RNS Number : 0862X
WH Smith PLC
13 February 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

13 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 23,328 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 13 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 1,594,708 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,322,226 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:

13 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

23,328

12.6462

12.4600

12.9100






















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

 

08:02:50

GMT

99

12.85

GBP

XLON

606171672044156773

 

08:02:50

GMT

498

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097923207958749

 

08:02:55

GMT

22

12.85

GBP

XLON

592097923207961684

 

08:07:37

GMT

373

12.89

GBP

XLON

592097923208123933

 

08:07:37

GMT

376

12.89

GBP

XLON

606171672044312247

 

08:21:12

GMT

41

12.91

GBP

XLON

592097923208549363

 

08:21:12

GMT

60

12.91

GBP

XLON

592097923208549364

 

08:21:12

GMT

100

12.91

GBP

XLON

606171672044705117

 

08:21:12

GMT

365

12.91

GBP

XLON

592097923208549362

 

08:31:38

GMT

104

12.88

GBP

XLON

592097923208848731

 

08:31:38

GMT

290

12.88

GBP

XLON

606171672044982362

 

08:37:24

GMT

80

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171672045146765

 

08:37:24

GMT

107

12.87

GBP

XLON

606171672045146766

 

08:37:24

GMT

127

12.87

GBP

XLON

592097923209025670

 

08:46:09

GMT

293

12.82

GBP

XLON

606171672045396402

 

08:52:33

GMT

112

12.78

GBP

XLON

592097923209486915

 

08:56:39

GMT

112

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097923209615788

 

08:57:03

GMT

2

12.78

GBP

XLON

592097923209626802

 

08:57:03

GMT

85

12.78

GBP

XLON

592097923209626803

 

08:57:03

GMT

92

12.78

GBP

XLON

592097923209626801

 

09:00:25

GMT

113

12.77

GBP

XLON

606171672045786630

 

09:06:14

GMT

291

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097923209875533

 

09:27:48

GMT

2

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097923210467812

 

09:27:48

GMT

39

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097923210467811

 

09:27:48

GMT

65

12.75

GBP

XLON

592097923210467813

 

09:30:13

GMT

280

12.74

GBP

XLON

606171672046553455

 

09:30:13

GMT

612

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097923210534189

 

09:30:13

GMT

32

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097923210534194

 

09:40:03

GMT

14

12.73

GBP

XLON

606171672046771112

 

09:40:03

GMT

277

12.73

GBP

XLON

606171672046771113

 

09:59:47

GMT

100

12.71

GBP

XLON

592097923211225366

 

09:59:47

GMT

100

12.71

GBP

XLON

606171672047199086

 

09:59:47

GMT

100

12.71

GBP

XLON

606171672047199087

 

09:59:47

GMT

101

12.71

GBP

XLON

606171672047199084

 

09:59:47

GMT

190

12.71

GBP

XLON

606171672047199083

 

10:12:33

GMT

562

12.72

GBP

XLON

606171672047441695

 

10:12:33

GMT

55

12.72

GBP

XLON

592097923211483983

 

10:44:24

GMT

106

12.8

GBP

XLON

592097923212200684

 

10:54:25

GMT

106

12.81

GBP

XLON

592097923212451477

 

10:54:26

GMT

106

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097923212451903

 

10:54:26

GMT

106

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097923212451904

 

10:54:26

GMT

164

12.79

GBP

XLON

606171672048337070

 

10:54:26

GMT

366

12.79

GBP

XLON

606171672048337069

 

10:54:53

GMT

231

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097923212461860

 

11:06:32

GMT

13

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097923212748102

 

11:06:32

GMT

111

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097923212748104

 

11:06:32

GMT

111

12.79

GBP

XLON

606171672048609878

 

11:06:32

GMT

167

12.79

GBP

XLON

592097923212748103

 

11:21:25

GMT

100

12.74

GBP

XLON

606171672048917410

 

