WH Smith PLC Transaction in Own Shares

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WH Smith PLC

06 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
06 January 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 26 January 2024, of 24,937 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 06 January 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 976,886 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,940,048 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:			06 January 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		24,937			11.8833			11.7500		12.0000
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
08:09:21	GMT	93	11.81	GBP		XLON		606158223008952117
08:11:15	GMT	97	11.75	GBP		XLON		606158223008977536
08:14:03	GMT	27	11.77	GBP		XLON		592084471479008711
08:14:03	GMT	103	11.77	GBP		XLON		592084471479008712
08:14:42	GMT	111	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158223009016528
08:16:46	GMT	389	11.78	GBP		XLON		592084471479046184
08:16:46	GMT	219	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158223009044660
08:16:46	GMT	409	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158223009044659
08:16:46	GMT	165	11.78	GBP		XLON		592084471479046190
09:08:45	GMT	101	11.85	GBP		XLON		592084471479778887
09:08:45	GMT	101	11.85	GBP		XLON		606158223009736233
09:08:45	GMT	619	11.85	GBP		XLON		592084471479778886
09:08:45	GMT	115	11.86	GBP		XLON		592084471479778893
09:08:45	GMT	267	11.85	GBP		XLON		606158223009736239
09:08:45	GMT	402	11.85	GBP		XLON		592084471479778897
09:08:45	GMT	2	11.85	GBP		XLON		592084471479778898
09:08:45	GMT	45	11.85	GBP		XLON		606158223009736248
09:08:45	GMT	159	11.85	GBP		XLON		592084471479778908
09:08:47	GMT	9	11.85	GBP		XLON		592084471479779602
09:08:54	GMT	198	11.86	GBP		XLON		606158223009738784
09:19:19	GMT	101	11.85	GBP		XLON		592084471479939699
09:19:19	GMT	265	11.85	GBP		XLON		606158223009888880
09:19:29	GMT	9	11.84	GBP		XLON		592084471479944140
09:19:29	GMT	90	11.84	GBP		XLON		592084471479944139
09:44:54	GMT	48	11.79	GBP		XLON		606158223010264145
09:44:54	GMT	377	11.79	GBP		XLON		592084471480336362
09:44:54	GMT	46	11.79	GBP		XLON		606158223010264246
09:44:54	GMT	76	11.79	GBP		XLON		606158223010264245
09:44:54	GMT	260	11.79	GBP		XLON		606158223010264244
10:00:16	GMT	45	11.76	GBP		XLON		606158223010472906
10:00:16	GMT	181	11.76	GBP		XLON		592084471480557115
10:00:16	GMT	95	11.76	GBP		XLON		592084471480557116
10:00:16	GMT	95	11.76	GBP		XLON		592084471480557117
10:00:16	GMT	140	11.76	GBP		XLON		606158223010472907
10:29:54	GMT	1	11.76	GBP		XLON		592084471481013329
10:29:54	GMT	98	11.76	GBP		XLON		592084471481013328
10:33:21	GMT	109	11.76	GBP		XLON		592084471481066329
11:01:02	GMT	110	11.79	GBP		XLON		606158223011304382
11:01:02	GMT	123	11.79	GBP		XLON		592084471481432340
11:01:02	GMT	151	11.79	GBP		XLON		592084471481432341
11:02:09	GMT	71	11.78	GBP		XLON		592084471481454084
11:02:09	GMT	217	11.78	GBP		XLON		592084471481454086
11:02:09	GMT	300	11.78	GBP		XLON		592084471481454085
11:02:09	GMT	350	11.78	GBP		XLON		606158223011324827
11:25:57	GMT	98	11.89	GBP		XLON		606158223011767209
11:30:37	GMT	135	11.89	GBP		XLON		606158223011862998
11:31:25	GMT	110	11.89	GBP		XLON		592084471482040765
11:33:33	GMT	74	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223011920417
11:33:33	GMT	375	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223011920415
11:33:33	GMT	475	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223011920425
11:41:45	GMT	24	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223012071486
11:41:45	GMT	37	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223012071489
