RNS Number : 0846W
WH Smith PLC
05 February 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

05 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 21,440 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 05 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 1,455,378 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,461,556 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:

05 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

21,440

12.7190

12.6600

12.7800






















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

 

08:01:55

GMT

454

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092054269595

 

08:05:39

GMT

23

12.74

GBP

XLON

592095092054367856

 

08:05:39

GMT

55

12.74

GBP

XLON

592095092054367855

 

08:05:39

GMT

92

12.74

GBP

XLON

592095092054367858

 

08:05:39

GMT

169

12.74

GBP

XLON

592095092054367857

 

08:19:08

GMT

106

12.72

GBP

XLON

606168840890177867

 

08:19:08

GMT

106

12.72

GBP

XLON

606168840890177868

 

08:19:08

GMT

180

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092054644783

 

08:19:08

GMT

294

12.72

GBP

XLON

606168840890177866

 

08:19:08

GMT

210

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092054644789

 

08:25:29

GMT

197

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092054767780

 

08:26:33

GMT

53

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092054791087

 

08:26:33

GMT

65

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092054791088

 

08:26:33

GMT

122

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092054791086

 

08:38:23

GMT

25

12.66

GBP

XLON

592095092055039994

 

08:38:23

GMT

103

12.66

GBP

XLON

592095092055039993

 

08:38:23

GMT

217

12.66

GBP

XLON

592095092055039992

 

08:59:53

GMT

10

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445532

 

08:59:53

GMT

34

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445531

 

08:59:53

GMT

50

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445528

 

08:59:53

GMT

51

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445529

 

08:59:53

GMT

110

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445530

 

08:59:53

GMT

201

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092055445533

 

09:00:56

GMT

136

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840890950255

 

09:05:56

GMT

8

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840891044119

 

09:10:10

GMT

93

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840891120678

 

09:10:10

GMT

111

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092055646608

 

09:10:10

GMT

111

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092055646609

 

09:10:10

GMT

111

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092055646610

 

09:10:10

GMT

115

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840891120680

 

09:10:10

GMT

134

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840891120679

 

09:20:12

GMT

506

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092055870880

 

10:15:08

GMT

16

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030443

 

10:15:08

GMT

44

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030445

 

10:15:08

GMT

48

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030444

 

10:15:08

GMT

87

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030446

 

10:15:08

GMT

9

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030451

 

10:15:08

GMT

43

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840892430649

 

10:15:08

GMT

50

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030452

 

10:15:08

GMT

81

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092057030450

 

10:15:08

GMT

123

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092057030453

 

10:15:08

GMT

48

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840892430653

 

10:15:08

GMT

291

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840892430654

 

10:15:25

GMT

2

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092057038036

 

10:15:25

GMT

44

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092057038037

 

10:15:25

GMT

175

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092057038038

 

10:15:25

GMT

243

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840892437781

 

10:15:32

GMT

126

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168840892440005

 

10:24:54

GMT

350

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840892631977

 

10:27:11

GMT

117

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840892680122

 

10:27:11

GMT

312

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092057293891

 

10:27:11

GMT

44

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092057293898

 

10:27:11

GMT

48

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092057293899

 

10:27:11

GMT

224

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092057293900

 

10:42:59

GMT

103

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840892979926

 

10:50:30

GMT

103

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092057752856

 

10:50:30

GMT

111

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092057752858

 

10:50:30

GMT

223

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092057752857

 

11:16:03

GMT

103

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840893605884

 

11:16:42

GMT

16

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058290533

 

11:16:42

GMT

40

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058290536

 

11:16:42

GMT

63

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058290535

 

11:16:42

GMT

87

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058290534

 

11:16:42

GMT

103

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893619303

 

11:16:42

GMT

109

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893619304

 

11:24:06

GMT

103

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092058442140

 

11:24:06

GMT

107

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893761202

 

11:24:06

GMT

107

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893761203

 

11:24:06

GMT

140

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840893761204

 

11:58:53

GMT

20

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840894589438

 

11:58:53

GMT

90

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840894589437

 

11:59:22

GMT

9

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840894610118

 

11:59:22

GMT

92

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840894610117

 

12:02:01

GMT

92

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687168

 

12:02:01

GMT

130

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687167

 

12:02:01

GMT

131

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687166

 

12:02:01

GMT

116

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687174

 

12:02:01

GMT

150

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687175

 

12:02:01

GMT

31

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687177

 

12:02:01

GMT

43

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840894687176

 

12:18:21

GMT

114

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092059803494

 

12:30:06

GMT

110

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092060060664

 

12:33:12

GMT

6

12.67

GBP

XLON

606168840895344920

 

12:33:12

GMT

95

12.67

GBP

XLON

606168840895344921

 

12:37:05

GMT

105

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060192002

 

12:37:05

GMT

453

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060192003

 

12:55:03

GMT

6

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840895712728

 

12:55:03

GMT

100

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060511974

 

12:55:03

GMT

100

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060511975

 

12:55:03

GMT

100

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092060511976

 