11:21:25

GMT

111

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097923213081552

 

11:21:25

GMT

180

12.74

GBP

XLON

592097923213081553

 

11:37:10

GMT

27

12.7

GBP

XLON

592097923213433100

 

11:45:20

GMT

10

12.7

GBP

XLON

592097923213595917

 

11:45:20

GMT

73

12.7

GBP

XLON

592097923213595915

 

11:45:20

GMT

100

12.7

GBP

XLON

592097923213595918

 

11:45:20

GMT

100

12.7

GBP

XLON

606171672049394653

 

11:45:20

GMT

100

12.7

GBP

XLON

606171672049394654

 

11:45:20

GMT

181

12.7

GBP

XLON

592097923213595916

 

11:51:28

GMT

197

12.55

GBP

XLON

592097923213759176

 

11:51:43

GMT

99

12.55

GBP

XLON

592097923213764293

 

12:26:30

GMT

41

12.63

GBP

XLON

592097923214506234

 

12:26:30

GMT

72

12.63

GBP

XLON

592097923214506233

 

12:30:06

GMT

11

12.63

GBP

XLON

606171672050312560

 

12:30:06

GMT

32

12.63

GBP

XLON

606171672050312559

 

12:30:06

GMT

59

12.63

GBP

XLON

606171672050312558

 

12:33:34

GMT

14

12.63

GBP

XLON

606171672050386860

 

12:33:34

GMT

86

12.63

GBP

XLON

606171672050386859

 

12:35:30

GMT

2

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672050424332

 

12:35:30

GMT

111

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672050424335

 

12:35:30

GMT

113

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672050424331

 

12:35:30

GMT

113

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672050424333

 

12:35:30

GMT

114

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672050424334

 

12:35:30

GMT

463

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672050424330

 

12:35:30

GMT

53

12.61

GBP

XLON

592097923214709284

 

12:35:30

GMT

121

12.6

GBP

XLON

592097923214709592

 

12:59:53

GMT

185

12.55

GBP

XLON

606171672050941626

 

13:10:51

GMT

100

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672051173611

 

13:15:21

GMT

434

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672051264436

 

13:15:21

GMT

403

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672051264440

 

13:15:21

GMT

51

12.57

GBP

XLON

592097923215620032

 

13:19:10

GMT

89

12.55

GBP

XLON

606171672051337842

 

13:32:00

GMT

108

12.58

GBP

XLON

606171672051654421

 

13:32:00

GMT

402

12.58

GBP

XLON

606171672051654422

 

13:37:11

GMT

291

12.59

GBP

XLON

606171672051795877

 

13:59:49

GMT

35

12.61

GBP

XLON

592097923216812459

 

13:59:49

GMT

422

12.61

GBP

XLON

592097923216812460

 

13:59:49

GMT

200

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672052371021

 

13:59:52

GMT

218

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672052372462

 

13:59:52

GMT

63

12.61

GBP

XLON

606171672052372465

 

14:17:19

GMT

311

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672052837024

 

14:17:19

GMT

157

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672052837025

 

14:17:53

GMT

109

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672052851354

 

14:17:53

GMT

204

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672052851355

 

14:27:49

GMT

108

12.56

GBP

XLON

606171672053112485

 

14:27:49

GMT

108

12.56

GBP

XLON

606171672053112486

 

14:27:49

GMT

292

12.56

GBP

XLON

592097923217609132

 

14:46:22

GMT

114

12.55

GBP

XLON

592097923218295298

 

14:46:22

GMT

114

12.55

GBP

XLON

592097923218295299

 

14:46:22

GMT

114

12.55

GBP

XLON

592097923218295301

 

14:46:22

GMT

114

12.55

GBP

XLON

592097923218295302

 

14:46:22

GMT

114

12.55

GBP

XLON

592097923218295303

 

14:46:22

GMT

114

12.55

GBP

XLON

606171672053757750

 

