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WH Smith PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 4581N
WH Smith PLC
18 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

18 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 43,700 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 18 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 4,104,374 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,812,560 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 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

43,700

10.9238

10.8700

11.0100






















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

 

08:08:07

BST

121

11.01

GBP

XLON

606215894093823315

 

08:09:18

BST

139

10.98

GBP

XLON

606215894093842850

 

08:10:10

BST

129

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258092596

 

08:12:20

BST

154

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258131427

 

08:13:56

BST

5

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258157426

 

08:13:56

BST

39

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258157428

 

08:13:56

BST

40

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258157425

 

08:13:56

BST

68

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258157427

 

08:14:27

BST

19

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258175114

 

08:14:27

BST

121

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258175113

 

08:16:22

BST

85

10.98

GBP

XLON

606215894093965965

 

08:16:22

BST

38

10.98

GBP

XLON

592142145258209930

 

08:16:51

BST

43

10.98

GBP

XLON

606215894093974152

 

08:16:51

BST

85

10.98

GBP

XLON

606215894093974151

 

08:18:52

BST

144

10.98

GBP

XLON

606215894094009026

 

08:22:00

BST

138

10.95

GBP

XLON

592142145258304985

 

08:23:26

BST

142

10.95

GBP

XLON

592142145258327023

 

08:25:03

BST

131

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094097800

 

08:26:44

BST

18

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094121867

 

08:26:50

BST

119

10.95

GBP

XLON

592142145258376754

 

08:42:59

BST

126

10.95

GBP

XLON

592142145258661577

 

08:42:59

BST

126

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094392906

 

08:42:59

BST

171

10.95

GBP

XLON

592142145258661575

 

08:42:59

BST

177

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094392907

 

08:42:59

BST

273

10.95

GBP

XLON

592142145258661576

 

08:42:59

BST

397

10.95

GBP

XLON

592142145258661574

 

08:42:59

BST

149

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094392927

 

08:43:00

BST

296

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094393239

 

08:43:00

BST

67

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094393244

 

08:43:00

BST

148

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094393245

 

08:43:00

BST

340

10.95

GBP

XLON

606215894094393243

 

08:54:58

BST

24

10.94

GBP

XLON

592142145258849933

 

08:54:58

BST

119

10.94

GBP

XLON

592142145258849932

 

08:58:55

BST

138

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145258921873

 

09:10:03

BST

133

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894094813757

 

09:10:03

BST

234

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145259107320

 

09:10:03

BST

374

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894094813758

 

09:10:03

BST

367

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145259107326

 

09:10:03

BST

63

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894094813762

 

09:10:03

BST

112

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894094813761

 

09:10:03

BST

192

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894094813763

 

09:10:03

BST

367

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145259107343

 

09:10:03

BST

38

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145259107751

 

09:38:28

BST

145

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894095273015

 

09:41:08

BST

129

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145259673499

 

09:41:42

BST

128

10.94

GBP

XLON

592142145259690108

 

09:47:22

BST

129

10.94

GBP

XLON

606215894095496384

 

09:47:23

BST

87

10.94

GBP

XLON

606215894095497018

 

09:47:23

BST

21

10.94

GBP

XLON

592142145259843537

 

09:47:23

BST

31

10.94

GBP

XLON

592142145259843536

 

09:49:28

BST

124

10.94

GBP

XLON

592142145259887630

 

09:50:00

BST

7

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894095548329

 

09:50:00

BST

96

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894095548328

 

09:50:00

BST

263

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894095548330

 

09:50:00

BST

418

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145259900933

 

09:50:02

BST

461

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145259902097

 

09:50:02

BST

28

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145259902101

 

09:59:41

BST

35

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145260135393

 

10:09:14

BST

121

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145260363147

 

10:09:14

BST

127

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894095970200

 

10:09:14

BST

232

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145260363145

 

10:49:02

BST

49

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145261111303

 

10:49:02

BST

123

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894096657904

 

10:49:02

BST

123

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894096657905

 

10:49:02

BST

228

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145261111304

 

10:49:02

BST

249

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145261111305

 

10:49:02

BST

419

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145261111302

 

10:49:02

BST

478

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894096657912

 

10:49:02

BST

66

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894096657935

 

10:49:02

BST

535

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145261111335

 

11:18:54

BST

127

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894097196438

 

11:20:55

BST

127

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145261718592

 

11:20:55

BST

127

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145261718594

 

11:20:55

BST

127

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145261718595

 

11:20:55

BST

127

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145261718596

 

11:20:55

BST

127

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145261718597

 

11:20:55

BST

127

10.91

GBP

XLON

606215894097231510

 

11:20:55

BST

127

10.91

GBP

XLON

606215894097231511

 

11:20:55

BST

412

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145261718593

 

11:46:38

BST

127

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262168497

 

11:48:30

BST

60

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262205104

 

11:48:30

BST

71

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262205103

 

11:50:40

BST

141

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262240389

 

11:52:41

BST

49

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894097758448

 

11:52:41

BST

88

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894097758449

 

11:54:37

BST

60

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262313717

 

11:54:37

BST

64

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262313718

 

11:56:50

BST

2

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894097837844

 

11:56:50

BST

70

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894097837845

 

11:56:50

BST

72

10.92

GBP

XLON

606215894097837846

 

11:58:42

BST

122

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262399505

 

12:01:03

BST

19

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262446676

 

12:01:03

BST

123

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145262446675

 

12:01:03

BST

127

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894097921740

 

12:01:03

BST

127

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894097921741

 

12:01:03

BST

127

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894097921742

 

12:01:03

BST

127

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894097921744

 

12:01:03

BST

127

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894097921746

 

