Transaction in Own Shares, 15 Jan 2025 18:00

15 January 2025, 18:00

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 5013T

WH Smith PLC

15 January 2025

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
15 January 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 26 January 2024, of 26,155 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 15 January 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 1,158,188 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,758,746 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:			15 January 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		26,155			11.8080		11.6600	11.9500


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
08:07:38	GMT	92	11.71	GBP		XLON	592087660256263867
08:07:38	GMT	92	11.71	GBP		XLON	606161409091815861
08:07:38	GMT	92	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409091815857
08:07:38	GMT	622	11.71	GBP		XLON	592087660256263865
08:07:38	GMT	322	11.71	GBP		XLON	606161409091815875
08:15:13	GMT	365	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660256457326
08:29:30	GMT	100	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660256780417
08:29:30	GMT	100	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409092304817
08:29:30	GMT	109	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660256780415
08:29:30	GMT	132	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660256780416
08:29:30	GMT	187	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660256780414
08:29:30	GMT	25	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409092304824
08:50:20	GMT	41	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409092708286
08:50:20	GMT	68	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409092708285
08:50:20	GMT	109	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660257205595
08:50:20	GMT	465	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409092708284
08:50:21	GMT	88	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409092708352
09:16:18	GMT	102	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660257775568
09:16:18	GMT	109	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660257775570
09:16:18	GMT	257	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660257775569
09:16:18	GMT	10	11.74	GBP		XLON	606161409093248790
09:16:18	GMT	441	11.74	GBP		XLON	606161409093248791
09:16:18	GMT	87	11.74	GBP		XLON	592087660257775581
09:16:18	GMT	172	11.74	GBP		XLON	592087660257775582
09:16:19	GMT	24	11.74	GBP		XLON	592087660257776146
09:16:19	GMT	97	11.74	GBP		XLON	592087660257776145
09:40:28	GMT	8	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660258280515
09:40:28	GMT	89	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660258280516
09:40:28	GMT	97	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660258280519
09:40:28	GMT	97	11.75	GBP		XLON	606161409093729425
09:40:28	GMT	113	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660258280518
09:40:28	GMT	365	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660258280513
09:54:06	GMT	17	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409093991754
09:54:06	GMT	106	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660258555854
09:54:06	GMT	347	11.72	GBP		XLON	606161409093991753
10:09:55	GMT	95	11.71	GBP		XLON	606161409094323045
10:09:55	GMT	461	11.7	GBP		XLON	592087660258904717
10:09:55	GMT	61	11.7	GBP		XLON	606161409094323069
10:55:43	GMT	100	11.77	GBP		XLON	592087660259885433
10:55:43	GMT	127	11.77	GBP		XLON	606161409095258661
10:57:08	GMT	95	11.77	GBP		XLON	606161409095287454
10:57:08	GMT	342	11.76	GBP		XLON	592087660259915537
10:57:08	GMT	72	11.76	GBP		XLON	592087660259915541
10:57:08	GMT	433	11.76	GBP		XLON	592087660259915540
10:57:09	GMT	75	11.76	GBP		XLON	606161409095287571
10:57:09	GMT	243	11.76	GBP		XLON	606161409095287572
10:57:16	GMT	159	11.76	GBP		XLON	606161409095289427
11:31:50	GMT	109	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660260629085
11:31:50	GMT	109	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660260629086
11:31:50	GMT	109	11.75	GBP		XLON	592087660260629088
11:31:50	GMT	109	11.75	GBP		XLON	606161409095965571
11:31:50	GMT	109	11.75	GBP		XLON	606161409095965572
11:31:50	GMT	109	11.75	GBP		XLON	606161409095965576
11:31:50	GMT	149	11.75	GBP		XLON	606161409095965574
11:31:50	GMT	260	11.75	GBP		XLON	606161409095965575
11:51:07	GMT	106	11.66	GBP		XLON	592087660261034759
11:51:07	GMT	106	11.66	GBP		XLON	592087660261034760
11:51:07	GMT	106	11.66	GBP		XLON	592087660261034761
11:51:07	GMT	364	11.66	GBP		XLON	592087660261034758
12:30:11	GMT	47	11.71	GBP		XLON	592087660261862837
12:30:11	GMT	69	11.71	GBP		XLON	592087660261862839
12:30:11	GMT	107	11.71	GBP		XLON	592087660261862836
12:30:11	GMT	220	11.71	GBP		XLON	592087660261862838
12:30:11	GMT	607	11.7	GBP		XLON	606161409097141850
12:45:52	GMT	12	11.75	GBP		XLON	606161409097463315
12:45:52	GMT	90	11.75	GBP		XLON	606161409097463314
