Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

22 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
22 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 25,575 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 22 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 1,284,431 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,632,503 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:			22 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		25,575			11.5595			11.2900		11.7700
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
08:02:41	GMT	346	11.72	GBP		XLON		592090137528749786
08:11:26	GMT	31	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886364828281
08:11:26	GMT	95	11.76	GBP		XLON		592090137528957221
08:11:26	GMT	109	11.76	GBP		XLON		592090137528957220
08:11:26	GMT	126	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886364828280
08:11:26	GMT	331	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886364828279
08:11:26	GMT	455	11.76	GBP		XLON		592090137528957226
08:17:30	GMT	345	11.65	GBP		XLON		606163886364954264
08:45:24	GMT	107	11.75	GBP		XLON		606163886365562418
08:47:00	GMT	124	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886365606012
08:47:00	GMT	539	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886365606040
08:54:53	GMT	97	11.77	GBP		XLON		606163886365749788
08:54:53	GMT	97	11.77	GBP		XLON		606163886365749789
08:54:53	GMT	529	11.77	GBP		XLON		606163886365749790
09:13:14	GMT	484	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886366099305
09:13:14	GMT	17	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886366099306
09:13:14	GMT	327	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886366099309
09:34:29	GMT	106	11.76	GBP		XLON		592090137530717956
09:34:29	GMT	106	11.76	GBP		XLON		592090137530717957
09:34:29	GMT	106	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886366484984
09:34:29	GMT	106	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886366484985
09:34:29	GMT	106	11.76	GBP		XLON		606163886366484986
09:34:29	GMT	346	11.76	GBP		XLON		592090137530717955
09:45:50	GMT	35	11.74	GBP		XLON		592090137530950327
09:47:29	GMT	72	11.74	GBP		XLON		592090137530986851
09:49:52	GMT	41	11.74	GBP		XLON		592090137531030346
09:49:52	GMT	101	11.74	GBP		XLON		606163886366777900
09:51:00	GMT	97	11.74	GBP		XLON		606163886366798972
09:53:30	GMT	101	11.74	GBP		XLON		606163886366847679
09:53:30	GMT	105	11.74	GBP		XLON		592090137531104408
09:53:30	GMT	105	11.74	GBP		XLON		606163886366847678
09:53:30	GMT	106	11.74	GBP		XLON		592090137531104407
10:05:14	GMT	345	11.72	GBP		XLON		592090137531344759
10:12:40	GMT	50	11.71	GBP		XLON		592090137531514676
10:12:40	GMT	56	11.71	GBP		XLON		592090137531514677
10:12:40	GMT	239	11.71	GBP		XLON		592090137531514678
10:19:05	GMT	115	11.69	GBP		XLON		606163886367372394
10:28:25	GMT	110	11.69	GBP		XLON		606163886367552440
10:39:00	GMT	34	11.68	GBP		XLON		592090137532056007
11:02:40	GMT	112	11.7	GBP		XLON		606163886368171571
11:05:20	GMT	12	11.7	GBP		XLON		606163886368217161
11:05:20	GMT	15	11.7	GBP		XLON		606163886368217160
11:05:20	GMT	71	11.7	GBP		XLON		592090137532559323
11:06:29	GMT	38	11.69	GBP		XLON		606163886368237236
11:06:29	GMT	112	11.69	GBP		XLON		606163886368237237
11:06:29	GMT	142	11.69	GBP		XLON		606163886368237240
11:06:29	GMT	150	11.69	GBP		XLON		606163886368237239
11:06:29	GMT	300	11.69	GBP		XLON		606163886368237238
11:06:30	GMT	7	11.69	GBP		XLON		592090137532580849
11:06:30	GMT	27	11.69	GBP		XLON		592090137532580989
11:06:30	GMT	13	11.68	GBP		XLON		606163886368237535
11:06:30	GMT	25	11.68	GBP		XLON		592090137532581096
11:06:30	GMT	87	11.68	GBP		XLON		592090137532581097
11:06:30	GMT	100	11.68	GBP		XLON		606163886368237536
11:06:30	GMT	112	11.68	GBP		XLON		606163886368237534
11:06:30	GMT	120	11.68	GBP		XLON		606163886368237700
11:26:30	GMT	112	11.66	GBP		XLON		592090137533004300
11:26:30	GMT	345	11.66	GBP		XLON		606163886368634686
11:54:16	GMT	104	11.62	GBP		XLON		592090137533538425
11:54:16	GMT	142	11.62	GBP		XLON		592090137533538424
11:54:16	GMT	181	11.62	GBP		XLON		606163886369135965
