Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

25 February 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
25 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 25,033 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 25 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 1,791,290 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,125,644 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:			25 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		25,033			11.7804			11.6400		11.8500
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
08:06:11	GMT	110	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169938484367
08:09:15	GMT	73	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918774046491
08:10:29	GMT	45	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918774079959
08:10:29	GMT	118	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169938631723
08:10:29	GMT	447	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918774079960
08:10:29	GMT	509	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918774079967
08:16:51	GMT	107	11.76	GBP		XLON		606175918774234231
08:16:51	GMT	289	11.76	GBP		XLON		606175918774234230
08:19:17	GMT	107	11.75	GBP		XLON		606175918774289310
08:26:29	GMT	116	11.72	GBP		XLON		592102169939014419
08:26:29	GMT	172	11.72	GBP		XLON		592102169939014420
08:36:09	GMT	108	11.7	GBP		XLON		606175918774706136
08:36:09	GMT	112	11.7	GBP		XLON		606175918774706134
08:36:09	GMT	176	11.7	GBP		XLON		606175918774706135
08:51:33	GMT	31	11.74	GBP		XLON		606175918775064640
08:51:33	GMT	80	11.74	GBP		XLON		606175918775064639
08:51:33	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON		592102169939703249
08:51:33	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON		606175918775064641
08:51:33	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON		606175918775064642
08:51:33	GMT	295	11.74	GBP		XLON		606175918775064638
08:58:50	GMT	365	11.76	GBP		XLON		606175918775230195
09:00:57	GMT	115	11.75	GBP		XLON		606175918775276901
09:18:45	GMT	102	11.77	GBP		XLON		592102169940376071
09:23:26	GMT	115	11.78	GBP		XLON		606175918775795684
09:26:40	GMT	40	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169940578649
09:26:40	GMT	57	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918775869190
09:26:40	GMT	63	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169940578650
09:26:40	GMT	237	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918775869189
09:26:40	GMT	243	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918775869191
09:26:40	GMT	280	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918775869192
09:26:40	GMT	107	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918775869197
09:47:51	GMT	23	11.79	GBP		XLON		606175918776343603
09:50:20	GMT	42	11.79	GBP		XLON		592102169941159505
09:50:20	GMT	58	11.79	GBP		XLON		592102169941159504
09:50:20	GMT	99	11.79	GBP		XLON		592102169941159506
09:50:20	GMT	99	11.79	GBP		XLON		606175918776402005
09:50:20	GMT	99	11.79	GBP		XLON		606175918776402006
09:50:20	GMT	352	11.79	GBP		XLON		606175918776402004
10:13:22	GMT	106	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918776917963
10:15:43	GMT	102	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918776966857
10:19:15	GMT	104	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918777052009
10:20:56	GMT	189	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169941914053
10:20:56	GMT	359	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169941914054
10:20:57	GMT	380	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169941914623
10:29:43	GMT	58	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169942110760
10:29:43	GMT	231	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169942110761
10:59:33	GMT	117	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169942822571
10:59:33	GMT	117	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169942822573
10:59:33	GMT	117	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918777924764
10:59:33	GMT	150	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169942822568
10:59:33	GMT	268	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169942822569
10:59:33	GMT	111	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918777924770
11:06:53	GMT	304	11.83	GBP		XLON		606175918778089447
11:45:15	GMT	27	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169943916578
11:45:15	GMT	91	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169943916577
11:45:17	GMT	78	11.83	GBP		XLON		592102169943917174
