Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

17 February 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
17 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 24,529 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 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 1,642,543 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,274,391 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:			17 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		24,529			12.2952			12.2100		12.3400
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
08:07:43	GMT	12	12.22	GBP		XLON		606173087620779608
08:09:52	GMT	87	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173087620829604
08:09:52	GMT	99	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099338786409750
08:10:18	GMT	9	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338786421975
08:10:18	GMT	9	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338786421977
08:10:18	GMT	90	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338786421974
08:10:35	GMT	112	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173087620850448
08:12:32	GMT	113	12.31	GBP		XLON		592099338786481131
08:13:28	GMT	116	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087620913105
08:13:35	GMT	566	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173087620914925
08:13:39	GMT	197	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338786503034
08:27:31	GMT	100	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338786762856
08:27:31	GMT	10	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338786762861
08:30:03	GMT	616	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087621197572
08:30:03	GMT	171	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087621197576
08:44:42	GMT	102	12.32	GBP		XLON		592099338787063968
08:44:42	GMT	102	12.32	GBP		XLON		592099338787063969
08:44:42	GMT	102	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173087621437869
08:44:42	GMT	634	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173087621437868
08:44:43	GMT	60	12.32	GBP		XLON		592099338787064176
08:58:53	GMT	116	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087621655121
09:01:21	GMT	93	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338787338393
09:01:57	GMT	23	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338787347652
09:05:34	GMT	181	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087621765446
09:05:34	GMT	182	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338787417926
09:05:34	GMT	222	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087621765445
09:05:34	GMT	137	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087621765452
09:30:23	GMT	10	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087622164404
09:30:23	GMT	97	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087622164403
09:30:23	GMT	106	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338787848641
09:30:23	GMT	106	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087622164405
09:30:23	GMT	106	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087622164406
09:30:23	GMT	363	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338787848640
09:30:23	GMT	317	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338787848646
09:50:27	GMT	32	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338788202543
09:50:27	GMT	82	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338788202542
09:50:27	GMT	114	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338788202544
09:50:27	GMT	115	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173087622491611
10:08:06	GMT	103	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338788520131
10:08:06	GMT	103	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338788520132
10:08:06	GMT	103	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087622787328
10:08:06	GMT	103	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087622787330
10:08:06	GMT	587	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087622787329
10:08:07	GMT	11	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338788520212
10:08:07	GMT	32	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338788520214
10:08:07	GMT	61	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338788520213
10:48:21	GMT	81	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173087623458637
10:48:35	GMT	31	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173087623462073
10:50:55	GMT	107	12.26	GBP		XLON		606173087623504622
10:50:55	GMT	112	12.26	GBP		XLON		606173087623504621
10:50:55	GMT	112	12.26	GBP		XLON		606173087623504625
10:50:55	GMT	112	12.26	GBP		XLON		606173087623504626
10:50:55	GMT	112	12.26	GBP		XLON		606173087623504627
10:50:55	GMT	182	12.26	GBP		XLON		606173087623504624
10:50:55	GMT	219	12.26	GBP		XLON		606173087623504623
10:50:55	GMT	232	12.26	GBP		XLON		606173087623504635
10:52:15	GMT	51	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087623528832
10:52:15	GMT	59	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087623528831
10:52:24	GMT	13	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338789327758
11:08:01	GMT	114	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173087623842177
11:08:01	GMT	390	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099338789661808
11:23:55	GMT	390	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099338789966991
11:34:45	GMT	114	12.22	GBP		XLON		606173087624312412
11:43:25	GMT	119	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099338790351266
11:43:25	GMT	119	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099338790351267
11:43:25	GMT	276	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173087624478195
12:10:01	GMT	116	12.22	GBP		XLON		592099338790966820
12:10:01	GMT	116	12.22	GBP		XLON		606173087625048151
12:18:54	GMT	33	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173087625194172
12:18:54	GMT	38	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173087625194174
12:18:54	GMT	77	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173087625194173
12:18:54	GMT	363	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173087625194175
12:21:21	GMT	20	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099338791169917
12:21:21	GMT	400	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099338791169916
12:27:57	GMT	32	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173087625336954
12:27:57	GMT	81	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173087625336955
12:27:57	GMT	107	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099338791280094
13:01:19	GMT	144	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338791897469
