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WH Smith PLC
19 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

19 June 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 45,620 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 19 June 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 4,149,994 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,766,940 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:

19 June 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

45,620

10.8777

10.7400

10.9300






















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

 

08:15:10

BST

120

10.82

GBP

XLON

606216247997726795

 

08:15:13

BST

1

10.83

GBP

XLON

606216247997727676

 

08:15:13

BST

121

10.83

GBP

XLON

606216247997727677

 

08:15:13

BST

175

10.83

GBP

XLON

592142499161877784

 

08:16:05

BST

150

10.83

GBP

XLON

606216247997737574

 

08:16:45

BST

137

10.83

GBP

XLON

606216247997748945

 

08:16:45

BST

231

10.83

GBP

XLON

592142499161900401

 

08:16:45

BST

597

10.83

GBP

XLON

606216247997748946

 

08:16:45

BST

60

10.83

GBP

XLON

606216247997748952

 

08:16:45

BST

495

10.83

GBP

XLON

606216247997748953

 

08:16:46

BST

133

10.83

GBP

XLON

592142499161900661

 

08:16:56

BST

144

10.83

GBP

XLON

592142499161904316

 

08:32:41

BST

141

10.79

GBP

XLON

606216247997981666

 

08:32:41

BST

329

10.79

GBP

XLON

606216247997981665

 

08:32:41

BST

100

10.79

GBP

XLON

606216247997981670

 

08:32:41

BST

313

10.79

GBP

XLON

606216247997981671

 

08:32:41

BST

189

10.79

GBP

XLON

592142499162148353

 

08:33:24

BST

224

10.79

GBP

XLON

592142499162158803

 

08:35:06

BST

34

10.79

GBP

XLON

592142499162185428

 

08:35:06

BST

162

10.79

GBP

XLON

592142499162185429

 

08:43:30

BST

131

10.78

GBP

XLON

606216247998129125

 

08:43:30

BST

554

10.78

GBP

XLON

592142499162305479

 

08:43:30

BST

79

10.78

GBP

XLON

592142499162305482

 

08:57:00

BST

220

10.76

GBP

XLON

592142499162511877

 

09:07:22

BST

132

10.77

GBP

XLON

606216247998476811

 

09:07:22

BST

132

10.77

GBP

XLON

592142499162675729

 

09:07:22

BST

132

10.77

GBP

XLON

606216247998476817

 

09:07:22

BST

200

10.77

GBP

XLON

592142499162675744

 

09:07:22

BST

226

10.77

GBP

XLON

592142499162675743

 

09:07:22

BST

350

10.77

GBP

XLON

592142499162675747

 

09:07:24

BST

243

10.77

GBP

XLON

606216247998477278

 

09:07:24

BST

324

10.77

GBP

XLON

606216247998477279

 

09:14:10

BST

9

10.74

GBP

XLON

592142499162779125

 

09:14:10

BST

116

10.74

GBP

XLON

592142499162779126

 

09:14:10

BST

195

10.74

GBP

XLON

606216247998572570

 

09:14:10

BST

228

10.74

GBP

XLON

606216247998572571

 

09:14:10

BST

6

10.74

GBP

XLON

592142499162779131

 

09:33:52

BST

142

10.76

GBP

XLON

592142499163084247

 

09:40:58

BST

21

10.77

GBP

XLON

606216247998948639

 

09:41:41

BST

107

10.77

GBP

XLON

606216247998959207

 

09:41:41

BST

128

10.77

GBP

XLON

592142499163196881

 

09:41:41

BST

565

10.77

GBP

XLON

592142499163196882

 

09:41:47

BST

344

10.77

GBP

XLON

606216247998960696

 

09:54:16

BST

131

10.8

GBP

XLON

592142499163400976

 

09:54:16

BST

131

10.8

GBP

XLON

592142499163400977

 

09:54:16

BST

131

10.8

GBP

XLON

592142499163400978

 

09:54:16

BST

131

10.8

GBP

XLON

606216247999148174

 

09:54:16

BST

539

10.8

GBP

XLON

606216247999148173

 

09:54:16

BST

308

10.8

GBP

XLON

606216247999148177

 

10:21:57

BST

61

10.85

GBP

XLON

592142499163852761

 

10:21:57

BST

70

10.85

GBP

XLON

592142499163852760

 

10:21:57

BST

131

10.85

GBP

XLON

606216247999569687

 

10:22:43

BST

50

10.85

GBP

XLON

606216247999583854

 

10:22:43

BST

100

10.85

GBP

XLON

606216247999583855

 

10:22:43

BST

3

10.85

GBP

XLON

592142499163867956

 

10:22:43

BST

55

10.85

GBP

XLON

592142499163867957

 

10:24:47

BST

193

10.85

GBP

XLON

606216247999620333

 

10:27:02

BST

124

10.85

GBP

XLON

606216247999654473

 

