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RNS Number : 6722J WH Smith PLC 21 May 2025
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
21 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 46,796 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
21 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 3,222,887 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 127,694,047 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: 21 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 46,796 10.5628 10.5100 10.6400
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
08:03:46 BST 41 10.53 GBP XLON 592132236214130314
08:03:46 BST 107 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985050103854
08:03:46 BST 347 10.53 GBP XLON 592132236214130313
08:03:46 BST 337 10.53 GBP XLON 592132236214130319
08:03:46 BST 182 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985050103858
08:13:03 BST 123 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236214343118
08:13:03 BST 123 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236214343119
08:13:03 BST 138 10.52 GBP XLON 606205985050307321
08:13:03 BST 159 10.52 GBP XLON 606205985050307323
08:13:03 BST 311 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236214343125
08:13:03 BST 292 10.52 GBP XLON 606205985050307328
08:19:40 BST 20 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236214513962
08:19:40 BST 123 10.51 GBP XLON 606205985050470570
08:19:40 BST 254 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236214513963
08:19:44 BST 34 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236214515126
08:19:44 BST 47 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236214515127
08:19:44 BST 116 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236214515129
08:19:44 BST 82 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236214515131
08:35:15 BST 127 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236214827609
08:35:19 BST 75 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985050771329
08:35:44 BST 6 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985050779357
08:35:51 BST 47 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985050781038
08:35:51 BST 47 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985050781039
08:36:21 BST 68 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985050791985
08:36:21 BST 403 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236214850694
08:36:21 BST 45 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985050791989
08:36:27 BST 36 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985050793493
08:38:05 BST 73 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985050824010
08:38:05 BST 208 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985050824009
08:42:53 BST 384 10.59 GBP XLON 606205985050906315
08:42:53 BST 323 10.59 GBP XLON 606205985050906319
08:47:05 BST 89 10.61 GBP XLON 606205985050971892
08:47:05 BST 107 10.61 GBP XLON 592132236215039107
08:47:05 BST 114 10.61 GBP XLON 606205985050971890
08:47:05 BST 294 10.61 GBP XLON 606205985050971891
08:47:05 BST 131 10.61 GBP XLON 592132236215039115
09:02:26 BST 128 10.6 GBP XLON 592132236215331172
09:08:15 BST 55 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985051367342
09:08:26 BST 118 10.63 GBP XLON 592132236215455642
09:08:26 BST 125 10.63 GBP XLON 606205985051370541
09:08:34 BST 141 10.63 GBP XLON 592132236215459153
09:08:34 BST 69 10.63 GBP XLON 606205985051373863
09:09:37 BST 159 10.63 GBP XLON 592132236215489763
09:09:41 BST 43 10.63 GBP XLON 606205985051404583
09:09:41 BST 361 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236215490919
09:09:41 BST 440 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236215490923
09:09:41 BST 62 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985051404591
09:29:45 BST 118 10.64 GBP XLON 592132236215878008
09:29:51 BST 184 10.64 GBP XLON 592132236215879142
09:31:48 BST 86 10.64 GBP XLON 592132236215918497
09:31:50 BST 35 10.64 GBP XLON 606205985051814761
09:33:36 BST 23 10.64 GBP XLON 592132236215949028
09:33:36 BST 89 10.64 GBP XLON 606205985051843447
09:35:38 BST 121 10.63 GBP XLON 592132236215984432
09:37:55 BST 107 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985051919996
09:41:58 BST 110 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236216099028
09:48:19 BST 122 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985052094301
09:48:19 BST 144 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985052094300
09:48:19 BST 188 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985052094299
09:48:19 BST 310 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236216211213
09:48:19 BST 165 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236216211241
09:48:19 BST 221 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236216211240
09:48:19 BST 515 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985052094329
09:48:20 BST 184 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236216211329
09:48:20 BST 24 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236216211491
10:00:14 BST 126 10.59 GBP XLON 606205985052294086
10:00:14 BST 356 10.59 GBP XLON 606205985052294085
10:00:15 BST 170 10.59 GBP XLON 592132236216421595
10:00:18 BST 21 10.59 GBP XLON 592132236216422841
10:00:18 BST 127 10.59 GBP XLON 592132236216422842
10:01:27 BST 126 10.58 GBP XLON 592132236216445767
10:30:49 BST 128 10.61 GBP XLON 592132236216965380
10:36:07 BST 8 10.61 GBP XLON 592132236217071310
10:36:07 BST 128 10.61 GBP XLON 606205985052913879
10:36:07 BST 200 10.61 GBP XLON 606205985052913880
10:36:07 BST 346 10.61 GBP XLON 592132236217071309
10:36:07 BST 481 10.61 GBP XLON 606205985052913885
10:57:04 BST 108 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985053264745
10:57:04 BST 114 10.62 GBP XLON 592132236217439145
10:57:04 BST 148 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985053264744
10:57:04 BST 156 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985053264747
10:57:04 BST 280 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985053264746
10:57:04 BST 340 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985053264772
10:57:05 BST 100 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985053264863
10:57:05 BST 197 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985053264865
10:57:05 BST 479 10.62 GBP XLON 606205985053264870
10:57:10 BST 141 10.61 GBP XLON 606205985053266281
11:10:30 BST 204 10.59 GBP XLON 592132236217703415
11:10:31 BST 108 10.59 GBP XLON 592132236217703803
11:10:31 BST 128 10.59 GBP XLON 606205985053518111
11:10:31 BST 228 10.59 GBP XLON 592132236217703802
11:10:31 BST 10 10.59 GBP XLON 606205985053518117
11:22:34 BST 111 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236217923146
11:22:34 BST 386 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236217923145
11:22:34 BST 55 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985053729849
11:27:58 BST 434 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236218024085
11:28:55 BST 8 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985053842269
11:47:03 BST 118 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236218340357
