Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

23 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
23 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 26,155 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 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 1,310,586 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,606,348 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:			23 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		26,155			11.4409			11.3800		11.5000
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
08:02:09	GMT	99	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491423159849
08:02:09	GMT	497	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491423159850
08:02:09	GMT	175	11.47	GBP		XLON		606164240258679499
08:13:34	GMT	101	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491423433886
08:13:34	GMT	101	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491423433888
08:13:34	GMT	101	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240258939825
08:13:34	GMT	101	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240258939826
08:13:34	GMT	102	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491423433887
08:13:34	GMT	355	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491423433885
08:14:43	GMT	35	11.42	GBP		XLON		606164240258963169
08:14:43	GMT	67	11.42	GBP		XLON		606164240258963168
08:32:26	GMT	98	11.42	GBP		XLON		606164240259279879
08:32:26	GMT	601	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090491423793927
08:32:26	GMT	119	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090491423793931
08:32:26	GMT	245	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090491423793932
08:50:37	GMT	95	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090491424115591
08:50:37	GMT	95	11.38	GBP		XLON		606164240259584362
08:50:37	GMT	95	11.38	GBP		XLON		606164240259584364
08:50:37	GMT	150	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090491424115589
08:50:37	GMT	205	11.38	GBP		XLON		592090491424115590
09:08:18	GMT	102	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090491424428917
09:08:23	GMT	499	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164240259882025
09:08:23	GMT	309	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090491424430701
09:26:47	GMT	115	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164240260209002
09:26:47	GMT	340	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164240260209001
09:27:25	GMT	103	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090491424786571
09:27:25	GMT	103	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090491424786572
09:27:25	GMT	143	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090491424786568
09:33:33	GMT	113	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491424897373
09:38:42	GMT	242	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240260414964
09:41:26	GMT	14	11.39	GBP		XLON		606164240260464938
10:11:59	GMT	103	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240261025407
10:11:59	GMT	606	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240261025408
10:11:59	GMT	381	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240261025411
10:11:59	GMT	82	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491425631484
10:23:44	GMT	105	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491425876058
10:23:44	GMT	70	11.43	GBP		XLON		592090491425876114
10:23:44	GMT	284	11.43	GBP		XLON		592090491425876113
10:47:30	GMT	96	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491426364496
10:47:30	GMT	96	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240261722776
10:47:30	GMT	105	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240261722774
10:47:30	GMT	108	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240261722777
10:47:30	GMT	118	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491426364495
10:47:30	GMT	131	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491426364494
11:04:57	GMT	82	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240262053865
11:04:57	GMT	107	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240262053866
11:04:57	GMT	107	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240262053867
11:04:57	GMT	273	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240262053864
11:20:11	GMT	42	11.39	GBP		XLON		592090491427032292
11:20:11	GMT	70	11.39	GBP		XLON		592090491427032291
11:20:11	GMT	354	11.39	GBP		XLON		606164240262351707
11:35:22	GMT	110	11.42	GBP		XLON		606164240262693565
11:35:22	GMT	127	11.42	GBP		XLON		606164240262693564
11:35:22	GMT	227	11.42	GBP		XLON		606164240262693563
11:38:11	GMT	110	11.43	GBP		XLON		592090491427465303
11:59:58	GMT	631	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240263131192
11:59:58	GMT	64	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491427868488
12:25:00	GMT	353	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240263656635
12:34:32	GMT	140	11.46	GBP		XLON		606164240263832209
12:34:32	GMT	477	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090491428611139
12:35:32	GMT	108	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090491428630918
12:47:25	GMT	354	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491428847757
12:54:50	GMT	106	11.43	GBP		XLON		606164240264182354
13:06:30	GMT	101	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491429203106
13:06:42	GMT	63	11.43	GBP		XLON		606164240264392032
13:06:42	GMT	292	11.43	GBP		XLON		606164240264392031
13:13:54	GMT	119	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090491429352271
13:13:54	GMT	235	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090491429352270
13:39:30	GMT	16	11.41	GBP		XLON		592090491429882090
13:39:35	GMT	95	11.41	GBP		XLON		592090491429884141
13:41:26	GMT	110	11.41	GBP		XLON		592090491429920922
13:43:26	GMT	53	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240265106761
13:43:26	GMT	60	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240265106760
13:45:29	GMT	111	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240265147082
13:45:45	GMT	10	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491430017011
13:45:45	GMT	10	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491430017012
13:45:45	GMT	91	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491430017010
