RNS Number : 0530K

WH Smith PLC

23 May 2025

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

23 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 47,109 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 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 3,317,524 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,599,410 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:

23 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

47,109

10.2965

10.1100

10.3700

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
08:05:22	BST	107	10.34	GBP	XLON	592132944006442410
08:06:37	BST	145	10.35	GBP	XLON	606206692842234653
08:06:39	BST	193	10.34	GBP	XLON	606206692842235281
08:06:41	BST	237	10.34	GBP	XLON	606206692842235901
08:07:25	BST	419	10.34	GBP	XLON	606206692842252092
08:07:25	BST	12	10.34	GBP	XLON	606206692842252099
08:07:27	BST	156	10.34	GBP	XLON	606206692842252653
08:07:28	BST	237	10.34	GBP	XLON	606206692842252833
08:07:28	BST	21	10.34	GBP	XLON	606206692842252836
08:11:12	BST	294	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944006577780
08:22:34	BST	119	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842546726
08:23:33	BST	119	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842567474
08:24:42	BST	39	10.37	GBP	XLON	592132944006844264
08:24:42	BST	76	10.37	GBP	XLON	592132944006844263
08:26:02	BST	111	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842613144
08:26:02	BST	125	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842613143
08:28:51	BST	60	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842665119
08:28:51	BST	68	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842665118
08:30:29	BST	126	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842702154
08:30:29	BST	434	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842702155
08:30:31	BST	446	10.37	GBP	XLON	606206692842702671
08:32:55	BST	158	10.36	GBP	XLON	592132944007010807
08:32:55	BST	100	10.36	GBP	XLON	592132944007010813
08:32:56	BST	34	10.36	GBP	XLON	606206692842749722
08:32:56	BST	94	10.36	GBP	XLON	606206692842749723
08:32:56	BST	212	10.36	GBP	XLON	592132944007011106
08:33:58	BST	34	10.36	GBP	XLON	606206692842768766
08:33:58	BST	125	10.36	GBP	XLON	592132944007031079
08:35:59	BST	3	10.36	GBP	XLON	592132944007070501
08:46:01	BST	121	10.35	GBP	XLON	592132944007262154
08:46:01	BST	121	10.35	GBP	XLON	592132944007262156
08:46:01	BST	121	10.35	GBP	XLON	606206692842989641
08:46:01	BST	121	10.35	GBP	XLON	606206692842989642
08:46:01	BST	441	10.35	GBP	XLON	592132944007262155
08:46:01	BST	121	10.34	GBP	XLON	606206692842989990
08:59:04	BST	126	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843210260
09:00:06	BST	49	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843226810
09:00:10	BST	2	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843228322
09:00:10	BST	7	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843228320
09:00:10	BST	11	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843228321
09:00:10	BST	45	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843228323
09:01:20	BST	112	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843247712
09:02:29	BST	109	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843271180
09:03:43	BST	124	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843293946
09:05:12	BST	124	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843319623
09:06:36	BST	109	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843343678
09:08:12	BST	121	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692843370350
09:09:21	BST	126	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944007683399
09:09:21	BST	126	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944007683400
09:09:21	BST	126	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944007683401
09:09:21	BST	126	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944007683402
09:09:21	BST	126	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692843389876
09:09:21	BST	126	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692843389877
09:09:21	BST	126	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692843389878
09:09:21	BST	328	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692843389875
09:09:21	BST	105	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944007683407
09:16:27	BST	265	10.27	GBP	XLON	606206692843526824
09:16:35	BST	76	10.27	GBP	XLON	606206692843529555
09:16:35	BST	91	10.27	GBP	XLON	606206692843529556
09:16:35	BST	108	10.27	GBP	XLON	592132944007829457
09:39:31	BST	125	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692843934979
09:43:02	BST	189	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692843997454
09:43:02	BST	472	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944008320921
09:43:02	BST	457	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692843997457
09:43:02	BST	454	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944008320929
09:53:27	BST	122	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944008515530
09:53:27	BST	122	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692844182735
09:53:27	BST	124	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692844182734
09:53:27	BST	130	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692844182732
09:53:27	BST	302	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692844182733
10:07:49	BST	98	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692844434942
10:07:49	BST	109	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944008779727
10:07:49	BST	109	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944008779728
10:07:49	BST	148	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692844434945
10:07:49	BST	341	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692844434944
10:07:49	BST	116	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944008779733
10:28:48	BST	127	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692844836990
10:28:54	BST	36	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944009204272
10:28:54	BST	91	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944009204271
10:28:54	BST	127	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944009204270
10:28:54	BST	127	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944009204273
10:28:54	BST	127	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944009204274
10:28:54	BST	127	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944009204275
10:28:54	BST	127	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944009204276
10:28:54	BST	127	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692844838846
10:28:54	BST	362	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692844838845
10:28:54	BST	71	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692844838859
10:36:44	BST	488	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944009353210
11:01:10	BST	124	10.33	GBP	XLON	606206692845422306
11:01:41	BST	46	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692845428775
11:01:41	BST	125	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944009822105
