Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC
08 May 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

08 May 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 23,676 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 08 May 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 2,853,222 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,063,712 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:

08 May 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

23,676

9.6420

9.5100

9.6700






















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

 

08:01:34

BST

104

9.515

GBP

XLON

606201384421938270

 

08:01:34

BST

402

9.515

GBP

XLON

606201384421938268

 

08:01:34

BST

216

9.51

GBP

XLON

592127635586359492

 

08:14:18

BST

3

9.605

GBP

XLON

606201384422275880

 

08:14:18

BST

90

9.62

GBP

XLON

606201384422275891

 

08:14:19

BST

19

9.62

GBP

XLON

606201384422276087

 

08:14:19

BST

112

9.62

GBP

XLON

592127635586717547

 

08:14:20

BST

188

9.62

GBP

XLON

592127635586718059

 

08:14:52

BST

293

9.585

GBP

XLON

592127635586730852

 

08:14:52

BST

325

9.585

GBP

XLON

592127635586730856

 

08:19:35

BST

123

9.605

GBP

XLON

592127635586844036

 

08:19:43

BST

79

9.585

GBP

XLON

592127635586847284

 

08:25:15

BST

184

9.61

GBP

XLON

592127635586966410

 

08:25:15

BST

107

9.61

GBP

XLON

606201384422510875

 

08:25:16

BST

107

9.585

GBP

XLON

592127635586967289

 

08:25:16

BST

107

9.585

GBP

XLON

592127635586967290

 

08:25:16

BST

123

9.585

GBP

XLON

606201384422511652

 

08:25:16

BST

123

9.585

GBP

XLON

606201384422511653

 

08:25:16

BST

326

9.585

GBP

XLON

592127635586967288

 

08:25:16

BST

293

9.585

GBP

XLON

592127635586967297

 

08:25:16

BST

218

9.585

GBP

XLON

606201384422511658

 

08:26:01

BST

173

9.585

GBP

XLON

606201384422527338

 

08:26:01

BST

260

9.585

GBP

XLON

606201384422527337

 

08:26:01

BST

169

9.585

GBP

XLON

592127635586984103

 

08:26:14

BST

151

9.57

GBP

XLON

606201384422532089

 

08:27:32

BST

122

9.555

GBP

XLON

606201384422557738

 

08:31:13

BST

3

9.605

GBP

XLON

606201384422645951

 

08:31:13

BST

119

9.605

GBP

XLON

606201384422645952

 

08:31:13

BST

417

9.605

GBP

XLON

592127635587109077

 

08:31:41

BST

143

9.605

GBP

XLON

592127635587121563

 

08:37:05

BST

404

9.59

GBP

XLON

606201384422769731

 

08:38:29

BST

369

9.59

GBP

XLON

606201384422797731

 

08:49:21

BST

27

9.59

GBP

XLON

592127635587490098

 

08:49:21

BST

97

9.59

GBP

XLON

592127635587490097

 

08:49:21

BST

124

9.59

GBP

XLON

592127635587490099

 

08:49:21

BST

124

9.59

GBP

XLON

592127635587490100

 

08:49:21

BST

124

9.59

GBP

XLON

606201384423007952

 

08:49:21

BST

124

9.59

GBP

XLON

606201384423007953

 

08:49:21

BST

385

9.59

GBP

XLON

592127635587490096

 

08:59:32

BST

112

9.585

GBP

XLON

606201384423211772

 

09:01:53

BST

133

9.625

GBP

XLON

592127635587759831

 

09:04:03

BST

120

9.65

GBP

XLON

606201384423322997

 

09:05:02

BST

28

9.65

GBP

XLON

606201384423344866

 

09:05:02

BST

95

9.65

GBP

XLON

606201384423344865

 

09:05:30

BST

409

9.635

GBP

XLON

606201384423359247

 

09:05:30

BST

461

9.635

GBP

XLON

592127635587861218

 

09:05:30

BST

281

9.635

GBP

XLON

606201384423359254

 

09:05:35

BST

26

9.635

GBP

XLON

592127635587863677

 

09:05:35

BST

149

9.635

GBP

XLON

606201384423361474

 

09:12:25

BST

113

9.66

GBP

XLON

592127635588015676

 

09:22:14

BST

111

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635588231885

 

10:32:40

BST

67

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039271

 

10:32:40

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635135

 

10:32:40

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635138

 

10:32:40

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039274

 

10:32:40

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039282

 

10:32:40

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039284

 

10:32:40

BST

113

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635139

 

10:32:40

BST

140

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039272

 

10:32:40

BST

163

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635137

 

10:32:40

BST

164

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635144

 

10:32:40

BST

194

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039278

 

10:32:40

BST

201

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039270

 

10:32:40

BST

211

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635141

 

10:32:40

BST

222

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039280

 

10:32:40

BST

278

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635136

 

10:32:40

BST

290

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039273

 

10:32:40

BST

333

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635145

 

10:32:40

BST

466

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039276

 

10:32:40

BST

468

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635142

 

10:32:40

BST

751

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635140

 

10:32:40

BST

348

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635153

 

10:32:40

BST

52

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635160

 

10:32:40

BST

108

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635589635159

 

10:32:40

BST

152

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039298

 

10:32:40

BST

321

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384425039299

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231975

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231976

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231977

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231978

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231980

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231988

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231999

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595232002

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373874

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373877

 

14:45:32

BST

112

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373879

 

14:45:32

BST

138

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373882

 

14:45:32

BST

139

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373886

 

14:45:32

BST

176

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595232001

 

14:45:32

BST

195

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231991

 

14:45:32

BST

195

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373885

 

14:45:32

BST

199

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373878

 

14:45:32

BST

199

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373880

 

14:45:32

BST

207

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595232005

 

14:45:32

BST

208

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231974

 

14:45:32

BST

212

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373883

 

14:45:32

BST

214

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231996

 

14:45:32

BST

219

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231986

 

14:45:32

BST

298

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231994

 

14:45:32

BST

339

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373888

 

14:45:32

BST

363

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231984

 

14:45:32

BST

399

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595231982

 

14:45:32

BST

824

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384430373876

 

14:45:32

BST

348

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635595232013

 

16:05:12

BST

37

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635598261174

 

16:05:12

BST

64

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384433293996

 

16:05:12

BST

74

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635598261175

 

16:05:12

BST

111

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635598261176

 

16:05:12

BST

111

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635598261177

 

16:05:12

BST

111

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635598261178

 

16:05:12

BST

111

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384433293992

 

16:05:12

BST

111

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384433293993

 

16:05:12

BST

111

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384433293994

 

16:05:12

BST

111

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384433293995

 

16:05:12

BST

294

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384433293990

 

16:05:12

BST

322

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384433293991

 

16:05:12

BST

335

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635598261172

 

16:05:12

BST

488

9.67

GBP

XLON

606201384433293989

 

16:05:12

BST

664

9.67

GBP

XLON

592127635598261173

 




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