Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

18 December 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
18 December 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 25,531 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 18 December 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 851,751 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,065,183 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 December 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	25,531		11.8057		11.7400		11.8900
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 08:10:17 GMT 89 11.84 GBP XLON 592207272832517349 08:10:17 GMT 387 11.84 GBP XLON 606281024104991162 08:10:17 GMT 356 11.84 GBP XLON 592207272832517355 08:10:17 GMT 356 11.84 GBP XLON 606281024104991168 08:10:17 GMT 21 11.84 GBP XLON 592207272832517364 08:20:50 GMT 97 11.76 GBP XLON 606281024105188929 08:20:50 GMT 98 11.76 GBP XLON 592207272832726832 08:20:50 GMT 125 11.76 GBP XLON 592207272832726830 08:20:50 GMT 213 11.76 GBP XLON 592207272832726831 08:41:49 GMT 100 11.77 GBP XLON 606281024105560373 08:41:49 GMT 368 11.77 GBP XLON 592207272833118736 08:41:49 GMT 125 11.77 GBP XLON 592207272833118740 08:41:49 GMT 152 11.77 GBP XLON 592207272833118741 08:41:50 GMT 81 11.77 GBP XLON 606281024105560661 08:53:04 GMT 381 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272833304330 08:53:04 GMT 89 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272833304338 09:19:35 GMT 90 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272833811947 09:30:16 GMT 95 11.77 GBP XLON 592207272834013833 09:30:16 GMT 141 11.77 GBP XLON 606281024106406649 09:30:16 GMT 245 11.77 GBP XLON 592207272834013834 09:30:16 GMT 374 11.77 GBP XLON 592207272834013843 09:30:16 GMT 374 11.77 GBP XLON 606281024106406654 09:30:17 GMT 106 11.77 GBP XLON 592207272834014240 09:41:16 GMT 31 11.76 GBP XLON 606281024106590385 09:41:16 GMT 104 11.76 GBP XLON 606281024106590381 09:41:41 GMT 116 11.76 GBP XLON 606281024106598431 09:41:41 GMT 193 11.76 GBP XLON 606281024106598432 09:41:42 GMT 69 11.76 GBP XLON 606281024106598963 09:58:41 GMT 104 11.75 GBP XLON 606281024106895326 09:58:41 GMT 105 11.75 GBP XLON 592207272834529729 09:58:41 GMT 105 11.75 GBP XLON 592207272834529730 09:58:41 GMT 105 11.75 GBP XLON 606281024106895327 09:58:41 GMT 257 11.75 GBP XLON 592207272834529728 10:18:01 GMT 96 11.77 GBP XLON 606281024107254233 10:18:01 GMT 325 11.77 GBP XLON 592207272834907934 10:18:01 GMT 112 11.77 GBP XLON 606281024107254238 10:18:43 GMT 246 11.76 GBP XLON 606281024107266725 10:21:40 GMT 140 11.74 GBP XLON 592207272834982350 10:50:27 GMT 125 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272835490507 10:50:27 GMT 191 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272835490508 10:50:27 GMT 342 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024107807580 10:50:27 GMT 228 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024107807583 11:15:09 GMT 3 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024108240424 11:15:09 GMT 88 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024108240425 11:27:24 GMT 12 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272836150725 11:27:24 GMT 26 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024108434563 11:27:24 GMT 91 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272836150723 11:27:24 GMT 91 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272836150724 11:27:24 GMT 91 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024108434564 11:27:24 GMT 92 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024108434561 11:27:24 GMT 96 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272836150726 11:27:24 GMT 139 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024108434562 11:27:24 GMT 127 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024108434573 12:06:29 GMT 14 11.87 GBP XLON 606281024109157177 12:06:29 GMT 34 11.87 GBP XLON 606281024109157176 12:06:29 GMT 49 11.87 GBP XLON 606281024109157175 12:07:54 GMT 104 11.87 GBP XLON 592207272836942776 12:07:54 GMT 238 11.87 GBP XLON 592207272836942779 12:07:54 GMT 146 11.87 GBP XLON 606281024109180631 12:07:54 GMT 291 11.87 GBP XLON 606281024109180629 12:07:54 GMT 223 11.87 GBP XLON 592207272836942793 12:07:54 GMT 117 11.87 GBP XLON 606281024109180636 12:28:09 GMT 105 11.86 GBP XLON 606281024109501527 12:28:09 GMT 226 11.86 GBP XLON 592207272837284116 12:28:10 GMT 42 11.86 GBP XLON 592207272837284493 12:28:10 GMT 70 11.86 GBP XLON 592207272837284494 12:28:17 GMT 15 11.85 GBP XLON 592207272837288198 12:28:17 GMT 90 11.85 GBP XLON 592207272837288199 12:47:23 GMT 367 11.89 GBP XLON 592207272837675406 12:47:23 GMT 169 11.89 GBP XLON 606281024109870919 12:49:03 GMT 106 11.87 GBP XLON 606281024109897717 13:00:53 GMT 125 11.84 GBP XLON 606281024110113030 13:00:53 GMT 134 11.84 GBP XLON 606281024110113031 13:00:53 GMT 80 11.84 GBP XLON 592207272837930675 13:19:30 GMT 106 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272838298150 13:19:30 GMT 106 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272838298151 13:19:30 