Wh Smith Regulatory News (SMWH)

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

01 October 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 11,000 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 01 October 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 76,777 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 130,836,227 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:

01 October 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

11,000

14.4948

14.3200

14.6500

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

08:08:27

BST

243

14.53

GBP

XLON

592179654314414184

08:08:27

BST

320

14.53

GBP

XLON

592179654314414182

08:55:55

BST

184

14.65

GBP

XLON

592179654315553191

08:55:55

BST

528

14.65

GBP

XLON

592179654315553192

09:19:21

BST

345

14.64

GBP

XLON

606253404763259580

09:27:34

BST

233

14.63

GBP

XLON

606253404763452370

10:10:56

BST

92

14.6

GBP

XLON

606253404764490194

10:10:56

BST

155

14.6

GBP

XLON

606253404764490193

10:20:05

BST

13

14.59

GBP

XLON

592179654317494451

10:29:26

BST

57

14.59

GBP

XLON

592179654317701536

10:39:38

BST

169

14.59

GBP

XLON

592179654317929419

10:39:38

BST

203

14.59

GBP

XLON

592179654317929420

10:39:38

BST

203

14.59

GBP

XLON

592179654317929421

11:05:28

BST

254

14.58

GBP

XLON

606253404765786609

11:11:14

BST

111

14.56

GBP

XLON

606253404765917830

11:27:22

BST

9

14.61

GBP

XLON

592179654318999132

11:27:22

BST

200

14.61

GBP

XLON

592179654318999131

11:43:55

BST

334

14.59

GBP

XLON

606253404766629224

12:09:44

BST

270

14.59

GBP

XLON

606253404767197046

12:18:10

BST

247

14.6

GBP

XLON

606253404767385299

12:54:10

BST

40

14.57

GBP

XLON

592179654320825334

12:59:17

BST

55

14.57

GBP

XLON

592179654320945355

13:31:40

BST

189

14.58

GBP

XLON

592179654321697254

13:31:40

BST

189

14.58

GBP

XLON

606253404769081776

13:31:40

BST

216

14.58

GBP

XLON

606253404769081775

13:48:08

BST

218

14.59

GBP

XLON

606253404769490936

13:48:08

BST

303

14.59

GBP

XLON

592179654322093512

13:48:13

BST

196

14.58

GBP

XLON

592179654322095120

13:48:35

BST

2

14.57

GBP

XLON

592179654322103179

13:48:47

BST

248

14.57

GBP

XLON

592179654322108225

14:11:40

BST

209

14.59

GBP

XLON

592179654322698299

14:16:23

BST

247

14.58

GBP

XLON

592179654322813383

14:29:42

BST

117

14.5

GBP

XLON

592179654323185579

14:29:42

BST

71

14.5

GBP

XLON

592179654323185582

14:29:42

BST

94

14.5

GBP

XLON

592179654323185580

14:36:24

BST

303

14.45

GBP

XLON

592179654323500201

14:45:22

BST

384

14.41

GBP

XLON

592179654323942022

14:55:04

BST

29

14.38

GBP

XLON

592179654324403003

14:55:04

BST

322

14.38

GBP

XLON

592179654324403002

15:10:43

BST

478

14.37

GBP

XLON

592179654325149837

15:30:59

BST

191

14.33

GBP

XLON

592179654325968141

15:30:59

BST

492

14.33

GBP

XLON

592179654325968144

15:44:12

BST

32

14.34

GBP

XLON

606253404773991336

15:44:12

BST

11

14.34

GBP

XLON

606253404773991339

15:44:12

BST

100

14.34

GBP

XLON

606253404773991338

15:44:12

BST

200

14.34

GBP

XLON

606253404773991337

16:03:16

BST

281

14.34

GBP

XLON

592179654327204748

16:03:16

BST

792

14.34

GBP

XLON

606253404774729869

16:22:34

BST

214

14.32

GBP

XLON

592179654328028984

16:22:34

BST

607

14.32

GBP

XLON

592179654328028985

Ends