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RNS Number : 4836J WH Smith PLC 20 May 2025
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
20 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 45,529 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
20 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 3,176,091 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 127,740,843 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: 20 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 45,529 10.5149 10.3300 10.5800
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
08:09:56 BST 180 10.33 GBP XLON 606205631154280946
08:10:02 BST 106 10.33 GBP XLON 592131882318353344
08:16:37 BST 35 10.35 GBP XLON 592131882318475510
08:16:37 BST 86 10.35 GBP XLON 592131882318475509
08:16:37 BST 219 10.35 GBP XLON 606205631154399298
08:16:37 BST 231 10.35 GBP XLON 592131882318475508
08:16:53 BST 4 10.35 GBP XLON 592131882318479002
08:16:53 BST 177 10.35 GBP XLON 592131882318479001
08:16:56 BST 217 10.35 GBP XLON 606205631154403205
08:17:31 BST 107 10.35 GBP XLON 592131882318495222
08:18:43 BST 92 10.35 GBP XLON 592131882318517584
08:18:43 BST 18 10.35 GBP XLON 606205631154438748
08:19:56 BST 113 10.35 GBP XLON 592131882318546899
08:21:14 BST 114 10.37 GBP XLON 592131882318578696
08:21:36 BST 109 10.37 GBP XLON 592131882318585741
08:21:37 BST 31 10.37 GBP XLON 606205631154504335
08:23:41 BST 24 10.37 GBP XLON 606205631154538049
08:23:41 BST 92 10.37 GBP XLON 606205631154538048
08:24:50 BST 72 10.37 GBP XLON 592131882318641814
08:24:50 BST 36 10.37 GBP XLON 606205631154557200
08:24:56 BST 382 10.36 GBP XLON 592131882318642938
08:24:56 BST 298 10.36 GBP XLON 606205631154558222
08:24:56 BST 370 10.36 GBP XLON 592131882318642941
08:24:56 BST 275 10.36 GBP XLON 606205631154558227
08:44:16 BST 1 10.47 GBP XLON 606205631154920749
08:44:17 BST 122 10.47 GBP XLON 592131882319024723
08:44:17 BST 123 10.47 GBP XLON 606205631154921040
08:44:23 BST 126 10.47 GBP XLON 606205631154922927
08:44:49 BST 27 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882319034981
08:44:49 BST 116 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882319034982
08:46:36 BST 120 10.49 GBP XLON 592131882319071602
08:47:22 BST 310 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882319086025
08:47:22 BST 315 10.48 GBP XLON 606205631154979237
08:47:22 BST 315 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882319086031
08:47:22 BST 315 10.48 GBP XLON 606205631154979242
08:47:22 BST 53 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882319086034
08:55:01 BST 121 10.46 GBP XLON 592131882319226894
08:55:01 BST 121 10.46 GBP XLON 606205631155112422
08:55:01 BST 121 10.46 GBP XLON 606205631155112423
08:55:01 BST 293 10.46 GBP XLON 592131882319226893
08:55:01 BST 120 10.46 GBP XLON 592131882319226899
09:08:48 BST 118 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631155409243
09:08:48 BST 118 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631155409244
09:16:10 BST 14 10.46 GBP XLON 592131882319700735
09:16:10 BST 98 10.46 GBP XLON 592131882319700734
09:17:55 BST 231 10.45 GBP XLON 592131882319745675
09:17:55 BST 112 10.44 GBP XLON 592131882319745676
09:17:55 BST 112 10.44 GBP XLON 606205631155602435
09:17:55 BST 118 10.44 GBP XLON 592131882319745677
09:17:55 BST 118 10.44 GBP XLON 606205631155602434
09:17:55 BST 476 10.44 GBP XLON 606205631155602433
09:17:55 BST 256 10.44 GBP XLON 592131882319745683
09:46:51 BST 110 10.5 GBP XLON 592131882320348442
09:46:51 BST 110 10.5 GBP XLON 606205631156171741
09:47:17 BST 152 10.5 GBP XLON 606205631156180512
10:21:00 BST 301 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882321004535
10:21:00 BST 324 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631156794209
10:21:00 BST 428 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631156794212
10:21:00 BST 390 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882321004540
10:21:00 BST 20 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631156794217
10:21:16 BST 111 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631156799529
10:21:16 BST 348 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882321010087
10:21:56 BST 5 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631156809455
10:21:56 BST 71 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631156809456
10:21:56 BST 469 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882321020744
10:21:56 BST 38 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631156809464
10:24:21 BST 84 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882321068766
10:24:21 BST 425 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882321068765
10:24:21 BST 525 10.52 GBP XLON 606205631156855113
10:24:21 BST 64 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882321068772
10:24:21 BST 82 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882321068773
10:24:21 BST 360 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882321068771
10:24:21 BST 100 10.52 GBP XLON 606205631156855123
10:24:21 BST 294 10.52 GBP XLON 606205631156855128
10:59:54 BST 127 10.49 GBP XLON 606205631157488783
11:00:09 BST 127 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882321749390
11:00:09 BST 127 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882321749391
11:00:09 BST 127 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882321749392
11:00:09 BST 127 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882321749393
11:00:09 BST 127 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882321749394
11:00:09 BST 127 10.48 GBP XLON 606205631157500037
11:00:09 BST 378 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882321749389
11:00:09 BST 202 10.48 GBP XLON 592131882321749405
11:09:29 BST 273 10.46 GBP XLON 606205631157652484
11:09:29 BST 140 10.46 GBP XLON 592131882321908957
11:09:29 BST 121 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631157652662
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 592131882322483983
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 592131882322483984
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 592131882322483985
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 592131882322483986
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631158201223
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631158201224
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631158201225
