Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

14 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
14 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 26,455 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 14 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 1,132,033 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,784,901 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:			14 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		26,455			11.4149			11.3100		11.4600
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
08:08:00	GMT	92	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306365090599
08:08:09	GMT	92	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306365093031
08:08:09	GMT	92	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055200539041
08:08:09	GMT	92	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055200539042
08:08:09	GMT	233	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306365093030
08:08:09	GMT	353	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306365093029
08:08:09	GMT	35	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306365093034
08:17:35	GMT	104	11.38	GBP		XLON		592087306365298656
08:17:35	GMT	104	11.38	GBP		XLON		606161055200732774
08:17:35	GMT	104	11.38	GBP		XLON		606161055200732775
08:17:56	GMT	354	11.37	GBP		XLON		592087306365305880
08:21:02	GMT	104	11.37	GBP		XLON		592087306365367439
08:46:15	GMT	104	11.31	GBP		XLON		592087306365936395
08:46:15	GMT	104	11.31	GBP		XLON		606161055201333676
08:46:15	GMT	104	11.31	GBP		XLON		606161055201333677
08:46:15	GMT	104	11.31	GBP		XLON		606161055201333678
08:46:15	GMT	112	11.31	GBP		XLON		592087306365936397
08:46:15	GMT	150	11.31	GBP		XLON		592087306365936393
08:46:15	GMT	210	11.31	GBP		XLON		592087306365936394
08:53:13	GMT	123	11.31	GBP		XLON		592087306366081000
08:53:13	GMT	128	11.31	GBP		XLON		606161055201470435
08:53:13	GMT	150	11.31	GBP		XLON		606161055201470434
09:16:45	GMT	102	11.36	GBP		XLON		606161055201954121
09:16:45	GMT	102	11.36	GBP		XLON		606161055201954123
09:16:45	GMT	368	11.36	GBP		XLON		606161055201954122
09:16:45	GMT	399	11.36	GBP		XLON		606161055201954127
09:26:07	GMT	355	11.32	GBP		XLON		606161055202155923
09:32:19	GMT	95	11.33	GBP		XLON		592087306366943526
09:32:19	GMT	260	11.33	GBP		XLON		592087306366943527
10:06:22	GMT	102	11.41	GBP		XLON		606161055202924060
10:08:47	GMT	101	11.41	GBP		XLON		606161055202973282
10:11:21	GMT	104	11.41	GBP		XLON		592087306367726749
10:13:47	GMT	106	11.41	GBP		XLON		606161055203063725
10:16:16	GMT	100	11.41	GBP		XLON		606161055203115234
10:19:24	GMT	35	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055203175590
10:19:24	GMT	75	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055203175591
10:22:26	GMT	20	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306367949749
10:22:26	GMT	34	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306367949748
10:22:26	GMT	52	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306367949750
10:25:28	GMT	99	11.41	GBP		XLON		592087306368014612
10:29:04	GMT	110	11.41	GBP		XLON		592087306368090268
10:36:44	GMT	105	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055203505726
10:46:31	GMT	103	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055203685043
10:46:39	GMT	157	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055203687354
11:00:05	GMT	25	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306368730805
11:00:05	GMT	41	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055203968402
11:00:05	GMT	68	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306368730806
11:00:05	GMT	93	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306368730807
11:00:05	GMT	107	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055203968401
11:00:05	GMT	114	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306368730804
11:00:05	GMT	150	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055203968399
11:00:05	GMT	431	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055203968400
11:00:05	GMT	360	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055203968408
11:05:11	GMT	127	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055204079380
11:05:11	GMT	228	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055204079381
11:15:31	GMT	77	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306369093912
11:15:31	GMT	279	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306369093913
11:47:37	GMT	12	11.39	GBP		XLON		592087306369738129
11:47:37	GMT	109	11.39	GBP		XLON		592087306369738131
11:47:37	GMT	109	11.39	GBP		XLON		606161055204915607
11:47:37	GMT	109	11.39	GBP		XLON		606161055204915608
11:47:37	GMT	109	11.39	GBP		XLON		606161055204915609
11:47:37	GMT	198	11.39	GBP		XLON		592087306369738130
11:47:37	GMT	343	11.39	GBP		XLON		592087306369738128
11:56:24	GMT	7	11.38	GBP		XLON		592087306369909179
11:56:24	GMT	27	11.38	GBP		XLON		606161055205076010
11:56:24	GMT	154	11.38	GBP		XLON		606161055205076005
11:56:24	GMT	174	11.38	GBP		XLON		606161055205076009
11:57:24	GMT	24	11.38	GBP		XLON		592087306369928017
11:57:24	GMT	71	11.38	GBP		XLON		592087306369928016
12:18:32	GMT	75	11.36	GBP		XLON		592087306370381423
12:38:38	GMT	19	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306370769700
12:38:38	GMT	109	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055205885888
12:38:38	GMT	90	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306370769701
12:41:36	GMT	110	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055205944060
12:45:08	GMT	92	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306370907301
12:45:08	GMT	8	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055206016348
12:48:33	GMT	32	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055206084060
12:48:33	GMT	36	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055206084059
12:48:33	GMT	41	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306370978946
12:51:23	GMT	140	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055206141709
12:55:00	GMT	110	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306371109504
12:56:01	GMT	102	11.4	GBP		XLON		606161055206231889
12:59:00	GMT	96	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306371199802
13:02:20	GMT	110	11.4	GBP		XLON		592087306371280013
13:05:18	GMT	116	11.41	GBP		XLON		592087306371333662
13:08:22	GMT	103	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055206469095
13:10:54	GMT	553	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306371437998
13:10:54	GMT	474	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306371438002
13:10:54	GMT	99	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055206515937
13:18:08	GMT	355	11.41	GBP		XLON		606161055206660350
13:31:01	GMT	167	11.46	GBP		XLON		592087306371950555
13:31:01	GMT	175	11.46	GBP		XLON		592087306371950554
