REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
23/04/2025 18:30
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RNS Number : 9379F WH Smith PLC 23 April 2025
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
23 April 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 56,306 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
23 April 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 2,341,345 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 128,575,589 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: 23 April 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 56,306 9.0642 8.9900 9.1900
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
08:00:23 BST 307 9 GBP XLON 620269824841831869
08:00:23 BST 10 9 GBP XLON 606196076005427301
08:05:35 BST 194 9.19 GBP XLON 606196076005679490
08:05:35 BST 277 9.19 GBP XLON 606196076005679491
08:05:35 BST 281 9.19 GBP XLON 606196076005679497
08:05:35 BST 281 9.19 GBP XLON 620269824842084261
08:05:35 BST 281 9.19 GBP XLON 606196076005679502
08:05:35 BST 11 9.19 GBP XLON 606196076005679520
08:05:37 BST 117 9.19 GBP XLON 606196076005680664
08:06:11 BST 97 9.145 GBP XLON 606196076005696514
08:07:59 BST 295 9.105 GBP XLON 606196076005761908
08:12:35 BST 115 9.13 GBP XLON 620269824842318781
08:12:35 BST 355 9.13 GBP XLON 620269824842318780
08:12:35 BST 237 9.13 GBP XLON 620269824842318785
08:14:15 BST 268 9.08 GBP XLON 606196076005958041
08:21:05 BST 422 9.12 GBP XLON 606196076006147270
08:22:16 BST 172 9.12 GBP XLON 620269824842589859
08:22:16 BST 250 9.12 GBP XLON 620269824842589858
08:22:16 BST 152 9.12 GBP XLON 606196076006184809
08:26:13 BST 69 9.15 GBP XLON 620269824842693251
08:26:13 BST 190 9.15 GBP XLON 620269824842693252
08:26:13 BST 113 9.15 GBP XLON 620269824842693265
08:31:56 BST 155 9.18 GBP XLON 620269824842833541
08:31:56 BST 250 9.18 GBP XLON 620269824842833540
08:31:56 BST 157 9.18 GBP XLON 620269824842833554
08:31:56 BST 183 9.18 GBP XLON 620269824842833555
08:42:04 BST 116 9.18 GBP XLON 620269824843074533
08:42:04 BST 301 9.18 GBP XLON 620269824843074532
08:42:04 BST 291 9.18 GBP XLON 620269824843074536
08:42:04 BST 291 9.18 GBP XLON 606196076006669999
08:42:04 BST 21 9.18 GBP XLON 620269824843074539
08:43:27 BST 54 9.165 GBP XLON 606196076006707852
08:43:27 BST 56 9.165 GBP XLON 606196076006707853
08:50:22 BST 41 9.165 GBP XLON 606196076006863970
08:50:22 BST 155 9.165 GBP XLON 606196076006863968
08:50:22 BST 345 9.165 GBP XLON 606196076006863969
08:52:05 BST 16 9.16 GBP XLON 606196076006901700
08:52:05 BST 52 9.16 GBP XLON 606196076006901702
08:52:05 BST 234 9.16 GBP XLON 606196076006901701
08:57:02 BST 111 9.13 GBP XLON 620269824843400743
08:57:02 BST 149 9.13 GBP XLON 620269824843400744
09:01:57 BST 69 9.16 GBP XLON 620269824843498432
09:01:57 BST 143 9.16 GBP XLON 620269824843498431
09:01:57 BST 337 9.16 GBP XLON 620269824843498433
09:04:17 BST 406 9.15 GBP XLON 606196076007145623
09:12:05 BST 273 9.105 GBP XLON 606196076007302379
09:22:12 BST 134 9.11 GBP XLON 620269824843921604
09:22:12 BST 249 9.11 GBP XLON 620269824843921605
09:27:09 BST 173 9.12 GBP XLON 620269824844020199
09:27:09 BST 214 9.12 GBP XLON 620269824844020198
09:27:09 BST 216 9.12 GBP XLON 606196076007614175
09:27:09 BST 155 9.115 GBP XLON 606196076007614177
09:27:09 BST 236 9.115 GBP XLON 606196076007614178
09:27:09 BST 167 9.115 GBP XLON 620269824844020218
09:38:56 BST 374 9.105 GBP XLON 606196076007880137
09:38:56 BST 66 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824844285955
09:42:03 BST 185 9.12 GBP XLON 606196076007946659
09:42:03 BST 187 9.12 GBP XLON 606196076007946658
09:42:21 BST 92 9.12 GBP XLON 620269824844358609
09:42:21 BST 170 9.12 GBP XLON 620269824844358610
09:46:38 BST 127 9.13 GBP XLON 620269824844460416
09:46:38 BST 232 9.13 GBP XLON 620269824844460417
09:46:38 BST 41 9.13 GBP XLON 606196076008054480
09:46:38 BST 104 9.13 GBP XLON 606196076008054481
09:49:54 BST 241 9.105 GBP XLON 606196076008124980
09:52:19 BST 84 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824844584740
09:52:19 BST 76 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824844584741
09:58:52 BST 290 9.105 GBP XLON 620269824844720103
09:58:52 BST 98 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824844720108
10:02:30 BST 278 9.105 GBP XLON 620269824844794374
10:06:34 BST 81 9.095 GBP XLON 606196076008472606
10:06:34 BST 105 9.095 GBP XLON 606196076008472605
10:06:34 BST 279 9.095 GBP XLON 620269824844878774
10:17:16 BST 110 9.1 GBP XLON 606196076008701771
