Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

14 March 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
14 March 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 29 January 2025, of 29,069 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 14 March 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 2,141,281 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 128,775,653 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 March 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		29,069				10.5743			10.3300		10.6900
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
08:06:22	GMT		96	10.35	GBP		XLON		620255683820648976
08:07:11	GMT		95	10.33	GBP		XLON		606181934984492386
08:07:11	GMT		96	10.33	GBP		XLON		620255683820665210
08:07:11	GMT		237	10.33	GBP		XLON		606181934984492385
08:12:56	GMT		33	10.38	GBP		XLON		620255683820778646
08:12:56	GMT		120	10.38	GBP		XLON		620255683820778645
08:17:54	GMT		105	10.42	GBP		XLON		606181934984697138
08:17:54	GMT		149	10.42	GBP		XLON		620255683820886432
08:19:14	GMT		109	10.42	GBP		XLON		606181934984723304
08:20:16	GMT		108	10.42	GBP		XLON		620255683820934491
08:21:02	GMT		126	10.44	GBP		XLON		620255683820948988
08:23:45	GMT		98	10.45	GBP		XLON		606181934984807378
08:23:47	GMT		179	10.45	GBP		XLON		620255683821005174
08:24:40	GMT		111	10.45	GBP		XLON		606181934984824802
08:24:47	GMT		280	10.45	GBP		XLON		620255683821025503
08:26:19	GMT		27	10.48	GBP		XLON		620255683821057110
08:26:19	GMT		143	10.48	GBP		XLON		620255683821057108
08:26:19	GMT		330	10.48	GBP		XLON		620255683821057109
08:26:20	GMT		76	10.48	GBP		XLON		606181934984856566
08:26:21	GMT		364	10.47	GBP		XLON		606181934984856852
08:26:25	GMT		302	10.47	GBP		XLON		620255683821058474
08:36:04	GMT		28	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985058168
08:36:04	GMT		112	10.52	GBP		XLON		620255683821274044
08:36:04	GMT		318	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985058169
08:36:04	GMT		1	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985058172
08:37:54	GMT		112	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985089098
08:57:20	GMT		100	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985408119
08:57:20	GMT		100	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985408120
08:57:20	GMT		100	10.52	GBP		XLON		620255683821650064
08:57:20	GMT		102	10.52	GBP		XLON		620255683821650065
08:57:20	GMT		383	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985408118
08:57:20	GMT		29	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985408130
08:57:20	GMT		97	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985408128
08:57:20	GMT		175	10.52	GBP		XLON		606181934985408129
08:57:23	GMT		100	10.51	GBP		XLON		620255683821651024
09:23:44	GMT		97	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683822073453
09:25:23	GMT		100	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934985823490
09:27:43	GMT		101	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934985864002
09:28:09	GMT		107	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934985870609
09:28:41	GMT		21	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683822161455
09:28:41	GMT		408	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683822161456
09:28:41	GMT		52	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683822161461
09:28:41	GMT		234	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683822161460
09:28:41	GMT		319	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934985879124
09:46:26	GMT		14	10.55	GBP		XLON		606181934986166641
09:46:26	GMT		107	10.55	GBP		XLON		606181934986166643
09:46:26	GMT		283	10.55	GBP		XLON		606181934986166642
09:46:26	GMT		19	10.55	GBP		XLON		620255683822472678
09:46:26	GMT		16	10.55	GBP		XLON		620255683822472681
09:46:26	GMT		161	10.55	GBP		XLON		620255683822472680
09:58:35	GMT		109	10.55	GBP		XLON		620255683822673283
09:58:35	GMT		138	10.55	GBP		XLON		606181934986350565
09:58:35	GMT		195	10.55	GBP		XLON		606181934986350566
10:08:34	GMT		130	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683822861037
10:08:34	GMT		152	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683822861036
10:11:01	GMT		77	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934986581306
10:11:09	GMT		63	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934986583899
10:11:24	GMT		101	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683822932749
10:11:24	GMT		105	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934986588475
10:11:24	GMT		1	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683822932754
10:17:31	GMT		101	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683823049358
10:31:40	GMT		114	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683823310115
10:31:40	GMT		175	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683823310116
10:31:41	GMT		245	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683823310240
10:31:41	GMT		6	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683823310241
10:31:41	GMT		44	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934986935410
10:31:48	GMT		100	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934986937270
10:53:25	GMT		111	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934987425756
10:53:25	GMT		111	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934987425758