GMT 106 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272838298153 13:19:30 GMT 106 11.83 GBP XLON 606281024110462233 13:19:30 GMT 238 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272838298149 13:19:30 GMT 100 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272838298160 13:23:42 GMT 48 11.81 GBP XLON 606281024110544841 13:23:43 GMT 58 11.81 GBP XLON 606281024110544904 13:34:50 GMT 53 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272838604518 13:34:50 GMT 249 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272838604517 13:34:50 GMT 236 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024110752808 13:34:52 GMT 81 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272838605014 13:34:52 GMT 22 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272838605015 13:57:12 GMT 104 11.84 GBP XLON 592207272839103628 13:59:30 GMT 30 11.84 GBP XLON 592207272839162666 13:59:30 GMT 63 11.84 GBP XLON 592207272839162665 14:00:42 GMT 104 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272839201499 14:00:42 GMT 104 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272839201500 14:00:42 GMT 273 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272839201502 14:00:42 GMT 300 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272839201501 14:00:42 GMT 237 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272839201510 14:00:43 GMT 65 11.83 GBP XLON 606281024111317850 14:10:30 GMT 111 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272839459694 14:10:30 GMT 65 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272839459695 14:10:30 GMT 91 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024111563001 14:10:30 GMT 91 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024111563002 14:10:30 GMT 164 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272839459696 14:24:42 GMT 9 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272839812183 14:24:42 GMT 29 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024111897703 14:24:42 GMT 77 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024111897705 14:24:42 GMT 330 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024111897704 14:24:42 GMT 97 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272839812184 14:24:42 GMT 106 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272839812185 14:24:43 GMT 8 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272839812563 14:31:03 GMT 90 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272840009038 14:37:14 GMT 5 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272840225887 14:37:14 GMT 102 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272840225886 14:37:14 GMT 48 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272840225889 14:37:14 GMT 54 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272840225891 14:37:14 GMT 97 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272840225888 14:37:14 GMT 102 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024112290464 14:37:14 GMT 102 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024112290465 14:37:14 GMT 102 11.78 GBP XLON 606281024112290466 14:37:14 GMT 251 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272840225890 14:37:14 GMT 219 11.78 GBP XLON 592207272840225896 14:46:49 GMT 18 11.8 GBP XLON 606281024112610469 14:46:49 GMT 74 11.8 GBP XLON 606281024112610468 14:56:03 GMT 91 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272840935382 14:56:03 GMT 91 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966662 14:56:03 GMT 91 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966664 14:56:03 GMT 91 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966667 14:56:03 GMT 91 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966669 14:56:03 GMT 97 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272840935383 14:56:03 GMT 103 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272840935385 14:56:03 GMT 103 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966672 14:56:03 GMT 103 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966675 14:56:03 GMT 161 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272840935386 14:56:03 GMT 200 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966671 14:56:03 GMT 399 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966661 14:56:03 GMT 110 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024112966693 15:19:18 GMT 44 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912524 15:19:18 GMT 55 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912523 15:19:18 GMT 95 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912520 15:19:18 GMT 99 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912518 15:19:18 GMT 99 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912527 15:19:18 GMT 99 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024113899852 15:19:18 GMT 99 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024113899854 15:19:18 GMT 99 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024113899856 15:19:18 GMT 121 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024113899853 15:19:18 