Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

18 February 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
18 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 24,311 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 18 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 1,666,854 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,250,080 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:			18 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		24,311			12.2584			12.1800		12.3300
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
08:01:43	GMT	75	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173441516736943
08:02:23	GMT	34	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692681184703
08:02:59	GMT	67	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692681200305
08:15:11	GMT	76	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099692681503850
08:15:11	GMT	100	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099692681503845
08:15:11	GMT	119	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173441517049031
08:15:11	GMT	35	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099692681503854
08:15:12	GMT	28	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173441517049091
08:15:12	GMT	266	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173441517049090
08:15:28	GMT	120	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173441517054712
08:15:29	GMT	35	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692681509779
08:15:29	GMT	48	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441517054764
08:15:29	GMT	65	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692681509777
08:15:29	GMT	100	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692681509776
08:15:29	GMT	100	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441517054766
08:15:29	GMT	100	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441517054767
08:15:29	GMT	118	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441517054765
08:15:32	GMT	87	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173441517055654
08:15:40	GMT	68	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173441517057509
08:36:40	GMT	115	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099692681952417
08:39:20	GMT	105	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099692682004023
08:39:20	GMT	62	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099692682004025
08:39:20	GMT	220	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099692682004026
08:39:20	GMT	220	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099692682004027
08:39:20	GMT	362	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173441517512956
08:54:58	GMT	108	12.26	GBP		XLON		592099692682310401
08:56:22	GMT	9	12.25	GBP		XLON		606173441517822069
08:56:22	GMT	9	12.25	GBP		XLON		606173441517822070
08:56:22	GMT	90	12.25	GBP		XLON		606173441517822068
08:56:22	GMT	108	12.25	GBP		XLON		592099692682341688
08:56:22	GMT	108	12.25	GBP		XLON		606173441517822067
08:56:22	GMT	266	12.25	GBP		XLON		592099692682341687
09:05:14	GMT	108	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099692682519112
09:05:14	GMT	116	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099692682519113
09:05:14	GMT	159	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099692682519111
09:13:41	GMT	77	12.2	GBP		XLON		606173441518138718
09:13:41	GMT	112	12.2	GBP		XLON		592099692682685502
09:13:41	GMT	189	12.2	GBP		XLON		606173441518138717
09:26:33	GMT	115	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441518384399
09:26:33	GMT	432	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441518384400
09:31:04	GMT	266	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441518479279
09:52:25	GMT	22	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441518879488
09:52:25	GMT	82	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441518879485
09:52:25	GMT	104	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099692683489078
09:52:25	GMT	104	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099692683489079
09:52:25	GMT	104	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441518879489
09:52:25	GMT	266	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441518879484
10:05:40	GMT	117	12.19	GBP		XLON		592099692683740074
10:05:40	GMT	117	12.19	GBP		XLON		606173441519110415
10:05:40	GMT	266	12.19	GBP		XLON		606173441519110414
10:25:46	GMT	107	12.25	GBP		XLON		606173441519450228
10:25:46	GMT	456	12.25	GBP		XLON		592099692684110925
10:29:00	GMT	114	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441519503809
10:29:00	GMT	182	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692684169278
10:53:15	GMT	116	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099692684618538
10:53:15	GMT	116	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099692684618540
10:53:15	GMT	116	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441519916227
10:53:15	GMT	116	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441519916228
10:53:15	GMT	267	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099692684618539
11:21:47	GMT	7	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441520418042
11:21:47	GMT	52	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441520418044
11:21:47	GMT	57	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441520418043
11:23:32	GMT	116	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099692685201793
11:23:32	GMT	116	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099692685201794
11:23:32	GMT	464	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441520451137
11:23:32	GMT	226	12.21	GBP		XLON		606173441520451142
11:43:06	GMT	110	12.22	GBP		XLON		592099692685599710
11:43:06	GMT	273	12.22	GBP		XLON		592099692685599711
12:02:05	GMT	109	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441521166160
12:02:05	GMT	109	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441521166161
12:02:05	GMT	109	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441521166162
12:02:05	GMT	587	12.23	GBP		XLON		592099692685976812
12:15:24	GMT	179	12.2	GBP		XLON		606173441521471721
12:33:00	GMT	113	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441521824365
12:39:27	GMT	113	12.25	GBP		XLON		592099692686845500
12:40:12	GMT	19	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099692686862323
12:40:12	GMT	103	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099692686862322
13:01:33	GMT	116	12.32	GBP		XLON		592099692687357895
13:01:33	GMT	160	12.32	GBP		XLON		592099692687357896
13:01:33	GMT	167	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173441522425557