10:53:25	GMT		294	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934987425757
10:53:25	GMT		51	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683823839125
11:08:03	GMT		98	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683824265305
11:08:03	GMT		191	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934987824365
11:08:03	GMT		263	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934987824366
11:18:35	GMT		345	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934988116863
11:28:06	GMT		24	10.56	GBP		XLON		606181934988313660
11:28:42	GMT		16	10.56	GBP		XLON		606181934988325223
11:28:42	GMT		130	10.56	GBP		XLON		606181934988325221
11:28:42	GMT		175	10.56	GBP		XLON		606181934988325222
11:36:03	GMT		34	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683824957227
11:36:03	GMT		78	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683824957228
11:45:00	GMT		10	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683825140782
11:45:00	GMT		29	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683825140784
11:45:00	GMT		105	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934988642310
11:45:00	GMT		236	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683825140783
11:45:00	GMT		30	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683825140790
11:52:08	GMT		18	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934988789193
11:52:08	GMT		327	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934988789195
12:13:12	GMT		107	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683825775702
12:13:12	GMT		202	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934989232547
12:13:12	GMT		318	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683825775701
12:13:12	GMT		56	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683825775710
12:13:12	GMT		175	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683825775709
12:33:03	GMT		1	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683826183434
12:33:03	GMT		99	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934989613802
12:33:03	GMT		99	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934989613803
12:33:03	GMT		99	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683826183435
12:33:03	GMT		310	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683826183433
12:33:03	GMT		34	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683826183443
12:34:53	GMT		99	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934989652585
12:48:34	GMT		31	10.55	GBP		XLON		620255683826563299
12:48:34	GMT		96	10.55	GBP		XLON		606181934989967283
12:48:34	GMT		96	10.55	GBP		XLON		606181934989967284
12:48:34	GMT		314	10.55	GBP		XLON		620255683826563298
13:09:43	GMT		48	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934990462745
13:09:43	GMT		369	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934990462744
13:09:43	GMT		51	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683827091155
13:09:43	GMT		57	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934990462746
13:09:43	GMT		105	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683827091154
13:14:22	GMT		16	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934990574212
13:14:22	GMT		89	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934990574213
13:21:54	GMT		108	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934990747421
13:21:54	GMT		283	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683827394516
13:25:57	GMT		104	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934990837367
13:25:57	GMT		104	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683827490560
13:25:57	GMT		334	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934990837366
13:25:57	GMT		68	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934990837376
13:35:24	GMT		101	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934991143520
13:35:24	GMT		101	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934991143521
13:35:24	GMT		101	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683827814546
13:35:24	GMT		346	10.58	GBP		XLON		606181934991143519
13:52:21	GMT		103	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683828338384
13:52:21	GMT		283	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934991633979
13:56:03	GMT		48	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934991742092
13:56:04	GMT		379	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934991742391
13:56:04	GMT		89	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934991742399
14:00:00	GMT		175	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934991847919
14:00:00	GMT		15	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934991847950
14:00:00	GMT		223	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934991848045
14:00:00	GMT		105	10.58	GBP		XLON		620255683828567986
14:13:08	GMT		109	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683829006130
14:13:08	GMT		303	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934992262948
14:23:34	GMT		100	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683829299896
14:23:34	GMT		121	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934992538732
14:23:34	GMT		224	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683829299895
14:23:54	GMT		3	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683829309210
