REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
16/05/2025 17:15
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RNS Number : 0898J WH Smith PLC 16 May 2025
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
16 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 49,067 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
16 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 3,081,924 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 127,835,010 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 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 49,067 10.2684 10.2000 10.3400
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
08:05:28 BST 20 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215577867026
08:05:28 BST 90 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215577867025
08:09:02 BST 40 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466742368900
08:09:02 BST 176 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466742368901
08:09:19 BST 45 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466742374494
08:09:19 BST 46 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466742374495
08:09:19 BST 56 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466742374496
08:09:35 BST 49 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466742380255
08:09:35 BST 142 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466742380254
08:10:34 BST 76 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466742403355
08:10:37 BST 34 10.34 GBP XLON 592130466742404142
08:11:08 BST 123 10.34 GBP XLON 592130466742413035
08:12:07 BST 115 10.34 GBP XLON 592130466742441756
08:12:39 BST 33 10.3 GBP XLON 606204215578014539
08:12:39 BST 249 10.3 GBP XLON 606204215578014540
08:12:39 BST 50 10.3 GBP XLON 592130466742453992
08:12:39 BST 295 10.3 GBP XLON 592130466742453993
08:12:39 BST 345 10.3 GBP XLON 606204215578014551
08:12:40 BST 270 10.3 GBP XLON 592130466742454396
08:20:35 BST 109 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466742610479
08:20:35 BST 109 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215578163525
08:20:35 BST 109 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215578163526
08:20:35 BST 418 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466742610478
08:25:29 BST 421 10.23 GBP XLON 592130466742703044
08:25:29 BST 130 10.23 GBP XLON 606204215578252241
08:39:33 BST 114 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466742975995
08:41:00 BST 119 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215578539711
08:42:13 BST 12 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215578562264
08:42:13 BST 46 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215578562262
08:42:13 BST 53 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215578562263
08:43:25 BST 112 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215578584745
08:43:53 BST 131 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215578592060
08:44:56 BST 106 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215578608367
08:45:47 BST 194 10.22 GBP XLON 606204215578622896
08:45:47 BST 296 10.22 GBP XLON 606204215578622895
08:45:47 BST 32 10.22 GBP XLON 592130466743094656
08:45:47 BST 307 10.22 GBP XLON 592130466743094655
08:50:14 BST 115 10.22 GBP XLON 606204215578696831
08:50:14 BST 115 10.22 GBP XLON 606204215578696832
08:50:14 BST 115 10.22 GBP XLON 606204215578696833
08:50:14 BST 128 10.22 GBP XLON 606204215578696830
08:50:14 BST 145 10.22 GBP XLON 606204215578696829
08:50:14 BST 277 10.22 GBP XLON 606204215578696828
09:01:39 BST 116 10.21 GBP XLON 592130466743390723
09:01:39 BST 116 10.21 GBP XLON 606204215578901740
09:01:39 BST 287 10.21 GBP XLON 592130466743390724
09:01:39 BST 370 10.21 GBP XLON 606204215578901746
09:01:42 BST 68 10.21 GBP XLON 592130466743391383
09:01:42 BST 106 10.21 GBP XLON 592130466743391384
09:18:41 BST 29 10.21 GBP XLON 606204215579205118
09:18:41 BST 93 10.21 GBP XLON 606204215579205117
09:20:57 BST 113 10.21 GBP XLON 606204215579242955
09:22:24 BST 112 10.21 GBP XLON 606204215579267214
09:24:01 BST 117 10.21 GBP XLON 592130466743814085
09:25:43 BST 117 10.2 GBP XLON 606204215579331144
09:42:20 BST 156 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466744137688
09:42:20 BST 166 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215579605383
09:42:20 BST 312 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215579605384
09:42:20 BST 285 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466744137753
09:42:20 BST 168 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466744137758
09:42:20 BST 174 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466744137757
09:42:22 BST 25 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215579606216
09:43:34 BST 86 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215579625038
09:43:34 BST 126 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215579625040
09:43:34 BST 231 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215579625039
09:53:39 BST 118 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466744341365
09:55:24 BST 112 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466744368106
09:59:29 BST 121 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215579893906
09:59:29 BST 173 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466744444118
09:59:29 BST 279 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466744444117
09:59:29 BST 21 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215579893913
09:59:29 BST 191 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215579893912
10:08:09 BST 90 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466744602536
10:08:13 BST 23 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580045126
10:09:44 BST 41 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580069037
10:09:50 BST 74 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466744631427
10:11:24 BST 1 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466744661878
10:11:24 BST 120 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580099029
10:13:04 BST 5 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466744685284
10:13:04 BST 109 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466744685283
10:14:45 BST 114 10.3 GBP XLON 592130466744709419
10:16:05 BST 138 10.3 GBP XLON 606204215580177112
10:17:51 BST 55 10.3 GBP XLON 592130466744775077
10:17:51 BST 64 10.3 GBP XLON 606204215580206802
10:18:03 BST 310 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215580209823
10:18:12 BST 327 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466744780673
10:32:26 BST 124 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466745043541
10:32:59 BST 152 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466745052961
10:34:31 BST 105 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580491777
10:36:33 BST 122 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580528047
10:38:30 BST 123 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580563105
10:40:21 BST 119 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580590333