13:01:42	GMT	293	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173441522429222
13:01:56	GMT	108	12.31	GBP		XLON		592099692687369983
13:02:39	GMT	202	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099692687390868
13:02:39	GMT	480	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441522455914
13:02:39	GMT	144	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173441522455918
13:28:18	GMT	102	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099692687962920
13:28:18	GMT	102	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173441522978343
13:28:18	GMT	102	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173441522978344
13:28:18	GMT	102	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173441522978345
13:28:18	GMT	102	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173441522978346
13:28:18	GMT	266	12.28	GBP		XLON		592099692687962919
13:46:26	GMT	119	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173441523427853
13:46:26	GMT	15	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173441523427890
13:46:26	GMT	104	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173441523427892
13:46:26	GMT	119	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099692688450762
13:46:26	GMT	119	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173441523427891
13:46:26	GMT	119	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173441523427893
13:46:26	GMT	119	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173441523427894
13:46:26	GMT	266	12.27	GBP		XLON		606173441523427889
13:52:22	GMT	267	12.25	GBP		XLON		592099692688615212
14:20:33	GMT	110	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441524299899
14:20:33	GMT	129	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692689397382
14:22:40	GMT	477	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441524353520
14:22:40	GMT	38	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173441524353528
14:22:40	GMT	77	12.31	GBP		XLON		606173441524353527
14:31:15	GMT	28	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173441524615404
14:31:15	GMT	96	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173441524615407
14:31:15	GMT	111	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099692689735819
14:31:15	GMT	111	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099692689735820
14:31:15	GMT	286	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173441524615406
14:31:15	GMT	264	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173441524615434
14:36:17	GMT	104	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099692689939946
14:36:17	GMT	104	12.33	GBP		XLON		606173441524804526
14:36:17	GMT	267	12.33	GBP		XLON		592099692689939947
14:43:06	GMT	119	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692690171526
14:43:06	GMT	269	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441525019845
14:43:32	GMT	13	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099692690183851
14:43:32	GMT	106	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099692690183850
14:50:22	GMT	103	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099692690420074
14:50:22	GMT	265	12.27	GBP		XLON		592099692690420073
14:53:58	GMT	19	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173441525373250
14:53:58	GMT	292	12.32	GBP		XLON		606173441525373249
15:04:40	GMT	115	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692690983383
15:04:40	GMT	115	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692690983384
15:04:40	GMT	115	12.3	GBP		XLON		606173441525777422
15:04:40	GMT	266	12.3	GBP		XLON		592099692690983382
15:16:36	GMT	7	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173441526114924
15:16:36	GMT	112	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099692691344807
15:16:36	GMT	112	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099692691344808
15:16:36	GMT	112	12.29	GBP		XLON		592099692691344809
15:16:36	GMT	112	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173441526114926
15:16:36	GMT	261	12.29	GBP		XLON		606173441526114922
15:22:03	GMT	113	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173441526269603
15:22:03	GMT	286	12.28	GBP		XLON		606173441526269605
15:29:57	GMT	100	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441526481989
15:29:57	GMT	266	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692691738004
15:30:28	GMT	5	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441526499089
15:39:33	GMT	129	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441526744563
15:44:13	GMT	69	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441526881061
15:44:13	GMT	44	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441526881062
15:50:02	GMT	63	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692692350552
15:50:02	GMT	117	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441527050612
15:50:02	GMT	323	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692692350553
15:50:02	GMT	180	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692692350558
15:50:49	GMT	32	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692692377296
15:50:49	GMT	143	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441527075191
15:50:49	GMT	168	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441527075195
15:50:49	GMT	93	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692692377303
15:58:44	GMT	221	12.22	GBP		XLON		606173441527304903
15:58:49	GMT	46	12.22	GBP		XLON		606173441527307226
15:58:49	GMT	73	12.22	GBP		XLON		606173441527307228
15:58:49	GMT	102	12.22	GBP		XLON		606173441527307227
15:58:49	GMT	29	12.22	GBP		XLON		606173441527307229
15:58:49	GMT	102	12.22	GBP		XLON		592099692692627092
16:04:31	GMT	77	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099692692835489
16:10:30	GMT	42	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099692693039432
16:10:30	GMT	101	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099692693039431
16:10:30	GMT	189	12.21	GBP		XLON		592099692693039430
16:14:47	GMT	101	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441527852671
16:14:47	GMT	136	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692693211985
16:14:47	GMT	101	12.24	GBP		XLON		606173441527852672
16:14:47	GMT	497	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692693211986
16:14:47	GMT	97	12.24	GBP		XLON		592099692693212001
16:17:15	GMT	265	12.23	GBP		XLON		606173441527943305
16:20:36	GMT	134	12.2	GBP		XLON		606173441528080940
16:20:36	GMT	229	12.2	GBP		XLON		606173441528080941
16:24:28	GMT	116	12.19	GBP		XLON		592099692693629067
16:24:28	GMT	264	12.19	GBP		XLON		606173441528241897
16:26:31	GMT	219	12.18	GBP		XLON		592099692693729511
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