Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

24 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
24 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 26,041 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 24 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 1,336,627 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,580,307 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:			24 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		26,041			11.5048			11.4400		11.6400
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
08:09:31	GMT	96	11.64	GBP		XLON		592090845327324135
08:09:31	GMT	170	11.64	GBP		XLON		606164594162841018
08:18:54	GMT	87	11.64	GBP		XLON		606164594163043991
08:19:36	GMT	98	11.64	GBP		XLON		592090845327556380
08:19:36	GMT	125	11.64	GBP		XLON		606164594163057670
08:19:36	GMT	136	11.64	GBP		XLON		592090845327556379
08:19:36	GMT	166	11.64	GBP		XLON		592090845327556378
08:19:36	GMT	446	11.64	GBP		XLON		592090845327556377
08:19:36	GMT	200	11.64	GBP		XLON		606164594163057675
08:19:36	GMT	283	11.64	GBP		XLON		606164594163057676
08:19:36	GMT	82	11.64	GBP		XLON		592090845327556482
08:29:55	GMT	105	11.62	GBP		XLON		592090845327762999
08:29:55	GMT	105	11.62	GBP		XLON		606164594163252250
08:29:55	GMT	121	11.62	GBP		XLON		606164594163252251
08:29:55	GMT	152	11.62	GBP		XLON		606164594163252249
08:33:14	GMT	33	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090845327833581
08:33:14	GMT	212	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090845327833580
08:55:57	GMT	35	11.61	GBP		XLON		606164594163770051
08:55:57	GMT	101	11.61	GBP		XLON		592090845328313376
08:55:57	GMT	101	11.61	GBP		XLON		606164594163770053
08:55:57	GMT	380	11.61	GBP		XLON		606164594163770052
08:56:28	GMT	209	11.61	GBP		XLON		606164594163779169
09:07:26	GMT	16	11.59	GBP		XLON		606164594164001454
09:07:26	GMT	107	11.59	GBP		XLON		592090845328557029
09:07:26	GMT	107	11.59	GBP		XLON		592090845328557030
09:07:26	GMT	208	11.59	GBP		XLON		606164594164001453
09:10:56	GMT	115	11.58	GBP		XLON		606164594164068676
09:10:56	GMT	116	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090845328627455
09:10:56	GMT	126	11.58	GBP		XLON		592090845328627453
09:31:02	GMT	311	11.53	GBP		XLON		592090845329049131
09:31:02	GMT	149	11.53	GBP		XLON		592090845329049132
09:31:02	GMT	371	11.53	GBP		XLON		606164594164468169
10:06:59	GMT	2	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845329848769
10:06:59	GMT	2	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845329848770
10:06:59	GMT	93	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845329848768
10:06:59	GMT	3	11.52	GBP		XLON		592090845329848778
10:06:59	GMT	14	11.52	GBP		XLON		592090845329848777
10:07:36	GMT	128	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845329862545
10:08:05	GMT	341	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594165247196
10:12:21	GMT	137	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594165336808
10:12:21	GMT	370	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594165336809
10:12:21	GMT	218	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594165336816
10:19:35	GMT	108	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845330127972
10:19:35	GMT	112	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845330127971
10:19:35	GMT	112	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164594165485808
10:19:35	GMT	126	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164594165485809
10:58:20	GMT	112	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845331079132
10:58:20	GMT	112	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845331079133
10:58:20	GMT	112	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594166382825
10:58:20	GMT	112	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594166382829
10:58:20	GMT	143	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594166382827
10:58:20	GMT	528	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845331079131
10:58:21	GMT	127	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845331079374
11:22:36	GMT	100	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594166911192
11:22:36	GMT	100	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594166911193
11:22:36	GMT	100	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594166911194
11:22:36	GMT	349	11.5	GBP		XLON		592090845331640643
11:53:06	GMT	106	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594167514305
11:53:06	GMT	497	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594167514306
12:07:12	GMT	447	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164594167806667
12:07:12	GMT	77	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845332598104
12:07:12	GMT	137	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845332598103
12:07:12	GMT	169	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845332598102
12:20:25	GMT	103	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164594168060911
12:30:12	GMT	5	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594168253983
12:30:12	GMT	50	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594168253982
12:30:12	GMT	54	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594168253981
12:34:28	GMT	109	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845333170214
12:34:28	GMT	504	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164594168337753
12:34:28	GMT	121	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164594168337899
12:44:31	GMT	349	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845333389285
13:21:12	GMT	57	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334211112
13:21:12	GMT	56	11.51	GBP		XLON		606164594169312569
13:21:33	GMT	543	11.5	GBP		XLON		592090845334218996
13:21:33	GMT	277	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594169320217
13:48:10	GMT	25	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334908562
13:48:10	GMT	66	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334908560
13:48:10	GMT	83	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334908563
