Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

14 February 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
14 February 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 23,306 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 14 February 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 1,618,014 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,298,920 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 February 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		23,306			12.3144			12.2400		12.4400
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
08:02:12	GMT	109	12.39	GBP		XLON		592098277100643451
08:21:49	GMT	99	12.35	GBP		XLON		592098277101099200
08:21:49	GMT	99	12.35	GBP		XLON		606172025936732991
08:21:49	GMT	100	12.35	GBP		XLON		606172025936732990
08:21:49	GMT	516	12.35	GBP		XLON		606172025936732989
08:21:49	GMT	310	12.35	GBP		XLON		592098277101099207
08:47:07	GMT	128	12.32	GBP		XLON		606172025937215807
08:47:39	GMT	35	12.32	GBP		XLON		606172025937227069
08:47:39	GMT	612	12.32	GBP		XLON		606172025937227070
08:47:39	GMT	52	12.32	GBP		XLON		592098277101625918
08:47:39	GMT	400	12.32	GBP		XLON		592098277101625917
09:30:55	GMT	223	12.44	GBP		XLON		606172025938170636
09:30:55	GMT	1	12.44	GBP		XLON		606172025938170640
09:30:55	GMT	223	12.44	GBP		XLON		606172025938170639
09:30:55	GMT	233	12.44	GBP		XLON		592098277102634683
09:30:55	GMT	260	12.44	GBP		XLON		592098277102634681
09:30:55	GMT	294	12.44	GBP		XLON		592098277102634682
09:30:55	GMT	370	12.44	GBP		XLON		606172025938170652
09:30:55	GMT	224	12.44	GBP		XLON		592098277102634689
09:30:55	GMT	134	12.44	GBP		XLON		592098277102634690
09:33:54	GMT	201	12.41	GBP		XLON		606172025938233240
09:39:45	GMT	102	12.39	GBP		XLON		606172025938377165
09:39:45	GMT	202	12.39	GBP		XLON		606172025938377164
09:58:57	GMT	116	12.39	GBP		XLON		606172025938818004
09:58:57	GMT	117	12.39	GBP		XLON		592098277103331566
09:58:57	GMT	347	12.39	GBP		XLON		592098277103331567
10:09:55	GMT	108	12.38	GBP		XLON		606172025939062871
10:09:55	GMT	108	12.38	GBP		XLON		606172025939062872
10:09:55	GMT	201	12.38	GBP		XLON		606172025939062870
10:12:52	GMT	120	12.35	GBP		XLON		606172025939136614
10:12:52	GMT	190	12.35	GBP		XLON		606172025939136613
10:33:26	GMT	573	12.38	GBP		XLON		592098277104184296
10:39:00	GMT	100	12.38	GBP		XLON		606172025939732697
10:39:00	GMT	195	12.38	GBP		XLON		592098277104318544
10:59:51	GMT	108	12.38	GBP		XLON		592098277104834144
10:59:51	GMT	108	12.38	GBP		XLON		592098277104834146
10:59:51	GMT	108	12.38	GBP		XLON		592098277104834147
10:59:51	GMT	132	12.38	GBP		XLON		606172025940208228
10:59:51	GMT	270	12.38	GBP		XLON		592098277104834142
11:07:00	GMT	36	12.42	GBP		XLON		606172025940375608
11:07:00	GMT	106	12.42	GBP		XLON		606172025940375610
11:07:00	GMT	165	12.42	GBP		XLON		606172025940375609
11:14:17	GMT	54	12.38	GBP		XLON		592098277105189917
11:14:17	GMT	148	12.38	GBP		XLON		592098277105189918
11:24:21	GMT	107	12.34	GBP		XLON		592098277105427315
11:24:21	GMT	201	12.34	GBP		XLON		606172025940753874
11:53:57	GMT	83	12.31	GBP		XLON		606172025941405471
11:53:57	GMT	107	12.31	GBP		XLON		592098277106134235
11:53:57	GMT	107	12.31	GBP		XLON		592098277106134236
11:55:01	GMT	24	12.31	GBP		XLON		606172025941428472
11:55:01	GMT	107	12.31	GBP		XLON		606172025941428473
11:59:45	GMT	61	12.31	GBP		XLON		592098277106265847
12:02:06	GMT	105	12.31	GBP		XLON		606172025941576030
12:02:06	GMT	506	12.31	GBP		XLON		592098277106319350
12:10:17	GMT	106	12.29	GBP		XLON		606172025941758606
12:10:17	GMT	201	12.29	GBP		XLON		606172025941758608
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277107463515
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277107463516
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277107463517
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277107463519
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025942627937
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025942627938
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025942627939
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025942627940
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025942627941
12:52:16	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025942627943
12:52:16	GMT	160	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277107463520
12:52:16	GMT	223	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277107463518
13:02:07	GMT	102	12.31	GBP		XLON		592098277107710453
13:02:07	GMT	202	12.31	GBP		XLON		592098277107710452
13:09:10	GMT	202	12.3	GBP		XLON		592098277107870995
13:18:11	GMT	11	12.29	GBP		XLON		606172025943201416
13:18:11	GMT	102	12.29	GBP		XLON		606172025943201415
13:18:11	GMT	202	12.29	GBP		XLON		592098277108085466
13:43:16	GMT	115	12.3	GBP		XLON		606172025943818051
13:44:15	GMT	120	12.3	GBP		XLON		606172025943839076
13:44:15	GMT	517	12.29	GBP		XLON		606172025943839077
13:44:15	GMT	381	12.29	GBP		XLON		592098277108777555
13:44:15	GMT	122	12.29	GBP		XLON		606172025943839086
13:57:05	GMT	49	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025944147282
13:57:05	GMT	201	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277109113471
13:57:05	GMT	55	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025944147283
13:57:05	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277109113473
13:57:05	GMT	104	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277109113474
14:09:05	GMT	28	12.27	GBP		XLON		592098277109501179
14:09:05	GMT	78	12.27	GBP		XLON		592098277109501178
14:09:05	GMT	106	12.27	GBP		XLON		592098277109501177
14:09:05	GMT	106	12.27	GBP		XLON		606172025944504561
14:09:05	GMT	202	12.27	GBP		XLON		592098277109501176
14:17:00	GMT	100	12.26	GBP		XLON		592098277109744425
14:17:00	GMT	100	12.26	GBP		XLON		592098277109744426
14:17:00	GMT	203	12.26	GBP		XLON		592098277109744424
