RNS Number : 5836X
WH Smith PLC
18 February 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

18 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 24,311 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 18 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 1,666,854 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 129,250,080 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:

18 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

24,311

12.2584

12.1800

12.3300






















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

 

08:01:43

GMT

75

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173441516736943

 

08:02:23

GMT

34

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692681184703

 

08:02:59

GMT

67

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692681200305

 

08:15:11

GMT

76

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099692681503850

 

08:15:11

GMT

100

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099692681503845

 

08:15:11

GMT

119

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173441517049031

 

08:15:11

GMT

35

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099692681503854

 

08:15:12

GMT

28

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173441517049091

 

08:15:12

GMT

266

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173441517049090

 

08:15:28

GMT

120

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173441517054712

 

08:15:29

GMT

35

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692681509779

 

08:15:29

GMT

48

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441517054764

 

08:15:29

GMT

65

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692681509777

 

08:15:29

GMT

100

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692681509776

 

08:15:29

GMT

100

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441517054766

 

08:15:29

GMT

100

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441517054767

 

08:15:29

GMT

118

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441517054765

 

08:15:32

GMT

87

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173441517055654

 

08:15:40

GMT

68

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173441517057509

 

08:36:40

GMT

115

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099692681952417

 

08:39:20

GMT

105

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099692682004023

 

08:39:20

GMT

62

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099692682004025

 

08:39:20

GMT

220

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099692682004026

 

08:39:20

GMT

220

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099692682004027

 

08:39:20

GMT

362

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173441517512956

 

08:54:58

GMT

108

12.26

GBP

XLON

592099692682310401

 

08:56:22

GMT

9

12.25

GBP

XLON

606173441517822069

 

08:56:22

GMT

9

12.25

GBP

XLON

606173441517822070

 

08:56:22

GMT

90

12.25

GBP

XLON

606173441517822068

 

08:56:22

GMT

108

12.25

GBP

XLON

592099692682341688

 

08:56:22

GMT

108

12.25

GBP

XLON

606173441517822067

 

08:56:22

GMT

266

12.25

GBP

XLON

592099692682341687

 

09:05:14

GMT

108

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099692682519112

 

09:05:14

GMT

116

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099692682519113

 

09:05:14

GMT

159

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099692682519111

 

09:13:41

GMT

77

12.2

GBP

XLON

606173441518138718

 

09:13:41

GMT

112

12.2

GBP

XLON

592099692682685502

 

09:13:41

GMT

189

12.2

GBP

XLON

606173441518138717

 

09:26:33

GMT

115

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441518384399

 

09:26:33

GMT

432

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441518384400

 

09:31:04

GMT

266

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441518479279

 

09:52:25

GMT

22

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441518879488

 

09:52:25

GMT

82

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441518879485

 

09:52:25

GMT

104

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099692683489078

 

09:52:25

GMT

104

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099692683489079

 

09:52:25

GMT

104

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441518879489

 

09:52:25

GMT

266

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441518879484

 

10:05:40

GMT

117

12.19

GBP

XLON

592099692683740074

 

10:05:40

GMT

117

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173441519110415

 

10:05:40

GMT

266

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173441519110414

 

10:25:46

GMT

107

12.25

GBP

XLON

606173441519450228

 

10:25:46

GMT

456

12.25

GBP

XLON

592099692684110925

 

10:29:00

GMT

114

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441519503809

 

10:29:00

GMT

182

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692684169278

 

10:53:15

GMT

116

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099692684618538

 

10:53:15

GMT

116

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099692684618540

 

10:53:15

GMT

116

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441519916227

 

10:53:15

GMT

116

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441519916228

 

10:53:15

GMT

267

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099692684618539

 

11:21:47

GMT

7

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441520418042

 

11:21:47

GMT

52

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441520418044

 

11:21:47

GMT

57

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441520418043

 

11:23:32

GMT

116

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099692685201793

 

11:23:32

GMT

116

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099692685201794

 

11:23:32

GMT

464

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441520451137

 

11:23:32

GMT

226

12.21

GBP

XLON

606173441520451142

 

11:43:06

GMT

110

12.22

GBP

XLON

592099692685599710

 

11:43:06

GMT

273

12.22

GBP

XLON

592099692685599711

 

12:02:05

GMT

109

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441521166160

 

12:02:05

GMT

109

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441521166161

 

12:02:05

GMT

109

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441521166162

 

12:02:05

GMT

587

12.23

GBP

XLON

592099692685976812

 

12:15:24

GMT

179

12.2

GBP

XLON

606173441521471721

 

12:33:00

GMT

113

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441521824365

 

12:39:27

GMT

113

12.25

GBP

XLON

592099692686845500

 

12:40:12

GMT

19

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099692686862323

 

12:40:12

GMT

103

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099692686862322

 

13:01:33

GMT

116

12.32

GBP

XLON

592099692687357895

 

13:01:33

GMT

160

12.32

GBP

XLON

592099692687357896

 

13:01:33

GMT

167

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173441522425557

 

13:01:42

GMT

293

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173441522429222

 

13:01:56

GMT

108

12.31

GBP

XLON

592099692687369983

 

13:02:39

GMT

202

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099692687390868

 

13:02:39

GMT

480

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441522455914

 

13:02:39

GMT

144

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173441522455918

 

13:28:18

GMT

102

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099692687962920

 

13:28:18

GMT

102

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173441522978343

 

13:28:18

GMT

102

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173441522978344

 

13:28:18

GMT

102

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173441522978345

 

