RNS Number : 0530K
WH Smith PLC
23 May 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

23 May 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 47,109 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 May 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 3,317,524 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,599,410 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:

23 May 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

47,109

10.2965

10.1100

10.3700






















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

08:05:22

BST

107

10.34

GBP

XLON

592132944006442410

08:06:37

BST

145

10.35

GBP

XLON

606206692842234653

08:06:39

BST

193

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206692842235281

08:06:41

BST

237

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206692842235901

08:07:25

BST

419

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206692842252092

08:07:25

BST

12

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206692842252099

08:07:27

BST

156

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206692842252653

08:07:28

BST

237

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206692842252833

08:07:28

BST

21

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206692842252836

08:11:12

BST

294

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132944006577780

08:22:34

BST

119

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842546726

08:23:33

BST

119

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842567474

08:24:42

BST

39

10.37

GBP

XLON

592132944006844264

08:24:42

BST

76

10.37

GBP

XLON

592132944006844263

08:26:02

BST

111

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842613144

08:26:02

BST

125

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842613143

08:28:51

BST

60

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842665119

08:28:51

BST

68

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842665118

08:30:29

BST

126

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842702154

08:30:29

BST

434

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842702155

08:30:31

BST

446

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206692842702671

08:32:55

BST

158

10.36

GBP

XLON

592132944007010807

08:32:55

BST

100

10.36

GBP

XLON

592132944007010813

08:32:56

BST

34

10.36

GBP

XLON

606206692842749722

08:32:56

BST

94

10.36

GBP

XLON

606206692842749723

08:32:56

BST

212

10.36

GBP

XLON

592132944007011106

08:33:58

BST

34

10.36

GBP

XLON

606206692842768766

08:33:58

BST

125

10.36

GBP

XLON

592132944007031079

08:35:59

BST

3

10.36

GBP

XLON

592132944007070501

08:46:01

BST

121

10.35

GBP

XLON

592132944007262154

08:46:01

BST

121

10.35

GBP

XLON

592132944007262156

08:46:01

BST

121

10.35

GBP

XLON

606206692842989641

08:46:01

BST

121

10.35

GBP

XLON

606206692842989642

08:46:01

BST

441

10.35

GBP

XLON

592132944007262155

08:46:01

BST

121

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206692842989990

08:59:04

BST

126

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843210260

09:00:06

BST

49

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843226810

09:00:10

BST

2

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843228322

09:00:10

BST

7

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843228320

09:00:10

BST

11

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843228321

09:00:10

BST

45

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843228323

09:01:20

BST

112

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843247712

09:02:29

BST

109

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843271180

09:03:43

BST

124

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843293946

09:05:12

BST

124

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843319623

09:06:36

BST

109

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843343678

09:08:12

BST

121

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692843370350

09:09:21

BST

126

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944007683399

09:09:21

BST

126

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944007683400

09:09:21

BST

126

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944007683401

09:09:21

BST

126

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944007683402

09:09:21

BST

126

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692843389876

09:09:21

BST

126

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692843389877

09:09:21

BST

126

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692843389878

09:09:21

BST

328

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692843389875

09:09:21

BST

105

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944007683407

09:16:27

BST

265

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206692843526824

09:16:35

BST

76

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206692843529555

09:16:35

BST

91

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206692843529556

09:16:35

BST

108

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132944007829457

09:39:31

BST

125

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692843934979

09:43:02

BST

189

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692843997454

09:43:02

BST

472

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944008320921

09:43:02

BST

457

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692843997457

09:43:02

BST

454

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944008320929

09:53:27

BST

122

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944008515530

09:53:27

BST

122

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692844182735

09:53:27

BST

124

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692844182734

09:53:27

BST

130

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692844182732

09:53:27

BST

302

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692844182733

10:07:49

BST

98

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692844434942

10:07:49

BST

109

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944008779727

10:07:49

BST

109

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944008779728

10:07:49

BST

148

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692844434945

10:07:49

BST

341

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692844434944

10:07:49

BST

116

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944008779733

10:28:48

BST

127

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692844836990

10:28:54

BST

36

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944009204272

10:28:54

BST

91

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944009204271

10:28:54

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944009204270

10:28:54

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944009204273

10:28:54

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944009204274

10:28:54

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944009204275

10:28:54

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944009204276

10:28:54

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692844838846

10:28:54

BST

362

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692844838845

10:28:54

BST

71

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692844838859

10:36:44

BST

488

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944009353210

11:01:10

BST

124

10.33

GBP

XLON

606206692845422306

11:01:41

BST

46

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692845428775

11:01:41

BST

125

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132944009822105

11:01:41

BST

382

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692845428776

11:06:38

BST

125

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132944009918352

11:06:38

BST

125

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692845520960

11:06:38

BST

208

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692845520958

11:06:38

BST

229

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692845520959

11:06:38

BST

380

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692845520966

11:28:39

BST

118

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692845901075

11:28:39

BST

118

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944010314889

11:28:39

BST

118

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944010314890

11:28:39

BST

118

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692845901077

11:28:39

BST

118

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692845901079

