Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

12 March 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
12 March 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 27,131 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 12 March 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 2,084,435 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 128,832,499 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:		12 March 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	27,131		10.7009		10.5400		10.7800
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 08:05:56 GMT 86 10.67 GBP XLON 620254976046979121 08:06:09 GMT 9 10.67 GBP XLON 620254976046985247 08:08:49 GMT 104 10.71 GBP XLON 620254976047059554 08:08:50 GMT 126 10.71 GBP XLON 606181227210555455 08:09:45 GMT 104 10.68 GBP XLON 606181227210579156 08:09:45 GMT 408 10.68 GBP XLON 606181227210579155 08:09:45 GMT 369 10.68 GBP XLON 606181227210579160 08:09:45 GMT 119 10.68 GBP XLON 620254976047084780 08:09:48 GMT 31 10.67 GBP XLON 620254976047086718 08:09:48 GMT 71 10.67 GBP XLON 620254976047086717 08:19:32 GMT 101 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976047352449 08:19:32 GMT 168 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976047352447 08:19:32 GMT 207 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976047352448 08:22:38 GMT 103 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976047417391 08:22:38 GMT 232 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976047417390 08:22:59 GMT 92 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976047426323 08:29:20 GMT 11 10.62 GBP XLON 606181227211024700 08:29:20 GMT 108 10.62 GBP XLON 606181227211024702 08:29:20 GMT 350 10.62 GBP XLON 606181227211024701 08:29:20 GMT 127 10.62 GBP XLON 606181227211024707 08:42:00 GMT 426 10.65 GBP XLON 606181227211295163 08:42:00 GMT 225 10.65 GBP XLON 620254976047848744 08:56:34 GMT 112 10.59 GBP XLON 606181227211575380 08:56:34 GMT 114 10.59 GBP XLON 620254976048145856 08:56:34 GMT 121 10.59 GBP XLON 606181227211575379 08:56:34 GMT 327 10.59 GBP XLON 620254976048145855 08:57:30 GMT 88 10.54 GBP XLON 606181227211595918 08:57:34 GMT 24 10.54 GBP XLON 606181227211597228 09:09:55 GMT 254 10.6 GBP XLON 620254976048454085 09:09:55 GMT 296 10.6 GBP XLON 620254976048454089 09:12:10 GMT 47 10.6 GBP XLON 620254976048503897 09:12:10 GMT 60 10.6 GBP XLON 620254976048503898 09:28:34 GMT 100 10.63 GBP XLON 606181227212226317 09:32:57 GMT 31 10.64 GBP XLON 606181227212303835 09:32:57 GMT 72 10.64 GBP XLON 606181227212303836 09:34:49 GMT 26 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976048969114 09:34:49 GMT 351 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976048969115 09:34:49 GMT 175 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976048969118 09:34:49 GMT 175 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976048969119 09:39:28 GMT 265 10.65 GBP XLON 620254976049069030 09:39:28 GMT 109 10.65 GBP XLON 606181227212437303 10:05:49 GMT 203 10.63 GBP XLON 606181227212951665 10:05:49 GMT 206 10.63 GBP XLON 606181227212951664 10:05:49 GMT 361 10.63 GBP XLON 606181227212951670 10:05:49 GMT 56 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976049619999 10:05:49 GMT 122 10.63 GBP XLON 620254976049620001 10:21:29 GMT 102 10.58 GBP XLON 606181227213251650 10:21:29 GMT 103 10.58 GBP XLON 606181227213251651 10:21:29 GMT 328 10.58 GBP XLON 620254976049942192 10:49:20 GMT 263 10.61 GBP XLON 620254976050462979 10:49:20 GMT 367 10.61 GBP XLON 606181227213738391 10:57:40 GMT 103 10.64 GBP XLON 606181227213894658 10:57:40 GMT 103 10.64 GBP XLON 606181227213894659 10:57:40 GMT 279 10.64 GBP XLON 620254976050630839 10:57:40 GMT 57 10.64 GBP XLON 620254976050630843 11:30:36 GMT 100 10.67 GBP XLON 606181227214560807 11:32:29 GMT 4 10.66 GBP XLON 620254976051386217 11:32:29 GMT 96 10.66 GBP XLON 620254976051386218 11:32:29 GMT 425 10.66 GBP XLON 606181227214600461 11:34:05 GMT 31 10.66 GBP XLON 620254976051423311 