Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

20 February 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
20 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 24,903 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 20 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 1,716,367 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,200,567 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:			20 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		24,903			11.7680			11.7000		11.8400
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
08:03:07	GMT	297	11.7	GBP		XLON		592100400465889790
08:10:13	GMT	34	11.8	GBP		XLON		606174149301758384
08:10:13	GMT	69	11.8	GBP		XLON		606174149301758385
08:10:22	GMT	132	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400466118334
08:10:30	GMT	427	11.79	GBP		XLON		606174149301767845
08:10:30	GMT	40	11.79	GBP		XLON		592100400466122767
08:10:30	GMT	41	11.79	GBP		XLON		592100400466122766
08:10:30	GMT	179	11.79	GBP		XLON		592100400466122769
08:10:30	GMT	190	11.79	GBP		XLON		592100400466122768
08:16:02	GMT	108	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400466270641
08:16:02	GMT	172	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400466270640
08:36:21	GMT	57	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149302333125
08:36:21	GMT	113	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400466733025
08:36:21	GMT	113	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149302333126
08:36:21	GMT	121	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400466733024
08:36:21	GMT	150	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149302333124
08:36:21	GMT	227	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400466733023
08:36:21	GMT	234	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149302333133
08:48:45	GMT	61	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400466993985
08:48:45	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400466993986
08:48:45	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149302574864
08:48:45	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149302574865
08:48:45	GMT	219	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400466993984
09:00:09	GMT	398	11.77	GBP		XLON		592100400467231737
09:02:17	GMT	35	11.77	GBP		XLON		592100400467284948
09:02:17	GMT	104	11.77	GBP		XLON		606174149302843056
09:21:01	GMT	111	11.81	GBP		XLON		606174149303203251
09:21:04	GMT	354	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400467675058
09:21:04	GMT	96	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400467675073
09:21:04	GMT	150	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400467675074
09:21:04	GMT	295	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400467675075
09:21:04	GMT	8	11.8	GBP		XLON		606174149303204297
09:29:44	GMT	15	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400467862757
09:29:44	GMT	65	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400467862759
09:29:44	GMT	108	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400467862758
09:49:43	GMT	103	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149303775910
09:51:53	GMT	93	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400468338359
09:51:53	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400468338360
09:51:53	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400468338361
09:51:53	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400468338363
09:51:53	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149303817951
09:51:53	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149303817952
09:51:53	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149303817954
09:51:53	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149303817957
09:51:53	GMT	103	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149303817958
10:12:41	GMT	6	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149304227889
10:12:41	GMT	9	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149304227887
10:12:41	GMT	107	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400468781299
10:12:41	GMT	107	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149304227890
10:12:41	GMT	107	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149304227891
10:12:41	GMT	107	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149304227892
10:12:41	GMT	107	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149304227893
10:12:41	GMT	266	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149304227888
10:17:25	GMT	280	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149304329872
10:47:45	GMT	27	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149304868965
10:47:45	GMT	35	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149304868963
10:47:45	GMT	56	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149304868964
10:51:43	GMT	114	11.79	GBP		XLON		606174149304937416
10:53:49	GMT	107	11.79	GBP		XLON		592100400469582903
10:55:49	GMT	103	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400469625931
11:10:58	GMT	100	11.84	GBP		XLON		592100400469922225
11:10:58	GMT	190	11.84	GBP		XLON		606174149305288277
11:10:58	GMT	545	11.84	GBP		XLON		606174149305288278
11:10:58	GMT	340	11.84	GBP		XLON		592100400469922233
11:11:05	GMT	181	11.84	GBP		XLON		606174149305290012
11:23:15	GMT	101	11.83	GBP		XLON		606174149305513003
11:23:15	GMT	281	11.83	GBP		XLON		592100400470165091
11:35:31	GMT	281	11.83	GBP		XLON		592100400470415623
11:45:01	GMT	101	11.83	GBP		XLON		606174149305926550
11:45:01	GMT	321	11.83	GBP		XLON		592100400470612717
12:08:00	GMT	29	11.82	GBP		XLON		606174149306371733
12:08:00	GMT	84	11.82	GBP		XLON		606174149306371732
12:08:09	GMT	113	11.81	GBP		XLON		606174149306374517
12:16:23	GMT	114	11.81	GBP		XLON		606174149306529585
12:19:54	GMT	102	11.81	GBP		XLON		592100400471328128
12:22:06	GMT	23	11.8	GBP		XLON		606174149306629649
12:22:06	GMT	90	11.8	GBP		XLON		606174149306629650
12:22:06	GMT	113	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400471373049
12:22:06	GMT	113	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400471373050
12:22:06	GMT	113	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400471373051
12:22:06	GMT	113	11.8	GBP		XLON		606174149306629648
12:22:06	GMT	113	11.8	GBP		XLON		606174149306629651
12:22:06	GMT	281	11.8	GBP		XLON		592100400471373048
12:46:37	GMT	5	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400471898073
12:46:37	GMT	101	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400471898075
12:46:37	GMT	101	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400471898076
12:46:37	GMT	101	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149307112265
12:46:37	GMT	101	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149307112266
12:46:37	GMT	101	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149307112267
