Transaction in Own Shares, 17 Jan 2025 18:02

17 January 2025, 18:02

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 8515T

WH Smith PLC

17 January 2025

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
17 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 25,295 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 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 1,208,629 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,708,305 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:			17 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		25,295			11.9570		11.8700	11.9800


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
08:02:37	GMT	187	11.93	GBP		XLON	606162116882532468
08:02:37	GMT	205	11.93	GBP		XLON	606162116882532467
08:02:37	GMT	10	11.93	GBP		XLON	606162116882532471
08:02:37	GMT	451	11.93	GBP		XLON	606162116882532481
08:06:24	GMT	151	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368047052648
08:06:24	GMT	191	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368047052649
08:06:38	GMT	9	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368047056188
08:06:38	GMT	90	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368047056189
08:29:55	GMT	48	11.95	GBP		XLON	606162116882919077
08:29:55	GMT	53	11.95	GBP		XLON	606162116882919076
08:29:55	GMT	75	11.95	GBP		XLON	592088368047402393
08:29:55	GMT	103	11.95	GBP		XLON	592088368047402395
08:29:55	GMT	149	11.95	GBP		XLON	606162116882919086
08:32:56	GMT	36	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116882963908
08:32:56	GMT	45	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116882963905
08:32:56	GMT	50	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116882963907
08:32:56	GMT	81	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116882963906
08:32:56	GMT	16	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368047450183
08:32:56	GMT	190	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116882963912
08:32:57	GMT	150	11.95	GBP		XLON	592088368047450462
08:32:57	GMT	273	11.95	GBP		XLON	592088368047450464
08:32:57	GMT	611	11.95	GBP		XLON	592088368047450469
09:02:36	GMT	112	11.93	GBP		XLON	592088368047971288
09:03:29	GMT	112	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368047986974
09:03:29	GMT	112	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368047986975
09:03:29	GMT	112	11.91	GBP		XLON	606162116883468608
09:03:29	GMT	112	11.91	GBP		XLON	606162116883468609
09:03:29	GMT	531	11.91	GBP		XLON	606162116883468607
09:03:29	GMT	120	11.91	GBP		XLON	606162116883468613
09:11:55	GMT	341	11.87	GBP		XLON	592088368048133303
09:32:53	GMT	105	11.91	GBP		XLON	606162116883980265
09:32:53	GMT	186	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368048526778
09:32:53	GMT	332	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368048526777
09:34:14	GMT	50	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368048553154
09:34:14	GMT	55	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368048553155
09:56:05	GMT	13	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368048948306
09:56:05	GMT	39	11.91	GBP		XLON	606162116884378969
09:56:05	GMT	59	11.91	GBP		XLON	606162116884378970
09:56:05	GMT	85	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368048948305
09:56:05	GMT	98	11.91	GBP		XLON	606162116884378968
09:56:05	GMT	127	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368048948308
09:56:05	GMT	241	11.91	GBP		XLON	592088368048948307
10:18:53	GMT	108	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116884835022
10:30:29	GMT	105	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116885066434
10:34:13	GMT	9	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368049749593
10:34:13	GMT	35	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368049749594
10:34:13	GMT	105	11.94	GBP		XLON	606162116885139583
10:34:13	GMT	105	11.94	GBP		XLON	606162116885139584
10:34:13	GMT	332	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368049749595
10:34:15	GMT	388	11.94	GBP		XLON	606162116885140258
10:34:17	GMT	55	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368049750628
10:37:40	GMT	49	11.94	GBP		XLON	606162116885202916
10:37:40	GMT	55	11.94	GBP		XLON	606162116885202915
11:24:56	GMT	101	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368050814286
11:24:56	GMT	101	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116886151796
11:31:04	GMT	90	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116886253887
11:31:04	GMT	119	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116886253886
11:31:04	GMT	11	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116886253888
11:41:41	GMT	42	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368051109908
11:41:41	GMT	66	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368051109909
11:41:41	GMT	108	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116886432634
11:47:38	GMT	54	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116886532729
11:47:38	GMT	104	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368051215114
11:54:00	GMT	110	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368051340071
11:55:03	GMT	98	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116886670420
11:58:17	GMT	109	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116886728997
12:04:00	GMT	105	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368051527320
12:04:30	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368051536257
12:05:31	GMT	101	11.97	GBP		XLON	592088368051557959
12:05:31	GMT	101	11.97	GBP		XLON	592088368051557960
12:05:31	GMT	160	11.97	GBP		XLON	592088368051557964
12:05:31	GMT	169	11.97	GBP		XLON	592088368051557962
12:05:31	GMT	245	11.97	GBP		XLON	592088368051557963
12:05:31	GMT	368	11.97	GBP		XLON	592088368051557961
12:34:28	GMT	1	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116887359333
12:34:28	GMT	1	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116887359338
12:34:28	GMT	7	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116887359334
12:34:28	GMT	9	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116887359340
12:34:28	GMT	13	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116887359337
12:34:28	GMT	20	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116887359336
12:34:28	GMT	39	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116887359335
