REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
27/05/2025 18:15
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RNS Number : 3007K WH Smith PLC 27 May 2025
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
27 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 48,685 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
27 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 3,366,209 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 127,550,725 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: 27 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 48,685 10.6319 10.4000 10.7300
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
08:02:47 BST 448 10.4 GBP XLON 606208108416742950
08:04:02 BST 100 10.4 GBP XLON 592134359581041810
08:04:02 BST 107 10.4 GBP XLON 592134359581041812
08:04:02 BST 404 10.4 GBP XLON 592134359581041811
08:15:34 BST 117 10.48 GBP XLON 592134359581351014
08:15:51 BST 119 10.48 GBP XLON 606208108417080606
08:17:12 BST 227 10.48 GBP XLON 606208108417113164
08:19:30 BST 477 10.45 GBP XLON 606208108417165901
08:19:30 BST 397 10.45 GBP XLON 592134359581445743
08:19:30 BST 361 10.45 GBP XLON 606208108417165904
08:28:50 BST 110 10.45 GBP XLON 592134359581650666
08:28:50 BST 110 10.45 GBP XLON 592134359581650667
08:28:50 BST 110 10.45 GBP XLON 592134359581650668
08:28:50 BST 110 10.45 GBP XLON 592134359581650669
08:28:50 BST 407 10.45 GBP XLON 592134359581650665
08:28:50 BST 108 10.45 GBP XLON 606208108417361617
08:43:18 BST 126 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108417679901
08:45:06 BST 123 10.58 GBP XLON 592134359582021763
08:50:53 BST 9 10.59 GBP XLON 606208108417819046
08:50:53 BST 107 10.59 GBP XLON 606208108417819047
08:50:53 BST 173 10.59 GBP XLON 592134359582134272
08:57:05 BST 36 10.59 GBP XLON 606208108417944889
08:57:05 BST 79 10.59 GBP XLON 606208108417944890
08:57:05 BST 167 10.59 GBP XLON 592134359582266402
08:57:05 BST 238 10.59 GBP XLON 606208108417944888
08:57:05 BST 508 10.59 GBP XLON 592134359582266401
09:01:58 BST 128 10.61 GBP XLON 606208108418049101
09:02:41 BST 142 10.61 GBP XLON 606208108418073160
09:04:56 BST 126 10.61 GBP XLON 606208108418118798
09:04:56 BST 122 10.6 GBP XLON 606208108418118800
09:04:56 BST 174 10.6 GBP XLON 606208108418118801
09:05:55 BST 376 10.6 GBP XLON 606208108418138344
09:05:55 BST 431 10.6 GBP XLON 606208108418138348
09:05:55 BST 213 10.6 GBP XLON 592134359582471046
09:25:53 BST 120 10.57 GBP XLON 592134359582845701
09:25:53 BST 120 10.57 GBP XLON 592134359582845702
09:25:53 BST 120 10.57 GBP XLON 592134359582845703
09:25:53 BST 120 10.57 GBP XLON 592134359582845704
09:25:53 BST 120 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108418494538
09:25:53 BST 120 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108418494539
09:25:53 BST 120 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108418494540
09:25:53 BST 437 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108418494537
09:37:38 BST 122 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108418728312
09:37:38 BST 426 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108418728311
09:37:38 BST 74 10.57 GBP XLON 592134359583091445
09:37:38 BST 97 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108418728321
09:37:38 BST 100 10.57 GBP XLON 606208108418728320
13:44:00 BST 101 10.59 GBP XLON 606208199795485069
13:44:00 BST 107 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795485137
13:44:00 BST 113 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665145176
13:44:00 BST 321 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665145175
13:44:08 BST 318 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665146390
13:44:08 BST 164 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795486319
13:44:08 BST 149 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795486320
13:44:10 BST 41 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665146761
13:44:10 BST 186 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665146762
13:45:12 BST 128 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665157039
13:45:12 BST 220 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665157040
13:45:12 BST 92 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795496440
13:45:12 BST 124 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795496439
13:45:12 BST 132 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665157043
13:45:12 BST 32 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795496465
13:45:12 BST 301 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665157181
13:45:12 BST 42 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665157183
13:51:33 BST 122 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665210938
13:51:46 BST 228 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795549808
13:53:13 BST 222 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795559752
13:54:34 BST 218 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665234432
13:55:16 BST 128 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665239977
13:56:40 BST 220 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795587762
13:58:04 BST 136 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795599570
13:58:04 BST 92 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795599572
13:58:43 BST 119 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665270323
13:59:32 BST 122 10.6 GBP XLON 592134454665276959
14:00:20 BST 124 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795618104
14:00:53 BST 110 10.6 GBP XLON 606208199795625232
14:02:41 BST 12 10.61 GBP XLON 592134454665314935
14:02:41 BST 37 10.61 GBP XLON 606208199795646697
14:02:41 BST 114 10.61 GBP XLON 606208199795646698
14:02:41 BST 179 10.61 GBP XLON 606208199795646699
14:05:50 BST 47 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454665354358
14:05:50 BST 122 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199795683994
14:05:50 BST 173 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454665354359
14:10:06 BST 3 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199795729051
14:10:06 BST 56 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199795729052