11:34:05 GMT 133 10.66 GBP XLON 620254976051423312 11:42:21 GMT 66 10.66 GBP XLON 620254976051658810 11:42:50 GMT 110 10.66 GBP XLON 620254976051675310 11:42:55 GMT 78 10.66 GBP XLON 620254976051679654 11:42:55 GMT 100 10.66 GBP XLON 606181227214876117 11:47:09 GMT 1 10.66 GBP XLON 606181227215019151 11:47:09 GMT 20 10.66 GBP XLON 620254976051833437 11:47:09 GMT 34 10.66 GBP XLON 606181227215019148 11:47:09 GMT 64 10.66 GBP XLON 606181227215019150 11:47:09 GMT 98 10.66 GBP XLON 606181227215019147 11:47:09 GMT 111 10.66 GBP XLON 606181227215019149 12:15:09 GMT 114 10.71 GBP XLON 620254976052425587 12:15:23 GMT 121 10.71 GBP XLON 620254976052431686 12:18:31 GMT 109 10.71 GBP XLON 606181227215637693 12:21:10 GMT 104 10.71 GBP XLON 620254976052549294 12:24:16 GMT 110 10.71 GBP XLON 620254976052612441 12:25:52 GMT 7 10.7 GBP XLON 620254976052644455 12:25:52 GMT 30 10.7 GBP XLON 620254976052644453 12:25:52 GMT 47 10.7 GBP XLON 620254976052644456 12:25:52 GMT 115 10.7 GBP XLON 620254976052644452 12:25:52 GMT 175 10.7 GBP XLON 620254976052644454 12:25:52 GMT 194 10.7 GBP XLON 620254976052644451 12:30:25 GMT 269 10.74 GBP XLON 606181227215891737 12:32:04 GMT 65 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976052830166 12:33:57 GMT 105 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976052882371 12:33:57 GMT 222 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976052882370 12:33:57 GMT 104 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976052882376 12:44:02 GMT 82 10.73 GBP XLON 620254976053130965 12:44:02 GMT 175 10.73 GBP XLON 620254976053130967 12:44:02 GMT 128 10.73 GBP XLON 606181227216234048 12:59:25 GMT 322 10.73 GBP XLON 606181227216555285 13:18:22 GMT 108 10.74 GBP XLON 606181227216934221 13:18:22 GMT 108 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976053882534 13:18:22 GMT 108 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976053882537 13:18:22 GMT 108 10.75 GBP XLON 606181227216934219 13:18:22 GMT 425 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976053882535 13:18:23 GMT 152 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976053882731 13:24:14 GMT 125 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976054012020 13:24:14 GMT 233 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227217053648 13:35:46 GMT 109 10.77 GBP XLON 620254976054351836 13:35:46 GMT 109 10.77 GBP XLON 620254976054351837 13:35:48 GMT 34 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976054352918 13:35:48 GMT 350 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976054352917 13:35:48 GMT 18 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227217371337 13:47:04 GMT 109 10.78 GBP XLON 620254976054731593 13:47:04 GMT 257 10.78 GBP XLON 620254976054731592 13:47:04 GMT 318 10.78 GBP XLON 606181227217725486 13:55:38 GMT 109 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227218030568 13:55:38 GMT 327 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976055056515 14:03:03 GMT 103 10.78 GBP XLON 606181227218274050 14:03:03 GMT 168 10.78 GBP XLON 606181227218274048 14:03:03 GMT 57 10.78 GBP XLON 606181227218274059 14:10:40 GMT 266 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227218493220 14:10:50 GMT 61 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227218497974 14:16:40 GMT 304 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976055749749 14:16:40 GMT 64 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227218675852 14:31:00 GMT 376 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976056217499 14:31:00 GMT 198 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227219110404 14:41:40 GMT 103 10.75 GBP XLON 606181227219534180 14:41:40 GMT 103 10.75 GBP XLON 606181227219534181 14:41:40 GMT 103 10.75 GBP XLON 606181227219534183 14:41:40 GMT 103 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976056671767 14:41:40 GMT 103 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976056671768 14:41:40 GMT 114 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976056671765 