Transaction in Own Shares

13th Jun 2025 17:23

RNS Number : 8641M
WH Smith PLC
13 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

13 June 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 44,923 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 13 June 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 3,972,874 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 126,944,060 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 June 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

44,923

10.7852

10.7000

10.9500

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

 

08:03:06

BST

10

10.9

GBP

XLON

620287873475912813

 

08:04:25

BST

116

10.9

GBP

XLON

620287873475933141

 

08:04:25

BST

465

10.9

GBP

XLON

620287873475933140

 

08:09:27

BST

132

10.95

GBP

XLON

620287873476001128

 

08:14:07

BST

21

10.95

GBP

XLON

592140375804874168

 

08:14:07

BST

100

10.95

GBP

XLON

592140375804874167

 

08:15:22

BST

38

10.94

GBP

XLON

592140375804895811

 

08:15:22

BST

81

10.94

GBP

XLON

592140375804895813

 

08:18:40

BST

140

10.94

GBP

XLON

620287873476095635

 

08:18:51

BST

329

10.89

GBP

XLON

620287873476097565

 

08:19:03

BST

78

10.89

GBP

XLON

620287873476099923

 

08:19:03

BST

121

10.89

GBP

XLON

592140375804968315

 

08:19:03

BST

124

10.89

GBP

XLON

592140375804968313

 

08:19:03

BST

137

10.89

GBP

XLON

592140375804968314

 

08:19:22

BST

528

10.88

GBP

XLON

592140375804975822

 

08:19:22

BST

12

10.88

GBP

XLON

620287873476104507

 

08:19:22

BST

166

10.88

GBP

XLON

592140375804975834

 

08:23:24

BST

128

10.83

GBP

XLON

620287873476155007

 

08:23:24

BST

223

10.83

GBP

XLON

620287873476155005

 

08:23:24

BST

232

10.83

GBP

XLON

620287873476155004

 

08:36:36

BST

55

10.9

GBP

XLON

592140375805272421

 

08:36:36

BST

69

10.9

GBP

XLON

592140375805272422

 

08:41:26

BST

118

10.89

GBP

XLON

592140375805361082

 

08:41:26

BST

118

10.89

GBP

XLON

620287873476329872

 

08:41:26

BST

128

10.89

GBP

XLON

592140375805361081

 

08:41:26

BST

375

10.89

GBP

XLON

620287873476329873

 

08:41:26

BST

368

10.89

GBP

XLON

592140375805361095

 

08:41:26

BST

319

10.89

GBP

XLON

620287873476329881

 

08:47:31

BST

451

10.87

GBP

XLON

620287873476384730

 

08:47:31

BST

83

10.87

GBP

XLON

592140375805462851

 

08:47:31

BST

190

10.87

GBP

XLON

592140375805462850

 

08:47:31

BST

28

10.87

GBP

XLON

620287873476384734

 

09:05:10

BST

126

10.85

GBP

XLON

620287873476547526

 

09:07:12

BST

128

10.85

GBP

XLON

592140375805785898

 

09:08:56

BST

145

10.84

GBP

XLON

592140375805811704

 

09:08:57

BST

10

10.84

GBP

XLON

620287873476580541

 

09:09:12

BST

142

10.84

GBP

XLON

592140375805815363

 

09:10:15

BST

551

10.85

GBP

XLON

592140375805833964

 

09:10:15

BST

573

10.85

GBP

XLON

620287873476592373

 

09:10:16

BST

72

10.85

GBP

XLON

592140375805834038

 

09:10:39

BST

216

10.85

GBP

XLON

592140375805840255

 

09:20:57

BST

327

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873476693553

 

09:22:00

BST

6

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375806034251

 

09:22:00

BST

114

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375806034252

 

09:22:00

BST

201

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375806034250

 

09:27:00

BST

135

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873476755677

 

09:49:28

BST

136

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375806501324

 

09:49:28

BST

136

10.74

GBP

XLON

592140375806501326

 

09:49:28

BST

136

10.74

GBP

XLON

620287873476975382

 

09:49:28

BST

136

10.74

GBP

XLON

620287873476975383

 

09:49:28

BST

136

10.74

GBP

XLON

620287873476975384

 

09:49:28

BST

136

10.74

GBP

XLON

620287873476975385

 

09:49:28

BST

393

10.74

GBP

XLON

592140375806501325

 

09:49:28

BST

349

10.74

GBP

XLON

592140375806501331

 

10:07:55

BST

313

10.79

GBP

XLON

620287873477143533

 

10:07:55

BST

450

10.79

GBP

XLON

620287873477143538

 

10:07:55

BST

237

10.79

GBP

XLON

592140375806790318

 

10:27:17

BST

16

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375807052374

 

10:28:00

BST

124

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477301924

 

10:28:00

BST

325

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375807061548

 

10:28:00

BST

311

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477301931

 

10:44:32

BST

122

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375807289369

 

10:44:32

BST

383

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375807289368

 

10:44:32

BST

37

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375807289372

 

10:44:32

BST

294

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375807289374

 

11:16:27

BST

136

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375807773188

 

11:16:27

BST

448

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477680123

 

