Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

20 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
20 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 24,782 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 20 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 1,233,411 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,683,523 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:			20 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		24,782			11.8352			11.7300		12.0200
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
08:08:04	GMT	25	12.02	GBP		XLON		606163178599681066
08:08:04	GMT	69	12.02	GBP		XLON		606163178599681067
08:08:04	GMT	94	12.02	GBP		XLON		592089429763476455
08:08:04	GMT	94	12.02	GBP		XLON		606163178599681068
08:08:04	GMT	353	12.02	GBP		XLON		592089429763476454
08:08:04	GMT	375	12.02	GBP		XLON		606163178599681073
08:08:04	GMT	334	12.02	GBP		XLON		592089429763476465
08:16:28	GMT	103	11.96	GBP		XLON		606163178599804105
08:16:28	GMT	407	11.96	GBP		XLON		592089429763608593
08:26:43	GMT	98	11.93	GBP		XLON		592089429763762462
08:26:43	GMT	98	11.93	GBP		XLON		606163178599949072
08:26:43	GMT	103	11.93	GBP		XLON		592089429763762460
08:26:43	GMT	103	11.93	GBP		XLON		606163178599949073
08:26:43	GMT	201	11.93	GBP		XLON		592089429763762461
08:32:59	GMT	23	11.9	GBP		XLON		606163178600036077
08:32:59	GMT	106	11.9	GBP		XLON		606163178600036109
08:36:46	GMT	98	11.89	GBP		XLON		592089429763907200
08:36:46	GMT	180	11.89	GBP		XLON		592089429763907201
08:41:47	GMT	130	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429763973854
08:51:01	GMT	407	11.83	GBP		XLON		592089429764099377
09:11:27	GMT	131	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178600565335
09:11:27	GMT	150	11.86	GBP		XLON		606163178600565332
09:11:27	GMT	169	11.86	GBP		XLON		606163178600565334
09:11:27	GMT	289	11.86	GBP		XLON		606163178600565333
09:12:41	GMT	214	11.8	GBP		XLON		606163178600583040
09:26:18	GMT	109	11.79	GBP		XLON		606163178600788268
09:26:18	GMT	122	11.79	GBP		XLON		592089429764648554
09:26:18	GMT	152	11.79	GBP		XLON		592089429764648555
09:26:19	GMT	186	11.78	GBP		XLON		606163178600788569
09:31:00	GMT	82	11.78	GBP		XLON		606163178600852644
09:31:17	GMT	78	11.78	GBP		XLON		592089429764721346
09:34:23	GMT	7	11.78	GBP		XLON		606163178600903228
09:34:23	GMT	7	11.78	GBP		XLON		606163178600903229
09:34:23	GMT	34	11.78	GBP		XLON		592089429764769327
09:34:23	GMT	200	11.78	GBP		XLON		606163178600903227
09:55:52	GMT	97	11.81	GBP		XLON		592089429765125011
10:00:28	GMT	300	11.8	GBP		XLON		606163178601316097
10:07:04	GMT	36	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429765327318
10:07:04	GMT	82	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429765327319
10:07:04	GMT	106	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429765327320
10:25:25	GMT	108	11.83	GBP		XLON		592089429765637536
10:25:59	GMT	108	11.82	GBP		XLON		606163178601727240
10:25:59	GMT	176	11.82	GBP		XLON		606163178601727239
10:25:59	GMT	353	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429765646808
10:25:59	GMT	360	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429765646809
10:25:59	GMT	220	11.82	GBP		XLON		606163178601727246
10:47:44	GMT	107	11.79	GBP		XLON		592089429765977636
10:48:52	GMT	408	11.78	GBP		XLON		606163178602056873
11:01:11	GMT	107	11.76	GBP		XLON		592089429766192360
11:01:11	GMT	301	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178602243034
11:45:32	GMT	44	11.73	GBP		XLON		592089429766851017
11:45:32	GMT	65	11.73	GBP		XLON		592089429766851018
11:45:32	GMT	109	11.73	GBP		XLON		606163178602864223
11:45:32	GMT	202	11.73	GBP		XLON		606163178602864222
11:45:32	GMT	385	11.73	GBP		XLON		606163178602864221
12:05:26	GMT	40	11.74	GBP		XLON		606163178603145769
12:05:26	GMT	52	11.74	GBP		XLON		592089429767150005
12:05:26	GMT	55	11.74	GBP		XLON		592089429767150003
12:05:26	GMT	67	11.74	GBP		XLON		606163178603145770
12:05:26	GMT	107	11.74	GBP		XLON		592089429767150001
12:05:26	GMT	107	11.74	GBP		XLON		592089429767150004
12:05:26	GMT	107	11.74	GBP		XLON		606163178603145771
12:05:26	GMT	107	11.74	GBP		XLON		606163178603145772
12:05:26	GMT	444	11.74	GBP		XLON		592089429767150002
12:05:26	GMT	72	11.74	GBP		XLON		592089429767150018
12:35:10	GMT	39	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178603606600
12:35:10	GMT	386	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178603606601
12:35:10	GMT	15	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178603606604
12:35:10	GMT	30	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178603606605
12:35:10	GMT	118	11.76	GBP		XLON		592089429767640439
12:51:07	GMT	31	11.76	GBP		XLON		592089429767893422
12:51:07	GMT	52	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178603844874
12:51:07	GMT	96	11.76	GBP		XLON		592089429767893421
12:57:19	GMT	65	11.76	GBP		XLON		592089429767989839
12:57:19	GMT	96	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178603935407
12:57:19	GMT	96	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178603935408
12:57:19	GMT	96	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178603935409
12:57:19	GMT	108	11.76	GBP		XLON		592089429767989840
12:57:19	GMT	108	11.76	GBP		XLON		592089429767989841
13:26:45	GMT	108	11.76	GBP		XLON		592089429768473918
13:28:55	GMT	99	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163178604425928
13:29:26	GMT	28	11.75	GBP		XLON		606163178604433569
13:30:02	GMT	52	11.75	GBP		XLON		606163178604443578
13:35:28	GMT	10	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178604641048
13:35:28	GMT	97	11.81	GBP		XLON		592089429768736919