10:17:16 BST 166 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824845108141
10:17:16 BST 356 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824845108140
10:17:29 BST 110 9.095 GBP XLON 606196076008706501
10:19:49 BST 125 9.09 GBP XLON 620269824845159934
10:19:49 BST 197 9.085 GBP XLON 620269824845159935
10:24:07 BST 286 9.09 GBP XLON 620269824845250427
10:30:48 BST 253 9.07 GBP XLON 606196076008976771
10:37:22 BST 26 9.015 GBP XLON 620269824845524211
10:38:34 BST 210 9.015 GBP XLON 620269824845545942
10:38:34 BST 273 9.015 GBP XLON 620269824845545941
10:44:48 BST 95 9.035 GBP XLON 606196076009256676
10:44:48 BST 244 9.035 GBP XLON 606196076009256675
10:52:20 BST 333 9.06 GBP XLON 620269824845815746
10:52:20 BST 26 9.06 GBP XLON 606196076009409340
10:57:24 BST 88 9.065 GBP XLON 620269824845922125
10:57:24 BST 197 9.065 GBP XLON 620269824845922126
10:59:27 BST 76 9.065 GBP XLON 620269824845965182
11:10:54 BST 122 9.065 GBP XLON 606196076009792132
11:10:54 BST 203 9.065 GBP XLON 606196076009792133
11:10:54 BST 288 9.065 GBP XLON 620269824846198998
11:12:18 BST 198 9.055 GBP XLON 620269824846225601
11:22:16 BST 306 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076009999847
11:22:20 BST 129 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824846408245
11:24:42 BST 68 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824846451533
11:24:42 BST 140 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824846451534
11:44:40 BST 18 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824846800925
11:44:40 BST 194 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824846800927
11:45:19 BST 5 9.04 GBP XLON 620269824846811605
11:45:19 BST 12 9.04 GBP XLON 620269824846811606
11:45:19 BST 1 9.04 GBP XLON 606196076010404229
11:45:19 BST 198 9.04 GBP XLON 606196076010404230
11:48:10 BST 208 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076010458706
11:48:49 BST 144 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824846877312
11:49:50 BST 115 9.06 GBP XLON 620269824846894394
11:51:15 BST 115 9.06 GBP XLON 606196076010511390
11:51:17 BST 362 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824846919407
11:51:17 BST 415 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076010511923
11:51:17 BST 415 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824846919410
11:51:17 BST 253 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076010511930
12:24:35 BST 43 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076011096523
12:24:35 BST 157 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076011096541
12:24:35 BST 145 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824847504871
12:24:36 BST 80 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824847504949
12:26:27 BST 114 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076011128515
12:26:31 BST 11 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824847538084
12:26:31 BST 100 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824847538085
12:26:31 BST 117 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076011129711
12:27:40 BST 116 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076011147546
12:34:29 BST 210 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824847688412
12:34:29 BST 467 9.04 GBP XLON 620269824847688413
12:34:29 BST 480 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076011279925
12:36:57 BST 14 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824847733690
12:39:28 BST 200 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824847776559
12:39:28 BST 410 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824847776558
12:39:28 BST 60 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076011368006
12:41:59 BST 98 9.04 GBP XLON 606196076011414332
12:41:59 BST 102 9.04 GBP XLON 606196076011414331
12:41:59 BST 199 9.04 GBP XLON 606196076011414330
12:41:59 BST 207 9.04 GBP XLON 606196076011414333
12:46:51 BST 122 9.035 GBP XLON 606196076011504884
12:46:51 BST 208 9.035 GBP XLON 620269824847913592
12:46:51 BST 224 9.035 GBP XLON 606196076011504885
12:51:47 BST 87 9.015 GBP XLON 620269824848009326
12:56:49 BST 198 9.015 GBP XLON 620269824848102749
12:56:49 BST 250 9.015 GBP XLON 620269824848102748
13:14:25 BST 35 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824848488063
13:14:25 BST 81 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824848488064
13:15:49 BST 109 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824848516292
13:18:37 BST 212 9.055 GBP XLON 620269824848570334