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631158201226
11:41:50 BST 119 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631158201229
11:41:50 BST 163 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631158201227
11:41:50 BST 227 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631158201228
11:41:50 BST 414 10.45 GBP XLON 606205631158201222
12:17:36 BST 95 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882323213902
12:17:36 BST 38 10.56 GBP XLON 606205631158897396
12:17:36 BST 124 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882323213909
12:17:36 BST 124 10.56 GBP XLON 606205631158897394
12:17:36 BST 124 10.56 GBP XLON 606205631158897395
12:17:36 BST 168 10.56 GBP XLON 606205631158897393
12:18:35 BST 110 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631158914952
12:19:31 BST 353 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882323249162
12:20:02 BST 150 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882323258788
12:21:28 BST 91 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882323287255
12:21:44 BST 28 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631158971847
12:23:03 BST 113 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882323316531
12:24:38 BST 119 10.53 GBP XLON 592131882323344785
12:24:38 BST 367 10.53 GBP XLON 592131882323344786
12:24:38 BST 129 10.53 GBP XLON 592131882323344790
12:24:38 BST 360 10.53 GBP XLON 592131882323344789
12:24:38 BST 2 10.53 GBP XLON 606205631159022513
12:24:38 BST 281 10.53 GBP XLON 606205631159022514
12:24:39 BST 121 10.53 GBP XLON 606205631159022970
12:43:57 BST 117 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631159391387
12:46:02 BST 8 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631159446089
12:46:02 BST 116 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882323788164
12:50:10 BST 10 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882323877722
12:50:10 BST 116 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882323877721
12:51:55 BST 49 10.52 GBP XLON 606205631159569766
12:51:55 BST 68 10.52 GBP XLON 606205631159569767
12:51:55 BST 115 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631159569764
12:51:55 BST 117 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882323917181
12:51:55 BST 117 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882323917185
12:51:55 BST 117 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882323917186
12:51:55 BST 117 10.52 GBP XLON 606205631159569768
12:51:55 BST 117 10.52 GBP XLON 606205631159569769
12:51:55 BST 118 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882323917183
12:51:55 BST 126 10.52 GBP XLON 592131882323917187
12:51:55 BST 413 10.52 GBP XLON 606205631159569765
13:13:20 BST 109 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882324356911
13:13:20 BST 109 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882324356912
13:13:20 BST 109 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631159990396
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13:13:20 BST 109 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631159990400
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13:13:20 BST 425 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631159990395
13:13:21 BST 56 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631159990590
13:13:21 BST 82 10.54 GBP XLON 606205631159990589
13:31:20 BST 26 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882324738137
13:31:20 BST 37 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882324738134
13:31:20 BST 43 10.54 GBP XLON 592131882324738136
13:34:03 BST 127 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882324800362
13:38:28 BST 113 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882324897059
13:38:28 BST 113 10.56 GBP XLON 606205631160507841
13:38:28 BST 150 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882324897060
13:38:28 BST 296 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882324897061
13:43:46 BST 289 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882325012336
13:47:25 BST 35 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882325097312
13:47:25 BST 173 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882325097313
13:47:25 BST 216 10.56 GBP XLON 606205631160698739
13:47:25 BST 230 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882325097314
13:53:11 BST 118 10.58 GBP XLON 592131882325229506
13:54:36 BST 115 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631160854491
13:56:05 BST 118 10.58 GBP XLON 592131882325293199
13:57:39 BST 119 10.58 GBP XLON 592131882325327592
13:59:01 BST 15 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631160949764
13:59:01 BST 37 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631160949763
13:59:01 BST 56 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631160949765
13:59:30 BST 12 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631160960086
13:59:30 BST 123 10.58 GBP XLON 592131882325370897
14:00:56 BST 113 10.58 GBP XLON 592131882325412928
14:02:34 BST 93 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631161038448
14:02:35 BST 34 10.58 GBP XLON 592131882325453448
14:03:57 BST 115 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631161072503
14:05:13 BST 107 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631161103867
14:06:32 BST 116 10.58 GBP XLON 592131882325555430
14:07:51 BST 112 10.58 GBP XLON 592131882325587687
14:09:29 BST 1 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631161207705
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14:10:03 BST 360 10.58 GBP XLON 606205631161221002
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14:14:58 BST 318 10.57 GBP XLON 592131882325776338
14:14:58 BST 95 10.57 GBP XLON 606205631161345493
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14:23:01 BST 409 10.55 GBP XLON 606205631161536524
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14:35:01 BST 125 10.55 GBP XLON 592131882326350418
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14:40:45 BST 30 10.56 GBP XLON 592131882326550595
14:40:45 BST 119 10.56 GBP XLON 606205631162084947
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14:41:37 BST 352 10.55 GBP XLON 592131882326586272
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15:18:00 BST 100 10.55 GBP XLON 606205631163480811
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