13:35:28	GMT	97	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178604641051
13:35:28	GMT	188	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178604641050
13:35:28	GMT	192	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178604641047
13:35:28	GMT	542	11.81	GBP		XLON		592089429768736920
13:35:28	GMT	344	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178604641058
13:52:10	GMT	98	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429769109304
13:52:10	GMT	98	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429769109305
13:52:10	GMT	98	11.82	GBP		XLON		606163178604989491
13:52:10	GMT	107	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429769109302
13:52:10	GMT	358	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429769109295
14:06:15	GMT	112	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178605347386
14:06:15	GMT	420	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178605347385
14:06:15	GMT	9	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429769489495
14:07:15	GMT	112	11.84	GBP		XLON		606163178605376617
14:23:16	GMT	128	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429769877254
14:23:16	GMT	150	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429769877252
14:23:16	GMT	308	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429769877253
14:23:16	GMT	124	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429769877258
14:36:08	GMT	110	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770190598
14:36:08	GMT	110	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178606007877
14:36:08	GMT	412	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770190597
14:36:08	GMT	110	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178606007879
14:36:08	GMT	110	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178606007880
14:36:08	GMT	110	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178606007881
14:45:39	GMT	95	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770449102
14:45:39	GMT	95	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770449103
14:45:39	GMT	95	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178606253445
14:45:39	GMT	352	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770449101
14:56:58	GMT	47	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770757163
14:56:58	GMT	112	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178606544523
14:56:58	GMT	202	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770757165
14:56:58	GMT	411	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770757166
14:56:58	GMT	73	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770757178
14:56:58	GMT	157	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429770757177
15:15:21	GMT	98	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771248049
15:15:21	GMT	100	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178607007512
15:15:21	GMT	101	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771248051
15:15:21	GMT	491	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771248050
15:16:03	GMT	512	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178607024532
15:16:03	GMT	25	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178607024536
15:29:08	GMT	98	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771577681
15:29:08	GMT	98	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178607318257
15:29:08	GMT	534	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178607318256
15:29:08	GMT	151	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178607318261
15:44:15	GMT	104	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771947392
15:44:15	GMT	104	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771947393
15:44:15	GMT	104	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771947394
15:44:15	GMT	104	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178607667086
15:44:15	GMT	104	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178607667087
15:44:15	GMT	605	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771947391
15:44:15	GMT	88	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429771947400
16:01:06	GMT	104	11.86	GBP		XLON		592089429772374224
16:02:43	GMT	107	11.86	GBP		XLON		592089429772417522
16:03:46	GMT	99	11.86	GBP		XLON		592089429772440427
16:03:47	GMT	9	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178608134940
16:03:47	GMT	560	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178608134941
16:05:37	GMT	51	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429772484282
16:05:37	GMT	492	11.85	GBP		XLON		592089429772484283
16:05:37	GMT	5	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178608176467
16:05:37	GMT	188	11.85	GBP		XLON		606163178608176561
16:05:37	GMT	109	11.84	GBP		XLON		592089429772484396
16:12:02	GMT	5	11.83	GBP		XLON		592089429772655552
16:12:02	GMT	46	11.83	GBP		XLON		606163178608338979
16:12:02	GMT	52	11.83	GBP		XLON		606163178608338980
16:12:02	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON		606163178608338978
16:12:02	GMT	401	11.83	GBP		XLON		592089429772655553
16:12:28	GMT	97	11.82	GBP		XLON		592089429772671956
16:21:22	GMT	110	11.81	GBP		XLON		592089429772953819
16:21:22	GMT	110	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178608621291
16:21:22	GMT	110	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178608621293
16:21:22	GMT	112	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178608621290
16:21:22	GMT	113	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178608621292
16:21:22	GMT	405	11.81	GBP		XLON		606163178608621289
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