12:01:03

BST

127

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894097921748

 

12:01:03

BST

127

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894097921749

 

12:01:03

BST

413

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894097921739

 

12:30:32

BST

131

10.87

GBP

XLON

606215894098376420

 

12:30:32

BST

396

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142145262928956

 

12:30:32

BST

463

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142145262928961

 

12:30:32

BST

33

10.87

GBP

XLON

606215894098376423

 

12:30:32

BST

463

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142145262928968

 

12:30:32

BST

74

10.87

GBP

XLON

606215894098376430

 

12:54:41

BST

130

10.87

GBP

XLON

592142145263313445

 

12:56:48

BST

134

10.88

GBP

XLON

606215894098773246

 

12:58:36

BST

132

10.88

GBP

XLON

606215894098803464

 

13:00:20

BST

135

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142145263428294

 

13:03:08

BST

123

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142145263483593

 

13:03:08

BST

319

10.88

GBP

XLON

606215894098899943

 

13:03:08

BST

57

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142145263483597

 

13:03:08

BST

311

10.88

GBP

XLON

592142145263483598

 

13:11:49

BST

130

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099032823

 

13:13:20

BST

122

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099061984

 

13:14:20

BST

134

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099080853

 

13:15:23

BST

123

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099100167

 

13:16:42

BST

127

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142145263718002

 

13:17:59

BST

135

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142145263746203

 

13:20:32

BST

139

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099187445

 

13:20:32

BST

399

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099187446

 

13:20:32

BST

360

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142145263788079

 

13:20:32

BST

66

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099187453

 

13:20:32

BST

104

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099187452

 

13:20:32

BST

190

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894099187451

 

13:20:32

BST

291

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142145263788089

 

13:43:14

BST

124

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145264245003

 

13:43:14

BST

124

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099618697

 

13:43:14

BST

124

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099618698

 

13:43:14

BST

221

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099618699

 

13:43:14

BST

531

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099618696

 

13:43:14

BST

177

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099618705

 

13:43:14

BST

187

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099618706

 

13:43:14

BST

364

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145264245008

 

13:43:14

BST

4

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099618715

 

13:43:14

BST

4

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099618719

 

13:43:15

BST

44

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099619318

 

13:43:15

BST

160

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145264245663

 

14:00:01

BST

137

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145264592972

 

14:01:57

BST

136

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145264638336

 

14:01:59

BST

574

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894099988578

 

14:07:28

BST

128

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894100097577

 

14:07:28

BST

529

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894100097576

 

14:07:28

BST

321

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894100097581

 

14:07:35

BST

128

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100099762

 

14:07:35

BST

128

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100099763

 

14:07:35

BST

128

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100099764

 

14:22:49

BST

137

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265081574

 

14:23:36

BST

592

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100423380

 

14:23:36

BST

106

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100423383

 

14:23:36

BST

320

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100423384

 

14:23:47

BST

21

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100426991

 

14:23:47

BST

162

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142145265102160

 

14:23:47

BST

294

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100426990

 

14:36:45

BST

136

10.89

GBP

XLON

592142145265463384

 

14:37:48

BST

135

10.89

GBP

XLON

606215894100797156

 

14:38:42

BST

143

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265516366

 

14:39:22

BST

162

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265532729

 

14:41:19

BST

141

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265586812

 

14:41:19

BST

355

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265586811

 

14:41:19

BST

350

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894100889472

 

14:41:19

BST

580

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265586815

 

14:41:19

BST

61

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894100889478

 

14:50:42

BST

18

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894101155115

 

14:50:42

BST

1

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265864312

 

14:50:42

BST

120

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265864313

 

14:51:48

BST

101

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145265898589

 

14:51:48

BST

28

10.91

GBP

XLON

606215894101187899

 

14:52:29

BST

462

10.9

GBP

XLON

592142145265927347

 

14:52:29

BST

585

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894101215810

 

14:52:29

BST

147

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894101215815

 

14:52:29

BST

108

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894101215863

 

15:02:58

BST

18

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894101703188

 

15:02:58

BST

57

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894101703193

 

15:02:58

BST

49

10.9

GBP

XLON

606215894101703198

 

15:04:11

BST

141

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145266485070

 

15:05:24

BST

121

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145266528643

 

15:06:29

BST

18

10.91

GBP

XLON

592142145266559492

 

15:06:29

BST

9

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145266559500

 

15:06:29

BST

30

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145266559508

 

15:06:29

BST

1

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145266559514

 

15:06:29

BST

76

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145266559518

 

15:06:29

BST

5

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145266559520

 

15:08:18

BST

134

10.92

GBP

XLON

592142145266606876

 

15:09:20

BST

125

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145266646242

 

15:09:59

BST

164

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145266668512

 

15:11:10

BST

19

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145266702905

 

15:11:10

BST

119

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894101959882

 

15:12:20

BST

52

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145266729920

 

15:12:20

BST

78

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145266729919

 

15:13:44

BST

19

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894102023306

 

15:13:44

BST

126

10.93

GBP

XLON

606215894102023307

 

15:15:01

BST

59

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145266805339

 

15:15:01

BST

76

10.93

GBP

XLON

592142145266805338

 

15:18:48

BST

133

10.94

GBP

XLON

592142145266913319

 

15:18:48

BST

135

10.94

GBP

XLON

592142145266913318

 

15:18:48

BST

294

10.94

GBP

XLON

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19

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32

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XLON

606215894102315402

 

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12

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519

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177

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XLON

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247

10.98

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XLON

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272

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104

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XLON

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13

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XLON

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377

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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15:45:10

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414

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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410

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XLON

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XLON

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458

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XLON

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5

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XLON

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XLON

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