11:28:39

BST

118

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692845901080

11:28:39

BST

118

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692845901081

11:28:39

BST

118

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692845901083

11:28:39

BST

190

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944010314888

11:28:39

BST

308

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692845901076

11:49:21

BST

17

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692846255613

11:49:21

BST

96

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692846255614

11:54:01

BST

26

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944010764015

11:54:01

BST

126

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944010764016

11:54:01

BST

406

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944010764017

11:54:01

BST

116

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692846330724

11:54:01

BST

193

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692846330725

11:54:43

BST

110

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944010776639

12:03:35

BST

3

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692846505871

12:03:35

BST

109

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692846505872

12:05:52

BST

112

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132944010990714

12:05:52

BST

8

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206692846547621

12:06:52

BST

16

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011009197

12:06:52

BST

112

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011009195

12:06:52

BST

112

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692846565384

12:06:52

BST

142

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011009194

12:06:52

BST

199

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011009192

12:06:52

BST

369

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011009193

12:06:52

BST

79

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011009209

12:06:52

BST

318

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692846565396

12:06:52

BST

4

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011009214

12:19:33

BST

12

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011239047

12:19:33

BST

124

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692846781998

12:19:33

BST

125

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011239049

12:19:33

BST

125

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011239050

12:19:33

BST

296

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944011239048

12:19:33

BST

124

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692846782237

12:29:48

BST

269

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692847006272

12:43:57

BST

110

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692847257582

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944011741687

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944011741688

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944011741689

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944011741690

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692847257584

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692847257585

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692847257586

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692847257587

12:43:57

BST

119

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692847257589

12:43:57

BST

120

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692847257588

12:43:57

BST

171

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944011741709

12:56:15

BST

435

10.18

GBP

XLON

592132944012378601

12:56:15

BST

43

10.18

GBP

XLON

592132944012378604

12:56:15

BST

44

10.18

GBP

XLON

592132944012378608

13:03:24

BST

443

10.14

GBP

XLON

592132944012651887

13:24:29

BST

447

10.11

GBP

XLON

592132944013430197

13:24:30

BST

81

10.11

GBP

XLON

592132944013430484

13:36:45

BST

118

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132944013888602

13:36:45

BST

455

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206692849320090

13:36:45

BST

239

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206692849320112

13:44:07

BST

91

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132944014182990

13:44:07

BST

410

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132944014182991

13:44:54

BST

208

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206692849656737

13:56:45

BST

474

10.2

GBP

XLON

606206692849967945

13:58:56

BST

128

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206692850020717

13:58:56

BST

295

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206692850020715

14:00:34

BST

230

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132944014676417

14:10:53

BST

118

10.23

GBP

XLON

592132944014942494

14:10:53

BST

461

10.23

GBP

XLON

592132944014942495

14:10:53

BST

1

10.23

GBP

XLON

606206692850322768

14:10:53

BST

78

10.23

GBP

XLON

606206692850322767

14:10:57

BST

242

10.23

GBP

XLON

606206692850324215

14:13:06

BST

118

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132944014994781

14:19:34

BST

334

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132944015155925

14:19:34

BST

286

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206692850528149

14:19:34

BST

185

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132944015156349

14:20:12

BST

127

10.23

GBP

XLON

606206692850561677

14:27:35

BST

119

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132944015384822

14:27:35

BST

119

10.24

GBP

XLON

606206692850748348

14:27:35

BST

119

10.24

GBP

XLON

606206692850748349

14:27:35

BST

343

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132944015384821

14:27:35

BST

93

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132944015384827

14:35:41

BST

119

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944015713684

14:35:41

BST

356

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944015713685

14:35:45

BST

72

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692851068086

14:35:45

BST

324

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692851068085

14:35:45

BST

93

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692851068091

14:45:35

BST

121

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692851412182

14:46:33

BST

16

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132944016101532

14:46:33

BST

112

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206692851437710

14:47:17

BST

121

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016122555

14:47:17

BST

121

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016122556

14:47:17

BST

121

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016122558

14:47:17

BST

121

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016122559

14:47:17

BST

121

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016122561

14:47:17

BST

121

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692851458118

14:47:17

BST

121

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692851458119

14:47:17

BST

121

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692851458120

14:47:17

BST

420

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692851458117

14:47:17

BST

12

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692851458139

14:57:18

BST

46

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016412620

14:57:18

BST

62

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016412621

14:57:58

BST

291

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016431552

14:58:24

BST

356

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692851770659

14:58:24

BST

407

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206692851770683

14:58:29

BST

303

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132944016448078

14:58:31

BST

120

10.28

GBP

XLON

592132944016448684

15:09:25

BST

126

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692852136741

15:10:22

BST

127

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692852167333

15:11:15

BST

109

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132944016882180

15:12:11

BST

111

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692852224894

15:13:13

BST

123

10.33

GBP

XLON

606206692852261971

15:14:07

BST

110

10.33

GBP

XLON

592132944016979307

15:14:10

BST

319

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206692852287932

15:14:10

BST

283

10.32

GBP

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