Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

08 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
08 January 2025
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 25,295 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 08 January 2025 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 1,027,244 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,889,690 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:			08 January 2025
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		25,295			11.6021			11.4800		11.8700
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
08:02:50	GMT	574	11.87	GBP		XLON		606158930835787745
08:02:50	GMT	34	11.87	GBP		XLON		606158930835787751
08:09:54	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON		592085179271365406
08:09:54	GMT	162	11.83	GBP		XLON		606158930835932011
08:09:54	GMT	186	11.83	GBP		XLON		606158930835932012
08:17:50	GMT	101	11.81	GBP		XLON		606158930836082175
08:17:50	GMT	443	11.81	GBP		XLON		606158930836082174
08:44:49	GMT	103	11.81	GBP		XLON		606158930836645329
08:45:47	GMT	9	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179272139386
08:45:47	GMT	103	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179272139385
08:45:47	GMT	349	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158930836670077
08:46:43	GMT	25	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179272159171
08:51:03	GMT	4	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179272251560
08:51:03	GMT	65	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179272251561
08:51:03	GMT	103	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179272251562
08:51:03	GMT	103	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179272251563
08:51:03	GMT	103	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179272251564
08:51:03	GMT	103	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158930836777325
08:51:03	GMT	103	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158930836777326
08:51:03	GMT	113	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158930836777327
08:52:20	GMT	36	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158930836800208
09:06:52	GMT	135	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158930837120115
09:06:52	GMT	10	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158930837120116
09:09:14	GMT	66	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158930837168861
09:09:14	GMT	108	11.74	GBP		XLON		606158930837168864
09:09:14	GMT	108	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158930837168863
09:09:14	GMT	139	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158930837168860
09:09:14	GMT	191	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158930837168862
09:15:54	GMT	108	11.75	GBP		XLON		592085179272825851
09:15:54	GMT	249	11.76	GBP		XLON		592085179272825850
09:27:30	GMT	95	11.76	GBP		XLON		592085179273095332
09:27:30	GMT	348	11.76	GBP		XLON		606158930837582841
09:51:57	GMT	110	11.77	GBP		XLON		606158930838113137
09:51:57	GMT	110	11.77	GBP		XLON		606158930838113142
09:51:57	GMT	398	11.77	GBP		XLON		606158930838113140
09:51:57	GMT	243	11.77	GBP		XLON		606158930838113166
09:52:02	GMT	109	11.76	GBP		XLON		606158930838115919
09:55:37	GMT	109	11.76	GBP		XLON		606158930838193321
10:01:35	GMT	228	11.74	GBP		XLON		592085179273869982
10:01:35	GMT	54	11.74	GBP		XLON		592085179273869984
10:01:35	GMT	67	11.74	GBP		XLON		592085179273869985
10:27:41	GMT	101	11.78	GBP		XLON		592085179274502465
10:29:11	GMT	29	11.77	GBP		XLON		606158930838954220
10:29:11	GMT	474	11.77	GBP		XLON		606158930838954219
10:31:58	GMT	41	11.76	GBP		XLON		592085179274598567
10:31:58	GMT	59	11.76	GBP		XLON		592085179274598568
10:31:58	GMT	100	11.76	GBP		XLON		606158930839013368
10:45:23	GMT	102	11.76	GBP		XLON		606158930839312628
10:45:23	GMT	174	11.76	GBP		XLON		592085179274912963
10:45:23	GMT	175	11.75	GBP		XLON		592085179274912965
11:12:17	GMT	24	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158930839889193
11:12:17	GMT	154	11.75	GBP		XLON		592085179275519506
11:12:17	GMT	80	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158930839889210
11:12:27	GMT	176	11.74	GBP		XLON		606158930839895203
11:12:32	GMT	139	11.74	GBP		XLON		592085179275528218
11:12:32	GMT	226	11.74	GBP		XLON		606158930839897596
11:16:51	GMT	108	11.72	GBP		XLON		606158930840008344
11:28:21	GMT	348	11.64	GBP		XLON		606158930840329903
11:59:48	GMT	94	11.64	GBP		XLON		592085179276899802
11:59:48	GMT	94	11.64	GBP		XLON		606158930841205415
12:03:31	GMT	94	11.63	GBP		XLON		592085179276992197
12:03:31	GMT	363	11.63	GBP		XLON		592085179276992196
12:10:01	GMT	67	11.59	GBP		XLON		606158930841427004
12:10:01	GMT	10	11.59	GBP		XLON		606158930841427005
12:10:01	GMT	79	11.59	GBP		XLON		606158930841427008
12:10:01	GMT	114	11.59	GBP		XLON		592085179277133741
12:10:01	GMT	7	11.59	GBP		XLON		592085179277133742
12:10:01	GMT	71	11.59	GBP		XLON		592085179277133743
12:22:32	GMT	397	11.5	GBP		XLON		592085179277436254
12:36:54	GMT	348	11.49	GBP		XLON		592085179277741971
12:57:41	GMT	17	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930842395407
12:57:43	GMT	86	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930842396489
12:57:43	GMT	103	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930842396491
12:57:43	GMT	370	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930842396490
12:57:49	GMT	73	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930842399092
13:08:55	GMT	349	11.49	GBP		XLON		606158930842651697
13:17:24	GMT	89	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930842825866
13:18:03	GMT	260	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930842838694
13:21:27	GMT	112	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930842915250
13:34:00	GMT	42	11.53	GBP		XLON		606158930843183551
13:34:00	GMT	110	11.53	GBP		XLON		606158930843183553
13:34:00	GMT	348	11.53	GBP		XLON		606158930843183552
13:34:03	GMT	110	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930843186602
14:00:11	GMT	26	11.52	GBP		XLON		606158930843839796
14:01:17	GMT	68	11.53	GBP		XLON		592085179279723967
14:01:17	GMT	81	11.52	GBP		XLON		606158930843874680
14:01:17	GMT	13	11.52	GBP		XLON		606158930843874919
14:01:21	GMT	150	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179279726176
14:01:22	GMT	17	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179279727296