13:28:18

GMT

102

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173441522978346

 

13:28:18

GMT

266

12.28

GBP

XLON

592099692687962919

 

13:46:26

GMT

119

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173441523427853

 

13:46:26

GMT

15

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173441523427890

 

13:46:26

GMT

104

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173441523427892

 

13:46:26

GMT

119

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099692688450762

 

13:46:26

GMT

119

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173441523427891

 

13:46:26

GMT

119

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173441523427893

 

13:46:26

GMT

119

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173441523427894

 

13:46:26

GMT

266

12.27

GBP

XLON

606173441523427889

 

13:52:22

GMT

267

12.25

GBP

XLON

592099692688615212

 

14:20:33

GMT

110

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441524299899

 

14:20:33

GMT

129

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692689397382

 

14:22:40

GMT

477

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441524353520

 

14:22:40

GMT

38

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173441524353528

 

14:22:40

GMT

77

12.31

GBP

XLON

606173441524353527

 

14:31:15

GMT

28

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173441524615404

 

14:31:15

GMT

96

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173441524615407

 

14:31:15

GMT

111

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099692689735819

 

14:31:15

GMT

111

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099692689735820

 

14:31:15

GMT

286

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173441524615406

 

14:31:15

GMT

264

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173441524615434

 

14:36:17

GMT

104

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099692689939946

 

14:36:17

GMT

104

12.33

GBP

XLON

606173441524804526

 

14:36:17

GMT

267

12.33

GBP

XLON

592099692689939947

 

14:43:06

GMT

119

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692690171526

 

14:43:06

GMT

269

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441525019845

 

14:43:32

GMT

13

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099692690183851

 

14:43:32

GMT

106

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099692690183850

 

14:50:22

GMT

103

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099692690420074

 

14:50:22

GMT

265

12.27

GBP

XLON

592099692690420073

 

14:53:58

GMT

19

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173441525373250

 

14:53:58

GMT

292

12.32

GBP

XLON

606173441525373249

 

15:04:40

GMT

115

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692690983383

 

15:04:40

GMT

115

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692690983384

 

15:04:40

GMT

115

12.3

GBP

XLON

606173441525777422

 

15:04:40

GMT

266

12.3

GBP

XLON

592099692690983382

 

15:16:36

GMT

7

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173441526114924

 

15:16:36

GMT

112

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099692691344807

 

15:16:36

GMT

112

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099692691344808

 

15:16:36

GMT

112

12.29

GBP

XLON

592099692691344809

 

15:16:36

GMT

112

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173441526114926

 

15:16:36

GMT

261

12.29

GBP

XLON

606173441526114922

 

15:22:03

GMT

113

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173441526269603

 

15:22:03

GMT

286

12.28

GBP

XLON

606173441526269605

 

15:29:57

GMT

100

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441526481989

 

15:29:57

GMT

266

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692691738004

 

15:30:28

GMT

5

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441526499089

 

15:39:33

GMT

129

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441526744563

 

15:44:13

GMT

69

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441526881061

 

15:44:13

GMT

44

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441526881062

 

15:50:02

GMT

63

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692692350552

 

15:50:02

GMT

117

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441527050612

 

15:50:02

GMT

323

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692692350553

 

15:50:02

GMT

180

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692692350558

 

15:50:49

GMT

32

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692692377296

 

15:50:49

GMT

143

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441527075191

 

15:50:49

GMT

168

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441527075195

 

15:50:49

GMT

93

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692692377303

 

15:58:44

GMT

221

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173441527304903

 

15:58:49

GMT

46

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173441527307226

 

15:58:49

GMT

73

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173441527307228

 

15:58:49

GMT

102

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173441527307227

 

15:58:49

GMT

29

12.22

GBP

XLON

606173441527307229

 

15:58:49

GMT

102

12.22

GBP

XLON

592099692692627092

 

16:04:31

GMT

77

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099692692835489

 

16:10:30

GMT

42

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099692693039432

 

16:10:30

GMT

101

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099692693039431

 

16:10:30

GMT

189

12.21

GBP

XLON

592099692693039430

 

16:14:47

GMT

101

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441527852671

 

16:14:47

GMT

136

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692693211985

 

16:14:47

GMT

101

12.24

GBP

XLON

606173441527852672

 

16:14:47

GMT

497

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692693211986

 

16:14:47

GMT

97

12.24

GBP

XLON

592099692693212001

 

16:17:15

GMT

265

12.23

GBP

XLON

606173441527943305

 

16:20:36

GMT

134

12.2

GBP

XLON

606173441528080940

 

16:20:36

GMT

229

12.2

GBP

XLON

606173441528080941

 

16:24:28

GMT

116

12.19

GBP

XLON

592099692693629067

 

16:24:28

GMT

264

12.19

GBP

XLON

606173441528241897

 

16:26:31

GMT

219

12.18

GBP

XLON

592099692693729511

 




Ends


 
























 

 

This information is provided by RNS, the news service of the London Stock Exchange. RNS is approved by the Financial Conduct Authority to act as a Primary Information Provider in the United Kingdom. Terms and conditions relating to the use and distribution of this information may apply. For further information, please contact rns@lseg.com or visit www.rns.com.

RNS may use your IP address to confirm compliance with the terms and conditions, to analyse how you engage with the information contained in this communication, and to share such analysis on an anonymised basis with others as part of our commercial services. For further information about how RNS and the London Stock Exchange use the personal data you provide us, please see our Privacy Policy.
 
END
 
 
POSMZGMZNRFGKZM