RNS Number : 5325Z
WH Smith PLC
05 March 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

05 March 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 27,697 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 05 March 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 1,946,749 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,970,185 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 March 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

27,697

10.9377

10.8200

11.0800






















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

96

10.97

GBP

XLON

606178749930255701

 

08:02:50

GMT

421

10.97

GBP

XLON

606178749930255700

 

08:02:50

GMT

133

10.95

GBP

XLON

606178749930256115

 

08:03:03

GMT

18

10.95

GBP

XLON

606178749930271544

 

08:11:30

GMT

593

11.05

GBP

XLON

606178749930843393

 

08:11:30

GMT

213

11.05

GBP

XLON

606178749930843399

 

08:17:35

GMT

413

11.07

GBP

XLON

606178749931216206

 

08:17:35

GMT

168

11.07

GBP

XLON

606178749931216210

 

08:29:39

GMT

550

11.08

GBP

XLON

606178749931927287

 

08:29:39

GMT

105

11.08

GBP

XLON

606178749931927290

 

08:47:14

GMT

111

11.05

GBP

XLON

606178749933282790

 

08:47:14

GMT

111

11.05

GBP

XLON

606178749933282794

 

08:47:14

GMT

366

11.05

GBP

XLON

606178749933282788

 

08:47:14

GMT

137

11.05

GBP

XLON

606178749933282807

 

08:58:32

GMT

8

11.01

GBP

XLON

606178749934085373

 

08:58:32

GMT

105

11.01

GBP

XLON

606178749934085370

 

08:58:32

GMT

113

11.01

GBP

XLON

606178749934085374

 

08:58:32

GMT

327

11.01

GBP

XLON

606178749934085372

 

09:03:56

GMT

326

10.97

GBP

XLON

606178749934405330

 

09:25:19

GMT

53

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749935619776

 

09:25:19

GMT

56

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749935619775

 

09:28:40

GMT

111

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749935806298

 

09:39:25

GMT

66

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936345264

 

09:39:30

GMT

87

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936350639

 

09:39:30

GMT

110

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936350641

 

09:39:43

GMT

46

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936361891

 

09:39:43

GMT

62

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936361890

 

09:39:46

GMT

145

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936364039

 

09:39:51

GMT

106

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936368116

 

09:42:12

GMT

99

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936501988

 

09:48:35

GMT

115

11.07

GBP

XLON

606178749936814045

 

09:48:35

GMT

504

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936814049

 

09:48:35

GMT

583

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936814058

 

09:48:35

GMT

8

11.06

GBP

XLON

606178749936814085

 

10:04:17

GMT

86

11.04

GBP

XLON

606178749937620837

 

10:04:17

GMT

104

11.04

GBP

XLON

606178749937620839

 

10:04:17

GMT

104

11.04

GBP

XLON

606178749937620840

 

10:04:17

GMT

240

11.04

GBP

XLON

606178749937620838

 

10:06:51

GMT

118

11.03

GBP

XLON

606178749937775058

 

10:14:50

GMT

109

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749938272580

 

10:14:50

GMT

148

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749938272579

 

10:14:50

GMT

179

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749938272578

 

10:26:02

GMT

107

10.96

GBP

XLON

606178749938909877

 

10:26:02

GMT

327

10.96

GBP

XLON

606178749938909878

 

10:29:03

GMT

48

10.94

GBP

XLON

606178749939094177

 

10:29:10

GMT

59

10.94

GBP

XLON

606178749939101881

 

10:42:46

GMT

188

10.93

GBP

XLON

606178749939983952

 

10:48:31

GMT

114

10.94

GBP

XLON

606178749940334663

 

10:48:31

GMT

323

10.94

GBP

XLON

606178749940334664

 

11:21:29

GMT

108

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749942192644

 

11:21:29

GMT

587

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749942192643

 

11:21:29

GMT

180

10.99

GBP

XLON

606178749942192651

 

11:25:58

GMT

108

10.96

GBP

XLON

606178749942414644

 

11:32:29

GMT

4

10.95

GBP

XLON

606178749942747723

 

11:32:29

GMT

11

10.95

GBP

XLON

606178749942747725

 

11:32:29

GMT

96

10.95

GBP

XLON

606178749942747724

 

11:32:29

GMT

215

10.95

GBP

XLON

606178749942747722

 

11:42:19

GMT

307

10.91

GBP

XLON

606178749943265991

 

11:54:20

GMT

113

10.94

GBP

XLON

606178749943884038

 

11:54:20

GMT

327

10.94

GBP

XLON

606178749943884037

 

12:19:00

GMT

101

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749945147130

 

12:19:00

GMT

193

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749945147132

 

12:19:00

GMT

355

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749945147131

 

12:19:00

GMT

251

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749945147139

 

12:31:23

GMT

106

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749945817005

 

12:31:23

GMT

327

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749945817004

 

12:50:49

GMT

109

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749946714288

 

12:50:49

GMT

326

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749946714286

 

12:50:51

GMT

109

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749946715292

 

12:50:51

GMT

109

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749946715293

 

13:14:59

GMT

114

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749948116622

 

13:14:59

GMT

114

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749948116625

 

13:14:59

GMT

114

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749948116628

 

13:14:59

GMT

357

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749948116620

 