13:45:45	GMT	111	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491430017009
13:45:45	GMT	111	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240265154173
13:45:45	GMT	111	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240265154174
13:45:45	GMT	111	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240265154175
13:45:45	GMT	111	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240265154176
13:45:45	GMT	112	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491430017008
13:45:45	GMT	355	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491430017007
14:19:19	GMT	109	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240265940588
14:19:19	GMT	122	11.41	GBP		XLON		592090491430859648
14:19:19	GMT	195	11.41	GBP		XLON		592090491430859646
14:19:19	GMT	396	11.41	GBP		XLON		592090491430859647
14:19:19	GMT	281	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240265940595
14:19:19	GMT	14	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240265940602
14:19:27	GMT	245	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240265943721
14:19:27	GMT	244	11.41	GBP		XLON		592090491430863086
14:25:57	GMT	161	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240266098892
14:25:57	GMT	194	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240266098891
14:36:18	GMT	99	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491431368578
14:36:18	GMT	99	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240266417933
14:36:18	GMT	99	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240266417935
14:36:18	GMT	99	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240266417938
14:36:18	GMT	99	11.4	GBP		XLON		606164240266417941
14:36:18	GMT	355	11.4	GBP		XLON		592090491431368577
14:49:05	GMT	96	11.41	GBP		XLON		606164240266822124
14:49:37	GMT	123	11.42	GBP		XLON		592090491431814672
14:51:09	GMT	113	11.42	GBP		XLON		606164240266884905
14:55:41	GMT	109	11.43	GBP		XLON		606164240267039650
14:58:32	GMT	95	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491432135864
14:58:32	GMT	95	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240267138711
14:58:32	GMT	159	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240267138713
14:58:32	GMT	163	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240267138712
14:59:44	GMT	241	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240267177464
15:00:26	GMT	442	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491432210234
15:00:28	GMT	10	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240267209802
15:00:28	GMT	34	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240267209801
15:00:28	GMT	125	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164240267209803
15:05:31	GMT	98	11.43	GBP		XLON		606164240267360344
15:05:31	GMT	98	11.43	GBP		XLON		606164240267360345
15:05:31	GMT	105	11.43	GBP		XLON		592090491432373849
15:05:31	GMT	108	11.43	GBP		XLON		592090491432373850
15:05:31	GMT	144	11.43	GBP		XLON		592090491432373848
15:10:59	GMT	354	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090491432542029
15:22:00	GMT	107	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491432898330
15:22:00	GMT	107	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164240267848741
15:22:00	GMT	107	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164240267848742
15:22:00	GMT	109	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491432898331
15:22:00	GMT	126	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164240267848739
15:22:00	GMT	268	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164240267848740
15:31:29	GMT	18	11.47	GBP		XLON		606164240268090319
15:31:29	GMT	97	11.47	GBP		XLON		606164240268090324
15:31:29	GMT	107	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090491433158155
15:31:29	GMT	229	11.47	GBP		XLON		606164240268090323
15:42:06	GMT	98	11.5	GBP		XLON		592090491433470466
15:42:06	GMT	98	11.5	GBP		XLON		592090491433470467
15:42:06	GMT	98	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164240268379686
15:42:06	GMT	98	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164240268379687
15:42:06	GMT	587	11.5	GBP		XLON		592090491433470465
15:42:06	GMT	102	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164240268379692
15:49:35	GMT	5	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090491433709690
15:50:03	GMT	42	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090491433724658
15:50:03	GMT	44	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090491433724656
15:50:03	GMT	111	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090491433724659
15:50:03	GMT	111	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164240268616124
15:50:03	GMT	264	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090491433724657
15:53:42	GMT	29	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491433831914
15:53:42	GMT	82	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491433831915
15:53:42	GMT	244	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164240268716396
15:58:01	GMT	357	11.47	GBP		XLON		606164240268848725
16:07:05	GMT	89	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491434260391
16:07:05	GMT	106	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164240269118996
16:07:05	GMT	323	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491434260392
16:07:44	GMT	196	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090491434284770
16:11:47	GMT	95	11.5	GBP		XLON		592090491434450634
16:18:53	GMT	98	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164240269544524
16:18:53	GMT	149	11.5	GBP		XLON		592090491434712524
16:18:53	GMT	399	11.5	GBP		XLON		592090491434712523
16:18:53	GMT	189	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164240269544535
16:18:53	GMT	200	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164240269544534
16:18:53	GMT	360	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164240269544533
16:21:56	GMT	129	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164240269654327
16:21:56	GMT	223	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164240269654328
16:26:23	GMT	123	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164240269842337
16:26:23	GMT	273	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164240269842336
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