10:27:02

BST

476

10.84

GBP

XLON

606216247999654614

 

10:37:47

BST

50

10.87

GBP

XLON

606216247999803047

 

10:37:50

BST

82

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142499164101869

 

10:39:56

BST

50

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142499164129828

 

10:40:00

BST

72

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216247999830275

 

10:44:14

BST

126

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216247999882593

 

10:55:59

BST

137

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142499164354355

 

10:55:59

BST

137

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248000040126

 

10:55:59

BST

225

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248000040127

 

10:55:59

BST

375

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142499164354354

 

10:55:59

BST

19

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248000040133

 

10:55:59

BST

100

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248000040132

 

10:55:59

BST

256

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248000040131

 

10:55:59

BST

48

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142499164354361

 

10:55:59

BST

94

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142499164354362

 

11:12:23

BST

145

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248000288846

 

11:19:15

BST

135

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248000398299

 

11:45:16

BST

1

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165103050

 

11:51:31

BST

346

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165241898

 

11:51:31

BST

357

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000872506

 

11:51:31

BST

27

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000872510

 

11:51:31

BST

136

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000872509

 

11:51:31

BST

465

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165241910

 

11:51:31

BST

30

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000872513

 

11:51:46

BST

58

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165244994

 

11:51:46

BST

331

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000875376

 

11:51:46

BST

381

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165244993

 

11:51:46

BST

407

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000875375

 

11:51:46

BST

57

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165245001

 

11:51:46

BST

296

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000875380

 

11:51:46

BST

130

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165245023

 

11:51:46

BST

138

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000875408

 

11:51:46

BST

192

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000875407

 

11:51:46

BST

330

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165245029

 

11:51:46

BST

330

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248000875411

 

11:51:46

BST

95

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499165245034

 

12:13:41

BST

133

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142499165656082

 

12:13:41

BST

133

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142499165656083

 

12:13:41

BST

392

10.87

GBP

XLON

606216248001260763

 

12:13:41

BST

52

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142499165656087

 

12:30:06

BST

119

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001475347

 

12:30:07

BST

10

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001475454

 

12:30:07

BST

129

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001475455

 

12:30:07

BST

174

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499165886496

 

12:41:04

BST

129

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499166044986

 

12:41:04

BST

129

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499166044987

 

12:41:04

BST

129

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499166044988

 

12:41:04

BST

129

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001623758

 

12:41:04

BST

129

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001623759

 

12:41:04

BST

129

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001623760

 

12:41:04

BST

252

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499166044985

 

12:41:04

BST

158

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499166044996

 

13:00:01

BST

138

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499166342251

 

13:00:01

BST

138

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499166342252

 

13:00:01

BST

138

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001902673

 

13:00:01

BST

138

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001902674

 

13:00:01

BST

321

10.86

GBP

XLON

592142499166342250

 

13:00:01

BST

371

10.86

GBP

XLON

606216248001902678

 

13:15:18

BST

59

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166577518

 

13:15:18

BST

76

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166577517

 

13:16:36

BST

18

10.89

GBP

XLON

606216248002141251

 

13:16:36

BST

23

10.89

GBP

XLON

606216248002141249

 

13:16:36

BST

81

10.89

GBP

XLON

606216248002141250

 

13:19:20

BST

56

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166633601

 

13:19:20

BST

82

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166633600

 

13:20:07

BST

172

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166645351

 

13:21:19

BST

123

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166662903

 

13:23:14

BST

123

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166693949

 

13:24:31

BST

127

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142499166714921

 

13:26:00

BST

79

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248002275437

 

13:26:00

BST

10

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248002275439

 

13:28:00

BST

46

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166772562

 

13:28:00

BST

135

10.89

GBP

XLON

606216248002307073

 

13:29:13

BST

140

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166790673

 

13:33:03

BST

145

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166863190

 

13:33:03

BST

473

10.89

GBP

XLON

606216248002392489

 

13:33:03

BST

100

10.89

GBP

XLON

606216248002392493

 

13:33:03

BST

231

10.89

GBP

XLON

606216248002392693

 

13:33:04

BST

401

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166863588

 

13:34:38

BST

137

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142499166896385

 

13:34:38

BST

293

10.89

GBP

XLON

606216248002423892

 

13:44:01

BST

142

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142499167051169

 

13:44:01

BST

142

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248002569543

 

13:44:01

BST

457

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142499167051168

 

13:44:01

BST

255

10.88

GBP

XLON

606216248002569550

 

13:58:23

BST

140

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499167281349

 

13:58:23

BST

311

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499167281348

 

13:58:23

BST

357

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499167281347

 

13:58:23

BST

1

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248002786032

 

13:58:23

BST

2

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248002786034

 

13:58:23

BST

34

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248002786033

 

13:58:23

BST

311

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248002786035

 

14:16:28

BST

135

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248003087410

 

14:16:28

BST

187

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248003087412

 