11:52:14 BST 118 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985054222035
11:52:42 BST 138 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985054231608
11:54:20 BST 115 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985054261876
11:57:09 BST 6 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236218529369
11:57:51 BST 121 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985054321801
11:57:51 BST 515 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985054321802
11:57:51 BST 332 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985054321807
12:03:42 BST 48 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236218656626
12:03:42 BST 76 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236218656627
12:03:42 BST 124 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236218656625
12:03:42 BST 124 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236218656628
12:03:42 BST 463 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985054432492
12:03:47 BST 132 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985054435469
12:19:03 BST 110 10.58 GBP XLON 592132236218932542
12:19:08 BST 110 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236218933819
12:19:08 BST 110 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236218933820
12:19:08 BST 110 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236218933821
12:19:08 BST 110 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236218933823
12:19:08 BST 465 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985054696934
12:32:50 BST 127 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985054951260
12:32:50 BST 424 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985054951259
12:33:01 BST 222 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985054954965
12:52:55 BST 112 10.58 GBP XLON 606205985055300279
12:54:44 BST 8 10.58 GBP XLON 606205985055331014
12:54:44 BST 55 10.58 GBP XLON 606205985055331011
12:54:44 BST 56 10.58 GBP XLON 606205985055331013
12:55:15 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236219608096
12:55:15 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236219608097
12:55:15 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236219608098
12:55:15 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985055339537
12:55:15 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985055339540
12:55:15 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985055339542
12:55:15 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985055339543
12:55:15 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985055339545
12:55:15 BST 127 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236219608094
12:55:15 BST 127 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985055339534
12:55:15 BST 187 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985055339539
13:18:19 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236220078484
13:18:19 BST 444 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236220078483
13:18:24 BST 381 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236220080784
13:31:35 BST 113 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236220386880
13:31:35 BST 113 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985056079652
13:31:35 BST 113 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985056079653
13:31:35 BST 113 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985056079655
13:31:35 BST 511 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236220386879
13:31:35 BST 360 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236220386887
13:31:35 BST 93 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985056079662
13:43:02 BST 114 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985056327265
13:47:58 BST 36 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985056443091
13:47:58 BST 77 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985056443092
13:49:08 BST 114 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985056468152
13:49:53 BST 124 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985056483066
13:50:30 BST 515 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236220823395
13:50:30 BST 364 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236220823398
13:50:30 BST 150 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985056496495
13:50:30 BST 280 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236220823401
14:01:54 BST 11 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236221090876
14:01:54 BST 113 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236221090877
14:01:54 BST 124 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236221090874
14:01:54 BST 124 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236221090875
14:01:54 BST 412 10.51 GBP XLON 606205985056753146
14:01:55 BST 114 10.51 GBP XLON 592132236221090906
14:17:44 BST 111 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236221457108
14:18:48 BST 20 10.52 GBP XLON 606205985057123859
14:18:48 BST 89 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236221479290
14:20:00 BST 122 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236221506324
14:21:17 BST 116 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236221537572
14:23:44 BST 127 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236221599533
14:23:44 BST 130 10.52 GBP XLON 606205985057239367
14:23:44 BST 149 10.52 GBP XLON 606205985057239368
14:23:44 BST 339 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236221599663
14:23:44 BST 426 10.52 GBP XLON 606205985057239477
14:23:44 BST 366 10.52 GBP XLON 592132236221599669
14:35:53 BST 124 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985057651672
14:36:40 BST 11 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985057674834
14:37:32 BST 60 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236222080918
14:37:32 BST 62 10.56 GBP XLON 592132236222080919
14:37:32 BST 112 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985057701831
14:38:00 BST 117 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985057716066
14:39:13 BST 107 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985057751907
14:39:13 BST 474 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985057751908
14:39:13 BST 305 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236222132965
14:39:13 BST 143 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985057751920
14:39:13 BST 162 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985057751921
14:39:13 BST 4 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985057751926
14:39:13 BST 5 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236222132973
14:39:13 BST 300 10.57 GBP XLON 592132236222132974
14:39:13 BST 5 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985057751933
14:39:13 BST 60 10.57 GBP XLON 606205985057751934
14:50:26 BST 115 10.53 GBP XLON 592132236222512926
14:50:26 BST 115 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058118757
14:50:26 BST 115 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058118759
14:50:26 BST 115 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058118760
14:50:26 BST 115 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058118761
14:50:26 BST 115 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058118762