14:10:06 BST 55 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454665401985
14:10:06 BST 54 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199795729056
14:10:06 BST 16 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454665401991
14:10:06 BST 1 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454665401995
14:10:06 BST 5 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454665401993
14:10:06 BST 3 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454665401996
14:16:53 BST 22 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665483983
14:16:53 BST 102 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665483984
14:16:53 BST 112 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795806031
14:16:53 BST 220 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665483985
14:16:53 BST 299 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665483982
14:16:53 BST 312 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665483981
14:16:53 BST 321 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795806032
14:16:53 BST 343 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795806030
14:16:53 BST 75 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795806037
14:16:53 BST 458 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665483997
14:16:53 BST 458 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795806045
14:16:53 BST 36 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795806050
14:16:53 BST 213 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665484005
14:16:53 BST 458 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665484006
14:16:53 BST 262 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665484012
14:22:00 BST 124 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199795883006
14:22:00 BST 307 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454665566435
14:25:53 BST 125 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795944785
14:25:53 BST 125 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795944786
14:25:53 BST 317 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199795944784
14:30:03 BST 123 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665706546
14:30:03 BST 123 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665706547
14:30:03 BST 123 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665706548
14:30:03 BST 123 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199796015255
14:30:03 BST 123 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199796015256
14:30:03 BST 135 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454665706545
14:30:03 BST 171 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199796015257
14:30:03 BST 438 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199796015254
14:32:24 BST 227 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796064615
14:32:24 BST 309 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454665758966
14:35:09 BST 111 10.61 GBP XLON 592134454665809531
14:35:09 BST 119 10.61 GBP XLON 592134454665809530
14:35:09 BST 305 10.61 GBP XLON 606208199796112725
14:38:15 BST 46 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796161093
14:38:15 BST 63 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796161092
14:38:57 BST 9 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796171949
14:38:57 BST 33 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796171951
14:38:57 BST 80 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796171950
14:39:31 BST 8 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454665880750
14:39:31 BST 43 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454665880748
14:39:31 BST 75 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454665880749
14:40:03 BST 119 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796187762
14:41:03 BST 228 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796202804
14:41:03 BST 139 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454665905037
14:41:03 BST 235 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454665905036
14:41:03 BST 359 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454665905042
14:41:03 BST 302 10.62 GBP XLON 606208199796202821
14:43:36 BST 116 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454665945461
14:47:05 BST 38 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666001547
14:47:05 BST 86 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666001548
14:47:23 BST 121 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666006406
14:47:47 BST 464 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454666013798
14:47:47 BST 350 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796304579
14:47:50 BST 86 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796305945
14:48:57 BST 100 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454666036080
14:49:30 BST 39 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454666048406
14:49:30 BST 105 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454666048405
14:54:00 BST 52 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454666147179
14:54:00 BST 118 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454666147180
14:54:00 BST 126 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454666147178
14:54:00 BST 126 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454666147181
14:54:00 BST 126 10.62 GBP XLON 592134454666147182
14:54:00 BST 126 10.62 GBP XLON 606208199796428990
14:54:00 BST 126 10.62 GBP XLON 606208199796428991
14:54:00 BST 126 10.62 GBP XLON 606208199796428992
14:54:00 BST 126 10.62 GBP XLON 606208199796428993
14:54:00 BST 138 10.62 GBP XLON 606208199796428994
14:59:51 BST 29 10.61 GBP XLON 592134454666260340
14:59:51 BST 125 10.61 GBP XLON 606208199796535206
14:59:51 BST 128 10.61 GBP XLON 606208199796535208
14:59:51 BST 185 10.61 GBP XLON 606208199796535207
14:59:51 BST 79 10.61 GBP XLON 606208199796535209
14:59:51 BST 99 10.61 GBP XLON 592134454666260342
14:59:51 BST 128 10.61 GBP XLON 592134454666260341
15:01:00 BST 128 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796566034
15:02:47 BST 122 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796595711
