Wh Smith Regulatory News (SMWH)

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

31 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 31 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 317,955 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 130,598,979 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:

31 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

13.3950

13.1200

13.8000

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

08:24:15

GMT

15

13.8

GBP

XLON

606264036325040439

08:24:15

GMT

319

13.8

GBP

XLON

606264036325040440

08:30:15

GMT

253

13.76

GBP

XLON

606264036325182834

08:58:25

GMT

425

13.74

GBP

XLON

606264036325868602

09:05:25

GMT

338

13.69

GBP

XLON

606264036326047606

09:22:28

GMT

183

13.67

GBP

XLON

606264036326509640

09:25:03

GMT

209

13.65

GBP

XLON

606264036326588017

09:43:21

GMT

402

13.61

GBP

XLON

592190285895930369

10:14:14

GMT

463

13.61

GBP

XLON

592190285896764888

10:41:41

GMT

101

13.57

GBP

XLON

592190285897549179

10:41:41

GMT

125

13.57

GBP

XLON

592190285897549177

10:41:41

GMT

125

13.57

GBP

XLON

592190285897549178

11:17:07

GMT

15

13.47

GBP

XLON

592190285898490565

11:31:52

GMT

106

13.47

GBP

XLON

592190285898852815

11:31:52

GMT

176

13.47

GBP

XLON

592190285898852814

12:10:37

GMT

12

13.54

GBP

XLON

592190285899769284

12:10:37

GMT

200

13.54

GBP

XLON

606264036330607473

12:10:37

GMT

200

13.54

GBP

XLON

606264036330607474

12:10:37

GMT

291

13.54

GBP

XLON

592190285899769285

12:24:57

GMT

209

13.54

GBP

XLON

592190285900121318

12:46:12

GMT

209

13.51

GBP

XLON

606264036331436319

13:00:41

GMT

146

13.46

GBP

XLON

606264036331754273

13:00:41

GMT

146

13.46

GBP

XLON

606264036331754274

13:22:16

GMT

30

13.41

GBP

XLON

606264036332193784

13:22:16

GMT

109

13.41

GBP

XLON

606264036332193786

13:22:16

GMT

125

13.41

GBP

XLON

606264036332193785

13:36:36

GMT

219

13.42

GBP

XLON

606264036332614883

13:48:15

GMT

209

13.41

GBP

XLON

606264036332993349

14:00:29

GMT

94

13.38

GBP

XLON

606264036333390804

14:00:29

GMT

114

13.38

GBP

XLON

606264036333390806

14:13:08

GMT

30

13.33

GBP

XLON

606264036333831785

14:13:08

GMT

226

13.33

GBP

XLON

606264036333831784

14:24:48

GMT

208

13.36

GBP

XLON

592190285903644564

14:35:20

GMT

179

13.32

GBP

XLON

592190285904060833

14:35:20

GMT

209

13.32

GBP

XLON

606264036334578583

14:48:42

GMT

326

13.25

GBP

XLON

606264036335089475

14:54:43

GMT

209

13.24

GBP

XLON

592190285904866615

15:00:01

GMT

209

13.21

GBP

XLON

606264036335560768

15:05:52

GMT

12

13.21

GBP

XLON

606264036335796529

15:05:52

GMT

196

13.21

GBP

XLON

606264036335796530

15:11:52

GMT

38

13.21

GBP

XLON

592190285905603014

15:12:28

GMT

170

13.21

GBP

XLON

592190285905627746

15:16:16

GMT

260

13.19

GBP

XLON

606264036336172872

15:24:26

GMT

182

13.2

GBP

XLON

606264036336467409

15:26:31

GMT

208

13.18

GBP

XLON

606264036336551073

15:30:34

GMT

209

13.18

GBP

XLON

592190285906343632

15:40:02

GMT

293

13.16

GBP

XLON

606264036337018112

15:45:52

GMT

209

13.14

GBP

XLON

592190285906898727

15:51:05

GMT

209

13.13

GBP

XLON

606264036337402842

15:58:02

GMT

333

13.12

GBP

XLON

606264036337675298

16:02:31

GMT

210

13.14

GBP

XLON

592190285907566825

16:10:45

GMT

594

13.17

GBP

XLON

592190285907890375

16:19:13

GMT

72

13.19

GBP

XLON

606264036338465353

16:19:13

GMT

352

13.19

GBP

XLON

606264036338465354

16:24:40

GMT

91

13.18

GBP

XLON

592190285908510698

16:24:40

GMT

91

13.18

GBP

XLON

592190285908510699

16:24:40

GMT

107

13.18

GBP

XLON

592190285908510697

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