11:54:16	GMT	346	11.62	GBP		XLON		592090137533538422
12:12:13	GMT	341	11.65	GBP		XLON		606163886369478004
12:12:13	GMT	384	11.65	GBP		XLON		592090137533902776
12:27:35	GMT	99	11.63	GBP		XLON		592090137534205790
12:27:35	GMT	99	11.63	GBP		XLON		592090137534205791
12:27:35	GMT	345	11.63	GBP		XLON		592090137534205789
12:43:36	GMT	106	11.59	GBP		XLON		606163886370054627
12:43:36	GMT	346	11.59	GBP		XLON		606163886370054628
12:59:23	GMT	104	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090137534826252
12:59:23	GMT	104	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886370345907
12:59:23	GMT	345	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886370345906
13:30:55	GMT	7	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886370958489
13:30:55	GMT	14	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886370958491
13:30:55	GMT	15	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886370958490
13:30:55	GMT	25	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886370958488
13:30:55	GMT	28	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886370958492
13:30:55	GMT	21	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090137535474362
13:32:54	GMT	2	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886371006482
13:32:54	GMT	10	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886371006481
13:32:54	GMT	22	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886371006480
13:32:54	GMT	79	11.58	GBP		XLON		606163886371006479
13:33:27	GMT	21	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090137535539537
13:33:27	GMT	46	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090137535539536
13:33:27	GMT	51	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090137535539535
13:35:09	GMT	16	11.57	GBP		XLON		606163886371057384
13:35:09	GMT	96	11.57	GBP		XLON		592090137535578910
13:38:35	GMT	105	11.57	GBP		XLON		606163886371142936
13:38:35	GMT	355	11.57	GBP		XLON		606163886371142937
13:38:35	GMT	185	11.57	GBP		XLON		592090137535669104
13:38:35	GMT	350	11.57	GBP		XLON		592090137535669103
13:42:00	GMT	105	11.56	GBP		XLON		606163886371222123
13:42:00	GMT	162	11.56	GBP		XLON		592090137535752796
13:42:00	GMT	184	11.56	GBP		XLON		606163886371222122
14:01:12	GMT	106	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090137536270409
14:03:01	GMT	19	11.5	GBP		XLON		606163886371752144
14:03:08	GMT	85	11.5	GBP		XLON		606163886371756662
14:03:58	GMT	37	11.5	GBP		XLON		606163886371778303
14:11:30	GMT	105	11.53	GBP		XLON		606163886371971259
14:11:45	GMT	134	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090137536552766
14:11:45	GMT	241	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090137536552767
14:11:45	GMT	241	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090137536552768
14:11:45	GMT	485	11.51	GBP		XLON		606163886371977068
14:22:46	GMT	382	11.48	GBP		XLON		606163886372302616
14:22:46	GMT	146	11.48	GBP		XLON		606163886372302623
14:27:35	GMT	347	11.46	GBP		XLON		606163886372440583
14:32:07	GMT	163	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090137537209187
14:32:07	GMT	182	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090137537209186
14:37:31	GMT	417	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137537408472
14:41:36	GMT	346	11.43	GBP		XLON		606163886372934390
14:45:48	GMT	10	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373073494
14:45:55	GMT	109	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373076944
14:47:55	GMT	77	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373137835
14:53:55	GMT	82	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373343979
14:54:14	GMT	40	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373353611
14:54:14	GMT	57	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373353612
14:54:14	GMT	69	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373353609
14:54:14	GMT	97	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090137538000567
14:54:14	GMT	97	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090137538000568
14:54:14	GMT	97	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090137538000569