14:41:40 GMT 214 10.75 GBP XLON 606181227219534179 14:54:55 GMT 114 10.73 GBP XLON 606181227220054316 14:56:13 GMT 102 10.73 GBP XLON 606181227220188322 14:56:19 GMT 409 10.72 GBP XLON 620254976057374727 14:57:53 GMT 343 10.72 GBP XLON 620254976057530610 14:58:03 GMT 113 10.72 GBP XLON 620254976057550897 14:58:03 GMT 244 10.72 GBP XLON 620254976057550896 15:07:36 GMT 75 10.7 GBP XLON 620254976058094279 15:07:36 GMT 146 10.7 GBP XLON 606181227220882075 15:07:36 GMT 175 10.7 GBP XLON 606181227220882074 15:12:55 GMT 107 10.71 GBP XLON 606181227221151934 15:12:55 GMT 257 10.71 GBP XLON 620254976058381255 15:15:16 GMT 109 10.71 GBP XLON 620254976058489184 15:15:16 GMT 360 10.71 GBP XLON 620254976058489182 15:20:15 GMT 262 10.72 GBP XLON 620254976058665439 15:21:29 GMT 101 10.72 GBP XLON 620254976058707973 15:21:29 GMT 140 10.72 GBP XLON 620254976058707971 15:33:50 GMT 256 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976059181809 15:33:51 GMT 61 10.74 GBP XLON 606181227221906036 15:33:51 GMT 207 10.74 GBP XLON 606181227221906035 15:38:42 GMT 287 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976059351991 15:44:06 GMT 5 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222248849 15:44:06 GMT 104 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222248848 15:44:06 GMT 3 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222248859 15:49:26 GMT 1 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222440673 15:49:26 GMT 99 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976059750247 15:49:26 GMT 105 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222440675 15:49:26 GMT 109 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976059750249 15:49:26 GMT 174 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222440672 15:49:26 GMT 182 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222440670 15:49:26 GMT 144 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222440687 15:49:26 GMT 200 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222440685 15:49:26 GMT 369 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976059750256 15:49:26 GMT 16 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976059750257 15:49:26 GMT 27 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227222440699 15:55:26 GMT 101 10.73 GBP XLON 620254976059981264 15:56:18 GMT 62 10.73 GBP XLON 620254976060011951 15:56:18 GMT 105 10.73 GBP XLON 620254976060011953 15:56:18 GMT 105 10.73 GBP XLON 620254976060011954 15:56:18 GMT 146 10.73 GBP XLON 620254976060011952 15:57:22 GMT 20 10.73 GBP XLON 606181227222722039 16:04:26 GMT 101 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976060294775 16:04:26 GMT 105 10.74 GBP XLON 606181227222954046 16:04:26 GMT 105 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976060294777 16:04:26 GMT 168 10.74 GBP XLON 620254976060294776 16:05:04 GMT 112 10.74 GBP XLON 606181227222972103 16:05:04 GMT 131 10.74 GBP XLON 606181227222972101 16:12:33 GMT 111 10.75 GBP XLON 606181227223258374 16:12:33 GMT 111 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976060617512 16:12:33 GMT 111 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976060617513 16:12:33 GMT 111 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976060617514 16:12:33 GMT 237 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976060617511 16:12:49 GMT 161 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976060629041 16:13:00 GMT 67 10.75 GBP XLON 620254976060635422 16:17:44 GMT 110 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227223438753 16:17:44 GMT 110 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227223438755 16:17:44 GMT 161 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976060810517 16:17:44 GMT 190 10.76 GBP XLON 620254976060810518 16:17:45 GMT 1 10.76 GBP XLON 606181227223439680 16:29:02 GMT 138 10.75 GBP XLON 606181227223929683 16:29:02 GMT 252 10.75 GBP XLON 606181227223929684
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