13:03:41	GMT	101	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087625953067
13:06:24	GMT	105	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338791993757
13:06:24	GMT	119	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087625998951
13:06:24	GMT	470	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087625998952
13:06:28	GMT	139	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087625999862
13:06:28	GMT	461	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087625999863
13:22:11	GMT	41	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099338792277503
13:34:34	GMT	8	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338792512298
13:39:06	GMT	97	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338792610147
13:39:06	GMT	105	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338792610148
13:39:06	GMT	105	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087626571561
13:39:06	GMT	105	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087626571563
13:39:06	GMT	105	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338792610146
13:39:06	GMT	509	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087626571562
13:39:06	GMT	269	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087626571566
14:00:43	GMT	101	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087627044522
14:00:43	GMT	101	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087627044523
14:00:43	GMT	101	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087627044524
14:00:43	GMT	101	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087627044525
14:00:43	GMT	101	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173087627044526
14:00:43	GMT	413	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099338793123745
14:26:46	GMT	17	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338793714393
14:26:46	GMT	25	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338793714395
14:26:46	GMT	69	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338793714394
14:29:31	GMT	128	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173087627656668
14:30:47	GMT	117	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087627692566
14:30:48	GMT	17	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099338793821229
14:30:48	GMT	335	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173087627692736
14:30:48	GMT	626	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099338793821230
14:30:50	GMT	80	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173087627693884
14:30:53	GMT	106	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173087627695205
14:37:32	GMT	392	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338794021164
14:50:37	GMT	110	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173087628264202
14:50:37	GMT	110	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173087628264203
14:50:37	GMT	110	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087628264242
14:50:37	GMT	110	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087628264243
14:50:37	GMT	467	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087628264244
14:56:29	GMT	389	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087628430766
15:04:08	GMT	102	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087628666896
15:10:39	GMT	99	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338795070390
15:10:39	GMT	99	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087628846781
15:10:39	GMT	99	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087628846782
15:10:39	GMT	102	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338795070389
15:10:39	GMT	390	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087628846780
15:24:19	GMT	119	12.31	GBP		XLON		592099338795457474
15:24:19	GMT	119	12.31	GBP		XLON		592099338795457475
15:24:19	GMT	119	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087629204422
15:30:40	GMT	110	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087629377260
15:30:40	GMT	110	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087629377261
15:35:56	GMT	39	12.31	GBP		XLON		592099338795798730
15:35:56	GMT	61	12.31	GBP		XLON		592099338795798729
15:35:56	GMT	100	12.31	GBP		XLON		592099338795798731
15:35:56	GMT	100	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173087629519809
15:35:56	GMT	110	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087629519811
15:35:56	GMT	121	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173087629519810
15:35:56	GMT	392	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099338795798732
15:41:00	GMT	389	12.32	GBP		XLON		592099338795949575
15:51:08	GMT	106	12.32	GBP		XLON		592099338796261147
16:09:29	GMT	43	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630526919
16:09:29	GMT	84	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630526920
16:09:29	GMT	75	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338796888491
16:09:29	GMT	75	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630526927
16:11:51	GMT	27	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338796982762
16:11:51	GMT	48	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630614006
16:11:51	GMT	56	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630614010
16:11:51	GMT	62	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630614009
16:11:51	GMT	121	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338796982764
16:11:51	GMT	230	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630614008
16:11:51	GMT	241	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338796982765
16:11:51	GMT	356	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630614007
16:11:51	GMT	504	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630614083
16:20:48	GMT	23	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338797373827
16:20:48	GMT	43	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630978519
16:20:48	GMT	77	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338797373825
16:20:48	GMT	77	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630978517
16:20:48	GMT	117	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338797373830
16:20:48	GMT	117	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338797373831
16:20:48	GMT	117	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630978515
16:20:48	GMT	117	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630978522
16:20:48	GMT	119	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630978524
16:20:48	GMT	121	12.34	GBP		XLON		606173087630978521
16:20:48	GMT	217	12.34	GBP		XLON		592099338797373826
16:27:07	GMT	427	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173087631224231
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