Wh Smith Regulatory News (SMWH)

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

28 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 28 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 285,197 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 130,631,095 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:

28 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

14.0819

14.0100

14.2300

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

08:04:03

GMT

35

14.03

GBP

XLON

606262974640620020

08:24:06

GMT

492

14.23

GBP

XLON

606262974641061398

08:24:06

GMT

270

14.23

GBP

XLON

606262974641061399

08:36:07

GMT

214

14.17

GBP

XLON

592189224211186407

09:08:38

GMT

80

14.2

GBP

XLON

606262974641961941

09:08:38

GMT

381

14.2

GBP

XLON

606262974641961942

09:24:20

GMT

120

14.15

GBP

XLON

592189224212218724

09:24:20

GMT

123

14.15

GBP

XLON

592189224212218725

09:24:20

GMT

123

14.15

GBP

XLON

592189224212218726

10:07:00

GMT

228

14.07

GBP

XLON

606262974643165487

10:29:10

GMT

127

14.08

GBP

XLON

592189224213599611

10:29:10

GMT

242

14.08

GBP

XLON

592189224213599610

10:48:15

GMT

275

14.06

GBP

XLON

592189224213974208

11:30:52

GMT

105

14.01

GBP

XLON

606262974644770247

11:30:52

GMT

177

14.01

GBP

XLON

606262974644770249

12:22:16

GMT

98

14.07

GBP

XLON

606262974645702672

12:22:16

GMT

364

14.07

GBP

XLON

606262974645702671

12:22:16

GMT

314

14.07

GBP

XLON

606262974645702673

13:07:19

GMT

272

14.09

GBP

XLON

592189224216779612

13:07:19

GMT

290

14.09

GBP

XLON

592189224216779611

14:01:20

GMT

100

14.07

GBP

XLON

592189224217968102

14:01:20

GMT

100

14.07

GBP

XLON

592189224217968103

14:01:20

GMT

100

14.07

GBP

XLON

592189224217968105

14:01:20

GMT

103

14.07

GBP

XLON

592189224217968106

14:01:20

GMT

198

14.07

GBP

XLON

592189224217968104

14:01:21

GMT

225

14.07

GBP

XLON

606262974647629640

14:04:24

GMT

33

14.07

GBP

XLON

592189224218048695

14:04:24

GMT

100

14.07

GBP

XLON

592189224218048692

14:04:24

GMT

100

14.07

GBP

XLON

592189224218048694

14:20:10

GMT

94

14.06

GBP

XLON

606262974648045104

14:20:10

GMT

129

14.06

GBP

XLON

606262974648045105

14:54:14

GMT

182

14.11

GBP

XLON

592189224219414755

14:54:14

GMT

613

14.11

GBP

XLON

592189224219414756

14:54:14

GMT

44

14.11

GBP

XLON

592189224219414771

14:54:14

GMT

200

14.11

GBP

XLON

592189224219414770

15:07:13

GMT

223

14.08

GBP

XLON

592189224219871519

15:11:00

GMT

226

14.09

GBP

XLON

606262974649496598

15:11:00

GMT

239

14.09

GBP

XLON

606262974649496597

15:12:01

GMT

269

14.05

GBP

XLON

592189224220001769

15:15:11

GMT

224

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224220096729

15:35:29

GMT

4

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224220728922

15:35:29

GMT

18

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224220728925

15:35:29

GMT

18

14.04

GBP

XLON

606262974650200169

15:35:29

GMT

82

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224220728928

15:35:29

GMT

98

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224220728927

15:35:29

GMT

100

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224220728923

15:35:29

GMT

100

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224220728924

15:35:29

GMT

162

14.04

GBP

XLON

606262974650200170

15:35:29

GMT

180

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224220728926

15:48:00

GMT

206

14.03

GBP

XLON

606262974650552977

15:48:00

GMT

223

14.03

GBP

XLON

592189224221107862

15:49:36

GMT

101

14.01

GBP

XLON

592189224221152033

15:50:54

GMT

123

14.01

GBP

XLON

592189224221191273

15:58:29

GMT

334

14.01

GBP

XLON

606262974650853851

16:03:57

GMT

223

14.03

GBP

XLON

606262974651010693

16:08:06

GMT

224

14.04

GBP

XLON

592189224221730859

16:14:27

GMT

222

14.03

GBP

XLON

606262974651327829

16:15:12

GMT

60

14.03

GBP

XLON

592189224221964359

16:15:12

GMT

117

14.03

GBP

XLON

592189224221964358

16:18:33

GMT

121

14.02

GBP

XLON

592189224222079992

16:18:33

GMT

179

14.02

GBP

XLON

592189224222079995

16:24:48

GMT

273

14.02

GBP

XLON

606262974651670870

Ends