Transaction in Own Shares, 26 Feb 2025 17:34

26 February 2025, 17:34

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 6018Y

WH Smith PLC

26 February 2025

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
26 February 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 25,684 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 26 February 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 1,816,974 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 129,099,960 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:			26 February 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		25,684			11.7704		11.6400	11.8900


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
08:01:45	GMT	363	11.7	GBP		XLON	592102523830995344
08:01:45	GMT	150	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272666500165
08:10:34	GMT	598	11.8	GBP		XLON	592102523831296871
08:10:34	GMT	107	11.8	GBP		XLON	606176272666782264
08:10:34	GMT	152	11.8	GBP		XLON	592102523831296875
08:16:27	GMT	292	11.77	GBP		XLON	592102523831460942
08:26:10	GMT	101	11.77	GBP		XLON	606176272667197937
08:26:10	GMT	101	11.77	GBP		XLON	606176272667197938
08:26:10	GMT	163	11.77	GBP		XLON	592102523831750996
08:26:10	GMT	177	11.77	GBP		XLON	606176272667197936
08:33:36	GMT	149	11.77	GBP		XLON	592102523831969307
08:33:36	GMT	462	11.77	GBP		XLON	592102523831969306
08:39:52	GMT	292	11.73	GBP		XLON	592102523832140110
08:49:59	GMT	403	11.75	GBP		XLON	592102523832403652
09:02:53	GMT	101	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523832740382
09:02:53	GMT	459	11.81	GBP		XLON	606176272668102827
09:09:26	GMT	105	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523832921386
09:09:26	GMT	292	11.84	GBP		XLON	606176272668268367
09:24:20	GMT	506	11.85	GBP		XLON	606176272668612140
09:24:22	GMT	316	11.85	GBP		XLON	606176272668613662
09:43:59	GMT	100	11.89	GBP		XLON	606176272669063660
09:43:59	GMT	417	11.89	GBP		XLON	592102523833787029
09:43:59	GMT	67	11.89	GBP		XLON	592102523833787035
09:43:59	GMT	99	11.89	GBP		XLON	592102523833787036
10:00:05	GMT	82	11.86	GBP		XLON	592102523834243266
10:07:20	GMT	109	11.86	GBP		XLON	592102523834449774
10:07:20	GMT	109	11.86	GBP		XLON	606176272669676441
10:07:20	GMT	109	11.86	GBP		XLON	606176272669676443
10:07:20	GMT	297	11.86	GBP		XLON	592102523834449773
10:15:42	GMT	102	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523834668957
10:15:42	GMT	109	11.84	GBP		XLON	606176272669878426
10:15:42	GMT	184	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523834668955
10:40:26	GMT	113	11.86	GBP		XLON	606176272670423933
10:40:26	GMT	228	11.86	GBP		XLON	606176272670423934
10:40:26	GMT	126	11.86	GBP		XLON	606176272670423935
10:40:26	GMT	27	11.86	GBP		XLON	606176272670423939
10:40:26	GMT	340	11.86	GBP		XLON	606176272670423938
10:59:42	GMT	39	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523835705732
10:59:42	GMT	112	11.84	GBP		XLON	606176272670834887
10:59:42	GMT	113	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523835705733
10:59:42	GMT	254	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523835705731
11:29:36	GMT	99	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523836443875
11:33:53	GMT	106	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523836549988
11:35:08	GMT	2	11.83	GBP		XLON	592102523836579290
11:35:08	GMT	27	11.83	GBP		XLON	592102523836579291
11:35:08	GMT	39	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272671639156
11:35:08	GMT	60	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272671639158