12:46:37	GMT	101	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149307112268
12:46:37	GMT	276	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400471898074
12:52:20	GMT	281	11.79	GBP		XLON		606174149307214712
12:58:28	GMT	281	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149307332086
13:16:07	GMT	544	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149307682183
13:36:58	GMT	4	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149308140581
13:36:58	GMT	4	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149308140582
13:36:58	GMT	100	11.78	GBP		XLON		606174149308140580
13:38:42	GMT	4	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400473058432
13:38:42	GMT	13	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400473058429
13:38:42	GMT	43	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400473058431
13:38:42	GMT	44	11.78	GBP		XLON		592100400473058430
13:40:13	GMT	108	11.77	GBP		XLON		592100400473096145
13:40:13	GMT	108	11.77	GBP		XLON		592100400473096146
13:40:13	GMT	108	11.77	GBP		XLON		592100400473096148
13:40:13	GMT	108	11.77	GBP		XLON		606174149308219304
13:40:13	GMT	108	11.77	GBP		XLON		606174149308219307
13:40:13	GMT	108	11.77	GBP		XLON		606174149308219308
13:40:13	GMT	116	11.77	GBP		XLON		606174149308219305
13:40:13	GMT	164	11.77	GBP		XLON		606174149308219303
13:49:37	GMT	104	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400473344909
13:49:37	GMT	338	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400473344910
13:58:01	GMT	29	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400473593922
13:58:01	GMT	252	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400473593923
14:11:43	GMT	101	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400473991193
14:11:43	GMT	101	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400473991194
14:11:43	GMT	101	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400473991196
14:11:43	GMT	101	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149309045087
14:11:43	GMT	281	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400473991192
14:30:51	GMT	105	11.74	GBP		XLON		606174149309566858
14:31:48	GMT	29	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149309606579
14:31:48	GMT	40	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149309606578
14:31:48	GMT	41	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149309606577
14:36:13	GMT	117	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400474768341
14:36:13	GMT	117	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149309765702
14:36:13	GMT	381	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400474768342
14:36:13	GMT	154	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400474768349
14:36:14	GMT	430	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400474768543
14:36:14	GMT	57	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400474768547
14:52:34	GMT	45	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149310443065
14:52:34	GMT	150	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149310443064
14:52:34	GMT	101	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400475499348
14:53:08	GMT	101	11.74	GBP		XLON		592100400475526239
14:53:08	GMT	101	11.74	GBP		XLON		592100400475526241
14:53:08	GMT	101	11.74	GBP		XLON		592100400475526242
14:53:08	GMT	101	11.74	GBP		XLON		606174149310468076
14:53:08	GMT	101	11.74	GBP		XLON		606174149310468077
14:53:08	GMT	101	11.74	GBP		XLON		606174149310468078
14:53:08	GMT	281	11.74	GBP		XLON		592100400475526237
15:00:43	GMT	106	11.72	GBP		XLON		606174149310845767
15:00:43	GMT	106	11.72	GBP		XLON		606174149310845768
15:00:43	GMT	106	11.72	GBP		XLON		606174149310845769
15:00:43	GMT	280	11.72	GBP		XLON		606174149310845766
15:08:17	GMT	40	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149311173459
15:08:17	GMT	48	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149311173454
15:08:17	GMT	72	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149311173458
15:08:17	GMT	266	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149311173455
15:24:57	GMT	26	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149311774849
15:24:57	GMT	85	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149311774848
15:26:59	GMT	41	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400477011373
15:26:59	GMT	67	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400477011372
15:28:53	GMT	19	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149311900672
15:28:53	GMT	42	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149311900670
15:28:53	GMT	43	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149311900671
15:28:53	GMT	111	11.73	GBP		XLON		592100400477076269
15:28:53	GMT	111	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149311900678
15:28:53	GMT	463	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149311900679
15:29:04	GMT	67	11.73	GBP		XLON		592100400477082385
15:29:04	GMT	214	11.73	GBP		XLON		592100400477082384
15:37:46	GMT	115	11.73	GBP		XLON		592100400477382939
15:37:46	GMT	115	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149312186271
15:37:46	GMT	131	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149312186269
15:37:46	GMT	150	11.73	GBP		XLON		606174149312186268
15:42:49	GMT	14	11.72	GBP		XLON		592100400477556612
15:42:49	GMT	14	11.72	GBP		XLON		592100400477556613
15:42:49	GMT	86	11.72	GBP		XLON		592100400477556611
15:46:46	GMT	13	11.71	GBP		XLON		606174149312490105
15:46:46	GMT	117	11.71	GBP		XLON		592100400477708798
15:46:46	GMT	117	11.71	GBP		XLON		606174149312490107
15:46:46	GMT	267	11.71	GBP		XLON		606174149312490106
15:57:51	GMT	108	11.71	GBP		XLON		606174149312861904
16:00:10	GMT	103	11.71	GBP		XLON		592100400478207175
16:00:10	GMT	473	11.71	GBP		XLON		606174149312954264
16:00:10	GMT	251	11.71	GBP		XLON		606174149312954275
16:10:32	GMT	114	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400478655645
16:12:56	GMT	28	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149313471513
16:12:56	GMT	85	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149313471512
16:14:16	GMT	95	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149313528854
16:15:19	GMT	20	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149313571527
16:15:19	GMT	35	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400478870019
16:15:19	GMT	119	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400478870020
16:15:19	GMT	128	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149313571528
16:15:19	GMT	308	11.76	GBP		XLON		592100400478870017
16:15:19	GMT	438	11.76	GBP		XLON		606174149313571738
16:20:11	GMT	118	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149313772512
16:20:11	GMT	118	11.75	GBP		XLON		606174149313772513
16:20:11	GMT	283	11.75	GBP		XLON		592100400479086208
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