11:01:41	BST	382	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692845428776
11:06:38	BST	125	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944009918352
11:06:38	BST	125	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692845520960
11:06:38	BST	208	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692845520958
11:06:38	BST	229	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692845520959
11:06:38	BST	380	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692845520966
11:28:39	BST	118	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692845901075
11:28:39	BST	118	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944010314889
11:28:39	BST	118	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944010314890
11:28:39	BST	118	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692845901077
11:28:39	BST	118	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692845901079
11:28:39	BST	118	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692845901080
11:28:39	BST	118	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692845901081
11:28:39	BST	118	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692845901083
11:28:39	BST	190	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944010314888
11:28:39	BST	308	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692845901076
11:49:21	BST	17	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692846255613
11:49:21	BST	96	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692846255614
11:54:01	BST	26	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944010764015
11:54:01	BST	126	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944010764016
11:54:01	BST	406	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944010764017
11:54:01	BST	116	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692846330724
11:54:01	BST	193	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692846330725
11:54:43	BST	110	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944010776639
12:03:35	BST	3	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692846505871
12:03:35	BST	109	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692846505872
12:05:52	BST	112	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944010990714
12:05:52	BST	8	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692846547621
12:06:52	BST	16	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011009197
12:06:52	BST	112	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011009195
12:06:52	BST	112	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692846565384
12:06:52	BST	142	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011009194
12:06:52	BST	199	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011009192
12:06:52	BST	369	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011009193
12:06:52	BST	79	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011009209
12:06:52	BST	318	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692846565396
12:06:52	BST	4	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011009214
12:19:33	BST	12	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011239047
12:19:33	BST	124	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692846781998
12:19:33	BST	125	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011239049
12:19:33	BST	125	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011239050
12:19:33	BST	296	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944011239048
12:19:33	BST	124	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692846782237
12:29:48	BST	269	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692847006272
12:43:57	BST	110	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692847257582
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944011741687
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944011741688
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944011741689
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944011741690
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692847257584
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692847257585
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692847257586
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692847257587
12:43:57	BST	119	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692847257589
12:43:57	BST	120	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692847257588
12:43:57	BST	171	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944011741709
12:56:15	BST	435	10.18	GBP	XLON	592132944012378601
12:56:15	BST	43	10.18	GBP	XLON	592132944012378604
12:56:15	BST	44	10.18	GBP	XLON	592132944012378608
13:03:24	BST	443	10.14	GBP	XLON	592132944012651887
13:24:29	BST	447	10.11	GBP	XLON	592132944013430197
13:24:30	BST	81	10.11	GBP	XLON	592132944013430484
13:36:45	BST	118	10.22	GBP	XLON	592132944013888602
13:36:45	BST	455	10.22	GBP	XLON	606206692849320090
13:36:45	BST	239	10.22	GBP	XLON	606206692849320112
13:44:07	BST	91	10.22	GBP	XLON	592132944014182990
13:44:07	BST	410	10.22	GBP	XLON	592132944014182991
13:44:54	BST	208	10.22	GBP	XLON	606206692849656737
13:56:45	BST	474	10.2	GBP	XLON	606206692849967945
13:58:56	BST	128	10.22	GBP	XLON	606206692850020717
13:58:56	BST	295	10.22	GBP	XLON	606206692850020715
14:00:34	BST	230	10.22	GBP	XLON	592132944014676417
14:10:53	BST	118	10.23	GBP	XLON	592132944014942494
14:10:53	BST	461	10.23	GBP	XLON	592132944014942495
14:10:53	BST	1	10.23	GBP	XLON	606206692850322768
14:10:53	BST	78	10.23	GBP	XLON	606206692850322767
14:10:57	BST	242	10.23	GBP	XLON	606206692850324215
14:13:06	BST	118	10.22	GBP	XLON	592132944014994781
14:19:34	BST	334	10.22	GBP	XLON	592132944015155925
14:19:34	BST	286	10.22	GBP	XLON	606206692850528149
14:19:34	BST	185	10.22	GBP	XLON	592132944015156349
14:20:12	BST	127	10.23	GBP	XLON	606206692850561677
14:27:35	BST	119	10.24	GBP	XLON	592132944015384822
14:27:35	BST	119	10.24	GBP	XLON	606206692850748348
14:27:35	BST	119	10.24	GBP	XLON	606206692850748349
14:27:35	BST	343	10.24	GBP	XLON	592132944015384821
14:27:35	BST	93	10.24	GBP	XLON	592132944015384827
14:35:41	BST	119	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944015713684
14:35:41	BST	356	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944015713685
14:35:45	BST	72	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692851068086
14:35:45	BST	324	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692851068085
14:35:45	BST	93	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692851068091
14:45:35	BST	121	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692851412182
14:46:33	BST	16	10.3	GBP	XLON	592132944016101532
14:46:33	BST	112	10.3	GBP	XLON	606206692851437710
14:47:17	BST	121	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016122555
14:47:17	BST	121	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016122556
14:47:17	BST	121	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016122558
14:47:17	BST	121	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016122559
14:47:17	BST	121	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016122561
