REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

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18/10/2024 17:15

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RNS Number : 8413I  WH Smith PLC  18 October 2024

 WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
 18 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
 18 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 219,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,697,095 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:                               18 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                                              14.0113                                     13.8200                     14.1500

 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
 08:04:32          BST        357     13.82  GBP       XLON           606259420964768577
 08:18:31          BST        305     13.84  GBP       XLON           592185670519192694
 09:05:39          BST        85      13.92  GBP       XLON           592185670520497882
 09:05:39          BST        117     13.92  GBP       XLON           592185670520497883
 09:05:40          BST        329     13.91  GBP       XLON           606259420966406715
 09:05:40          BST        135     13.91  GBP       XLON           606259420966406732
 09:05:40          BST        151     13.91  GBP       XLON           606259420966406731
 09:36:26          BST        160     14.05  GBP       XLON           592185670521372913
 09:36:26          BST        536     14.05  GBP       XLON           592185670521372914
 10:08:13          BST        378     14.06  GBP       XLON           606259420968153895
 10:25:44          BST        236     14.06  GBP       XLON           592185670522814711
 10:46:29          BST        214     14.15  GBP       XLON           592185670523361906
 11:10:22          BST        243     14.11  GBP       XLON           606259420969765724
 11:47:02          BST        302     14.06  GBP       XLON           606259420970672630
 12:45:08          BST        541     14.06  GBP       XLON           592185670526548744
 13:09:50          BST        200     14.05  GBP       XLON           592185670527221674
 13:09:50          BST        212     14.04  GBP       XLON           606259420972726210
 13:27:21          BST        204     14.04  GBP       XLON           592185670527714629
 13:27:21          BST        230     14.03  GBP       XLON           606259420973190237
 13:45:27          BST        21      14.03  GBP       XLON           606259420973706773
 13:45:27          BST        166     14.03  GBP       XLON           606259420973706774
 14:19:26          BST        925     14.05  GBP       XLON           592185670529292187
 14:31:38          BST        229     14.03  GBP       XLON           592185670529766881
 14:31:38          BST        246     14.03  GBP       XLON           592185670529766882
 14:47:43          BST        29      13.99  GBP       XLON           606259420975776802
 14:47:43          BST        192     13.99  GBP       XLON           592185670530455461
 14:47:43          BST        200     13.99  GBP       XLON           606259420975776801
 15:06:10          BST        22      14.01  GBP       XLON           592185670531243709
 15:06:10          BST        164     14.01  GBP       XLON           592185670531243708
 15:06:10          BST        589     14.01  GBP       XLON           592185670531243707
 15:12:34          BST        58      14     GBP       XLON           592185670531513865
 15:12:34          BST        71      14     GBP       XLON           592185670531513863
 15:12:34          BST        100     14     GBP       XLON           592185670531513864
 15:23:39          BST        34      14     GBP       XLON           606259420977220740
 15:23:39          BST        58      14     GBP       XLON           606259420977220743
 15:23:39          BST        200     14     GBP       XLON           606259420977220741
 15:23:39          BST        200     14     GBP       XLON           606259420977220742
 15:49:39          BST        71      14     GBP       XLON           606259420978247184
 15:49:39          BST        116     14     GBP       XLON           606259420978247185
 15:56:33          BST        197     14.01  GBP       XLON           592185670533361110
 15:59:52          BST        287     14     GBP       XLON           606259420978652385
 15:59:52          BST        501     14     GBP       XLON           606259420978652386
 16:07:40          BST        469     14.03  GBP       XLON           606259420978986404
 16:14:04          BST        79      14.02  GBP       XLON           592185670534163409
 16:14:04          BST        150     14.02  GBP       XLON           592185670534163410
 16:21:46          BST        188     14.01  GBP       XLON           592185670534582465
 16:21:46          BST        230     14.01  GBP       XLON           606259420979661812
 16:26:03          BST        273     14     GBP       XLON           606259420979900758

 

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