15:03:46 BST 107 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454666344326
15:04:55 BST 38 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666362598
15:04:55 BST 45 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666362600
15:04:55 BST 139 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666362599
15:06:07 BST 17 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666384444
15:06:07 BST 114 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666384443
15:06:07 BST 99 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666384448
15:07:11 BST 58 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666404297
15:07:11 BST 76 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666404295
15:07:11 BST 84 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666404296
15:07:44 BST 17 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666414099
15:07:44 BST 37 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666414101
15:07:44 BST 71 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666414100
15:08:21 BST 6 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666425105
15:08:21 BST 45 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666425103
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15:09:01 BST 58 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666435418
15:09:01 BST 69 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666435417
15:10:17 BST 15 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796719331
15:10:17 BST 65 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796719332
15:10:17 BST 67 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796719334
15:10:17 BST 78 10.64 GBP XLON 606208199796719333
15:10:17 BST 3 10.64 GBP XLON 592134454666457052
15:10:48 BST 128 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796728435
15:11:33 BST 125 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796741300
15:14:00 BST 67 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796781939
15:15:08 BST 76 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796801063
15:15:08 BST 142 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796801062
15:15:08 BST 192 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796801061
15:15:08 BST 218 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454666545084
15:15:08 BST 356 10.63 GBP XLON 606208199796801060
15:15:08 BST 353 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454666545091
15:15:08 BST 194 10.63 GBP XLON 592134454666545097
15:20:44 BST 119 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199796905130
15:21:59 BST 120 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666683110
15:22:35 BST 124 10.66 GBP XLON 606208199796941109
15:24:57 BST 116 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666737596
15:24:57 BST 116 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666737597
15:24:57 BST 116 10.66 GBP XLON 606208199796980368
15:24:57 BST 375 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666737595
15:24:57 BST 235 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666737605
15:24:59 BST 139 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666738133
15:24:59 BST 282 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666738338
15:26:15 BST 127 10.67 GBP XLON 592134454666767930
15:27:44 BST 156 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666802797
15:27:44 BST 246 10.66 GBP XLON 592134454666802798
15:27:44 BST 51 10.66 GBP XLON 606208199797039909
15:30:10 BST 260 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199797093011
15:44:19 BST 47 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199797365481
15:44:19 BST 216 10.65 GBP XLON 592134454667158493
15:44:19 BST 216 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199797365480
15:44:19 BST 216 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199797365482
15:44:19 BST 216 10.65 GBP XLON 606208199797365483
15:53:19 BST 157 10.67 GBP XLON 606208199797514029
15:53:19 BST 180 10.67 GBP XLON 606208199797514030
15:53:19 BST 363 10.67 GBP XLON 592134454667320363
15:53:19 BST 303 10.67 GBP XLON 592134454667320366
15:53:19 BST 7 10.67 GBP XLON 606208199797514035
15:53:19 BST 242 10.67 GBP XLON 606208199797514034
15:53:19 BST 203 10.67 GBP XLON 606208199797514038
15:53:19 BST 10 10.67 GBP XLON 592134454667320381
15:53:19 BST 260 10.67 GBP XLON 592134454667320397
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15:53:31 BST 167 10.67 GBP XLON 592134454667323079
15:53:33 BST 127 10.67 GBP XLON 606208199797517395
15:53:46 BST 128 10.67 GBP XLON 592134454667327289
15:54:09 BST 126 10.67 GBP XLON 606208199797526634
15:54:09 BST 164 10.67 GBP XLON 606208199797526633
15:55:36 BST 122 10.68 GBP XLON 592134454667363422
15:55:36 BST 158 10.68 GBP XLON 606208199797553845
15:56:12 BST 114 10.68 GBP XLON 606208199797564657
15:56:12 BST 171 10.68 GBP XLON 592134454667375340
15:56:12 BST 356 10.68 GBP XLON 592134454667375339
15:56:12 BST 438 10.68 GBP XLON 592134454667375341
15:56:12 BST 269 10.68 GBP XLON 592134454667375346
15:56:12 BST 471 10.68 GBP XLON 606208199797564662
15:56:12 BST 125 10.68 GBP XLON 606208199797564668
15:56:12 BST 346 10.68 GBP XLON 606208199797564670
15:56:13 BST 57 10.68 GBP XLON 606208199797565011
16:00:06 BST 159 10.7 GBP XLON 592134454667461276
16:00:10 BST 284 10.69 GBP XLON 592134454667462482
16:00:13 BST 88 10.69 GBP XLON 592134454667463724
16:00:13 BST 398 10.69 GBP XLON 592134454667463723
16:00:19 BST 189 10.69 GBP XLON 606208199797649009
16:03:38 BST 50 10.7 GBP XLON 592134454667525115
16:03:38 BST 77 10.7 GBP XLON 592134454667525117
16:04:49 BST 42 10.7 GBP XLON 592134454667544400
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16:04:49 BST 118 10.7 GBP XLON 606208199797719936
16:04:49 BST 437 10.7 GBP XLON 606208199797719937
16:05:19 BST 122 10.7 GBP XLON 592134454667554213
16:05:19 BST 141 10.7 GBP XLON 606208199797728943
16:05:19 BST 148 10.7 GBP XLON 606208199797728944
16:09:09 BST 118 10.73 GBP XLON 592134454667621398
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16:11:34 BST 125 10.73 GBP XLON 592134454667665838
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