10:43:07 BST 21 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580634014
10:43:07 BST 94 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580634013
10:43:07 BST 306 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466745228030
10:43:07 BST 278 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580634052
10:43:08 BST 91 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466745228371
10:43:08 BST 381 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466745228372
10:43:40 BST 36 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580642597
10:43:40 BST 206 10.29 GBP XLON 606204215580642596
10:55:57 BST 27 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215580909099
11:08:01 BST 118 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215581160360
11:08:01 BST 118 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466745782733
11:08:01 BST 118 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466745782734
11:08:01 BST 118 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215581160364
11:08:01 BST 118 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215581160366
11:08:01 BST 320 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215581160363
11:08:01 BST 70 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466745782740
11:23:11 BST 110 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215581426377
11:33:23 BST 43 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215581588452
11:33:23 BST 76 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215581588451
11:33:23 BST 119 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746233130
11:34:41 BST 118 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215581608885
11:35:31 BST 228 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746270255
11:35:31 BST 502 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215581623946
11:35:31 BST 28 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746270259
11:35:31 BST 400 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746270258
11:35:31 BST 35 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215581623954
11:35:31 BST 393 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215581623953
11:35:31 BST 61 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746270264
11:35:31 BST 3 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746270265
11:50:57 BST 32 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215581883240
11:50:57 BST 57 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746544938
11:50:57 BST 69 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746544937
11:50:57 BST 94 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215581883239
11:50:57 BST 126 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746544939
11:50:57 BST 126 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746544941
11:50:57 BST 127 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746544940
11:50:57 BST 416 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466746544936
12:10:49 BST 11 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466746978542
12:10:49 BST 110 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466746978541
12:10:49 BST 416 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215582297451
12:10:49 BST 315 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215582297458
12:10:49 BST 315 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466746978548
12:10:49 BST 272 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215582297463
12:29:14 BST 117 10.23 GBP XLON 606204215582638476
12:31:17 BST 30 10.23 GBP XLON 592130466747380866
12:31:17 BST 76 10.23 GBP XLON 592130466747380865
12:35:04 BST 111 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466747450645
12:35:26 BST 111 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215582750375
12:35:26 BST 419 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215582750376
12:42:56 BST 121 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466747580430
12:47:55 BST 115 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466747672395
12:47:55 BST 134 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466747672397
12:47:55 BST 504 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466747672396
12:50:18 BST 123 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466747714108
12:50:18 BST 469 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215582994481
12:50:18 BST 96 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466747714118
12:50:18 BST 102 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466747714117
12:50:18 BST 210 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466747714116
12:50:18 BST 4 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215582994495
13:10:11 BST 115 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466748070184
13:10:11 BST 115 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215583333080
13:10:11 BST 115 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215583333081
13:10:11 BST 300 10.24 GBP XLON 592130466748070183
13:10:11 BST 205 10.24 GBP XLON 606204215583333092
13:20:25 BST 19 10.23 GBP XLON 606204215583527149
13:23:00 BST 5 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466748319932
13:23:02 BST 115 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466748320356
13:31:59 BST 118 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215583742158
13:31:59 BST 118 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215583742159
13:31:59 BST 170 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215583742160
13:31:59 BST 385 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466748502169
13:34:12 BST 355 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215583784134
13:34:13 BST 292 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466748546955
13:35:01 BST 17 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466748560399
13:35:01 BST 97 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466748560398
13:43:07 BST 20 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466748720055
13:43:07 BST 40 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466748720056
13:43:08 BST 11 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466748720342
13:43:17 BST 22 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466748722976
13:43:17 BST 19 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466748722977
13:46:18 BST 116 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584010011
13:46:18 BST 234 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584010012
13:46:18 BST 243 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584010010
13:46:18 BST 377 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584010015
13:46:18 BST 60 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466748783307
13:46:18 BST 317 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466748783306
13:46:18 BST 34 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584010020
13:46:18 BST 2 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584010021
13:46:18 BST 5 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584010022
