Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

28 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
28 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 25,679 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 28 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 1,388,438 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,528,496 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:			28 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		25,679			11.9183			11.6200		12.0300
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
08:05:16	GMT	407	11.62	GBP		XLON		606166009735048468
08:09:27	GMT	10	11.74	GBP		XLON		606166009735129073
08:09:27	GMT	610	11.74	GBP		XLON		606166009735129074
08:09:27	GMT	269	11.74	GBP		XLON		606166009735129077
08:23:59	GMT	9	11.79	GBP		XLON		592092260899917824
08:23:59	GMT	17	11.79	GBP		XLON		592092260899917827
08:23:59	GMT	294	11.79	GBP		XLON		592092260899917825
08:23:59	GMT	311	11.79	GBP		XLON		592092260899917826
08:33:39	GMT	99	11.84	GBP		XLON		606166009735616838
08:33:39	GMT	629	11.84	GBP		XLON		606166009735616836
08:33:39	GMT	52	11.84	GBP		XLON		606166009735616846
08:38:02	GMT	132	11.82	GBP		XLON		592092260900220050
08:41:19	GMT	251	11.78	GBP		XLON		606166009735769707
09:05:29	GMT	110	11.76	GBP		XLON		592092260900721231
09:06:02	GMT	126	11.8	GBP		XLON		606166009736187819
09:08:56	GMT	116	11.81	GBP		XLON		592092260900782203
09:11:10	GMT	59	11.81	GBP		XLON		592092260900829803
09:11:10	GMT	46	11.81	GBP		XLON		606166009736282381
09:12:52	GMT	111	11.82	GBP		XLON		606166009736313704
09:12:53	GMT	87	11.81	GBP		XLON		592092260900863128
09:12:54	GMT	19	11.81	GBP		XLON		592092260900863191
09:14:59	GMT	114	11.86	GBP		XLON		592092260900901935
09:21:52	GMT	7	11.96	GBP		XLON		606166009736483228
09:21:52	GMT	104	11.96	GBP		XLON		606166009736483227
09:22:14	GMT	35	11.97	GBP		XLON		592092260901052910
09:22:14	GMT	102	11.97	GBP		XLON		606166009736493207
09:25:00	GMT	105	11.97	GBP		XLON		592092260901105359
09:28:56	GMT	348	11.98	GBP		XLON		606166009736620388
09:28:56	GMT	121	11.98	GBP		XLON		606166009736620391
09:28:56	GMT	165	11.98	GBP		XLON		606166009736620392
09:28:56	GMT	193	11.98	GBP		XLON		606166009736620393
09:28:56	GMT	304	11.98	GBP		XLON		606166009736620396
09:42:19	GMT	460	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260901467867
09:42:54	GMT	110	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009736898726
10:05:35	GMT	7	11.89	GBP		XLON		606166009737350815
10:05:35	GMT	24	11.89	GBP		XLON		592092260901955565
10:05:35	GMT	85	11.89	GBP		XLON		592092260901955564
10:05:35	GMT	343	11.89	GBP		XLON		606166009737350816
10:25:19	GMT	97	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009737743620
10:25:19	GMT	97	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009737743621
10:25:19	GMT	98	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260902372533
10:25:19	GMT	394	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260902372532
10:41:37	GMT	112	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009738045156
10:42:31	GMT	7	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009738061547
10:42:31	GMT	342	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009738061548
10:56:29	GMT	103	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009738308576
10:56:29	GMT	247	11.9	GBP		XLON		592092260902971089
11:36:35	GMT	106	11.89	GBP		XLON		606166009739056137
11:39:54	GMT	118	11.91	GBP		XLON		592092260903828759
12:13:52	GMT	104	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009739704830
12:13:52	GMT	7	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009739704836
12:13:52	GMT	16	11.92	GBP		XLON		592092260904452491
12:13:52	GMT	142	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009739704834
12:13:52	GMT	148	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009739704837
12:13:52	GMT	208	11.92	GBP		XLON		592092260904452494
12:13:52	GMT	243	11.92	GBP		XLON		592092260904452490
12:13:52	GMT	243	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009739704833
12:13:52	GMT	543	11.92	GBP		XLON		592092260904452503
12:13:55	GMT	447	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009739705786
12:17:52	GMT	6	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009739771737
12:17:52	GMT	103	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009739771738
12:24:38	GMT	350	11.89	GBP		XLON		592092260904645527
13:00:59	GMT	49	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009740531610
13:00:59	GMT	55	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009740531609
13:06:10	GMT	126	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009740623688
13:09:17	GMT	7	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009740674763
13:11:09	GMT	97	11.91	GBP		XLON		606166009740704391
13:11:58	GMT	98	11.91	GBP		XLON		606166009740717221
13:13:07	GMT	103	11.91	GBP		XLON		606166009740739436
13:17:37	GMT	631	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009740811461
13:17:37	GMT	410	11.9	GBP		XLON		592092260905636267
13:36:45	GMT	611	12	GBP		XLON		606166009741184041
13:50:20	GMT	19	12.03	GBP		XLON		592092260906340538
13:50:20	GMT	82	12.03	GBP		XLON		592092260906340539
13:50:20	GMT	100	12.03	GBP		XLON		592092260906340540
13:50:20	GMT	100	12.03	GBP		XLON		592092260906340541