13:19:07 BST 27 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076012169146
13:19:07 BST 30 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076012169147
13:19:07 BST 57 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076012169148
13:21:59 BST 112 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824848634521
13:23:09 BST 116 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076012253316
13:25:08 BST 13 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824848705327
13:25:08 BST 67 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824848705326
13:25:08 BST 105 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076012295918
13:27:02 BST 181 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824848751185
13:27:02 BST 389 9.03 GBP XLON 606196076012341831
13:34:47 BST 104 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076012513012
13:34:47 BST 104 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076012513022
13:35:08 BST 64 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824848929626
13:35:08 BST 212 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824848929625
13:35:21 BST 149 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076012524508
13:37:14 BST 216 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076012565726
13:38:50 BST 204 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824849008873
13:38:50 BST 442 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824849008875
13:38:50 BST 483 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824849008879
13:38:50 BST 420 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076012599207
13:39:00 BST 175 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824849012205
13:39:00 BST 193 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824849012206
13:44:27 BST 61 9.035 GBP XLON 606196076012719048
13:47:01 BST 113 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824849184711
13:47:01 BST 156 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824849184709
13:47:01 BST 192 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824849184710
13:47:01 BST 356 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824849184718
13:52:00 BST 413 9.065 GBP XLON 620269824849286778
13:52:00 BST 19 9.065 GBP XLON 606196076012876129
13:52:00 BST 134 9.06 GBP XLON 620269824849286779
14:00:15 BST 111 9.06 GBP XLON 606196076013075954
14:00:15 BST 111 9.06 GBP XLON 620269824849486343
14:00:15 BST 111 9.06 GBP XLON 620269824849486344
14:00:15 BST 282 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076013076399
14:02:00 BST 64 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824849540606
14:02:09 BST 155 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824849545455
14:02:16 BST 43 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824849548025
14:05:26 BST 95 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076013222757
14:05:26 BST 97 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824849634213
14:05:26 BST 153 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076013222758
14:05:26 BST 175 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824849634212
14:10:51 BST 155 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824849773683
14:10:51 BST 194 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824849773684
14:10:51 BST 169 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824849773691
14:19:01 BST 156 9.035 GBP XLON 620269824849974954
14:19:01 BST 471 9.035 GBP XLON 620269824849974953
14:19:01 BST 182 9.035 GBP XLON 606196076013563241
14:25:26 BST 269 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076013739438
14:25:26 BST 420 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076013739446
14:25:26 BST 4 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824850151624
14:25:27 BST 203 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076013740050
14:25:27 BST 240 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076013740049
14:25:27 BST 90 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076013740053
14:32:37 BST 319 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076014001739
14:32:37 BST 359 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824850414290
14:32:37 BST 89 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076014001760
14:37:08 BST 10 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824850586309
14:38:21 BST 477 9.1 GBP XLON 606196076014305414
14:38:22 BST 464 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824850724012
14:38:22 BST 15 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824850724878