14:04:37	GMT	23	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930843968941
14:04:37	GMT	71	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930843968942
14:04:37	GMT	94	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179279824109
14:04:37	GMT	94	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179279824110
14:04:37	GMT	94	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179279824111
14:04:37	GMT	94	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930843968940
14:04:37	GMT	94	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930843968943
14:04:37	GMT	406	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179279824108
14:17:04	GMT	75	11.53	GBP		XLON		592085179280209410
14:17:04	GMT	104	11.53	GBP		XLON		592085179280209407
14:17:04	GMT	307	11.53	GBP		XLON		592085179280209409
14:17:04	GMT	295	11.53	GBP		XLON		606158930844332263
14:29:06	GMT	1	11.54	GBP		XLON		606158930844676364
14:29:06	GMT	62	11.54	GBP		XLON		606158930844676361
14:29:06	GMT	104	11.54	GBP		XLON		606158930844676363
14:29:06	GMT	295	11.54	GBP		XLON		606158930844676362
14:29:06	GMT	74	11.54	GBP		XLON		606158930844676375
14:29:06	GMT	166	11.54	GBP		XLON		606158930844676374
14:36:23	GMT	106	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179280921278
14:41:00	GMT	100	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930845176721
14:42:03	GMT	107	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179281147133
14:43:14	GMT	18	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930845261051
14:43:14	GMT	78	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930845261052
14:45:22	GMT	21	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179281269246
14:45:22	GMT	37	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179281269245
14:45:22	GMT	39	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179281269244
14:45:27	GMT	8	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179281271749
14:45:27	GMT	34	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179281271748
14:45:27	GMT	58	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179281271747
14:46:27	GMT	17	11.52	GBP		XLON		606158930845371660
14:46:27	GMT	79	11.52	GBP		XLON		606158930845371661
14:47:09	GMT	475	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930845396863
14:47:09	GMT	9	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179281330509
14:47:09	GMT	40	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179281330511
14:47:09	GMT	45	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179281330510
14:47:09	GMT	129	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179281330508
14:47:09	GMT	350	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179281330507
14:49:17	GMT	58	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930845474595
14:52:30	GMT	99	11.52	GBP		XLON		606158930845601865
14:52:30	GMT	347	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179281546113
15:07:33	GMT	98	11.53	GBP		XLON		592085179282132360
15:07:33	GMT	98	11.53	GBP		XLON		592085179282132361
15:07:33	GMT	169	11.53	GBP		XLON		606158930846159130
15:07:33	GMT	386	11.53	GBP		XLON		592085179282132359
15:07:33	GMT	86	11.53	GBP		XLON		606158930846159136
15:07:33	GMT	34	11.53	GBP		XLON		606158930846159137
15:07:34	GMT	158	11.53	GBP		XLON		606158930846159269
15:10:27	GMT	349	11.53	GBP		XLON		592085179282234238
15:15:26	GMT	349	11.52	GBP		XLON		592085179282418431
15:20:47	GMT	350	11.52	GBP		XLON		606158930846607663
15:32:51	GMT	5	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930846961689
15:32:51	GMT	67	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179282973632
15:32:51	GMT	101	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179282973628
15:32:51	GMT	101	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179282973629
15:32:51	GMT	101	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179282973630
15:32:51	GMT	101	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930846961691
15:32:51	GMT	342	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930846961690
15:32:51	GMT	34	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179282973644
15:41:11	GMT	109	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179283244488
15:41:11	GMT	109	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930847220124
15:41:11	GMT	349	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930847220126
15:48:06	GMT	95	11.51	GBP		XLON		606158930847435920
15:48:06	GMT	506	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179283471129
15:56:07	GMT	104	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179283740393
15:56:07	GMT	105	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179283740396
15:56:07	GMT	139	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179283740397
15:56:07	GMT	245	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179283740394
15:57:17	GMT	105	11.5	GBP		XLON		592085179283779134
16:00:57	GMT	106	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930847873396
16:00:57	GMT	347	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930847873395
16:05:53	GMT	348	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179284106914
16:06:23	GMT	109	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179284132531
16:08:34	GMT	348	11.49	GBP		XLON		592085179284217948
16:13:53	GMT	338	11.48	GBP		XLON		592085179284417569
16:21:33	GMT	7	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179284728686
16:21:33	GMT	16	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179284728687
16:21:33	GMT	80	11.51	GBP		XLON		592085179284728685
16:22:03	GMT	102	11.5	GBP		XLON		592085179284750267
16:22:03	GMT	102	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930848655260
16:22:03	GMT	106	11.5	GBP		XLON		592085179284750268
16:22:03	GMT	416	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930848655259
16:22:03	GMT	132	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930848655404
16:22:51	GMT	17	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930848686634
16:23:29	GMT	138	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930848717414
16:25:37	GMT	30	11.5	GBP		XLON		592085179284922493
16:25:37	GMT	60	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930848820851
16:25:37	GMT	107	11.5	GBP		XLON		592085179284922494
16:25:37	GMT	308	11.5	GBP		XLON		606158930848820853
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