13:48:10	GMT	104	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334908558
13:48:10	GMT	104	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334908561
13:48:10	GMT	112	11.51	GBP		XLON		606164594169968079
13:48:10	GMT	435	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334908559
13:48:10	GMT	360	11.51	GBP		XLON		606164594169968087
13:48:46	GMT	46	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334926893
13:48:46	GMT	268	11.51	GBP		XLON		592090845334926892
14:00:50	GMT	85	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845335259684
14:00:50	GMT	106	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845335259686
14:00:50	GMT	106	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845335259687
14:00:50	GMT	265	11.49	GBP		XLON		592090845335259685
14:20:48	GMT	104	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164594170786833
14:22:11	GMT	23	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845335814284
14:22:11	GMT	27	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845335814282
14:22:11	GMT	81	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845335814285
14:22:11	GMT	104	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845335814286
14:22:11	GMT	104	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845335814287
14:22:11	GMT	104	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845335814288
14:22:11	GMT	104	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594170824555
14:22:11	GMT	104	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594170824556
14:22:11	GMT	104	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594170824557
14:22:11	GMT	322	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845335814283
14:32:47	GMT	102	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845336168474
14:32:47	GMT	102	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845336168475
14:32:47	GMT	102	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594171161451
14:32:47	GMT	102	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594171161452
14:32:47	GMT	349	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594171161450
14:40:34	GMT	95	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090845336470297
14:40:34	GMT	103	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090845336470296
14:40:34	GMT	103	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164594171448449
14:40:34	GMT	350	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090845336470295
14:43:26	GMT	8	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090845336581843
14:43:26	GMT	101	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164594171555048
14:43:26	GMT	103	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090845336581845
14:43:26	GMT	236	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090845336581844
14:49:26	GMT	350	11.47	GBP		XLON		606164594171785618
14:55:36	GMT	105	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090845337048462
14:55:36	GMT	69	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090845337048464
14:55:36	GMT	106	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090845337048465
14:55:36	GMT	175	11.46	GBP		XLON		592090845337048463
15:01:58	GMT	65	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164594172251052
15:01:58	GMT	101	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090845337315685
15:01:58	GMT	283	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164594172251053
15:12:55	GMT	630	11.44	GBP		XLON		606164594172661401
15:12:55	GMT	115	11.44	GBP		XLON		592090845337745921
15:26:03	GMT	112	11.45	GBP		XLON		592090845338206035
15:26:03	GMT	112	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164594173098958
15:26:03	GMT	112	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164594173098959
15:26:03	GMT	112	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164594173098960
15:26:03	GMT	112	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164594173098961
15:26:03	GMT	350	11.45	GBP		XLON		606164594173098957
15:44:04	GMT	98	11.47	GBP		XLON		606164594173637298
15:44:04	GMT	186	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845338774752
15:44:04	GMT	191	11.47	GBP		XLON		606164594173637299
15:44:04	GMT	402	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845338774751
15:44:04	GMT	9	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845338774757
15:44:04	GMT	133	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845338774758
15:44:04	GMT	360	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845338774756
15:57:52	GMT	109	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845339250497
15:57:52	GMT	109	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594174088438
15:57:52	GMT	109	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594174088439
15:57:52	GMT	109	11.49	GBP		XLON		606164594174088437
15:57:52	GMT	477	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845339250496
15:57:52	GMT	264	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845339250502
16:07:52	GMT	99	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845339624582
16:09:56	GMT	106	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845339706414
16:14:21	GMT	16	11.47	GBP		XLON		592090845339889217
16:17:58	GMT	85	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845340034153
16:17:58	GMT	119	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594174831429
16:17:58	GMT	178	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594174831428
16:17:58	GMT	413	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845340034154
16:17:58	GMT	552	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845340034162
16:17:58	GMT	50	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594174831438
16:17:58	GMT	200	11.48	GBP		XLON		606164594174831437
16:17:58	GMT	222	11.48	GBP		XLON		592090845340034171
16:29:55	GMT	15	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594175366359
16:29:55	GMT	928	11.5	GBP		XLON		606164594175366361
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