606273591491558375
16:01:54	GMT	183	12.41	GBP	XLON	606273591491988497
16:04:45	GMT	41	12.41	GBP	XLON	606273591492065865
16:04:45	GMT	145	12.41	GBP	XLON	606273591492065864
16:05:27	GMT	18	12.41	GBP	XLON	592199841060886400
16:05:27	GMT	52	12.41	GBP	XLON	592199841060886399
16:05:27	GMT	194	12.41	GBP	XLON	606273591492086075
16:05:27	GMT	692	12.41	GBP	XLON	592199841060886401
16:05:27	GMT	43	12.41	GBP	XLON	606273591492086116
16:12:00	GMT	10	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061086050
16:12:00	GMT	171	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061086051
16:12:00	GMT	171	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061086052
16:12:00	GMT	171	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061086053
16:12:00	GMT	171	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061086055
16:12:00	GMT	248	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061086054
16:17:03	GMT	36	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061263071
16:17:03	GMT	162	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061263072
16:17:03	GMT	312	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591492440829
16:26:46	GMT	7	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591492786380
16:28:29	GMT	455	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591492844600
16:28:33	GMT	56	12.42	GBP	XLON	606273591492847803
16:29:30	GMT	434	12.42	GBP	XLON	592199841061734573

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