12:12:26	GMT	14	11.94	GBP		XLON		592084471482770404
12:12:26	GMT	79	11.94	GBP		XLON		592084471482770410
12:14:37	GMT	374	11.93	GBP		XLON		592084471482815411
12:14:37	GMT	60	11.93	GBP		XLON		592084471482815418
12:14:37	GMT	455	11.93	GBP		XLON		592084471482815417
12:14:39	GMT	15	11.93	GBP		XLON		592084471482816178
12:14:39	GMT	207	11.93	GBP		XLON		592084471482816182
12:27:43	GMT	98	11.94	GBP		XLON		592084471483059554
12:27:43	GMT	268	11.94	GBP		XLON		592084471483059553
12:33:27	GMT	111	11.93	GBP		XLON		592084471483166170
12:46:08	GMT	367	11.91	GBP		XLON		592084471483399154
13:05:36	GMT	94	11.9	GBP		XLON		592084471483768385
13:05:36	GMT	95	11.9	GBP		XLON		592084471483768387
13:05:36	GMT	273	11.9	GBP		XLON		592084471483768386
13:05:36	GMT	332	11.9	GBP		XLON		606158223013529405
13:25:16	GMT	103	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471484153232
13:34:05	GMT	16	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014039562
13:34:05	GMT	34	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014039563
13:34:05	GMT	46	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014039564
13:35:58	GMT	97	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471484334622
13:46:15	GMT	109	11.89	GBP		XLON		592084471484522269
13:46:15	GMT	109	11.89	GBP		XLON		606158223014246356
13:47:00	GMT	201	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014260453
13:47:00	GMT	215	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014260455
13:47:00	GMT	297	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014260454
13:57:37	GMT	13	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014467033
13:57:37	GMT	36	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471484755349
13:57:37	GMT	60	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471484755348
13:57:37	GMT	96	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471484755350
13:57:37	GMT	96	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471484755351
13:57:37	GMT	96	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014467035
13:57:37	GMT	96	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014467036
13:57:37	GMT	110	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471484755347
13:57:37	GMT	470	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014467034
13:57:37	GMT	56	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014467047
13:57:37	GMT	104	11.88	GBP		XLON		606158223014467046
14:11:05	GMT	104	11.89	GBP		XLON		592084471485014390
14:11:37	GMT	104	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471485024073
14:11:37	GMT	455	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471485024074
14:15:26	GMT	100	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471485102132
14:18:42	GMT	367	11.85	GBP		XLON		606158223014953378
14:37:08	GMT	2	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471485756263
14:37:08	GMT	100	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471485756262
14:37:08	GMT	435	11.87	GBP		XLON		606158223015423755
14:37:08	GMT	632	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471485756267
14:37:08	GMT	165	11.87	GBP		XLON		606158223015423761
14:48:50	GMT	69	11.92	GBP		XLON		592084471486036682
14:48:50	GMT	107	11.92	GBP		XLON		592084471486036683
14:48:50	GMT	377	11.92	GBP		XLON		592084471486036681
14:50:37	GMT	305	11.93	GBP		XLON		592084471486077343
14:59:55	GMT	102	11.94	GBP		XLON		592084471486290926
15:02:34	GMT	96	11.93	GBP		XLON		606158223015998394
15:02:34	GMT	102	11.93	GBP		XLON		606158223015998393
15:02:34	GMT	186	11.93	GBP		XLON		606158223015998392
15:02:34	GMT	221	11.93	GBP		XLON		606158223015998391
15:03:15	GMT	474	11.94	GBP		XLON		606158223016021204