GMT 148 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912528 15:19:18 GMT 175 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024113899855 15:19:18 GMT 266 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912522 15:19:18 GMT 293 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912525 15:19:18 GMT 77 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272841912534 15:19:18 GMT 99 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024113899872 15:36:43 GMT 101 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024114381200 15:37:25 GMT 100 11.8 GBP XLON 592207272842440124 15:41:03 GMT 92 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272842552438 15:41:03 GMT 246 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024114506899 15:41:03 GMT 38 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024114506912 15:41:03 GMT 190 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024114506911 15:41:03 GMT 43 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272842552449 15:41:03 GMT 90 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272842552448 15:41:03 GMT 30 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024114506926 15:41:03 GMT 36 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024114506925 15:41:03 GMT 84 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024114506924 15:41:03 GMT 164 11.79 GBP XLON 606281024114506923 15:41:03 GMT 12 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272842552458 15:41:03 GMT 26 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272842552455 15:41:03 GMT 29 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272842552457 15:41:03 GMT 84 11.79 GBP XLON 592207272842552456 15:50:06 GMT 276 11.85 GBP XLON 592207272842817468 15:50:06 GMT 340 11.85 GBP XLON 606281024114758446 15:50:06 GMT 3 11.85 GBP XLON 592207272842817477 15:50:06 GMT 77 11.85 GBP XLON 592207272842817478 15:54:43 GMT 1 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272842959520 15:57:43 GMT 78 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272843053033 15:58:43 GMT 28 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272843082551 16:02:41 GMT 3 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115135052 16:02:41 GMT 6 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115135054 16:02:41 GMT 20 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115135051 16:02:41 GMT 82 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115135050 16:02:41 GMT 93 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115135053 16:02:41 GMT 102 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272843214767 16:02:41 GMT 102 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272843214768 16:02:41 GMT 102 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272843214769 16:02:41 GMT 102 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115135048 16:02:41 GMT 102 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115135049 16:02:41 GMT 258 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272843214766 16:07:41 GMT 383 11.83 GBP XLON 606281024115304206 16:07:41 GMT 35 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272843394097 16:11:01 GMT 337 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272843534051 16:18:36 GMT 90 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272843841785 16:19:01 GMT 9 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115743265 16:19:14 GMT 230 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115751570 16:19:44 GMT 20 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115773513 16:21:01 GMT 63 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115827264 16:21:01 GMT 82 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115827266 16:21:01 GMT 90 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115827263 16:21:44 GMT 8 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115853797 16:21:44 GMT 69 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115853798 16:22:41 GMT 21 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115891200 16:22:41 GMT 77 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115891199 16:23:44 GMT 13 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115932218 16:23:44 GMT 23 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272844056279 16:23:52 GMT 18 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272844061846 16:23:52 GMT 67 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272844061841 16:23:52 GMT 90 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115937533 16:23:52 GMT 100 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272844061842 16:23:52 GMT 100 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272844061847 16:23:52 GMT 100 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115937534 16:23:52 GMT 103 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272844061844 16:23:52 GMT 39 11.82 GBP XLON 592207272844061851 16:23:52 GMT 63 11.82 GBP XLON 606281024115937552 16:27:41 GMT 29 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272844217851 16:27:41 GMT 244 11.83 GBP XLON 592207272844217852
Ends

 

END