11:45:19	GMT	237	11.83	GBP		XLON		592102169943917896
11:45:19	GMT	31	11.83	GBP		XLON		606175918778932787
11:45:19	GMT	87	11.83	GBP		XLON		606175918778932786
11:45:19	GMT	118	11.83	GBP		XLON		592102169943917898
11:45:19	GMT	304	11.83	GBP		XLON		592102169943917897
11:53:24	GMT	100	11.83	GBP		XLON		592102169944119181
11:54:52	GMT	81	11.83	GBP		XLON		606175918779150191
11:54:52	GMT	108	11.83	GBP		XLON		606175918779150192
11:54:52	GMT	113	11.83	GBP		XLON		606175918779150193
12:03:52	GMT	150	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169944370791
12:03:52	GMT	139	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169944370793
12:21:12	GMT	69	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918779729316
12:21:12	GMT	87	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918779729318
12:21:12	GMT	107	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169944786246
12:21:12	GMT	294	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918779729317
12:21:12	GMT	27	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169944786249
12:35:54	GMT	177	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169945127456
12:39:51	GMT	481	11.81	GBP		XLON		606175918780129155
13:04:53	GMT	196	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918780695133
13:13:53	GMT	34	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918780881878
13:13:53	GMT	93	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918780881877
13:13:55	GMT	20	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169946046734
13:13:55	GMT	79	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918780882609
13:13:55	GMT	113	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918780882610
13:14:15	GMT	56	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169946054945
13:16:56	GMT	128	11.81	GBP		XLON		606175918780953656
13:16:56	GMT	633	11.81	GBP		XLON		606175918780953655
13:16:57	GMT	75	11.81	GBP		XLON		606175918780953663
13:28:55	GMT	107	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169946416225
13:37:23	GMT	34	11.81	GBP		XLON		606175918781437043
13:37:23	GMT	71	11.81	GBP		XLON		606175918781437044
13:37:23	GMT	105	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169946647101
13:37:23	GMT	105	11.81	GBP		XLON		606175918781437045
13:37:23	GMT	106	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169946647102
13:48:14	GMT	20	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918781721806
13:48:14	GMT	42	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918781721805
13:48:14	GMT	55	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918781721804
13:50:23	GMT	15	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169947010548
13:50:23	GMT	91	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169947010549
14:00:09	GMT	94	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918782022256
14:00:09	GMT	106	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918782022254
14:00:09	GMT	27	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169947280172
14:00:09	GMT	81	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169947280171
14:02:13	GMT	13	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169947339991
14:02:13	GMT	20	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169947339993
14:02:13	GMT	36	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169947339992
14:02:13	GMT	36	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169947339994
14:03:51	GMT	30	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918782122173
14:03:51	GMT	38	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169947386866
14:03:51	GMT	70	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169947386867
14:03:51	GMT	509	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918782122172
14:03:51	GMT	137	11.82	GBP		XLON		592102169947386872
14:09:53	GMT	76	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918782276098
14:12:53	GMT	92	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918782352196
14:12:55	GMT	76	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918782353158
14:12:55	GMT	92	11.82	GBP		XLON		606175918782353159
14:21:57	GMT	107	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169947877639
14:21:57	GMT	107	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169947877640
14:21:57	GMT	107	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918782578571
14:26:24	GMT	111	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169948008835
14:30:55	GMT	116	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169948175214