15:04:12	GMT	82	11.94	GBP		XLON		606158223016043767
15:04:12	GMT	87	11.94	GBP		XLON		606158223016043768
15:12:30	GMT	106	11.94	GBP		XLON		592084471486616080
15:12:30	GMT	106	11.94	GBP		XLON		592084471486616081
15:12:30	GMT	369	11.94	GBP		XLON		592084471486616079
15:25:47	GMT	41	11.94	GBP		XLON		606158223016547440
15:25:47	GMT	63	11.94	GBP		XLON		606158223016547441
15:27:15	GMT	40	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471486964440
15:27:19	GMT	61	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471486966111
15:28:45	GMT	7	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471486995322
15:28:45	GMT	26	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471486995325
15:28:45	GMT	33	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471486995324
15:28:45	GMT	34	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471486995323
15:30:24	GMT	107	11.95	GBP		XLON		606158223016640188
15:32:02	GMT	12	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471487077320
15:32:02	GMT	36	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471487077321
15:32:02	GMT	54	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471487077322
15:33:36	GMT	104	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471487110624
15:35:11	GMT	25	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471487144498
15:35:11	GMT	73	11.95	GBP		XLON		592084471487144497
15:37:16	GMT	95	11.95	GBP		XLON		606158223016788749
15:39:07	GMT	97	11.96	GBP		XLON		606158223016826523
15:40:37	GMT	87	11.96	GBP		XLON		606158223016859310
15:41:05	GMT	3	11.97	GBP		XLON		606158223016871779
15:41:05	GMT	4	11.97	GBP		XLON		606158223016871780
15:41:05	GMT	11	11.97	GBP		XLON		606158223016871781
15:41:16	GMT	431	11.97	GBP		XLON		606158223016876052
15:41:16	GMT	117	11.97	GBP		XLON		592084471487281361
15:41:16	GMT	314	11.97	GBP		XLON		592084471487281362
15:41:16	GMT	223	11.97	GBP		XLON		606158223016876077
15:42:01	GMT	36	11.97	GBP		XLON		606158223016891633
15:42:01	GMT	141	11.97	GBP		XLON		606158223016891634
15:55:27	GMT	110	12	GBP		XLON		606158223017187862
15:56:06	GMT	108	11.99	GBP		XLON		592084471487623399
16:00:04	GMT	154	11.99	GBP		XLON		592084471487721739
16:00:04	GMT	215	11.99	GBP		XLON		592084471487721740
16:00:15	GMT	97	11.99	GBP		XLON		592084471487731531
16:00:15	GMT	97	11.99	GBP		XLON		592084471487731532
16:00:15	GMT	184	11.99	GBP		XLON		592084471487731530
16:00:24	GMT	345	11.99	GBP		XLON		592084471487735217
16:00:24	GMT	152	11.99	GBP		XLON		606158223017308664
16:00:55	GMT	127	11.95	GBP		XLON		606158223017319653
16:08:15	GMT	97	11.91	GBP		XLON		592084471487926984
16:08:15	GMT	97	11.91	GBP		XLON		592084471487926985
16:08:15	GMT	97	11.91	GBP		XLON		606158223017491870
16:08:15	GMT	97	11.91	GBP		XLON		606158223017491871
16:08:15	GMT	368	11.91	GBP		XLON		606158223017491869
16:19:27	GMT	106	11.88	GBP		XLON		592084471488209747
16:19:28	GMT	106	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471488210366
16:19:28	GMT	106	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471488210368
16:19:28	GMT	106	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471488210371
16:19:28	GMT	106	11.87	GBP		XLON		606158223017761728
16:19:28	GMT	106	11.87	GBP		XLON		606158223017761730
16:19:28	GMT	106	11.87	GBP		XLON		606158223017761734
16:19:28	GMT	107	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471488210369
16:19:28	GMT	140	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471488210364
16:19:28	GMT	158	11.87	GBP		XLON		606158223017761732
16:19:28	GMT	228	11.87	GBP		XLON		592084471488210360
16:29:51	GMT	70	11.89	GBP		XLON		592084471488546270
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