11:16:27

BST

417

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477680129

 

11:16:27

BST

417

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375807773197

 

11:16:27

BST

181

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477680135

 

11:39:48

BST

138

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873477860089

 

11:48:45

BST

121

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477921593

 

11:48:45

BST

501

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477921592

 

11:48:45

BST

365

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375808219896

 

11:48:45

BST

28

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477921599

 

11:48:45

BST

337

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873477921600

 

11:48:45

BST

306

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375808219903

 

12:10:47

BST

119

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873478067340

 

12:12:38

BST

559

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873478082772

 

12:12:38

BST

468

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873478082776

 

12:12:38

BST

303

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375808536765

 

12:26:19

BST

117

10.71

GBP

XLON

592140375808687006

 

12:26:19

BST

117

10.71

GBP

XLON

592140375808687007

 

12:26:19

BST

117

10.71

GBP

XLON

606214129807461797

 

12:26:19

BST

119

10.71

GBP

XLON

592140375808687008

 

12:26:19

BST

336

10.71

GBP

XLON

592140375808687009

 

12:55:51

BST

135

10.73

GBP

XLON

620287873478300044

 

12:55:51

BST

213

10.73

GBP

XLON

592140375809066782

 

12:55:51

BST

575

10.73

GBP

XLON

592140375809066781

 

12:55:51

BST

142

10.73

GBP

XLON

606214129807807352

 

12:55:51

BST

158

10.73

GBP

XLON

606214129807807351

 

12:55:51

BST

350

10.73

GBP

XLON

606214129807807350

 

12:55:51

BST

247

10.73

GBP

XLON

620287873478300065

 

13:15:18

BST

128

10.7

GBP

XLON

592140375809319893

 

13:16:47

BST

6

10.72

GBP

XLON

592140375809339296

 

13:17:36

BST

482

10.72

GBP

XLON

592140375809349245

 

13:33:59

BST

125

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375809585347

 

13:33:59

BST

148

10.75

GBP

XLON

606214129808281066

 

13:33:59

BST

201

10.75

GBP

XLON

606214129808281065

 

13:33:59

BST

434

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375809585348

 

13:33:59

BST

67

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873478519915

 

13:33:59

BST

162

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873478519917

 

13:33:59

BST

190

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873478519916

 

13:33:59

BST

350

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873478519914

 

13:33:59

BST

315

10.74

GBP

XLON

592140375809585361

 

13:33:59

BST

183

10.74

GBP

XLON

606214129808281071

 

13:47:50

BST

136

10.73

GBP

XLON

592140375809795389

 

13:47:51

BST

136

10.72

GBP

XLON

592140375809795537

 

13:47:51

BST

377

10.72

GBP

XLON

606214129808474038

 

13:47:51

BST

332

10.72

GBP

XLON

606214129808474043

 

13:47:51

BST

332

10.72

GBP

XLON

620287873478616406

 

13:47:51

BST

190

10.72

GBP

XLON

592140375809795544

 

14:07:33

BST

17

10.74

GBP

XLON

606214129808752090

 

14:07:37

BST

120

10.77

GBP

XLON

592140375810099024

 

14:07:39

BST

181

10.77

GBP

XLON

592140375810099564

 

14:08:04

BST

9

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873478752319

 

14:08:04

BST

315

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873478752320

 

14:09:12

BST

122

10.79

GBP

XLON

606214129808773211

 

14:15:06

BST

129

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873478797882

 

14:16:24

BST

134

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129808872534

 

14:16:38

BST

129

10.79

GBP

XLON

606214129808875007

 

14:16:38

BST

558

10.79

GBP

XLON

592140375810230206

 

14:16:38

BST

578

10.79

GBP

XLON

592140375810230210

 

14:16:38

BST

114

10.79

GBP

XLON

606214129808875013

 

14:28:46

BST

121

10.76

GBP

XLON

606214129809070070

 

14:28:46

BST

121

10.76

GBP

XLON

606214129809070071

 

14:28:46

BST

121

10.76

GBP

XLON

606214129809070072

 

14:28:46

BST

121

10.76

GBP

XLON

606214129809070073

 

14:28:46

BST

431

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375810439721

 

14:28:46

BST

342

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873478904056

 

14:32:26

BST

514

10.78

GBP

XLON

592140375810540832

 

14:43:41

BST

134

10.79

GBP

XLON

620287873479073380

 

14:44:01

BST

134

10.78

GBP

XLON

592140375810769567

 

14:44:01

BST

134

10.78

GBP

XLON

592140375810769569

 

14:44:01

BST

134

10.78

GBP

XLON

592140375810769570

 

14:44:01

BST

134

10.78

GBP

XLON

606214129809379160

 

14:44:01

BST

134

10.78

GBP

XLON

620287873479076331

 

14:44:01

BST

134

10.78

GBP

XLON

620287873479076332

 

14:44:01

BST

134

10.78

GBP

XLON

620287873479076333

 

14:44:01

BST

457

10.78

GBP

XLON

592140375810769568

 

14:48:53

BST

128

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375810861628

 

14:48:53

BST

379

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873479127667

 

