RNS Number : 5444F WH Smith PLC 17 April 2025   WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares   17 April 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 52,728 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 April 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 2,231,698 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 128,685,236 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 April 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 52,728 9.2786 9.1900 9.4200 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   08:02:59 BST 2 9.35 GBP XLON 606193952639789823   08:02:59 BST 98 9.35 GBP XLON 606193952639789822   08:09:36 BST 105 9.35 GBP XLON 606193952639955098   08:09:36 BST 105 9.35 GBP XLON 606193952639955099   08:09:36 BST 105 9.35 GBP XLON 620267701476433706   08:09:36 BST 105 9.35 GBP XLON 620267701476433707   08:09:36 BST 192 9.35 GBP XLON 620267701476433708   08:09:36 BST 413 9.35 GBP XLON 620267701476433705   08:09:36 BST 338 9.345 GBP XLON 606193952639955106   08:09:36 BST 338 9.345 GBP XLON 620267701476433720   08:09:36 BST 174 9.345 GBP XLON 606193952639955112   08:13:30 BST 104 9.365 GBP XLON 620267701476508771   08:13:30 BST 145 9.365 GBP XLON 606193952640030089   08:13:30 BST 185 9.365 GBP XLON 606193952640030088   08:20:31 BST 98 9.42 GBP XLON 620267701476640503   08:20:31 BST 426 9.4 GBP XLON 606193952640161826   08:20:31 BST 456 9.4 GBP XLON 606193952640161829   08:20:31 BST 35 9.4 GBP XLON 620267701476640518   08:29:02 BST 318 9.37 GBP XLON 606193952640274123   08:29:55 BST 306 9.375 GBP XLON 606193952640286456   08:29:55 BST 247 9.375 GBP XLON 606193952640286466   08:38:00 BST 117 9.315 GBP XLON 620267701476895083   08:38:00 BST 117 9.32 GBP XLON 620267701476895082   08:38:00 BST 471 9.3 GBP XLON 606193952640416826   08:38:00 BST 194 9.3 GBP XLON 620267701476895480   08:44:15 BST 110 9.315 GBP XLON 606193952640518144   08:44:15 BST 110 9.315 GBP XLON 620267701476996832   08:44:15 BST 161 9.315 GBP XLON 620267701476996831   08:44:15 BST 175 9.315 GBP XLON 606193952640518143   08:52:25 BST 59 9.26 GBP XLON 620267701477115595   08:52:25 BST 106 9.26 GBP XLON 620267701477115598   08:52:25 BST 337 9.26 GBP XLON 620267701477115597   08:52:25 BST 120 9.26 GBP XLON 620267701477115620   08:58:03 BST 90 9.27 GBP XLON 620267701477194646   08:58:03 BST 104 9.27 GBP XLON 606193952640716079   08:58:03 BST 244 9.27 GBP XLON 620267701477194647   08:59:02 BST 29 9.27 GBP XLON 620267701477210694   08:59:02 BST 146 9.27 GBP XLON 620267701477210693   09:03:30 BST 115 9.235 GBP XLON 606193952640804223   09:07:45 BST 108 9.265 GBP XLON 606193952640870295   09:07:45 BST 289 9.265 GBP XLON 606193952640870294   09:07:45 BST 326 9.265 GBP XLON 620267701477349302   09:07:45 BST 18 9.265 GBP XLON 606193952640870306   09:07:45 BST 57 9.265 GBP XLON 606193952640870307   09:12:03 BST 319 9.26 GBP XLON 620267701477417443   09:19:02 BST 113 9.23 GBP XLON 620267701477535567   09:19:02 BST 113 9.23 GBP XLON 620267701477535568   09:19:02 BST 331 9.23 GBP XLON 620267701477535566   09:53:24 BST 110 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952641595334   09:53:24 BST 110 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952641595337   09:53:24 BST 110 9.24 GBP XLON 620267701478075021   09:53:24 BST 110 9.24 GBP XLON 620267701478075025   09:53:24 BST 114 9.24 GBP XLON 620267701478075023   09:53:24 BST 144 9.24 GBP XLON 620267701478075024   09:53:24 BST 191 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952641595335   09:53:24 BST 290 9.24 GBP XLON 620267701478075022   09:53:25 BST 97 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701478075549   09:53:25 BST 235 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701478075548   09:53:30 BST 364 9.245 GBP XLON 606193952641596957   09:53:30 BST 375 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701478076666   09:54:31 BST 37 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952641612402   09:54:31 BST 112 9.24 GBP XLON 620267701478092149   09:54:31 BST 126 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952641612403   10:01:06 BST 113 9.225 GBP XLON 606193952641714310   10:01:06 BST 280 9.225 GBP XLON 606193952641714309   10:01:06 BST 70 9.225 GBP XLON 620267701478194027   10:05:42 BST 345 9.25 GBP XLON 606193952641780904   10:09:11 BST 115 9.245 GBP XLON 606193952641830932   10:09:11 BST 253 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701478310699   10:14:42 BST 105 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952641903932   10:14:42 BST 343 9.24 GBP XLON 620267701478383879   10:14:43 BST 19 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952641904051   10:24:16 BST 301 9.27 GBP XLON 606193952642069528   10:24:16 BST 241 9.27 GBP XLON 620267701478549561   10:32:09 BST 116 9.25 GBP XLON 606193952642186131   10:32:09 BST 262 9.25 GBP XLON 620267701478666234   10:58:40 BST 117 9.29 GBP XLON 620267701479102723   10:58:40 BST 117 9.3 GBP XLON 606193952642622496   10:58:40 BST 273 9.29 GBP XLON 620267701479102719   10:58:40 BST 403 9.29 GBP XLON 620267701479102721   10:58:40 BST 5 9.29 GBP XLON 606193952642622504   10:58:40 BST 451 9.29 GBP XLON 620267701479102730   10:58:41 BST 122 9.29 GBP XLON 606193952642622647   10:58:41 BST 206 9.29 GBP XLON 620267701479102862   11:06:39 BST 317 9.275 GBP XLON 606193952642766666   