14:16:28

BST

592

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248003087411

 

14:16:31

BST

557

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499167601384

 

14:16:31

BST

100

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248003087973

 

14:16:31

BST

178

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248003087974

 

14:31:50

BST

134

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499167883723

 

14:32:09

BST

52

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499167890896

 

14:32:09

BST

100

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499167890895

 

14:33:12

BST

146

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003385976

 

14:33:36

BST

140

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499167922283

 

14:35:05

BST

40

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248003422436

 

14:35:05

BST

95

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248003422437

 

14:36:10

BST

63

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499167975394

 

14:36:10

BST

69

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499167975395

 

14:38:11

BST

50

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499168016389

 

14:38:11

BST

88

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499168016390

 

14:39:22

BST

69

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003503234

 

14:39:38

BST

55

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003507507

 

14:39:38

BST

468

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499168042908

 

14:40:42

BST

134

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003528509

 

14:40:42

BST

488

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003528508

 

14:40:42

BST

100

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003528515

 

14:40:42

BST

324

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003528516

 

14:46:03

BST

122

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499168172430

 

14:46:03

BST

582

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499168172429

 

14:46:03

BST

71

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499168172434

 

14:58:08

BST

178

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499168463259

 

14:58:08

BST

416

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499168463260

 

14:58:08

BST

399

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499168463264

 

14:58:08

BST

399

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003910318

 

14:58:08

BST

113

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499168463271

 

15:00:52

BST

290

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248003989253

 

15:11:47

BST

96

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248004222091

 

15:11:52

BST

29

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248004223663

 

15:14:05

BST

257

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499168836577

 

15:16:02

BST

122

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248004307434

 

15:16:52

BST

138

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248004322879

 

15:17:56

BST

132

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248004342785

 

15:19:23

BST

145

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499168946863

 

15:22:48

BST

144

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169019564

 

15:22:48

BST

565

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248004439118

 

15:22:48

BST

434

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169019568

 

15:23:41

BST

434

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248004453879

 

15:23:41

BST

65

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248004453882

 

15:34:46

BST

140

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169272114

 

15:34:46

BST

140

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499169272129

 

15:34:46

BST

140

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499169272130

 

15:34:46

BST

140

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248004678343

 

15:34:46

BST

140

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248004678344

 

15:34:46

BST

140

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248004678345

 

15:34:46

BST

224

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499169272128

 

15:34:46

BST

419

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248004678342

 

15:34:46

BST

10

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248004678349

 

15:47:11

BST

137

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169550223

 

15:47:41

BST

58

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248004952153

 

15:47:41

BST

65

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248004952154

 

15:47:41

BST

15

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169561153

 

15:48:44

BST

122

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169581384

 

15:50:37

BST

125

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169620205

 

15:50:37

BST

125

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169620207

 

15:50:37

BST

505

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169620206

 

15:50:37

BST

215

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248005008098

 

15:50:37

BST

266

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248005008097

 

15:50:37

BST

340

10.93

GBP

XLON

606216248005008103

 

15:50:37

BST

70

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142499169620384

 

16:01:25

BST

133

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499169855940

 

16:01:25

BST

133

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499169855942

 

16:01:25

BST

133

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499169855943

 

16:01:25

BST

133

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248005232873

 

16:01:25

BST

133

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248005232874

 

16:01:25

BST

133

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248005232875

 

16:01:25

BST

133

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248005232876

 

16:01:25

BST

397

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142499169855941

 

16:01:25

BST

113

10.92

GBP

XLON

606216248005232882

 

16:09:45

BST

111

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005426837

 

16:09:45

BST

123

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499170059033

 

16:09:45

BST

123

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005426833

 

16:09:45

BST

123

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005426834

 

16:09:45

BST

123

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005426835

 

16:09:45

BST

123

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005426836

 

16:09:45

BST

123

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005426838

 

16:09:45

BST

431

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499170059032

 

16:09:45

BST

12

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005426853

 

16:09:45

BST

123

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499170059043

 

16:17:22

BST

138

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248005642835

 

16:17:53

BST

123

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248005655911

 

16:18:21

BST

137

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499170310256

 

16:18:43

BST

7

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499170321855

 

16:18:43

BST

157

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499170321856

 

16:19:18

BST

127

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005694894

 

16:20:05

BST

134

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005725743

 

16:20:35

BST

135

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005743545

 

16:21:15

BST

145

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499170417926

 

16:21:44

BST

143

10.91

GBP

XLON

606216248005787879

 

16:21:46

BST

557

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142499170435385

 

16:22:18

BST

539

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499170460811

 

16:22:19

BST

365

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142499170460930

 

16:29:00

BST

572

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248006019349

 

16:29:00

BST

135

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248006019352

 

16:29:11

BST

68

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248006026327

 

16:29:11

BST

76

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248006026329

 

16:29:11

BST

91

10.9

GBP

XLON

606216248006026328

 




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