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WH Smith PLC
27 February 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

27 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 25,662 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 27 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 1,842,636 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,074,298 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 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

25,662

11.5899

11.5200

11.6600






















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

 

08:01:05

GMT

398

11.65

GBP

XLON

592102877740244339

 

08:01:44

GMT

116

11.65

GBP

XLON

606176626575729441

 

08:07:22

GMT

487

11.58

GBP

XLON

592102877740414247

 

08:07:22

GMT

133

11.58

GBP

XLON

606176626575875837

 

08:13:27

GMT

114

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877740571011

 

08:13:27

GMT

296

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877740571010

 

08:17:56

GMT

114

11.53

GBP

XLON

606176626576131264

 

08:17:56

GMT

179

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877740688091

 

08:21:01

GMT

134

11.54

GBP

XLON

592102877740759762

 

08:21:01

GMT

203

11.54

GBP

XLON

606176626576198566

 

08:37:40

GMT

109

11.52

GBP

XLON

592102877741163949

 

08:37:40

GMT

109

11.52

GBP

XLON

592102877741163951

 

08:37:40

GMT

408

11.52

GBP

XLON

606176626576578788

 

08:37:40

GMT

106

11.52

GBP

XLON

592102877741163966

 

09:03:54

GMT

72

11.53

GBP

XLON

606176626577131351

 

09:03:54

GMT

102

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877741755616

 

09:03:54

GMT

201

11.53

GBP

XLON

606176626577131352

 

09:06:50

GMT

116

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877741817139

 

09:06:50

GMT

231

11.53

GBP

XLON

606176626577188532

 

09:06:50

GMT

401

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877741817144

 

09:06:50

GMT

68

11.53

GBP

XLON

606176626577188540

 

09:24:43

GMT

114

11.54

GBP

XLON

606176626577614600

 

09:25:29

GMT

130

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877742290700

 

09:25:29

GMT

408

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877742290699

 

09:25:29

GMT

362

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877742290708

 

09:29:32

GMT

103

11.55

GBP

XLON

592102877742398802

 

09:38:07

GMT

108

11.55

GBP

XLON

592102877742627778

 

09:47:51

GMT

597

11.58

GBP

XLON

592102877742858203

 

09:47:51

GMT

42

11.58

GBP

XLON

606176626578167297

 

10:01:34

GMT

21

11.57

GBP

XLON

592102877743187723

 

10:01:34

GMT

89

11.57

GBP

XLON

592102877743187724

 

10:01:34

GMT

324

11.57

GBP

XLON

606176626578475288

 

10:11:34

GMT

56

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877743455784

 

10:11:34

GMT

102

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877743455786

 

10:11:34

GMT

102

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877743455787

 

10:11:34

GMT

237

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877743455785

 

10:20:55

GMT

10

11.57

GBP

XLON

592102877743684086

 

10:20:55

GMT

283

11.57

GBP

XLON

592102877743684087

 

10:26:42

GMT

105

11.56

GBP

XLON

606176626579069977

 

10:29:28

GMT

189

11.55

GBP

XLON

592102877743901039

 

10:45:37

GMT

46

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877744309872

 

10:45:37

GMT

108

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877744309879

 

10:45:37

GMT

115

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877744309874

 

10:45:37

GMT

183

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877744309877

 

11:12:52

GMT

113

11.53

GBP

XLON

606176626580145865

 

11:15:45

GMT

136

11.54

GBP

XLON

592102877745064971

 

11:19:16

GMT

107

11.54

GBP

XLON

606176626580300055

 

11:22:54

GMT

116

11.54

GBP

XLON

606176626580380632

 

11:22:54

GMT

484

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877745245538

 

11:34:46

GMT

36

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877745522911

 

11:34:46

GMT

39

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877745522910

 

11:34:46

GMT

41

11.56

GBP

XLON

592102877745522912

 

11:42:28

GMT

458

11.55

GBP

XLON

592102877745699685

 

11:42:28

GMT

342

11.55

GBP

XLON

606176626580804273

 

11:54:36

GMT

115

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877745982306

 

11:54:36

GMT

115

11.53

GBP

XLON

606176626581067821

 

11:54:36

GMT

147

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877745982305

 

11:54:36

GMT

148

11.53

GBP

XLON

592102877745982303

 

12:24:15

GMT

64

11.55

GBP

XLON

606176626581712198

 

12:24:15

GMT

39

11.55

GBP

XLON

592102877746679854

 

12:29:52

GMT

100

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626581820780

 

12:31:03

GMT

151

11.58

GBP

XLON

606176626581846568

 

12:31:03

GMT

443

11.58

GBP

XLON

606176626581846569

 

12:31:03

GMT

325

11.58

GBP

XLON

592102877746825938

 

12:57:48

GMT

105

11.62

GBP

XLON

592102877747434856

 

12:58:56

GMT

116

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877747464452

 

13:04:33

GMT

99

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877747610557

 

13:04:33

GMT

99

11.61

GBP

XLON

606176626582568119

 

13:04:33

GMT

568

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626582568230

 

13:04:33

GMT

17

11.6

GBP

XLON

592102877747610630

 

13:04:33

GMT

60

11.6

GBP

XLON

592102877747610629

 

13:04:33

GMT

194

11.6

GBP

XLON

592102877747610631

 

13:22:11

GMT

112

11.63

GBP

XLON

592102877748026524

 

13:33:55

GMT

114

11.63

GBP

XLON

592102877748338800

 

13:35:01

GMT

112

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877748372313

 

13:35:01

GMT

114

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877748372316

 

13:35:01

GMT

114

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877748372317

 