14:31:14	GMT	44	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025945181583
14:31:14	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277110235403
14:31:14	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277110235404
14:31:14	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277110235406
14:31:14	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025945181584
14:31:14	GMT	359	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025945181582
14:33:03	GMT	200	12.29	GBP		XLON		592098277110309200
14:35:30	GMT	5	12.27	GBP		XLON		592098277110413138
14:35:30	GMT	196	12.27	GBP		XLON		592098277110413137
14:51:24	GMT	105	12.29	GBP		XLON		606172025945953509
14:51:47	GMT	29	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111078354
14:51:47	GMT	74	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111078353
14:51:47	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111078350
14:51:47	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111078352
14:51:47	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111078355
14:51:47	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025945969661
14:51:47	GMT	103	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025945969662
14:51:47	GMT	416	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111078351
15:06:18	GMT	51	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111703303
15:06:18	GMT	62	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111703304
15:06:18	GMT	84	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277111703305
15:11:42	GMT	113	12.3	GBP		XLON		592098277111917386
15:14:16	GMT	56	12.3	GBP		XLON		592098277112013959
15:14:16	GMT	58	12.3	GBP		XLON		592098277112013958
15:16:00	GMT	35	12.3	GBP		XLON		606172025946909332
15:16:00	GMT	36	12.3	GBP		XLON		606172025946909333
15:16:00	GMT	40	12.3	GBP		XLON		592098277112082804
15:17:52	GMT	48	12.3	GBP		XLON		606172025946975097
15:17:52	GMT	70	12.3	GBP		XLON		606172025946975098
15:19:39	GMT	108	12.3	GBP		XLON		606172025947041870
15:21:48	GMT	119	12.29	GBP		XLON		606172025947122094
15:22:13	GMT	29	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277112326759
15:22:13	GMT	113	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277112326760
15:22:13	GMT	113	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277112326761
15:22:13	GMT	113	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277112326762
15:22:13	GMT	113	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277112326764
15:22:13	GMT	113	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277112326766
15:22:13	GMT	113	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025947137173
15:22:13	GMT	114	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025947137174
15:22:13	GMT	114	12.28	GBP		XLON		606172025947137175
15:22:13	GMT	188	12.28	GBP		XLON		592098277112326763
15:29:34	GMT	104	12.26	GBP		XLON		592098277112606023
15:29:34	GMT	104	12.26	GBP		XLON		606172025947396946
15:29:34	GMT	202	12.26	GBP		XLON		592098277112606022
15:42:17	GMT	23	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113082999
15:42:17	GMT	32	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113082997
15:42:17	GMT	78	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113082996
15:42:17	GMT	87	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113083000
15:42:17	GMT	110	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113082994
15:42:17	GMT	110	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025947842178
15:42:17	GMT	110	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025947842179
15:42:17	GMT	110	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025947842181
15:42:17	GMT	204	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113082993
15:58:32	GMT	112	12.25	GBP		XLON		592098277113717711
15:59:57	GMT	119	12.25	GBP		XLON		592098277113777835
15:59:57	GMT	112	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113777850
15:59:57	GMT	112	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113777851
15:59:57	GMT	112	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113777852
15:59:57	GMT	112	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113777853
15:59:57	GMT	112	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113777854
15:59:57	GMT	112	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277113777855
15:59:57	GMT	112	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025948487879
15:59:57	GMT	112	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025948487880
15:59:57	GMT	201	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025948487878
16:09:41	GMT	104	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114189391
16:09:41	GMT	104	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114189392
16:09:41	GMT	104	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114189393
16:09:41	GMT	104	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114189394
16:09:41	GMT	104	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114189395
16:09:41	GMT	104	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114189396
16:09:41	GMT	201	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025948871758
16:20:32	GMT	26	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025949333193
16:20:32	GMT	33	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025949333190
16:20:32	GMT	45	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025949333192
16:21:31	GMT	41	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114731768
16:21:31	GMT	66	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114731767
16:22:29	GMT	105	12.24	GBP		XLON		592098277114774293
16:23:30	GMT	109	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025949461199
16:24:23	GMT	109	12.24	GBP		XLON		606172025949502476
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