Transaction in Own Shares, 21 Jan 2025 17:15

21 January 2025, 17:15

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 1814U

WH Smith PLC

21 January 2025

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
21 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 25,445 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 21 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 1,258,856 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,658,078 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 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		25,445			11.8698		11.7400	11.9600


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
08:08:41	GMT	95	11.8	GBP		XLON	592089783636354862
08:08:48	GMT	190	11.74	GBP		XLON	592089783636356942
08:08:48	GMT	190	11.74	GBP		XLON	606163532471875224
08:08:48	GMT	583	11.74	GBP		XLON	606163532471875225
08:08:48	GMT	58	11.74	GBP		XLON	606163532471875233
08:11:08	GMT	180	11.8	GBP		XLON	606163532471919414
08:39:31	GMT	30	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783636911549
08:39:31	GMT	182	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783636911555
08:43:56	GMT	109	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783637000046
08:43:56	GMT	172	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532472480382
08:43:58	GMT	2	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532472480942
08:44:20	GMT	122	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783637006852
08:44:20	GMT	146	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783637006853
08:51:18	GMT	152	11.96	GBP		XLON	592089783637127400
08:51:19	GMT	102	11.96	GBP		XLON	606163532472599781
08:52:06	GMT	607	11.95	GBP		XLON	592089783637139849
08:52:06	GMT	465	11.95	GBP		XLON	592089783637139852
08:52:06	GMT	35	11.95	GBP		XLON	606163532472611173
09:09:55	GMT	97	11.94	GBP		XLON	606163532472930585
09:09:55	GMT	426	11.94	GBP		XLON	606163532472930586
09:09:55	GMT	204	11.94	GBP		XLON	606163532472930590
09:15:34	GMT	97	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783637592210
09:17:05	GMT	245	11.92	GBP		XLON	606163532473064940
09:26:27	GMT	342	11.9	GBP		XLON	606163532473246444
09:40:20	GMT	102	11.87	GBP		XLON	592089783638082984
09:40:20	GMT	102	11.87	GBP		XLON	606163532473500946
09:40:20	GMT	341	11.87	GBP		XLON	592089783638082983
10:34:39	GMT	25	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532474463408
10:34:39	GMT	90	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532474463409
10:34:39	GMT	103	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532474463407
10:34:39	GMT	104	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532474463411
10:34:39	GMT	118	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532474463410
10:34:39	GMT	128	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783639106460
10:34:39	GMT	206	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532474463412
10:34:39	GMT	468	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783639106459
10:34:39	GMT	434	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783639106464
10:34:39	GMT	20	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532474463424
10:46:50	GMT	29	11.86	GBP		XLON	592089783639348077
10:51:37	GMT	113	11.86	GBP		XLON	606163532474781188
10:51:37	GMT	113	11.86	GBP		XLON	606163532474781189
10:51:37	GMT	115	11.86	GBP		XLON	606163532474781187
10:51:37	GMT	209	11.86	GBP		XLON	592089783639444415
11:23:21	GMT	21	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783640183718
11:23:21	GMT	81	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783640183717
11:27:08	GMT	95	11.9	GBP		XLON	592089783640259772
11:27:13	GMT	102	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783640262179
11:27:13	GMT	244	11.89	GBP		XLON	606163532475546634
11:27:13	GMT	439	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783640262178
11:30:25	GMT	113	11.9	GBP		XLON	592089783640322151
11:30:25	GMT	228	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783640322152
11:52:46	GMT	22	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532475999932
11:52:46	GMT	91	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532475999933
12:19:49	GMT	5	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641253818
12:19:49	GMT	36	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476479086
12:19:49	GMT	91	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476479085
12:19:49	GMT	97	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641253819
12:21:03	GMT	24	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476498210
12:21:03	GMT	86	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476498211
12:23:38	GMT	1	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476537469
12:23:38	GMT	102	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476537468
12:26:17	GMT	50	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476578735
12:26:17	GMT	54	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476578736
12:28:58	GMT	48	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532476619377
12:28:58	GMT	58	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641401962
12:32:02	GMT	109	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641454849
12:35:01	GMT	47	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641508782
12:35:01	GMT	58	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641508783
12:38:40	GMT	46	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641568784
12:38:40	GMT	57	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641568783
12:42:29	GMT	97	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641627883
12:46:03	GMT	95	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641691498
12:49:45	GMT	101	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641757795
12:53:28	GMT	50	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641830252
12:53:28	GMT	59	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641830251
12:57:10	GMT	10	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641909461
12:57:10	GMT	101	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641909460
13:00:02	GMT	95	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783641982429