14:38:22 BST 250 9.1 GBP XLON 620269824850724877
14:51:55 BST 125 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824851279420
14:52:26 BST 309 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824851296130
14:52:27 BST 142 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824851298267
14:52:27 BST 142 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824851298268
14:52:27 BST 300 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076014882876
14:52:27 BST 276 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824851300068
14:52:27 BST 317 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076014883775
14:52:27 BST 317 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076014883785
14:52:27 BST 118 9.045 GBP XLON 606196076014883796
14:52:28 BST 200 9.045 GBP XLON 620269824851302827
15:01:34 BST 306 9.06 GBP XLON 606196076015263318
15:01:34 BST 36 9.06 GBP XLON 606196076015263327
15:01:34 BST 225 9.06 GBP XLON 606196076015263326
15:02:00 BST 11 9.06 GBP XLON 620269824851694815
15:02:00 BST 250 9.06 GBP XLON 620269824851694814
15:02:33 BST 397 9.06 GBP XLON 606196076015296362
15:02:39 BST 109 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076015299870
15:10:39 BST 23 9.07 GBP XLON 606196076015591478
15:10:39 BST 43 9.07 GBP XLON 606196076015591475
15:10:39 BST 86 9.07 GBP XLON 606196076015591480
15:10:39 BST 109 9.07 GBP XLON 606196076015591476
15:10:39 BST 109 9.07 GBP XLON 606196076015591483
15:10:39 BST 118 9.07 GBP XLON 606196076015591471
15:10:39 BST 239 9.07 GBP XLON 606196076015591474
15:10:39 BST 190 9.07 GBP XLON 620269824852008875
15:10:39 BST 263 9.07 GBP XLON 620269824852008876
15:12:01 BST 35 9.065 GBP XLON 620269824852053057
15:12:01 BST 229 9.065 GBP XLON 620269824852053072
15:16:17 BST 42 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824852201231
15:16:17 BST 239 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824852201229
15:16:17 BST 373 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824852201239
15:27:31 BST 113 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076016179516
15:27:31 BST 320 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076016179515
15:28:42 BST 108 9.065 GBP XLON 620269824852633367
15:29:39 BST 113 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076016245901
15:29:39 BST 113 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076016245902
15:29:39 BST 113 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076016245904
15:29:39 BST 113 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824852663525
15:29:39 BST 113 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824852663526
15:29:39 BST 135 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076016245903
15:29:39 BST 368 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076016245900
15:32:02 BST 12 9.055 GBP XLON 620269824852745913
15:32:02 BST 137 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076016327776
15:32:02 BST 151 9.055 GBP XLON 620269824852745911
15:32:02 BST 250 9.055 GBP XLON 620269824852745912
15:32:02 BST 212 9.055 GBP XLON 620269824852745923
15:32:25 BST 113 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824852757598
15:36:49 BST 22 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076016482277
15:36:49 BST 113 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076016482276
15:42:04 BST 214 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076016659895
15:42:04 BST 386 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076016659896
15:42:04 BST 55 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076016659905
15:42:04 BST 250 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076016659904
15:42:04 BST 19 9.055 GBP XLON 606196076016659907
15:42:04 BST 214 9.05 GBP XLON 606196076016659916
15:42:04 BST 214 9.05 GBP XLON 620269824853078448
15:47:43 BST 35 9.025 GBP XLON 606196076016871347
15:47:43 BST 86 9.03 GBP XLON 606196076016871344
15:47:43 BST 116 9.03 GBP XLON 606196076016871343
15:47:43 BST 116 9.03 GBP XLON 620269824853290164
15:47:43 BST 167 9.03 GBP XLON 606196076016871342
15:47:43 BST 181 9.025 GBP XLON 606196076016871345
15:47:43 BST 136 9.025 GBP XLON 606196076016871353
15:47:43 BST 216 9.025 GBP XLON 620269824853290178
15:53:36 BST 194 9.01 GBP XLON 606196076017096755
15:53:36 BST 203 9.01 GBP XLON 606196076017096754
15:53:36 BST 440 9.01 GBP XLON 606196076017096753
15:54:54 BST 18 9.01 GBP XLON 620269824853562902
15:58:02 BST 146 9.005 GBP XLON
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