14:48:53

BST

78

10.76

GBP

XLON

606214129809465659

 

14:54:14

BST

131

10.74

GBP

XLON

592140375810970954

 

14:54:14

BST

131

10.74

GBP

XLON

592140375810970955

 

14:54:14

BST

326

10.74

GBP

XLON

620287873479186236

 

14:54:14

BST

130

10.74

GBP

XLON

620287873479186241

 

15:05:58

BST

130

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873479342746

 

15:07:13

BST

171

10.77

GBP

XLON

592140375811289255

 

15:07:13

BST

420

10.77

GBP

XLON

606214129809867450

 

15:07:28

BST

525

10.77

GBP

XLON

606214129809872166

 

15:07:28

BST

371

10.77

GBP

XLON

606214129809872171

 

15:07:28

BST

138

10.77

GBP

XLON

592140375811294440

 

15:20:16

BST

103

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375811562590

 

15:20:48

BST

30

10.76

GBP

XLON

592140375811573848

 

15:20:48

BST

35

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873479495314

 

15:20:48

BST

199

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873479495315

 

15:20:48

BST

385

10.76

GBP

XLON

620287873479495316

 

15:20:48

BST

535

10.76

GBP

XLON

606214129810133467

 

15:21:18

BST

176

10.76

GBP

XLON

606214129810147499

 

15:28:48

BST

13

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873479573314

 

15:28:48

BST

137

10.75

GBP

XLON

592140375811733684

 

15:28:48

BST

137

10.75

GBP

XLON

606214129810282015

 

15:28:48

BST

137

10.75

GBP

XLON

606214129810282016

 

15:28:48

BST

137

10.75

GBP

XLON

606214129810282017

 

15:28:48

BST

342

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873479573315

 

15:28:48

BST

1

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873479573323

 

15:28:48

BST

98

10.75

GBP

XLON

620287873479573322

 

15:40:37

BST

140

10.79

GBP

XLON

620287873479689583

 

15:42:07

BST

121

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479704394

 

15:42:07

BST

406

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129810525285

 

15:42:55

BST

118

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479711165

 

15:42:55

BST

165

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479711164

 

15:42:55

BST

400

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479711163

 

15:42:59

BST

558

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479711898

 

15:42:59

BST

1

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479711902

 

15:49:02

BST

136

10.78

GBP

XLON

592140375812151546

 

15:49:02

BST

455

10.78

GBP

XLON

620287873479783260

 

15:59:20

BST

125

10.82

GBP

XLON

620287873479895479

 

16:00:12

BST

135

10.82

GBP

XLON

620287873479908863

 

16:00:56

BST

125

10.81

GBP

XLON

592140375812418574

 

16:01:41

BST

126

10.81

GBP

XLON

592140375812435368

 

16:02:15

BST

85

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479932045

 

16:02:15

BST

125

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375812448375

 

16:02:15

BST

125

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479932046

 

16:02:15

BST

487

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479932044

 

16:02:15

BST

145

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129810947452

 

16:02:19

BST

100

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129810948651

 

16:02:19

BST

118

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873479932619

 

16:02:19

BST

173

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129810948650

 

16:02:19

BST

46

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375812449721

 

16:02:19

BST

8

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375812449731

 

16:02:20

BST

168

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375812449946

 

16:11:00

BST

133

10.82

GBP

XLON

620287873480027454

 

16:11:15

BST

133

10.81

GBP

XLON

592140375812645959

 

16:11:15

BST

133

10.81

GBP

XLON

606214129811131741

 

16:11:15

BST

133

10.81

GBP

XLON

606214129811131742

 

16:11:15

BST

562

10.81

GBP

XLON

620287873480030703

 

16:11:15

BST

100

10.81

GBP

XLON

606214129811131749

 

16:11:15

BST

309

10.81

GBP

XLON

606214129811131783

 

16:18:57

BST

1

10.81

GBP

XLON

620287873480130180

 

16:18:57

BST

137

10.81

GBP

XLON

620287873480130181

 

16:19:39

BST

117

10.81

GBP

XLON

606214129811321166

 

16:20:03

BST

133

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375812862081

 

16:20:03

BST

133

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129811335514

 

16:20:03

BST

133

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129811335516

 

16:20:03

BST

133

10.8

GBP

XLON

620287873480149523

 

16:20:03

BST

134

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129811335512

 

16:20:03

BST

140

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375812862080

 

16:20:03

BST

218

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129811335513

 

16:20:03

BST

436

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129811335511

 

16:20:04

BST

13

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129811336029

 

16:20:04

BST

132

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129811336028

 

16:24:53

BST

118

10.81

GBP

XLON

606214129811470497

 

16:24:53

BST

118

10.81

GBP

XLON

620287873480230048

 

16:24:53

BST

394

10.81

GBP

XLON

620287873480230047

 

16:24:55

BST

398

10.81

GBP

XLON

606214129811471774

 

16:29:24

BST

66

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375813127496

 

16:29:24

BST

137

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375813127674

 

16:29:31

BST

172

10.8

GBP

XLON

592140375813130989

 

16:29:40

BST

174

10.8

GBP

XLON

606214129811595844

 

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