13:35:01

GMT

114

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877748372318

 

13:35:01

GMT

458

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877748372315

 

13:46:17

GMT

101

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877748703009

 

13:46:17

GMT

101

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877748703010

 

13:46:17

GMT

101

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626583576917

 

13:46:17

GMT

293

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877748703008

 

13:51:48

GMT

293

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626583830557

 

14:10:07

GMT

88

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877749625112

 

14:10:07

GMT

115

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877749625113

 

14:10:07

GMT

115

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877749625116

 

14:10:07

GMT

263

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877749625114

 

14:25:41

GMT

74

11.62

GBP

XLON

592102877750084487

 

14:25:41

GMT

29

11.62

GBP

XLON

606176626584856541

 

14:27:13

GMT

103

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877750139501

 

14:27:13

GMT

103

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877750139502

 

14:27:13

GMT

103

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877750139503

 

14:27:13

GMT

103

11.61

GBP

XLON

606176626584907835

 

14:27:13

GMT

103

11.61

GBP

XLON

606176626584907836

 

14:27:13

GMT

103

11.61

GBP

XLON

606176626584907837

 

14:27:13

GMT

103

11.61

GBP

XLON

606176626584907838

 

14:27:13

GMT

106

11.62

GBP

XLON

606176626584907834

 

14:27:13

GMT

203

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877750139500

 

14:40:24

GMT

99

11.61

GBP

XLON

592102877750758533

 

14:41:18

GMT

9

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877750811813

 

14:41:18

GMT

90

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877750811814

 

14:41:18

GMT

99

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877750811810

 

14:41:18

GMT

99

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877750811811

 

14:41:18

GMT

99

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877750811812

 

14:41:18

GMT

99

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626585538794

 

14:41:18

GMT

99

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626585538795

 

14:41:18

GMT

99

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626585538796

 

14:41:18

GMT

294

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626585538793

 

14:44:15

GMT

113

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626585674860

 

14:44:15

GMT

180

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626585674859

 

14:53:36

GMT

104

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626586068271

 

14:53:36

GMT

104

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626586068273

 

14:53:36

GMT

104

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626586068274

 

14:53:36

GMT

295

11.59

GBP

XLON

606176626586068272

 

14:56:36

GMT

293

11.59

GBP

XLON

592102877751517010

 

15:11:49

GMT

56

11.6

GBP

XLON

592102877752257594

 

15:11:49

GMT

60

11.6

GBP

XLON

592102877752257595

 

15:20:46

GMT

25

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626587222473

 

15:20:46

GMT

73

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626587222474

 

15:20:46

GMT

98

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626587222477

 

15:20:46

GMT

183

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626587222476

 

15:20:46

GMT

568

11.6

GBP

XLON

606176626587222475

 

15:20:56

GMT

361

11.6

GBP

XLON

592102877752610928

 

15:43:59

GMT

98

11.62

GBP

XLON

592102877753434292

 

15:43:59

GMT

98

11.62

GBP

XLON

606176626587996745

 

15:43:59

GMT

131

11.62

GBP

XLON

606176626587996743

 

15:43:59

GMT

145

11.62

GBP

XLON

606176626587996746

 

15:43:59

GMT

508

11.62

GBP

XLON

606176626587996744

 

15:50:46

GMT

106

11.63

GBP

XLON

606176626588249343

 

15:50:46

GMT

344

11.63

GBP

XLON

592102877753703678

 

15:54:46

GMT

55

11.63

GBP

XLON

592102877753876073

 

15:54:46

GMT

57

11.63

GBP

XLON

592102877753876075

 

15:54:46

GMT

112

11.63

GBP

XLON

592102877753876074

 

15:54:46

GMT

112

11.63

GBP

XLON

592102877753876076

 

15:54:46

GMT

545

11.63

GBP

XLON

606176626588411085

 

15:54:46

GMT

93

11.63

GBP

XLON

592102877753876082

 

16:07:23

GMT

106

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102877754413927

 

16:08:04

GMT

111

11.64

GBP

XLON

592102877754443409

 

16:11:12

GMT

15

11.65

GBP

XLON

592102877754583457

 

16:11:12

GMT

40

11.65

GBP

XLON

592102877754583454

 

16:11:12

GMT

43

11.65

GBP

XLON

592102877754583455

 

16:11:12

GMT

26

11.65

GBP

XLON

606176626589070700

 

16:11:12

GMT

72

11.65

GBP

XLON

592102877754583463

 

16:12:03

GMT

99

11.65

GBP

XLON

592102877754622203

 

16:12:03

GMT

111

11.65

GBP

XLON

592102877754622205

 

16:17:39

GMT

104

11.66

GBP

XLON

606176626589348102

 

16:17:39

GMT

104

11.66

GBP

XLON

606176626589348103

 

16:17:39

GMT

147

11.66

GBP

XLON

592102877754881291

 

16:17:39

GMT

155

11.66

GBP

XLON

592102877754881293

 

16:17:39

GMT

215

11.66

GBP

XLON

592102877754881290

 

16:17:39

GMT

310

11.66

GBP

XLON

592102877754881292

 

16:17:40

GMT

193

11.66

GBP

XLON

606176626589348357

 

16:17:40

GMT

205

11.66

GBP

XLON

606176626589348925

 

16:17:41

GMT

57

11.66

GBP

XLON

592102877754882882

 

16:26:05

GMT

247

11.65

GBP

XLON

606176626589735549

 

16:26:05

GMT

604

11.65

GBP

XLON

592102877755293240

 

16:26:12

GMT

142

11.65

GBP

XLON

606176626589739800

 




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