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RNS Number : 1919B WH Smith PLC 18 March 2025
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
18 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 10,989 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
18 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 2,178,970 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 128,737,964 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: 18 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 10,989 10.6414 10.5100 10.7500
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
08:07:57 GMT 84 10.52 GBP XLON 620257099390664604
08:07:57 GMT 97 10.52 GBP XLON 620257099390664603
08:08:00 GMT 25 10.52 GBP XLON 606183350554984226
08:08:00 GMT 97 10.52 GBP XLON 606183350554984225
08:08:00 GMT 127 10.52 GBP XLON 606183350554984227
08:08:00 GMT 299 10.52 GBP XLON 620257099390665677
08:08:00 GMT 256 10.51 GBP XLON 620257099390665681
08:08:00 GMT 256 10.51 GBP XLON 620257099390665685
08:08:00 GMT 45 10.51 GBP XLON 606183350554984238
08:17:00 GMT 108 10.54 GBP XLON 606183350555171589
08:17:00 GMT 281 10.54 GBP XLON 606183350555171591
08:17:00 GMT 305 10.54 GBP XLON 606183350555171595
08:17:00 GMT 105 10.54 GBP XLON 620257099390866446
08:49:37 GMT 370 10.6 GBP XLON 606183350555916654
08:49:45 GMT 224 10.64 GBP XLON 606183350555920096
08:49:45 GMT 30 10.64 GBP XLON 620257099391672474
08:49:45 GMT 124 10.64 GBP XLON 606183350555920100
08:49:45 GMT 194 10.64 GBP XLON 620257099391672473
08:52:55 GMT 61 10.63 GBP XLON 606183350555987004
08:52:55 GMT 129 10.63 GBP XLON 620257099391745013
08:52:55 GMT 140 10.63 GBP XLON 606183350555987002
08:52:55 GMT 175 10.63 GBP XLON 606183350555987003
08:52:55 GMT 100 10.63 GBP XLON 606183350555987010
09:06:11 GMT 9 10.64 GBP XLON 620257099392047274
09:06:11 GMT 106 10.64 GBP XLON 620257099392047276
09:06:11 GMT 106 10.64 GBP XLON 620257099392047277
09:06:11 GMT 106 10.64 GBP XLON 620257099392047279
09:06:11 GMT 401 10.64 GBP XLON 620257099392047275
09:06:11 GMT 78 10.64 GBP XLON 606183350556264486
09:06:11 GMT 192 10.64 GBP XLON 606183350556264487
09:06:12 GMT 112 10.64 GBP XLON 606183350556264803
09:20:09 GMT 408 10.61 GBP XLON 606183350556617233
09:20:09 GMT 210 10.61 GBP XLON 620257099392428734
09:44:03 GMT 241 10.63 GBP XLON 620257099392968609
09:44:03 GMT 287 10.63 GBP XLON 606183350557118651
09:44:03 GMT 287 10.63 GBP XLON 620257099392968616
09:44:03 GMT 58 10.63 GBP XLON 606183350557118658
09:52:06 GMT 114 10.61 GBP XLON 606183350557263793
09:52:06 GMT 205 10.61 GBP XLON 606183350557263794
10:01:10 GMT 98 10.6 GBP XLON 620257099393304860
10:13:49 GMT 426 10.7 GBP XLON 606183350557686554
10:13:49 GMT 229 10.7 GBP XLON 606183350557686564
10:15:31 GMT 108 10.69 GBP XLON 606183350557730591
10:40:10 GMT 11 10.71 GBP XLON 606183350558203161
10:41:10 GMT 12 10.71 GBP XLON 606183350558221204
10:42:10 GMT 11 10.71 GBP XLON 606183350558241716
10:42:10 GMT 116 10.71 GBP XLON 606183350558241718
10:42:10 GMT 116 10.71 GBP XLON 606183350558241719
10:42:10 GMT 307 10.71 GBP XLON 606183350558241717
10:42:10 GMT 92 10.71 GBP XLON 606183350558241725
10:48:47 GMT 101 10.71 GBP XLON 620257099394348095
10:48:47 GMT 258 10.71 GBP XLON 620257099394348096
11:00:42 GMT 47 10.7 GBP XLON 620257099394636470
11:00:42 GMT 320 10.7 GBP XLON 620257099394636469
11:00:42 GMT 59 10.7 GBP XLON 620257099394636471
11:16:29 GMT 116 10.75 GBP XLON 620257099395035123
11:16:29 GMT 141 10.75 GBP XLON 620257099395035121
11:16:29 GMT 248 10.75 GBP XLON 620257099395035122
11:24:33 GMT 116 10.74 GBP XLON 606183350559212202
11:24:33 GMT 203 10.74 GBP XLON 606183350559212203
11:31:45 GMT 6 10.72 GBP XLON 620257099395378713
11:31:47 GMT 95 10.72 GBP XLON 620257099395379982
11:31:48 GMT 218 10.72 GBP XLON 620257099395379983
11:37:36 GMT 113 10.71 GBP XLON 620257099395518375
11:50:44 GMT 79 10.7 GBP XLON 620257099395824168
11:50:44 GMT 113 10.7 GBP XLON 620257099395824173
11:50:44 GMT 123 10.7 GBP XLON 620257099395824172
11:50:44 GMT 151 10.7 GBP XLON 620257099395824169
11:50:44 GMT 174 10.7 GBP XLON 606183350559769134
11:55:44 GMT 132 10.7 GBP XLON 620257099395926712
12:16:57 GMT 98 10.72 GBP XLON 620257099396352870
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