14:30:55	GMT	632	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169948175215
14:30:55	GMT	11	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918782855084
14:30:55	GMT	161	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918782855083
14:36:30	GMT	193	11.85	GBP		XLON		606175918783071922
14:36:30	GMT	245	11.85	GBP		XLON		606175918783071923
14:36:36	GMT	26	11.85	GBP		XLON		592102169948414801
14:46:29	GMT	89	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918783414541
14:46:29	GMT	289	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918783414540
14:47:34	GMT	12	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918783453424
14:47:34	GMT	12	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918783453425
14:47:34	GMT	18	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918783453420
14:47:34	GMT	93	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918783453423
14:47:34	GMT	107	11.84	GBP		XLON		592102169948818852
14:47:34	GMT	107	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918783453421
14:47:34	GMT	107	11.84	GBP		XLON		606175918783453422
14:50:52	GMT	288	11.83	GBP		XLON		606175918783573106
14:58:23	GMT	24	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918783873426
15:00:55	GMT	265	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918783979782
15:03:38	GMT	115	11.81	GBP		XLON		592102169949500910
15:06:24	GMT	18	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169949608992
15:06:24	GMT	90	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169949608993
15:06:24	GMT	100	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169949608994
15:06:24	GMT	108	11.8	GBP		XLON		592102169949608991
15:06:24	GMT	108	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918784189375
15:06:24	GMT	110	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918784189374
15:06:24	GMT	115	11.8	GBP		XLON		606175918784189376
15:13:55	GMT	88	11.79	GBP		XLON		606175918784437773
15:13:55	GMT	46	11.79	GBP		XLON		606175918784437774
15:13:55	GMT	101	11.79	GBP		XLON		592102169949876124
15:13:55	GMT	101	11.79	GBP		XLON		592102169949876125
15:13:55	GMT	154	11.79	GBP		XLON		606175918784437775
15:19:23	GMT	57	11.77	GBP		XLON		592102169950090101
15:19:51	GMT	115	11.77	GBP		XLON		592102169950109575
15:20:03	GMT	73	11.77	GBP		XLON		606175918784664274
15:20:03	GMT	116	11.77	GBP		XLON		592102169950120064
15:20:06	GMT	39	11.77	GBP		XLON		606175918784666745
15:24:25	GMT	4	11.73	GBP		XLON		606175918784820181
15:27:06	GMT	99	11.73	GBP		XLON		606175918784921410
15:28:05	GMT	100	11.73	GBP		XLON		592102169950432941
15:28:05	GMT	100	11.73	GBP		XLON		606175918784952944
15:28:05	GMT	187	11.73	GBP		XLON		606175918784952943
15:41:38	GMT	105	11.7	GBP		XLON		592102169950929829
15:41:38	GMT	105	11.7	GBP		XLON		606175918785412055
15:41:38	GMT	105	11.7	GBP		XLON		606175918785412056
15:41:38	GMT	506	11.7	GBP		XLON		592102169950929828
15:46:04	GMT	352	11.69	GBP		XLON		606175918785565624
15:58:47	GMT	7	11.7	GBP		XLON		592102169951539611
15:58:47	GMT	97	11.7	GBP		XLON		592102169951539612
15:58:47	GMT	104	11.7	GBP		XLON		592102169951539613
15:58:47	GMT	104	11.7	GBP		XLON		592102169951539614
15:58:47	GMT	104	11.7	GBP		XLON		592102169951539615
15:58:47	GMT	104	11.7	GBP		XLON		592102169951539616
15:58:47	GMT	200	11.7	GBP		XLON		606175918785975582
15:58:47	GMT	253	11.7	GBP		XLON		606175918785975581
16:02:28	GMT	290	11.68	GBP		XLON		592102169951691155
16:11:33	GMT	8	11.67	GBP		XLON		592102169952034493
16:11:33	GMT	105	11.67	GBP		XLON		592102169952034492
16:11:33	GMT	113	11.67	GBP		XLON		592102169952034494
16:11:33	GMT	113	11.67	GBP		XLON		592102169952034495
16:11:33	GMT	113	11.67	GBP		XLON		606175918786433781
16:11:33	GMT	115	11.67	GBP		XLON		606175918786433782
16:11:33	GMT	290	11.67	GBP		XLON		606175918786433780
16:19:18	GMT	134	11.64	GBP		XLON		606175918786736555
16:19:18	GMT	31	11.64	GBP		XLON		592102169952362617
16:19:18	GMT	101	11.64	GBP		XLON		592102169952362616
16:19:18	GMT	101	11.64	GBP		XLON		606175918786736918
16:19:18	GMT	101	11.64	GBP		XLON		606175918786736919
16:19:18	GMT	156	11.64	GBP		XLON		606175918786736917
16:23:05	GMT	17	11.64	GBP		XLON		606175918786911106
16:23:05	GMT	70	11.64	GBP		XLON		592102169952551535
16:23:05	GMT	94	11.64	GBP		XLON		606175918786911104
16:23:05	GMT	106	11.64	GBP		XLON		592102169952551537
16:23:05	GMT	111	11.64	GBP		XLON		592102169952551543
16:23:05	GMT	114	11.64	GBP		XLON		592102169952551539
16:23:05	GMT	115	11.64	GBP		XLON		606175918786911102
16:28:32	GMT	64	11.64	GBP		XLON		592102169952796122
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