13:50:20	GMT	100	12.03	GBP		XLON		606166009741475108
13:50:20	GMT	457	12.03	GBP		XLON		606166009741475107
13:50:20	GMT	15	12.03	GBP		XLON		606166009741475117
14:09:31	GMT	112	12	GBP		XLON		592092260906835979
14:15:38	GMT	116	12.01	GBP		XLON		592092260906980156
14:16:28	GMT	124	12.01	GBP		XLON		592092260907002602
14:16:28	GMT	167	12	GBP		XLON		606166009742098053
14:16:28	GMT	425	12	GBP		XLON		606166009742098054
14:16:28	GMT	131	12	GBP		XLON		592092260907002615
14:16:28	GMT	340	12	GBP		XLON		592092260907002614
14:31:09	GMT	100	11.97	GBP		XLON		606166009742475794
14:31:09	GMT	427	11.97	GBP		XLON		592092260907401197
14:31:09	GMT	10	11.97	GBP		XLON		592092260907401203
14:31:09	GMT	18	11.97	GBP		XLON		592092260907401204
14:31:09	GMT	141	11.97	GBP		XLON		592092260907401205
14:31:09	GMT	195	11.97	GBP		XLON		592092260907401202
14:45:53	GMT	114	11.99	GBP		XLON		606166009742988140
14:45:53	GMT	7	11.99	GBP		XLON		606166009742988146
14:45:53	GMT	52	11.99	GBP		XLON		606166009742988144
14:45:53	GMT	55	11.99	GBP		XLON		606166009742988145
14:47:06	GMT	14	11.99	GBP		XLON		606166009743033699
14:47:06	GMT	6	11.99	GBP		XLON		592092260907986733
14:47:16	GMT	20	11.99	GBP		XLON		592092260907992280
14:47:41	GMT	76	11.99	GBP		XLON		592092260908007652
14:47:58	GMT	116	11.99	GBP		XLON		592092260908019539
14:48:30	GMT	1	11.98	GBP		XLON		606166009743085386
14:49:27	GMT	140	11.98	GBP		XLON		606166009743115681
14:50:03	GMT	110	11.98	GBP		XLON		592092260908098714
14:50:03	GMT	274	11.98	GBP		XLON		606166009743139289
14:50:48	GMT	34	11.97	GBP		XLON		606166009743162527
14:50:48	GMT	151	11.97	GBP		XLON		606166009743162526
14:51:35	GMT	101	11.97	GBP		XLON		606166009743184840
14:51:35	GMT	302	11.97	GBP		XLON		606166009743184839
14:51:35	GMT	222	11.97	GBP		XLON		606166009743184845
14:56:42	GMT	349	11.97	GBP		XLON		592092260908320991
15:07:32	GMT	447	11.95	GBP		XLON		592092260908675817
15:07:32	GMT	416	11.95	GBP		XLON		606166009743688527
15:12:25	GMT	49	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260908819347
15:12:25	GMT	300	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260908819346
15:23:53	GMT	5	11.94	GBP		XLON		592092260909186427
15:23:53	GMT	5	11.94	GBP		XLON		592092260909186429
15:23:53	GMT	111	11.94	GBP		XLON		592092260909186428
15:23:53	GMT	111	11.94	GBP		XLON		592092260909186430
15:26:28	GMT	14	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009744256509
15:26:28	GMT	50	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009744256510
15:26:28	GMT	64	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009744256511
15:26:28	GMT	104	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009744256508
15:26:28	GMT	445	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009744256507
15:40:22	GMT	98	11.92	GBP		XLON		592092260909736624
15:40:22	GMT	98	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009744691613
15:40:22	GMT	98	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009744691615
15:40:22	GMT	506	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009744691614
15:40:22	GMT	291	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009744691619
15:47:17	GMT	100	11.9	GBP		XLON		606166009744910901
15:52:39	GMT	36	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009745084883
15:52:39	GMT	340	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009745084882
15:52:40	GMT	75	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009745085233
15:52:45	GMT	123	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009745087657
15:52:45	GMT	210	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009745087656
15:53:39	GMT	26	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009745114558
15:53:40	GMT	114	11.92	GBP		XLON		606166009745114691
16:05:02	GMT	103	11.94	GBP		XLON		606166009745503972
16:05:55	GMT	12	11.94	GBP		XLON		592092260910626127
16:05:55	GMT	87	11.94	GBP		XLON		592092260910626126
16:06:46	GMT	99	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260910657896
16:10:34	GMT	103	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009745702187
16:10:34	GMT	103	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009745702189
16:10:34	GMT	114	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260910797650
16:10:34	GMT	396	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009745702188
16:10:34	GMT	135	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009745702199
16:10:34	GMT	165	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009745702196
16:10:34	GMT	190	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009745702197
16:10:34	GMT	292	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009745702207
16:13:53	GMT	348	11.89	GBP		XLON		592092260910940235
16:23:10	GMT	13	11.95	GBP		XLON		592092260911380512
16:23:10	GMT	96	11.95	GBP		XLON		592092260911380511
16:24:06	GMT	430	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009746299104
16:24:06	GMT	194	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260911426412
16:24:06	GMT	200	11.93	GBP		XLON		592092260911426411
16:24:10	GMT	164	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009746301630
16:24:10	GMT	7	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009746301742
16:27:01	GMT	10	11.93	GBP		XLON		606166009746430146
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