14:54:14	GMT	97	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090137538000570
14:54:14	GMT	97	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373353613
15:07:44	GMT	10	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373906401
15:07:44	GMT	12	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090137538581541
15:07:44	GMT	33	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373906400
15:07:44	GMT	99	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090137538581542
15:07:44	GMT	99	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373906399
15:07:44	GMT	335	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090137538581540
15:07:45	GMT	19	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373906689
15:07:45	GMT	56	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373906688
15:07:55	GMT	80	11.38	GBP		XLON		606163886373915836
15:14:47	GMT	103	11.43	GBP		XLON		606163886374172276
15:14:48	GMT	312	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090137538862336
15:14:58	GMT	6	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090137538872132
15:14:58	GMT	41	11.42	GBP		XLON		606163886374182168
15:14:58	GMT	62	11.42	GBP		XLON		606163886374182170
15:14:58	GMT	103	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090137538872130
15:14:58	GMT	150	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090137538872129
15:20:55	GMT	75	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090137539164248
15:20:55	GMT	102	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090137539164251
15:20:55	GMT	271	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090137539164250
15:26:55	GMT	77	11.37	GBP		XLON		592090137539384886
15:27:38	GMT	14	11.37	GBP		XLON		592090137539408566
15:27:38	GMT	33	11.37	GBP		XLON		592090137539408568
15:27:38	GMT	222	11.37	GBP		XLON		592090137539408567
15:29:55	GMT	104	11.36	GBP		XLON		606163886374762334
15:35:55	GMT	33	11.32	GBP		XLON		606163886374967705
15:37:24	GMT	106	11.32	GBP		XLON		606163886375012594
15:37:24	GMT	106	11.32	GBP		XLON		606163886375012596
15:37:24	GMT	367	11.32	GBP		XLON		606163886375012593
15:45:36	GMT	106	11.32	GBP		XLON		592090137540018114
15:45:36	GMT	106	11.32	GBP		XLON		592090137540018117
15:45:36	GMT	106	11.32	GBP		XLON		592090137540018118
15:45:36	GMT	106	11.32	GBP		XLON		606163886375270740
15:45:36	GMT	239	11.32	GBP		XLON		592090137540018116
15:46:59	GMT	16	11.29	GBP		XLON		592090137540074466
15:48:55	GMT	75	11.29	GBP		XLON		592090137540139151
15:55:55	GMT	97	11.3	GBP		XLON		592090137540379318
15:55:55	GMT	97	11.3	GBP		XLON		606163886375611425
15:55:55	GMT	569	11.3	GBP		XLON		592090137540379317
16:07:56	GMT	18	11.45	GBP		XLON		606163886376028945
16:07:56	GMT	83	11.45	GBP		XLON		606163886376028942
16:08:25	GMT	100	11.47	GBP		XLON		606163886376044462
16:09:05	GMT	626	11.46	GBP		XLON		606163886376070412
16:09:05	GMT	376	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137540861936
16:09:05	GMT	86	11.46	GBP		XLON		606163886376070418
16:19:45	GMT	41	11.47	GBP		XLON		606163886376473277
16:19:45	GMT	69	11.47	GBP		XLON		606163886376473278
16:21:10	GMT	102	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137541356710
16:21:11	GMT	347	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090137541357872
16:23:30	GMT	105	11.46	GBP		XLON		606163886376627394
16:23:43	GMT	75	11.47	GBP		XLON		606163886376636159
16:23:56	GMT	30	11.47	GBP		XLON		606163886376644793
16:24:13	GMT	10	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137541480496
16:24:13	GMT	136	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137541480495
16:24:56	GMT	78	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137541520407
16:24:56	GMT	120	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137541520442
16:24:56	GMT	127	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137541520486
16:25:56	GMT	77	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137541563987
16:26:56	GMT	98	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090137541601995
16:27:42	GMT	150	11.48	GBP		XLON		606163886376800694
16:27:42	GMT	217	11.48	GBP		XLON		606163886376800695
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