14:50:26 BST 115 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058118763
14:50:26 BST 115 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058118766
14:50:26 BST 389 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058118756
14:50:26 BST 53 10.53 GBP XLON 592132236222512937
14:55:35 BST 127 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985058332058
14:55:35 BST 383 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985058332059
14:55:35 BST 78 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985058332064
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14:58:38 BST 123 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985058463434
15:10:27 BST 277 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985058926678
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15:11:53 BST 255 10.56 GBP XLON 606205985058972425
15:11:53 BST 120 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985058972858
15:21:46 BST 110 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236223735498
15:21:46 BST 110 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236223735499
15:21:46 BST 110 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985059293546
15:21:46 BST 507 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985059293544
15:21:46 BST 352 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236223735503
15:30:00 BST 108 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224008526
15:30:00 BST 108 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059553976
15:30:00 BST 108 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059553977
15:30:00 BST 108 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059553978
15:30:00 BST 108 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059553979
15:30:00 BST 108 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059553982
15:30:00 BST 285 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059553975
15:30:00 BST 18 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059553998
15:30:00 BST 141 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059553997
15:39:31 BST 44 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059871173
15:39:31 BST 69 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059871176
15:40:06 BST 123 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224356063
15:40:44 BST 7 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224372637
15:40:44 BST 100 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059904612
15:41:29 BST 5 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985059925405
15:41:29 BST 110 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224394321
15:42:34 BST 112 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224428332
15:42:34 BST 163 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224428331
15:42:34 BST 399 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224428333
15:42:43 BST 107 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224431918
15:42:44 BST 382 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224432111
15:42:45 BST 460 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236224432563
15:54:00 BST 123 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236224802716
15:54:35 BST 109 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236224822288
15:55:29 BST 125 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236224856290
15:56:25 BST 127 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236224884627
15:56:49 BST 2 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236224898425
15:56:49 BST 4 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236224898427
15:56:49 BST 106 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060409624
15:57:24 BST 82 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236224918679
15:57:25 BST 31 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060429140
15:58:07 BST 97 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060451583
15:58:07 BST 14 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060451672
16:00:11 BST 33 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060531807
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16:00:11 BST 107 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225025637
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16:00:11 BST 344 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060531806
16:00:11 BST 200 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060531817
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16:00:11 BST 360 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060531816
16:00:12 BST 306 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225026029
16:05:29 BST 123 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225216493
16:10:00 BST 119 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060885686
16:10:00 BST 146 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060885687
16:10:00 BST 60 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060885688
16:10:01 BST 119 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060886440
16:10:01 BST 119 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060886441
16:10:01 BST 122 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060886439
16:10:01 BST 142 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225394349
16:10:01 BST 52 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225394514
16:10:01 BST 398 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225394513
16:10:01 BST 289 10.55 GBP XLON 606205985060886608
16:10:02 BST 160 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225395074
16:17:11 BST 46 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225672212
16:17:11 BST 66 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225672213
16:17:40 BST 28 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225688894
16:17:40 BST 30 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225688896
16:17:40 BST 59 10.55 GBP XLON 592132236225688895
16:18:03 BST 112 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236225702699
16:18:03 BST 112 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236225702700
16:18:03 BST 112 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236225702701
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16:18:03 BST 112 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985061183298
16:18:03 BST 112 10.54 GBP XLON 606205985061183299
16:18:03 BST 280 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236225702698
16:18:04 BST 158 10.54 GBP XLON 592132236225703280
16:21:14 BST 124 10.53 GBP XLON 592132236225865446
16:21:14 BST 125 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985061340662
16:21:14 BST 125 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985061340663
16:21:14 BST 288 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985061340661
16:21:15 BST 151 10.53 GBP XLON 592132236225865559
16:25:11 BST 127 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985061502037
16:25:11 BST 502 10.53 GBP XLON 592132236226032541
16:25:11 BST 229 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985061502419
16:25:11 BST 267 10.53 GBP XLON 606205985061502420
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