WH Smith PLC Transaction in Own Shares

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WH Smith PLC

16 January 2025

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
16 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 25,146 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 16 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 1,183,334 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,733,600 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:			16 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		25,146			11.7554			11.6800		11.8500
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
08:08:05	GMT	93	11.69	GBP		XLON		606161762986751000
08:09:20	GMT	360	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014151267128
08:09:20	GMT	533	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014151267132
08:09:20	GMT	3	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014151267219
08:09:20	GMT	340	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014151267220
08:23:17	GMT	98	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014151609037
08:23:17	GMT	124	11.73	GBP		XLON		592088014151609065
08:23:17	GMT	164	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762987115543
08:23:17	GMT	478	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762987115542
08:23:17	GMT	5	11.73	GBP		XLON		592088014151609069
08:31:21	GMT	423	11.68	GBP		XLON		592088014151775674
08:48:17	GMT	424	11.71	GBP		XLON		592088014152144130
09:02:28	GMT	28	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014152414756
09:02:28	GMT	77	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014152414757
09:02:28	GMT	422	11.7	GBP		XLON		606161762987876050
09:24:34	GMT	292	11.81	GBP		XLON		606161762988333020
09:24:45	GMT	312	11.81	GBP		XLON		606161762988336359
09:24:45	GMT	10	11.81	GBP		XLON		606161762988336365
09:24:45	GMT	83	11.8	GBP		XLON		592088014152902391
09:24:45	GMT	116	11.8	GBP		XLON		592088014152902393
09:27:51	GMT	22	11.79	GBP		XLON		606161762988402562
09:27:51	GMT	116	11.79	GBP		XLON		606161762988402563
09:45:12	GMT	143	11.82	GBP		XLON		592088014153323519
09:45:12	GMT	409	11.82	GBP		XLON		592088014153323520
09:45:12	GMT	133	11.82	GBP		XLON		592088014153323523
10:15:06	GMT	94	11.78	GBP		XLON		606161762989304174
10:15:06	GMT	176	11.78	GBP		XLON		592088014153927134
10:15:06	GMT	205	11.78	GBP		XLON		592088014153927135
10:15:06	GMT	42	11.78	GBP		XLON		592088014153927142
10:15:06	GMT	94	11.77	GBP		XLON		592088014153927216
10:34:16	GMT	9	11.77	GBP		XLON		592088014154346618
10:35:39	GMT	7	11.77	GBP		XLON		592088014154376677
10:35:39	GMT	92	11.77	GBP		XLON		592088014154376678
10:45:21	GMT	24	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014154559234
10:45:21	GMT	23	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014154559252
10:57:51	GMT	50	11.77	GBP		XLON		606161762990137499
10:57:51	GMT	81	11.77	GBP		XLON		606161762990137500
10:57:51	GMT	106	11.77	GBP		XLON		592088014154808315
10:57:51	GMT	205	11.77	GBP		XLON		592088014154808314
10:58:44	GMT	18	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014154827455
10:58:44	GMT	108	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014154827453
10:58:44	GMT	133	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014154827454
10:58:44	GMT	167	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014154827452
10:58:44	GMT	108	11.76	GBP		XLON		606161762990155340
10:58:44	GMT	136	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014154827456
11:19:14	GMT	96	11.75	GBP		XLON		592088014155227178
11:19:14	GMT	96	11.75	GBP		XLON		606161762990530169
11:19:14	GMT	106	11.75	GBP		XLON		592088014155227179
11:19:14	GMT	317	11.75	GBP		XLON		592088014155227180
11:19:22	GMT	96	11.74	GBP		XLON		606161762990532065
11:48:17	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014155766695
11:48:17	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON		606161762991039897
11:48:17	GMT	423	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014155766694
11:48:17	GMT	111	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762991039903
12:12:18	GMT	79	11.72	GBP		XLON		592088014156224583
12:12:18	GMT	110	11.72	GBP		XLON		592088014156224582
12:12:18	GMT	110	11.72	GBP		XLON		606161762991473065
12:23:00	GMT	12	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014156415192
12:23:00	GMT	100	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014156415190
12:23:00	GMT	100	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014156415193
12:23:00	GMT	200	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014156415191
12:23:01	GMT	112	11.73	GBP		XLON		592088014156415503
12:23:01	GMT	307	11.73	GBP		XLON		592088014156415508
12:58:20	GMT	95	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014157125062
12:58:20	GMT	164	11.76	GBP		XLON		592088014157125063
12:58:20	GMT	14	11.76	GBP		XLON		606161762992324249
12:58:20	GMT	95	11.76	GBP		XLON		606161762992324248
13:01:23	GMT	421	11.75	GBP		XLON		592088014157201361
13:01:23	GMT	82	11.75	GBP		XLON		592088014157201376
13:01:23	GMT	150	11.75	GBP		XLON		592088014157201375
13:02:20	GMT	67	11.74	GBP		XLON		606161762992423735
13:20:50	GMT	33	11.74	GBP		XLON		606161762992791010
13:20:50	GMT	100	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014157621479
13:20:50	GMT	102	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014157621477
13:20:50	GMT	102	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014157621480
13:20:50	GMT	390	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014157621478
13:20:50	GMT	12	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014157621486
13:50:08	GMT	52	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993405068