13:46:18 BST 29 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584010023
13:58:30 BST 121 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215584275922
13:58:30 BST 121 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215584275923
13:58:30 BST 275 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466749063026
13:58:30 BST 453 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466749063025
13:58:30 BST 62 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466749063033
13:58:46 BST 119 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466749071108
14:08:35 BST 116 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584496667
14:08:35 BST 116 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584496668
14:09:37 BST 116 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749317526
14:17:47 BST 114 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749511342
14:19:00 BST 120 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584735614
14:19:55 BST 46 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584756116
14:19:55 BST 60 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584756115
14:21:05 BST 8 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749596121
14:21:05 BST 20 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749596119
14:21:05 BST 87 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749596120
14:22:14 BST 11 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749624254
14:22:14 BST 100 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749624255
14:23:20 BST 16 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584834898
14:23:20 BST 46 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584834896
14:23:20 BST 51 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584834897
14:24:27 BST 8 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584861706
14:24:27 BST 20 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584861708
14:24:27 BST 53 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584861707
14:24:27 BST 41 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749679120
14:25:22 BST 107 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749701535
14:26:14 BST 106 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584902536
14:27:16 BST 108 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584928510
14:28:33 BST 121 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749788888
14:28:59 BST 108 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215584976507
14:29:54 BST 116 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749825220
14:30:37 BST 106 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749857369
14:31:29 BST 125 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749888648
14:32:17 BST 112 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466749914566
14:32:17 BST 114 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466749914569
14:32:17 BST 114 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466749914570
14:32:17 BST 114 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466749914571
14:32:17 BST 114 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466749914572
14:32:17 BST 114 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215585086880
14:32:17 BST 114 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215585086881
14:32:17 BST 116 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215585086879
14:32:17 BST 118 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466749914568
14:32:17 BST 296 10.25 GBP XLON 592130466749914567
14:32:20 BST 120 10.25 GBP XLON 606204215585088759
14:42:05 BST 122 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215585395846
14:42:54 BST 114 10.26 GBP XLON 606204215585422637
14:45:23 BST 124 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215585493376
14:45:23 BST 420 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466750339598
14:45:37 BST 198 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215585498437
14:45:37 BST 236 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215585498436
14:48:47 BST 112 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466750433333
14:48:47 BST 112 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466750433334
14:48:47 BST 399 10.27 GBP XLON 606204215585582441
14:48:47 BST 92 10.27 GBP XLON 592130466750433344
14:48:47 BST 112 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466750433346
14:48:47 BST 112 10.26 GBP XLON 592130466750433347
14:59:56 BST 116 10.29 GBP XLON 592130466750812802
15:00:00 BST 116 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466750818646
15:00:00 BST 116 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585949465
15:00:00 BST 417 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466750818643
15:00:00 BST 1 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585949503
15:00:00 BST 1 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585949508
15:00:00 BST 6 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585949504
15:00:00 BST 10 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585949501
15:00:00 BST 11 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585949500
15:00:00 BST 105 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585949497
15:00:00 BST 199 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585949499
15:00:00 BST 127 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215585953362
15:03:00 BST 15 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586053677
15:06:06 BST 94 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586144642
15:06:06 BST 123 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586144641
15:06:06 BST 125 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466751022895
15:06:06 BST 125 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586144643
15:06:06 BST 125 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586144644
15:06:06 BST 185 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586144640
15:15:59 BST 46 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466751340029
15:20:41 BST 120 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466751496736
15:20:41 BST 120 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586595594
15:20:41 BST 229 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586595595
15:20:41 BST 494 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466751496735
15:20:41 BST 180 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466751496743
15:20:41 BST 193 10.28 GBP XLON 592130466751496744
15:20:41 BST 81 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586595607
15:20:41 BST 123 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586595608
15:20:41 BST 162 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586595609
15:20:42 BST 72 10.28 GBP XLON 606204215586595995
15:31:40 BST 48 10.3 GBP XLON 606204215586932738
15:31:40 BST 113 10.3 GBP XLON 606204215586932737
15:31:40 BST 400 10.3 GBP XLON 606204215586932739
15:31:40 BST 61 10.3 GBP XLON 592130466751852767
15:31:40 BST 66 10.3 GBP
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