14:46:22

GMT

114

12.55

GBP

XLON

606171672053757752

 

14:46:22

GMT

137

12.55

GBP

XLON

606171672053757751

 

14:46:22

GMT

318

12.55

GBP

XLON

606171672053757749

 

14:57:40

GMT

40

12.54

GBP

XLON

592097923218685787

 

14:57:40

GMT

62

12.54

GBP

XLON

592097923218685788

 

14:57:40

GMT

102

12.54

GBP

XLON

592097923218685786

 

14:57:40

GMT

102

12.54

GBP

XLON

606171672054125402

 

14:57:40

GMT

102

12.54

GBP

XLON

606171672054125403

 

14:57:40

GMT

315

12.54

GBP

XLON

606171672054125401

 

15:10:46

GMT

110

12.54

GBP

XLON

592097923219147847

 

15:10:46

GMT

113

12.54

GBP

XLON

606171672054560147

 

15:10:46

GMT

519

12.54

GBP

XLON

592097923219147846

 

15:10:46

GMT

157

12.54

GBP

XLON

592097923219147852

 

15:40:13

GMT

10

12.57

GBP

XLON

592097923220066469

 

15:51:04

GMT

58

12.58

GBP

XLON

606171672055760315

 

15:51:04

GMT

138

12.58

GBP

XLON

606171672055760313

 

15:51:04

GMT

123

12.57

GBP

XLON

592097923220432821

 

15:51:04

GMT

124

12.57

GBP

XLON

592097923220432819

 

15:51:04

GMT

183

12.57

GBP

XLON

592097923220432818

 

15:51:04

GMT

235

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672055760318

 

15:51:04

GMT

336

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672055760319

 

15:51:04

GMT

511

12.57

GBP

XLON

606171672055760320

 

15:51:04

GMT

2

12.58

GBP

XLON

592097923220432835

 

15:51:04

GMT

15

12.58

GBP

XLON

592097923220432832

 

15:51:04

GMT

44

12.58

GBP

XLON

592097923220432831

 

15:51:04

GMT

88

12.58

GBP

XLON

592097923220432833

 

15:51:04

GMT

91

12.58

GBP

XLON

606171672055760330

 

15:51:04

GMT

100

12.58

GBP

XLON

592097923220432834

 

15:51:04

GMT

154

12.58

GBP

XLON

606171672055760329

 

15:51:04

GMT

214

12.58

GBP

XLON

606171672055760331

 

15:51:04

GMT

320

12.58

GBP

XLON

592097923220432830

 

15:51:04

GMT

395

12.58

GBP

XLON

592097923220432845

 

15:51:04

GMT

5

12.58

GBP

XLON

606171672055760340

 

16:04:32

GMT

107

12.54

GBP

XLON

606171672056207737

 

16:04:32

GMT

294

12.54

GBP

XLON

606171672056207736

 

16:08:57

GMT

105

12.51

GBP

XLON

592097923221081923

 

16:08:57

GMT

290

12.51

GBP

XLON

606171672056365748

 

16:14:20

GMT

101

12.49

GBP

XLON

606171672056559081

 

16:14:20

GMT

101

12.49

GBP

XLON

606171672056559082

 

16:14:20

GMT

291

12.49

GBP

XLON

592097923221289365

 

16:22:01

GMT

102

12.47

GBP

XLON

592097923221619980

 

16:22:01

GMT

102

12.47

GBP

XLON

592097923221619981

 

16:22:01

GMT

102

12.47

GBP

XLON

606171672056869238

 

16:22:01

GMT

105

12.47

GBP

XLON

592097923221619982

 

16:22:01

GMT

293

12.47

GBP

XLON

606171672056869237

 

16:27:01

GMT

447

12.46

GBP

XLON

606171672057085805

 

16:27:01

GMT

36

12.46

GBP

XLON

592097923221851802

 




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