12:55:03

GMT

100

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840895712731

 

12:55:03

GMT

126

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840895712729

 

12:55:03

GMT

173

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840895712730

 

13:16:14

GMT

6

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840896120275

 

13:16:14

GMT

118

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840896120273

 

13:16:14

GMT

154

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840896120274

 

13:31:09

GMT

34

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840896405904

 

13:31:09

GMT

80

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840896405905

 

13:33:26

GMT

115

12.71

GBP

XLON

592095092061301222

 

13:34:55

GMT

150

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332535

 

13:34:55

GMT

181

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332534

 

13:34:55

GMT

67

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332536

 

13:34:55

GMT

247

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332537

 

13:34:55

GMT

54

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061332540

 

13:51:02

GMT

2

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896854221

 

13:51:02

GMT

93

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896854222

 

13:51:02

GMT

8

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061722139

 

13:54:17

GMT

18

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896931283

 

13:54:17

GMT

42

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896931281

 

13:54:17

GMT

48

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840896931282

 

14:01:10

GMT

128

12.7

GBP

XLON

606168840897107599

 

14:01:10

GMT

385

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061991017

 

14:01:10

GMT

334

12.7

GBP

XLON

592095092061991028

 

14:05:06

GMT

221

12.67

GBP

XLON

592095092062094510

 

14:20:17

GMT

108

12.69

GBP

XLON

606168840897544302

 

14:25:09

GMT

16

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092062571309

 

14:25:09

GMT

44

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092062571307

 

14:25:09

GMT

44

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092062571308

 

14:27:21

GMT

72

12.69

GBP

XLON

592095092062632412

 

14:30:18

GMT

1

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840897813012

 

14:30:18

GMT

117

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840897813013

 

14:31:31

GMT

169

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840897866383

 

14:31:31

GMT

489

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840897866382

 

14:31:31

GMT

225

12.71

GBP

XLON

592095092062789692

 

14:36:59

GMT

103

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092063012019

 

14:36:59

GMT

106

12.68

GBP

XLON

606168840898078851

 

14:36:59

GMT

221

12.68

GBP

XLON

592095092063012018

 

14:48:39

GMT

11

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063471460

 

14:48:39

GMT

94

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063471459

 

14:52:25

GMT

111

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063628627

 

14:54:18

GMT

111

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063707545

 

14:56:08

GMT

103

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063781049

 

14:58:06

GMT

12

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063870509

 

14:58:06

GMT

92

12.72

GBP

XLON

592095092063870510

 

15:00:08

GMT

112

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840898992371

 

15:01:02

GMT

2

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840899033485

 

15:01:02

GMT

43

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840899033486

 

15:01:02

GMT

74

12.73

GBP

XLON

606168840899033487

 

15:02:49

GMT

118

12.73

GBP

XLON

592095092064084683

 

15:03:50

GMT

39

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840899152281

 

15:03:50

GMT

380

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840899152282

 

15:03:50

GMT

284

12.71

GBP

XLON

606168840899152290

 

15:25:38

GMT

19

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064877968

 

15:25:38

GMT

24

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840899855654

 

15:25:38

GMT

94

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840899855653

 

15:25:38

GMT

118

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064877970

 

15:25:38

GMT

149

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064877969

 

15:27:11

GMT

32

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064927915

 

15:27:11

GMT

79

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064927916

 

15:27:11

GMT

111

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064927914

 

15:27:11

GMT

450

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840899902582

 

15:27:11

GMT

298

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092064927921

 

15:41:53

GMT

97

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900338454

 

15:42:03

GMT

11

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900343450

 

15:43:52

GMT

83

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900398063

 

15:43:52

GMT

19

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900398162

 

15:44:05

GMT

4

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900405669

 

15:45:58

GMT

4

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840900467610

 

15:45:58

GMT

110

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092065522843

 

15:47:45

GMT

385

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168840900520744

 

15:47:45

GMT

80

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168840900520748

 

15:47:45

GMT

320

12.75

GBP

XLON

606168840900520747

 

16:03:19

GMT

106

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168840901044885

 

16:03:19

GMT

136

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092066130786

 

16:08:22

GMT

110

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840901218060

 

16:08:22

GMT

209

12.78

GBP

XLON

592095092066313304

 

16:08:59

GMT

477

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168840901238971

 

16:08:59

GMT

11

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092066335322

 

16:08:59

GMT

320

12.77

GBP

XLON

592095092066335321

 

16:08:59

GMT

27

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168840901238975

 

16:08:59

GMT

104

12.77

GBP

XLON

606168840901238974

 

16:18:55

GMT

15

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901689588

 

16:18:55

GMT

104

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901689587

 

16:20:15

GMT

50

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901752592

 

16:20:15

GMT

66

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901752587

 

16:21:59

GMT

106

12.76

GBP

XLON

606168840901832903

 

16:21:59

GMT

538

12.76

GBP

XLON

592095092066959303

 

16:29:52

GMT

1

12.78

GBP

XLON

606168840902203782

 




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