14:23:54	GMT		103	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934992547398
14:23:54	GMT		103	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934992547399
14:35:40	GMT		103	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934992901204
14:35:40	GMT		103	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683829687872
14:35:40	GMT		317	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683829687871
14:40:59	GMT		99	10.63	GBP		XLON		606181934993058284
14:40:59	GMT		99	10.63	GBP		XLON		620255683829854736
14:41:34	GMT		71	10.62	GBP		XLON		606181934993073914
14:41:34	GMT		156	10.62	GBP		XLON		606181934993073916
14:41:34	GMT		175	10.62	GBP		XLON		606181934993073915
14:41:34	GMT		49	10.62	GBP		XLON		606181934993073929
14:56:25	GMT		103	10.63	GBP		XLON		620255683830330590
14:57:23	GMT		108	10.63	GBP		XLON		606181934993539674
15:00:03	GMT		31	10.64	GBP		XLON		620255683830472947
15:00:03	GMT		64	10.64	GBP		XLON		620255683830472948
15:03:43	GMT		4	10.67	GBP		XLON		606181934993751756
15:03:43	GMT		120	10.67	GBP		XLON		606181934993751755
15:03:43	GMT		100	10.67	GBP		XLON		620255683830591133
15:04:08	GMT		105	10.67	GBP		XLON		620255683830603464
15:05:25	GMT		103	10.67	GBP		XLON		606181934993797822
15:08:07	GMT		98	10.68	GBP		XLON		620255683830723099
15:08:07	GMT		98	10.68	GBP		XLON		620255683830723100
15:08:07	GMT		253	10.68	GBP		XLON		606181934993875558
15:09:29	GMT		206	10.68	GBP		XLON		606181934993909357
15:12:31	GMT		110	10.69	GBP		XLON		606181934993993701
15:12:31	GMT		110	10.69	GBP		XLON		606181934993993702
15:12:31	GMT		110	10.69	GBP		XLON		620255683830848383
15:13:27	GMT		27	10.68	GBP		XLON		620255683830877861
15:13:27	GMT		83	10.68	GBP		XLON		620255683830877860
15:13:27	GMT		92	10.68	GBP		XLON		606181934994021547
15:14:12	GMT		100	10.68	GBP		XLON		620255683830899993
15:14:12	GMT		169	10.68	GBP		XLON		620255683830899994
15:19:19	GMT		10	10.69	GBP		XLON		606181934994182194
15:19:19	GMT		97	10.69	GBP		XLON		606181934994182195
15:19:19	GMT		107	10.69	GBP		XLON		606181934994182197
15:19:19	GMT		107	10.69	GBP		XLON		620255683831048522
15:19:47	GMT		107	10.68	GBP		XLON		620255683831062262
15:19:47	GMT		232	10.68	GBP		XLON		606181934994195041
15:19:47	GMT		93	10.68	GBP		XLON		620255683831062267
15:23:40	GMT		22	10.65	GBP		XLON		620255683831178802
15:23:40	GMT		111	10.65	GBP		XLON		606181934994303321
15:23:40	GMT		153	10.65	GBP		XLON		620255683831178801
15:23:40	GMT		170	10.65	GBP		XLON		620255683831178803
15:37:46	GMT		3	10.65	GBP		XLON		620255683831611231
15:37:46	GMT		14	10.65	GBP		XLON		620255683831611230
15:37:46	GMT		96	10.65	GBP		XLON		620255683831611232
15:38:10	GMT		394	10.64	GBP		XLON		620255683831623024
15:39:00	GMT		343	10.64	GBP		XLON		620255683831648195
15:42:24	GMT		109	10.64	GBP		XLON		606181934994834759
15:42:24	GMT		109	10.64	GBP		XLON		620255683831747747
15:42:24	GMT		109	10.64	GBP		XLON		620255683831747748
15:42:24	GMT		302	10.64	GBP		XLON		606181934994834758
15:49:04	GMT		22	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995031617
15:49:04	GMT		345	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995031616
15:54:30	GMT		11	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995195346
15:54:30	GMT		79	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995195348
15:54:30	GMT		110	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995195350
15:54:30	GMT		110	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995195351
15:54:30	GMT		110	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832134217
15:54:30	GMT		112	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995195349
15:54:30	GMT		112	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832134216
16:00:01	GMT		104	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995359874
16:00:01	GMT		104	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832309865
16:00:01	GMT		158	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995359872
16:00:01	GMT		236	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832309864
16:04:37	GMT		345	10.57	GBP		XLON		606181934995510571
16:07:30	GMT		30	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832568670
16:07:30	GMT		263	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832568671
16:14:30	GMT		7	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832829555
16:14:30	GMT		54	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995846332
16:14:30	GMT		101	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832829556
16:14:30	GMT		108	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995846335
16:14:30	GMT		108	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683832829557
16:14:30	GMT		123	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995846333
16:14:30	GMT		168	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995846334
16:14:30	GMT		108	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934995846380
16:23:47	GMT		96	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934996232833
16:23:47	GMT		425	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934996232834
16:23:47	GMT		355	10.59	GBP		XLON		606181934996232841
16:23:47	GMT		10	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683833242888
16:23:47	GMT		285	10.59	GBP		XLON		620255683833242887
16:28:44	GMT		297	10.57	GBP		XLON		620255683833465010
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