12:46:19	GMT	102	11.73	GBP		XLON	606161409097473490
12:46:19	GMT	102	11.73	GBP		XLON	606161409097473491
12:46:19	GMT	389	11.73	GBP		XLON	592087660262212884
12:56:08	GMT	32	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660262429866
12:56:08	GMT	32	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660262429867
12:56:08	GMT	102	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660262429864
12:56:08	GMT	198	11.72	GBP		XLON	592087660262429865
13:18:53	GMT	22	11.71	GBP		XLON	606161409098211556
13:18:53	GMT	73	11.71	GBP		XLON	606161409098211555
13:18:53	GMT	95	11.71	GBP		XLON	606161409098211554
13:18:53	GMT	105	11.71	GBP		XLON	592087660262992398
13:18:53	GMT	432	11.71	GBP		XLON	592087660262992399
13:18:53	GMT	122	11.71	GBP		XLON	606161409098211564
13:30:45	GMT	191	11.76	GBP		XLON	592087660263394264
13:30:45	GMT	286	11.76	GBP		XLON	592087660263394266
13:30:45	GMT	48	11.76	GBP		XLON	606161409098592616
13:42:55	GMT	592	11.82	GBP		XLON	592087660263887170
14:02:07	GMT	123	11.87	GBP		XLON	606161409099713175
14:02:07	GMT	420	11.87	GBP		XLON	606161409099713176
14:02:07	GMT	267	11.87	GBP		XLON	606161409099713212
14:11:16	GMT	104	11.86	GBP		XLON	606161409100000465
14:11:16	GMT	365	11.86	GBP		XLON	606161409100000464
14:30:06	GMT	50	11.84	GBP		XLON	606161409100652748
14:30:51	GMT	92	11.84	GBP		XLON	592087660265607436
14:30:51	GMT	92	11.84	GBP		XLON	592087660265607437
14:30:51	GMT	92	11.84	GBP		XLON	592087660265607438
14:30:51	GMT	92	11.84	GBP		XLON	606161409100688205
14:30:51	GMT	92	11.84	GBP		XLON	606161409100688206
14:30:51	GMT	92	11.84	GBP		XLON	606161409100688208
14:30:51	GMT	92	11.84	GBP		XLON	606161409100688209
14:30:51	GMT	92	11.84	GBP		XLON	606161409100688210
14:30:51	GMT	313	11.84	GBP		XLON	606161409100688204
14:43:25	GMT	98	11.86	GBP		XLON	592087660266141755
14:44:42	GMT	109	11.86	GBP		XLON	592087660266193601
14:44:42	GMT	521	11.86	GBP		XLON	606161409101246557
14:44:42	GMT	130	11.86	GBP		XLON	592087660266193606
14:44:42	GMT	350	11.86	GBP		XLON	592087660266193605
14:44:42	GMT	225	11.86	GBP		XLON	606161409101246564
14:59:44	GMT	110	11.88	GBP		XLON	592087660266779113
15:00:28	GMT	95	11.87	GBP		XLON	592087660266813290
15:00:28	GMT	196	11.87	GBP		XLON	592087660266813288
15:00:28	GMT	355	11.87	GBP		XLON	592087660266813289
15:05:22	GMT	95	11.87	GBP		XLON	606161409102010308
15:05:22	GMT	95	11.87	GBP		XLON	606161409102010309
15:05:22	GMT	95	11.87	GBP		XLON	606161409102010310
15:05:22	GMT	442	11.87	GBP		XLON	592087660266994314
15:12:17	GMT	424	11.88	GBP		XLON	606161409102270369
15:13:23	GMT	83	11.88	GBP		XLON	606161409102311287
15:13:29	GMT	82	11.88	GBP		XLON	606161409102314254
15:13:29	GMT	102	11.88	GBP		XLON	592087660267311856
15:31:07	GMT	17	11.91	GBP		XLON	606161409102890433
15:31:07	GMT	93	11.91	GBP		XLON	606161409102890432
15:31:07	GMT	110	11.91	GBP		XLON	606161409102890438
15:32:36	GMT	102	11.91	GBP		XLON	606161409102939665
15:32:45	GMT	169	11.89	GBP		XLON	606161409102944659
15:32:45	GMT	255	11.89	GBP		XLON	606161409102944660
15:32:45	GMT	380	11.89	GBP		XLON	606161409102944665
15:32:45	GMT	380	11.89	GBP		XLON	606161409102944670
15:35:20	GMT	54	11.89	GBP		XLON	592087660268061040
15:46:55	GMT	7	11.9	GBP		XLON	606161409103440956
15:46:55	GMT	95	11.9	GBP		XLON	606161409103440955
15:46:55	GMT	419	11.9	GBP		XLON	606161409103440954
15:47:32	GMT	102	11.9	GBP		XLON	606161409103462376
15:47:32	GMT	338	11.9	GBP		XLON	606161409103462375
15:51:47	GMT	103	11.91	GBP		XLON	606161409103621238
16:02:17	GMT	105	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104024002
16:02:17	GMT	143	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104024004
16:02:17	GMT	225	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104024005
16:02:17	GMT	511	11.93	GBP		XLON	592087660269107574
16:02:17	GMT	33	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104024331
16:02:17	GMT	350	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104024330
16:08:51	GMT	110	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104278325
16:08:51	GMT	110	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104278326
16:14:17	GMT	75	11.93	GBP		XLON	592087660269605193
16:17:17	GMT	19	11.93	GBP		XLON	592087660269740371
16:17:17	GMT	74	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104623470
16:17:17	GMT	88	11.93	GBP		XLON	592087660269740368
16:17:17	GMT	107	11.93	GBP		XLON	592087660269740372
16:17:17	GMT	132	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104623472
16:17:17	GMT	526	11.93	GBP		XLON	606161409104623471
16:17:17	GMT	3	11.93	GBP		XLON	592087660269740378
16:17:17	GMT	190	11.93	GBP		XLON	592087660269740376
16:17:17	GMT	190	11.93	GBP		XLON	592087660269740377
16:23:01	GMT	100	11.95	GBP		XLON	592087660270015551
16:25:03	GMT	100	11.94	GBP		XLON	592087660270125923
16:25:03	GMT	100	11.94	GBP		XLON	592087660270125924
16:25:03	GMT	364	11.94	GBP		XLON	592087660270125922
16:29:59	GMT	261	11.92	GBP		XLON	606161409105209920


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