13:03:02	GMT	50	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532477220877
13:03:02	GMT	60	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532477220876
13:05:50	GMT	40	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783642093688
13:05:50	GMT	61	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783642093687
13:07:16	GMT	606	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783642119181
13:07:16	GMT	84	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783642119189
13:07:16	GMT	340	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783642119188
13:07:16	GMT	109	11.89	GBP		XLON	606163532477292325
13:38:51	GMT	1	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783642725696
13:38:51	GMT	42	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532477861911
13:38:51	GMT	70	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783642725694
13:38:51	GMT	107	11.93	GBP		XLON	592089783642725697
13:38:51	GMT	58	11.93	GBP		XLON	606163532477861915
13:38:51	GMT	369	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783642725736
13:38:51	GMT	114	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532477861966
13:38:51	GMT	150	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532477861964
13:38:51	GMT	150	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532477861965
13:39:22	GMT	115	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532477871094
13:39:22	GMT	300	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532477871093
13:50:14	GMT	109	11.9	GBP		XLON	592089783642954813
13:50:14	GMT	342	11.9	GBP		XLON	606163532478077838
14:06:49	GMT	114	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783643360750
14:06:49	GMT	114	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783643360754
14:06:49	GMT	114	11.89	GBP		XLON	606163532478461184
14:06:49	GMT	340	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783643360751
14:27:40	GMT	16	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783643887802
14:27:40	GMT	93	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783643887803
14:27:40	GMT	109	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783643887806
14:27:40	GMT	109	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783643887807
14:27:40	GMT	109	11.91	GBP		XLON	606163532478959471
14:27:40	GMT	207	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783643887804
14:27:40	GMT	271	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783643887805
14:27:40	GMT	83	11.91	GBP		XLON	592089783643887818
14:34:51	GMT	100	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783644150259
14:34:51	GMT	100	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783644150260
14:34:51	GMT	407	11.89	GBP		XLON	606163532479207726
14:41:51	GMT	107	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532479430143
14:41:51	GMT	107	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532479430144
14:41:51	GMT	107	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532479430146
14:41:51	GMT	349	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532479430145
14:48:33	GMT	27	11.89	GBP		XLON	606163532479630233
14:48:33	GMT	104	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783644595702
14:49:47	GMT	78	11.89	GBP		XLON	606163532479665296
14:49:47	GMT	106	11.89	GBP		XLON	592089783644632947
14:49:47	GMT	282	11.89	GBP		XLON	606163532479665297
15:04:13	GMT	106	11.88	GBP		XLON	592089783645043548
15:04:13	GMT	161	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532480055424
15:04:13	GMT	450	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532480055425
15:04:13	GMT	106	11.88	GBP		XLON	592089783645043550
15:04:13	GMT	135	11.88	GBP		XLON	606163532480055432
15:14:48	GMT	113	11.84	GBP		XLON	592089783645337950
15:20:08	GMT	105	11.84	GBP		XLON	606163532480475452
15:21:28	GMT	106	11.84	GBP		XLON	592089783645521330
15:21:48	GMT	105	11.83	GBP		XLON	592089783645530428
15:21:48	GMT	105	11.83	GBP		XLON	606163532480518336
15:21:48	GMT	105	11.83	GBP		XLON	606163532480518337
15:21:48	GMT	113	11.83	GBP		XLON	592089783645530425
15:21:48	GMT	113	11.83	GBP		XLON	592089783645530426
15:21:48	GMT	113	11.83	GBP		XLON	592089783645530427
15:21:48	GMT	113	11.83	GBP		XLON	606163532480518338
15:21:48	GMT	344	11.83	GBP		XLON	592089783645530424
15:30:05	GMT	1	11.82	GBP		XLON	592089783645731853
15:30:05	GMT	2	11.82	GBP		XLON	592089783645731851
15:30:05	GMT	107	11.82	GBP		XLON	592089783645731852
15:30:05	GMT	108	11.82	GBP		XLON	592089783645731854
15:30:05	GMT	341	11.82	GBP		XLON	592089783645731850
15:35:07	GMT	341	11.8	GBP		XLON	606163532480845494
15:44:14	GMT	104	11.79	GBP		XLON	592089783646128323
15:44:14	GMT	104	11.79	GBP		XLON	606163532481084446
15:44:14	GMT	104	11.79	GBP		XLON	606163532481084447
15:44:14	GMT	341	11.79	GBP		XLON	606163532481084448
15:53:10	GMT	3	11.8	GBP		XLON	592089783646432032
15:53:10	GMT	108	11.8	GBP		XLON	592089783646432030
15:53:10	GMT	503	11.8	GBP		XLON	592089783646432031
15:53:10	GMT	1	11.8	GBP		XLON	592089783646432034
15:53:10	GMT	6	11.8	GBP		XLON	592089783646432033
15:53:13	GMT	98	11.8	GBP		XLON	592089783646432925
15:58:18	GMT	101	11.8	GBP		XLON	592089783646592311
15:58:18	GMT	128	11.8	GBP		XLON	606163532481522234
15:58:18	GMT	213	11.8	GBP		XLON	606163532481522235
16:03:32	GMT	99	11.78	GBP		XLON	592089783646753867
16:03:32	GMT	99	11.78	GBP		XLON	606163532481675831
16:03:32	GMT	342	11.78	GBP		XLON	592089783646753866
16:13:44	GMT	64	11.78	GBP		XLON	592089783647087260
16:13:44	GMT	106	11.78	GBP		XLON	606163532481993740
16:13:44	GMT	110	11.78	GBP		XLON	606163532481993741
16:13:44	GMT	150	11.78	GBP		XLON	592089783647087261
16:13:44	GMT	289	11.78	GBP		XLON	592089783647087262
16:13:44	GMT	16	11.78	GBP		XLON	606163532481993748
16:13:44	GMT	190	11.78	GBP		XLON	606163532481993747
16:15:09	GMT	123	11.78	GBP		XLON	592089783647139818
16:23:54	GMT	121	11.81	GBP		XLON	606163532482340102
16:27:02	GMT	248	11.79	GBP		XLON	592089783647567871
16:27:02	GMT	365	11.79	GBP		XLON	606163532482453555
16:27:02	GMT	209	11.79	GBP		XLON	606163532482453597
16:27:05	GMT	313	11.79	GBP		XLON	606163532482455088


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