11:35:08	GMT	99	11.83	GBP		XLON	592102523836579293
11:35:08	GMT	99	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272671639157
11:35:08	GMT	99	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272671639159
11:35:08	GMT	99	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272671639160
11:35:08	GMT	130	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272671639155
11:35:08	GMT	263	11.83	GBP		XLON	592102523836579292
12:00:18	GMT	105	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523837170155
12:00:18	GMT	105	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523837170156
12:00:18	GMT	105	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523837170157
12:00:18	GMT	105	11.84	GBP		XLON	606176272672185124
12:00:18	GMT	105	11.84	GBP		XLON	606176272672185126
12:00:18	GMT	292	11.84	GBP		XLON	606176272672185123
12:14:09	GMT	98	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272672486500
12:14:09	GMT	98	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272672486501
12:14:09	GMT	292	11.83	GBP		XLON	606176272672486499
12:43:47	GMT	116	11.82	GBP		XLON	592102523838161041
12:43:47	GMT	116	11.82	GBP		XLON	606176272673095862
12:44:00	GMT	34	11.81	GBP		XLON	606176272673100373
12:44:00	GMT	116	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523838165862
12:44:00	GMT	116	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523838165864
12:44:00	GMT	292	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523838165863
12:44:00	GMT	17	11.81	GBP		XLON	606176272673100375
12:44:00	GMT	82	11.81	GBP		XLON	606176272673100374
12:44:00	GMT	99	11.81	GBP		XLON	606176272673100376
13:01:46	GMT	111	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523838585257
13:01:46	GMT	111	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523838585258
13:01:46	GMT	111	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523838585259
13:01:46	GMT	111	11.81	GBP		XLON	606176272673488747
13:01:46	GMT	293	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523838585256
13:27:01	GMT	102	11.83	GBP		XLON	592102523839225034
13:30:51	GMT	106	11.84	GBP		XLON	606176272674174660
13:33:32	GMT	98	11.85	GBP		XLON	592102523839412934
13:35:20	GMT	38	11.85	GBP		XLON	606176272674296995
13:35:20	GMT	64	11.85	GBP		XLON	606176272674296994
13:37:26	GMT	44	11.85	GBP		XLON	606176272674358128
13:37:26	GMT	67	11.85	GBP		XLON	606176272674358130
13:39:31	GMT	30	11.85	GBP		XLON	592102523839600557
13:39:31	GMT	38	11.85	GBP		XLON	592102523839600558
13:39:31	GMT	46	11.85	GBP		XLON	592102523839600559
13:42:46	GMT	46	11.87	GBP		XLON	606176272674517182
13:42:46	GMT	63	11.87	GBP		XLON	606176272674517183
13:45:02	GMT	4	11.87	GBP		XLON	606176272674573415
13:45:02	GMT	48	11.87	GBP		XLON	606176272674573414
13:45:02	GMT	54	11.87	GBP		XLON	606176272674573413
13:46:28	GMT	458	11.85	GBP		XLON	606176272674616491
13:46:28	GMT	524	11.85	GBP		XLON	592102523839812896
13:51:53	GMT	292	11.84	GBP		XLON	592102523839965517
14:01:37	GMT	113	11.83	GBP		XLON	592102523840239674
14:01:37	GMT	293	11.83	GBP		XLON	592102523840239673
14:07:32	GMT	293	11.81	GBP		XLON	592102523840412908
14:25:06	GMT	100	11.79	GBP		XLON	592102523840973010
14:25:06	GMT	292	11.79	GBP		XLON	592102523840973009
14:25:06	GMT	8	11.79	GBP		XLON	592102523840973014
14:25:06	GMT	16	11.79	GBP		XLON	592102523840973011
14:25:06	GMT	108	11.79	GBP		XLON	592102523840973015
14:25:06	GMT	116	11.79	GBP		XLON	592102523840973012
14:25:06	GMT	116	11.79	GBP		XLON	606176272675685501
14:25:06	GMT	116	11.79	GBP		XLON	606176272675685504
14:35:14	GMT	1	11.76	GBP		XLON	606176272676083135