14:47:17	BST	121	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692851458118
14:47:17	BST	121	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692851458119
14:47:17	BST	121	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692851458120
14:47:17	BST	420	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692851458117
14:47:17	BST	12	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692851458139
14:57:18	BST	46	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016412620
14:57:18	BST	62	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016412621
14:57:58	BST	291	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016431552
14:58:24	BST	356	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692851770659
14:58:24	BST	407	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692851770683
14:58:29	BST	303	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944016448078
14:58:31	BST	120	10.28	GBP	XLON	592132944016448684
15:09:25	BST	126	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692852136741
15:10:22	BST	127	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692852167333
15:11:15	BST	109	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944016882180
15:12:11	BST	111	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692852224894
15:13:13	BST	123	10.33	GBP	XLON	606206692852261971
15:14:07	BST	110	10.33	GBP	XLON	592132944016979307
15:14:10	BST	319	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692852287932
15:14:10	BST	283	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944016980993
15:16:32	BST	483	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692852351902
15:16:32	BST	278	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944017047274
15:16:33	BST	122	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017047830
15:16:33	BST	122	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017047831
15:28:09	BST	114	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017404685
15:28:09	BST	116	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017404683
15:28:09	BST	446	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017404686
15:28:09	BST	318	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017404695
15:28:09	BST	87	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017404697
15:28:09	BST	357	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692852695545
15:36:24	BST	121	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692852920319
15:37:06	BST	126	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692852940009
15:38:12	BST	128	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017688703
15:39:28	BST	112	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017724331
15:39:33	BST	501	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853005215
15:40:58	BST	125	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017766117
15:40:58	BST	125	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017766118
15:40:58	BST	125	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853044274
15:40:58	BST	519	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853044273
15:40:58	BST	344	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853044280
15:40:58	BST	100	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944017766127
15:50:36	BST	125	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018048857
15:51:24	BST	120	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853341149
15:52:15	BST	119	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018099318
15:53:03	BST	119	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853383855
16:02:18	BST	22	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853671214
16:02:18	BST	97	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853671215
16:02:18	BST	119	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417452
16:02:18	BST	119	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853671212
16:02:18	BST	119	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853671213
16:02:18	BST	130	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417450
16:02:18	BST	327	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417455
16:02:18	BST	333	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417453
16:02:18	BST	346	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417449
16:02:18	BST	405	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417454
16:02:18	BST	381	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853671224
16:02:18	BST	25	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417475
16:02:18	BST	356	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417474
16:02:18	BST	182	10.32	GBP	XLON	592132944018417566
16:09:30	BST	119	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853897290
16:10:09	BST	126	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853918333
16:10:41	BST	110	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853936512
16:11:17	BST	117	10.32	GBP	XLON	606206692853955111
16:11:24	BST	111	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853958931
16:11:24	BST	119	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853958930
16:11:24	BST	296	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944018715459
16:11:24	BST	8	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853958934
16:11:24	BST	119	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944018715468
16:11:24	BST	119	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944018715469
16:11:24	BST	119	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944018715471
16:11:24	BST	119	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853958935
16:11:24	BST	119	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853958936
16:11:24	BST	119	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692853958937
16:12:04	BST	141	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944018737376
16:13:35	BST	362	10.31	GBP	XLON	592132944018787814
16:13:35	BST	77	10.31	GBP	XLON	606206692854029158
16:18:06	BST	122	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944018944031
16:18:06	BST	122	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944018944032
16:18:06	BST	122	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692854180550
16:18:06	BST	122	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692854180552
16:18:06	BST	122	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692854180553
16:18:06	BST	295	10.29	GBP	XLON	592132944018944030
16:18:06	BST	40	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692854180558
16:18:06	BST	100	10.29	GBP	XLON	606206692854180557
16:22:59	BST	9	10.28	GBP	XLON	606206692854368366
16:22:59	BST	49	10.28	GBP	XLON	606206692854368369
16:22:59	BST	104	10.28	GBP	XLON	606206692854368365
16:22:59	BST	113	10.28	GBP	XLON	592132944019137556
16:22:59	BST	113	10.28	GBP	XLON	592132944019137557
16:22:59	BST	113	10.28	GBP	XLON	606206692854368362
16:22:59	BST	113	10.28	GBP	XLON	606206692854368367
16:22:59	BST	113	10.28	GBP	XLON	606206692854368368
16:22:59	BST	118	10.28	GBP	XLON	606206692854368363
16:22:59	BST	411	10.28	GBP	XLON	606206692854368361

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