Director/PDMR Shareholding

WH Smith PLC

10 June 2026

 

Date 10 June 2026

WH Smith PLC

(the "Company")

Notification of transactions by Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibility ("PDMRs")

Further to the Company's announcement on 10 June 2026 of the successful completion of the placing of new Ordinary shares (the "Placing") and the related subscription for new Ordinary shares by certain directors and members of the senior management team of the Company (the "Subscription"), the Company announces that as part of the Subscription, 487,802 new Ordinary shares were issued to Persons Discharging Managerial Responsibilities of the Company as follows:

Name	Number of Ordinary shares
Leo Quinn	365,853
Max Izzard	36,585
Simon Emeny	2,439
Situl Jobanputra	3,658
Helen Rose	12,195
Andrew Harrison	24,390
Huw Crwys-Williams	18,292
Ian Houghton	24,390

The notification set out below is provided in accordance with the requirements of the EU Market Abuse Regulation.

1	Details of the person discharging managerial responsibilities/person closely associated
a)	Name	1.    Leo Quinn 2.    Max Izzard 3.    Simon Emeny 4.    Situl Jobanputra 5.    Helen Rose 6.    Andrew Harrison 7.    Huw Crwys-Williams 8.    Ian Houghton
2	Reason for the notification
a)	Position/status	1.    Executive Chair 2.    Group CFO 3.    Non-Executive Director 4.    Non-Executive Director 5.    Non-Executive Director 6.    CEO UK Travel 7.    CEO WH Smith North America 8.    Company Secretary/Legal Director
b)	Initial notification/Amendment	Initial notification
3	Details of the issuer, emission allowance market participant, auction platform, auctioneer or auction monitor
a)	Name	WH Smith PLC
b)	LEI	2138001KJNGUJ34G7X91
4	Details of the transaction(s): section to be repeated for (i) each type of instrument; (ii) each type of transaction; (iii) each date; and (iv) each place where transactions have been conducted
a)	Description of the financial instrument, type of instrument Identification code	Ordinary shares of 226/67 pence ISIN: GB00B2PDGW16
b)	Nature of the transaction	Subscription of Ordinary shares
c)	Price(s) and volume(s)	Price(s) per share Volume(s) 1.    £4.10 2.    £4.10 3.    £4.10 4.    £4.10 5.    £4.10 6.    £4.10 7.    £4.10 8.    £4.10 1.    365,853 2.    36,585 3.    2,439 4.    3,658 5.    12,195 6.    24,390 7.    18,292 8.    24,390
d)	Aggregated information -      Price -      Volume -      Total Price	Price(s) per share Volume(s) Total Aggregate Price 1.     £4.10 2.     £4.10 3.     £4.10 4.     £4.10 5.     £4.10 6.     £4.10 7.     £4.10 8.     £4.10 1.     365,853 2.     36,585 3.     2,439 4.     3,658 5.     12,195 6.     24,390 7.     18,292 8.     24,390 1.     £1,499,997.30 2.     £149,998.50 3.     £9,999.90 4.     £14,997.80 5.     £49,999.50 6.     £99,999.00 7.     £74,997.20 8.     £99,999.00
e)	Date of the transaction	2026-06-10
f)	Place of the transaction	London Stock Exchange, Main Market (XLON)

 

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