14:35:14	GMT	22	11.76	GBP		XLON	592102523841403810
14:35:14	GMT	109	11.76	GBP		XLON	606176272676083136
14:35:14	GMT	110	11.76	GBP		XLON	592102523841403812
14:35:14	GMT	110	11.76	GBP		XLON	606176272676083132
14:35:14	GMT	110	11.76	GBP		XLON	606176272676083137
14:35:14	GMT	269	11.76	GBP		XLON	592102523841403811
14:37:51	GMT	293	11.76	GBP		XLON	606176272676191312
14:52:01	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON	592102523842100522
14:52:01	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON	592102523842100523
14:52:01	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON	592102523842100524
14:52:01	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON	592102523842100525
14:52:01	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON	592102523842100526
14:52:01	GMT	111	11.74	GBP		XLON	606176272676731917
14:52:01	GMT	292	11.74	GBP		XLON	606176272676731916
14:55:04	GMT	302	11.71	GBP		XLON	592102523842234467
14:55:04	GMT	1	11.71	GBP		XLON	592102523842234473
14:55:04	GMT	28	11.71	GBP		XLON	592102523842234657
15:03:39	GMT	34	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272677251704
15:03:39	GMT	92	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272677251706
15:03:39	GMT	111	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272677251707
15:03:39	GMT	329	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272677251705
15:09:23	GMT	102	11.68	GBP		XLON	592102523842899039
15:09:23	GMT	293	11.68	GBP		XLON	592102523842899038
15:18:07	GMT	97	11.68	GBP		XLON	606176272677795596
15:18:07	GMT	97	11.68	GBP		XLON	606176272677795597
15:18:07	GMT	293	11.68	GBP		XLON	592102523843250346
15:27:33	GMT	110	11.64	GBP		XLON	592102523843620911
15:27:33	GMT	110	11.64	GBP		XLON	606176272678136693
15:27:33	GMT	291	11.64	GBP		XLON	606176272678136692
15:32:02	GMT	292	11.64	GBP		XLON	606176272678310849
15:44:42	GMT	101	11.65	GBP		XLON	592102523844314919
15:46:21	GMT	111	11.65	GBP		XLON	606176272678846784
15:47:49	GMT	116	11.65	GBP		XLON	592102523844454032
15:49:11	GMT	109	11.66	GBP		XLON	606176272678952182
15:50:29	GMT	465	11.65	GBP		XLON	606176272679003838
15:50:29	GMT	190	11.65	GBP		XLON	606176272679003843
15:50:29	GMT	324	11.65	GBP		XLON	606176272679003844
15:50:29	GMT	6	11.65	GBP		XLON	606176272679004081
15:55:36	GMT	115	11.64	GBP		XLON	606176272679203082
15:55:36	GMT	293	11.64	GBP		XLON	606176272679203081
16:07:09	GMT	391	11.65	GBP		XLON	592102523845285913
16:07:09	GMT	143	11.65	GBP		XLON	606176272679672783
16:07:09	GMT	172	11.65	GBP		XLON	606176272679672784
16:07:22	GMT	194	11.65	GBP		XLON	606176272679682861
16:07:57	GMT	3	11.65	GBP		XLON	592102523845321304
16:07:57	GMT	61	11.65	GBP		XLON	592102523845321305
16:15:49	GMT	112	11.66	GBP		XLON	592102523845671201
16:15:49	GMT	112	11.66	GBP		XLON	592102523845671204
16:15:49	GMT	112	11.66	GBP		XLON	606176272680028362
16:15:49	GMT	112	11.66	GBP		XLON	606176272680028363
16:15:49	GMT	118	11.66	GBP		XLON	592102523845671205
16:15:49	GMT	291	11.66	GBP		XLON	592102523845671203
16:20:05	GMT	135	11.68	GBP		XLON	606176272680215864
16:20:05	GMT	159	11.68	GBP		XLON	606176272680215865
16:20:05	GMT	159	11.68	GBP		XLON	606176272680215867
16:25:33	GMT	477	11.7	GBP		XLON	592102523846176000
16:25:54	GMT	19	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272680512124
16:25:54	GMT	66	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272680512125
16:25:54	GMT	92	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272680512126
16:25:54	GMT	92	11.7	GBP		XLON	606176272680512127


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