13:35:19	GMT	22	11.46	GBP		XLON		606161055207137386
13:35:19	GMT	110	11.46	GBP		XLON		606161055207137385
13:35:19	GMT	222	11.46	GBP		XLON		592087306372098414
13:43:54	GMT	17	11.45	GBP		XLON		592087306372331543
13:43:54	GMT	337	11.45	GBP		XLON		592087306372331542
14:00:02	GMT	489	11.46	GBP		XLON		592087306372729809
14:00:02	GMT	44	11.46	GBP		XLON		606161055207730397
14:00:02	GMT	124	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055207730453
14:01:31	GMT	177	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055207779709
14:20:06	GMT	92	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373250649
14:20:06	GMT	376	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055208221942
14:30:14	GMT	110	11.45	GBP		XLON		592087306373523698
14:30:14	GMT	5	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523710
14:30:14	GMT	27	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523701
14:30:14	GMT	32	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523703
14:30:14	GMT	35	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523706
14:30:14	GMT	51	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523702
14:30:14	GMT	105	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523708
14:30:14	GMT	110	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523700
14:30:14	GMT	110	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523707
14:30:14	GMT	110	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055208481048
14:30:14	GMT	269	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523699
14:30:14	GMT	317	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306373523704
14:41:40	GMT	103	11.46	GBP		XLON		592087306373963060
14:41:40	GMT	146	11.46	GBP		XLON		592087306373963059
14:41:40	GMT	219	11.46	GBP		XLON		592087306373963058
14:41:40	GMT	360	11.46	GBP		XLON		606161055208898538
14:41:40	GMT	219	11.46	GBP		XLON		592087306373963067
14:48:55	GMT	94	11.45	GBP		XLON		592087306374232654
14:48:55	GMT	94	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055209156167
14:48:55	GMT	94	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055209156169
14:48:55	GMT	352	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055209156166
14:52:28	GMT	113	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055209275018
14:59:05	GMT	14	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055209512829
14:59:05	GMT	93	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055209512828
14:59:05	GMT	107	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306374606179
14:59:05	GMT	107	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055209512827
14:59:05	GMT	112	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055209512826
14:59:05	GMT	241	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055209512825
15:08:57	GMT	107	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055209867428
15:08:57	GMT	107	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055209867429
15:08:57	GMT	107	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055209867430
15:08:57	GMT	150	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055209867426
15:08:57	GMT	236	11.45	GBP		XLON		606161055209867427
15:20:13	GMT	108	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306375381354
15:20:13	GMT	108	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306375381356
15:20:13	GMT	108	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055210249951
15:20:13	GMT	110	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306375381355
15:20:13	GMT	521	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306375381353
15:35:06	GMT	31	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306375949002
15:35:06	GMT	79	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306375949003
15:37:01	GMT	110	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376015167
15:37:01	GMT	423	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055210853524
15:37:01	GMT	10	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055210853672
15:37:01	GMT	45	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376015330
15:37:01	GMT	80	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376015329
15:37:01	GMT	430	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376015328
15:37:01	GMT	112	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376015333
15:48:11	GMT	617	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376420315
15:48:11	GMT	332	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376420323
15:58:10	GMT	41	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055211587232
15:58:10	GMT	69	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055211587234
15:59:47	GMT	10	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376847918
15:59:47	GMT	86	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376847916
15:59:47	GMT	110	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055211644802
15:59:47	GMT	579	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055211644803
15:59:47	GMT	2	11.43	GBP		XLON		592087306376847922
15:59:47	GMT	73	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055211644807
16:02:55	GMT	61	11.43	GBP		XLON		606161055211766523
16:10:35	GMT	100	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055212048199
16:11:22	GMT	93	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055212080693
16:17:58	GMT	86	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338834
16:17:58	GMT	100	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306377577369
16:17:58	GMT	100	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306377577370
16:17:58	GMT	100	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306377577371
16:17:58	GMT	100	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306377577372
16:17:58	GMT	100	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338830
16:17:58	GMT	100	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338832
16:17:58	GMT	100	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338833
16:17:58	GMT	294	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338831
16:17:58	GMT	14	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338835
16:17:58	GMT	38	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338837
16:17:58	GMT	106	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338836
16:17:58	GMT	106	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338840
16:17:58	GMT	108	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338838
16:17:58	GMT	177	11.42	GBP		XLON		592087306377577373
16:17:58	GMT	248	11.42	GBP		XLON		606161055212338839
16:28:51	GMT	104	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306378085218
16:28:51	GMT	126	11.44	GBP		XLON		606161055212822091
16:28:51	GMT	380	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306378085217
16:28:51	GMT	264	11.44	GBP		XLON		592087306378085223
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