11:06:39 BST 10 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701479247238   11:06:39 BST 93 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701479247237   11:12:41 BST 262 9.27 GBP XLON 606193952642853181   11:35:29 BST 75 9.27 GBP XLON 620267701479696276   11:35:31 BST 11 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701479696772   11:40:58 BST 61 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479778757   11:40:58 BST 73 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479778755   11:41:02 BST 75 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479780407   11:41:02 BST 54 9.295 GBP XLON 606193952643299296   11:42:20 BST 117 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479798821   11:42:30 BST 18 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479802362   11:42:30 BST 81 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479802363   11:43:41 BST 8 9.295 GBP XLON 606193952643340869   11:43:41 BST 104 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479822008   11:45:09 BST 107 9.305 GBP XLON 620267701479847213   11:45:47 BST 43 9.305 GBP XLON 606193952643377973   11:45:47 BST 67 9.305 GBP XLON 620267701479858956   11:46:38 BST 302 9.3 GBP XLON 606193952643393999   11:46:38 BST 436 9.3 GBP XLON 606193952643394004   11:46:38 BST 36 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479875052   11:46:38 BST 400 9.295 GBP XLON 620267701479875051   11:46:38 BST 227 9.295 GBP XLON 606193952643394018   11:55:31 BST 106 9.26 GBP XLON 606193952643548921   11:55:31 BST 106 9.26 GBP XLON 620267701480030201   11:55:31 BST 289 9.26 GBP XLON 620267701480030200   11:55:31 BST 53 9.26 GBP XLON 606193952643548931   12:06:48 BST 70 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701480184494   12:06:48 BST 112 9.245 GBP XLON 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606193952644325557   12:59:28 BST 108 9.225 GBP XLON 606193952644325558   12:59:28 BST 108 9.225 GBP XLON 620267701480807581   12:59:28 BST 325 9.225 GBP XLON 606193952644325559   12:59:28 BST 108 9.22 GBP XLON 606193952644325560   12:59:28 BST 108 9.22 GBP XLON 620267701480807582   12:59:28 BST 108 9.22 GBP XLON 620267701480807583   12:59:28 BST 115 9.22 GBP XLON 606193952644325565   13:04:16 BST 383 9.265 GBP XLON 606193952644430610   13:04:16 BST 98 9.265 GBP XLON 606193952644430618   13:09:50 BST 314 9.235 GBP XLON 606193952644510814   13:09:50 BST 34 9.235 GBP XLON 620267701480993045   13:14:59 BST 115 9.225 GBP XLON 620267701481060185   13:14:59 BST 287 9.225 GBP XLON 620267701481060186   13:29:24 BST 116 9.24 GBP XLON 620267701481229190   13:29:24 BST 257 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952644746797   13:29:24 BST 146 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952644746801   13:29:24 BST 322 9.24 GBP XLON 606193952644746802   13:30:35 BST 163 9.245 GBP XLON 606193952644765280   13:30:35 BST 343 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701481247703   13:30:35 BST 146 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701481247710   13:44:05 BST 99 9.245 GBP XLON 606193952644958396   13:44:05 BST 99 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701481441085   13:44:05 BST 99 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701481441086   13:44:05 BST 99 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701481441087   13:44:05 BST 99 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701481441090   13:44:05 BST 106 9.245 GBP XLON 606193952644958394   13:44:05 BST 108 9.245 GBP XLON 606193952644958393   13:44:05 BST 199 9.245 GBP XLON 606193952644958395   13:44:05 BST 436 9.245 GBP XLON 620267701481441084   13:48:20 BST 151 9.25 GBP XLON 620267701481499995   13:48:20 BST 299 9.25 GBP XLON 620267701481499994   13:48:20 BST 118 9.245 GBP XLON 606193952645017137   13:48:20 BST 108 9.25 GBP XLON 606193952645017139   13:55:40 BST 99 9.235 GBP XLON 606193952645138043   13:55:40 BST 99 9.235 GBP XLON 620267701481620834   13:55:40 BST 444 9.235 GBP XLON 606193952645138042   13:55:40 BST 79 9.235 GBP XLON 620267701481620921   13:58:15 BST 99 9.23 GBP XLON 606193952645174990   14:09:18 BST 104 9.25 GBP XLON 620267701481838280   14:11:17 BST 104 9.25 GBP XLON 606193952645386139   14:11:56 BST 104 9.255 GBP XLON 606193952645397414   14:14:30 BST 24 9.27 GBP XLON 606193952645441686   14:14:30 BST 119 9.27 GBP XLON 606193952645441687   14:14:40 BST 113 9.27 GBP XLON 620267701481928656   14:15:37 BST 22 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701481946029   14:15:37 BST 85 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701481946028   14:16:34 BST 100 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701481960078   14:17:24 BST 109 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701481971735   14:18:30 BST 103 9.275 GBP XLON 606193952645504958   14:19:17 BST 112 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701482001323   14:20:06 BST 149 9.275 GBP XLON 606193952645529005   14:20:55 BST 97 9.275 GBP XLON 606193952645541886   14:20:55 BST 1 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701482025833   14:21:38 BST 99 9.275 GBP XLON 620267701482036598   14:22:16 BST 104 9.275 GBP XLON 606193952645562566   14:22:21 BST 423 9.27 GBP XLON 620267701482047790   14:22:21 BST 385 9.27 GBP XLON 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