12:34:28	GMT	22	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368052085465
12:34:38	GMT	52	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368052088926
12:34:38	GMT	60	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368052088925
12:34:38	GMT	112	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368052088923
12:34:38	GMT	112	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368052088924
12:34:38	GMT	236	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368052088927
12:34:38	GMT	341	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368052088922
13:52:02	GMT	80	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368053711141
13:52:02	GMT	105	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368053711136
13:52:02	GMT	105	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368053711138
13:52:02	GMT	105	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896596
13:52:02	GMT	105	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896598
13:52:02	GMT	105	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896599
13:52:02	GMT	105	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896604
13:52:02	GMT	152	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368053711140
13:52:02	GMT	162	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368053711143
13:52:02	GMT	184	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896595
13:52:02	GMT	206	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896597
13:52:02	GMT	237	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896600
13:52:02	GMT	238	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896602
13:52:02	GMT	262	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896601
13:52:02	GMT	281	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368053711137
13:52:02	GMT	385	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116888896605
13:52:02	GMT	555	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368053711139
13:52:02	GMT	278	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368053711161
14:21:27	GMT	45	11.95	GBP		XLON	592088368054483220
14:21:27	GMT	56	11.95	GBP		XLON	592088368054483223
14:21:33	GMT	101	11.94	GBP		XLON	606162116889629031
14:21:33	GMT	101	11.94	GBP		XLON	606162116889629032
14:21:33	GMT	341	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368054486880
14:28:41	GMT	228	11.92	GBP		XLON	606162116889822576
14:31:21	GMT	90	11.92	GBP		XLON	606162116889927006
14:31:21	GMT	120	11.92	GBP		XLON	606162116889927005
14:31:21	GMT	131	11.92	GBP		XLON	592088368054799728
14:41:53	GMT	107	11.94	GBP		XLON	606162116890289830
14:41:53	GMT	445	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368055181319
14:49:51	GMT	370	11.94	GBP		XLON	592088368055446488
14:52:42	GMT	11	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368055545755
14:52:42	GMT	11	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368055545756
14:52:42	GMT	73	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368055545754
14:56:58	GMT	19	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116890777073
14:56:58	GMT	150	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116890777072
15:00:15	GMT	111	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368055813518
15:02:46	GMT	99	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368055896340
15:02:46	GMT	609	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116890970902
15:02:46	GMT	441	11.96	GBP		XLON	606162116890970905
15:02:46	GMT	106	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368055896346
15:55:15	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368057602449
15:55:15	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368057602450
15:55:15	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116892594256
15:55:15	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116892594257
15:55:15	GMT	268	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368057602451
15:55:15	GMT	340	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368057602448
16:14:42	GMT	2	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239159
16:14:42	GMT	48	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202048
16:14:42	GMT	101	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239158
16:14:42	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239160
16:14:42	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239161
16:14:42	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239162
16:14:42	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239167
16:14:42	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202052
16:14:42	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202059
16:14:42	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202061
16:14:42	GMT	106	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202063
16:14:42	GMT	124	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202057
16:14:42	GMT	127	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202051
16:14:42	GMT	129	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202064
16:14:42	GMT	134	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239157
16:14:42	GMT	143	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239163
16:14:42	GMT	149	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202049
16:14:42	GMT	163	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239168
16:14:42	GMT	190	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202055
16:14:42	GMT	198	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202065
16:14:42	GMT	202	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239171
16:14:42	GMT	406	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239164
16:14:42	GMT	457	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239170
16:14:42	GMT	523	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202054
16:14:42	GMT	555	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239166
16:14:42	GMT	580	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239169
16:14:42	GMT	34	11.98	GBP		XLON	606162116893202084
16:14:42	GMT	138	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239182
16:14:42	GMT	103	11.98	GBP		XLON	592088368058239646
16:26:04	GMT	14	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368058684573
16:26:04	GMT	561	11.96	GBP		XLON	592088368058684572


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