13:50:08	GMT	58	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993405070
13:50:08	GMT	110	11.73	GBP		XLON		592088014158271142
13:50:08	GMT	203	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993405069
13:58:03	GMT	107	11.73	GBP		XLON		592088014158468716
14:02:03	GMT	139	11.74	GBP		XLON		592088014158582289
14:02:03	GMT	535	11.73	GBP		XLON		592088014158582296
14:02:03	GMT	91	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993698005
14:02:05	GMT	108	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993699079
14:02:05	GMT	150	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993699078
14:02:05	GMT	232	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993699077
14:02:06	GMT	49	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993699499
14:02:13	GMT	111	11.73	GBP		XLON		606161762993703537
14:04:30	GMT	58	11.72	GBP		XLON		606161762993761548
14:04:30	GMT	58	11.72	GBP		XLON		606161762993761549
14:28:56	GMT	78	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762994447419
14:28:58	GMT	33	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762994448574
14:29:24	GMT	421	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014159392443
14:34:31	GMT	96	11.72	GBP		XLON		592088014159610699
14:34:31	GMT	96	11.72	GBP		XLON		606161762994672462
14:34:31	GMT	481	11.72	GBP		XLON		606161762994672463
14:34:31	GMT	188	11.72	GBP		XLON		592088014159610704
14:42:17	GMT	13	11.72	GBP		XLON		606161762994972109
14:42:17	GMT	88	11.72	GBP		XLON		606161762994972108
14:42:17	GMT	101	11.72	GBP		XLON		592088014159925231
14:43:06	GMT	43	11.71	GBP		XLON		592088014159953933
14:43:06	GMT	58	11.71	GBP		XLON		592088014159953934
14:43:06	GMT	101	11.71	GBP		XLON		592088014159953932
14:43:06	GMT	101	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762994999500
14:43:06	GMT	101	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762994999501
14:43:06	GMT	101	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762994999502
14:43:06	GMT	105	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762994999503
14:43:06	GMT	153	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762994999499
14:43:06	GMT	327	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762994999498
14:59:36	GMT	110	11.71	GBP		XLON		606161762995592952
14:59:37	GMT	43	11.7	GBP		XLON		606161762995593071
14:59:37	GMT	67	11.7	GBP		XLON		606161762995593072
14:59:37	GMT	110	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014160577840
14:59:37	GMT	110	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014160577841
14:59:37	GMT	110	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014160577842
14:59:37	GMT	110	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014160577845
14:59:37	GMT	110	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014160577846
14:59:37	GMT	110	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014160577847
14:59:37	GMT	110	11.7	GBP		XLON		606161762995593073
14:59:37	GMT	425	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014160577839
15:15:00	GMT	1	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014161150049
15:15:00	GMT	4	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014161150050
15:15:00	GMT	99	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014161150051
15:15:00	GMT	104	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014161150047
15:15:00	GMT	125	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014161150046
15:15:00	GMT	449	11.7	GBP		XLON		592088014161150048
15:23:25	GMT	101	11.73	GBP		XLON		592088014161424222
15:30:21	GMT	7	11.75	GBP		XLON		606161762996607233
15:30:21	GMT	71	11.75	GBP		XLON		606161762996607256
15:30:22	GMT	23	11.75	GBP		XLON		606161762996607532
15:30:22	GMT	101	11.75	GBP		XLON		592088014161645681
15:38:13	GMT	45	11.79	GBP		XLON		606161762996859708
15:38:13	GMT	66	11.79	GBP		XLON		606161762996859707
15:38:13	GMT	103	11.79	GBP		XLON		592088014161910934
15:38:13	GMT	42	11.79	GBP		XLON		592088014161910937
15:38:13	GMT	61	11.79	GBP		XLON		592088014161910938
15:39:05	GMT	105	11.78	GBP		XLON		592088014161936722
15:39:05	GMT	348	11.77	GBP		XLON		606161762996883907
15:39:22	GMT	30	11.79	GBP		XLON		606161762996891506
15:39:22	GMT	231	11.79	GBP		XLON		606161762996891504
15:43:17	GMT	106	11.81	GBP		XLON		606161762997012824
15:44:24	GMT	98	11.81	GBP		XLON		606161762997045290
15:44:30	GMT	429	11.81	GBP		XLON		592088014162110783
15:44:30	GMT	429	11.81	GBP		XLON		592088014162110789
15:44:30	GMT	1	11.81	GBP		XLON		606161762997048830
15:44:38	GMT	435	11.8	GBP		XLON		592088014162114372
15:59:33	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON		606161762997509131
15:59:40	GMT	97	11.82	GBP		XLON		592088014162599993
15:59:40	GMT	97	11.82	GBP		XLON		592088014162599995
15:59:40	GMT	97	11.82	GBP		XLON		592088014162599996
15:59:40	GMT	97	11.82	GBP		XLON		606161762997513697
15:59:40	GMT	97	11.82	GBP		XLON		606161762997513698
15:59:40	GMT	353	11.82	GBP		XLON		592088014162599994
15:59:40	GMT	327	11.82	GBP		XLON		592088014162600239
16:05:31	GMT	99	11.83	GBP		XLON		606161762997734847
16:09:09	GMT	107	11.84	GBP		XLON		592088014162969499
16:13:02	GMT	107	11.85	GBP		XLON		606161762998005842
16:13:51	GMT	103	11.85	GBP		XLON		606161762998035127
16:14:41	GMT	100	11.85	GBP		XLON		606161762998070414
16:14:41	GMT	107	11.84	GBP		XLON		592088014163182616
16:14:41	GMT	444	11.84	GBP		XLON		592088014163182615
16:14:41	GMT	272	11.84	GBP		XLON		592088014163182661
16:14:41	GMT	356	11.84	GBP		XLON		592088014163182662
16:14:41	GMT	135	11.84	GBP		XLON		606161762998070487
16:21:12	GMT	555	11.84	GBP		XLON		606161762998323620
16:21:12	GMT	197	11.84	GBP		XLON		592088014163447437
16:21:14	GMT	17	11.84	GBP		XLON		592088014163449634
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