13:14:59

GMT

45

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749948116651

 

13:14:59

GMT

80

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749948116653

 

13:14:59

GMT

132

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749948116650

 

13:19:16

GMT

114

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749948359657

 

13:20:07

GMT

207

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749948410014

 

13:23:07

GMT

6

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749948556699

 

13:29:54

GMT

103

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749948896689

 

13:29:54

GMT

328

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749948896691

 

13:38:41

GMT

327

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749949377668

 

13:51:32

GMT

466

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749950149242

 

13:51:32

GMT

40

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749950149250

 

13:51:32

GMT

207

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749950149252

 

14:05:28

GMT

96

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749950987215

 

14:05:28

GMT

96

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749950987216

 

14:05:28

GMT

96

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749950987217

 

14:05:28

GMT

361

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749950987214

 

14:11:00

GMT

327

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749951353192

 

14:22:08

GMT

97

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749951987062

 

14:22:08

GMT

97

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749951987063

 

14:22:08

GMT

406

10.88

GBP

XLON

606178749951987065

 

14:32:57

GMT

107

10.82

GBP

XLON

606178749952740188

 

14:32:57

GMT

107

10.82

GBP

XLON

606178749952740190

 

14:32:57

GMT

107

10.82

GBP

XLON

606178749952740192

 

14:32:57

GMT

107

10.82

GBP

XLON

606178749952740195

 

14:32:57

GMT

107

10.82

GBP

XLON

606178749952740196

 

14:32:57

GMT

327

10.82

GBP

XLON

606178749952740187

 

14:46:31

GMT

100

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749953754885

 

14:46:41

GMT

100

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749953763834

 

14:46:41

GMT

100

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749953763835

 

14:46:41

GMT

100

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749953763837

 

14:46:41

GMT

100

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749953763839

 

14:46:41

GMT

100

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749953763841

 

14:46:41

GMT

100

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749953763843

 

14:46:41

GMT

378

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749953763833

 

14:47:00

GMT

87

10.86

GBP

XLON

606178749953787485

 

14:59:50

GMT

113

10.9

GBP

XLON

620252503913069925

 

15:02:02

GMT

39

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749954876995

 

15:02:03

GMT

68

10.9

GBP

XLON

620252503913144402

 

15:02:41

GMT

186

10.89

GBP

XLON

620252503913161939

 

15:02:41

GMT

327

10.89

GBP

XLON

620252503913161940

 

15:02:41

GMT

418

10.89

GBP

XLON

606178749954916560

 

15:02:41

GMT

150

10.89

GBP

XLON

620252503913161948

 

15:07:37

GMT

326

10.91

GBP

XLON

606178749955189043

 

15:20:23

GMT

110

10.91

GBP

XLON

606178749955891729

 

15:24:49

GMT

106

10.93

GBP

XLON

606178749956107863

 

15:26:51

GMT

113

10.93

GBP

XLON

620252503913691910

 

15:26:51

GMT

530

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749956209739

 

15:26:52

GMT

84

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749956210623

 

15:28:51

GMT

98

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749956314511

 

15:28:51

GMT

444

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749956314510

 

15:38:30

GMT

102

10.94

GBP

XLON

620252503913928066

 

15:38:30

GMT

577

10.94

GBP

XLON

606178749956811577

 

15:38:30

GMT

15

10.94

GBP

XLON

606178749956811589

 

15:42:27

GMT

22

10.92

GBP

XLON

620252503914006870

 

15:42:27

GMT

305

10.92

GBP

XLON

620252503914006869

 

15:49:10

GMT

96

10.91

GBP

XLON

606178749957396740

 

15:49:10

GMT

96

10.91

GBP

XLON

620252503914152123

 

15:49:10

GMT

327

10.91

GBP

XLON

606178749957396739

 

16:01:10

GMT

105

10.92

GBP

XLON

620252503914443923

 

16:01:10

GMT

181

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749958116562

 

16:01:10

GMT

263

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749958116563

 

16:01:10

GMT

180

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749958116567

 

16:01:10

GMT

200

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749958116570

 

16:01:39

GMT

123

10.93

GBP

XLON

606178749958145661

 

16:02:08

GMT

54

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749958172473

 

16:02:29

GMT

16

10.92

GBP

XLON

620252503914475239

 

16:10:40

GMT

108

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749958724803

 

16:10:40

GMT

108

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749958724805

 

16:10:40

GMT

108

10.92

GBP

XLON

606178749958724807

 

16:10:40

GMT

108

10.92

GBP

XLON

620252503914695337

 

16:10:40

GMT

546

10.92

GBP

XLON

620252503914695336

 

16:16:01

GMT

102

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749959107178

 

16:16:01

GMT

102

10.9

GBP

XLON

620252503914846462

 

16:16:01

GMT

323

10.9

GBP

XLON

606178749959107177

 

16:18:35

GMT

329

10.89

GBP

XLON

606178749959287654

 

16:22:37

GMT

3

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749959629000

 

16:22:37

GMT

105

10.87

GBP

XLON

620252503915050535

 

16:22:37

GMT

324

10.87

GBP

XLON

606178749959629001

 

16:29:57

GMT

539

10.86

GBP

XLON

620252503915278661

 




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