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WH Smith PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 0469O
WH Smith PLC
23 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

23 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 43,032 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 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 4,239,024 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,677,910 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 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

43,032

10.7645

10.6500

10.8500






















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

 

08:08:20

BST

8

10.76

GBP

XLON

592143914737091805

 

08:08:20

BST

65

10.76

GBP

XLON

592143914737091806

 

08:08:20

BST

20

10.76

GBP

XLON

606217663572798786

 

08:08:23

BST

28

10.76

GBP

XLON

606217663572799614

 

08:09:26

BST

43

10.76

GBP

XLON

592143914737110801

 

08:09:26

BST

198

10.76

GBP

XLON

592143914737110802

 

08:09:46

BST

6

10.77

GBP

XLON

606217663572822067

 

08:11:44

BST

130

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663572869551

 

08:11:44

BST

95

10.77

GBP

XLON

592143914737169032

 

08:11:44

BST

370

10.77

GBP

XLON

592143914737169030

 

08:15:10

BST

131

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914737245676

 

08:15:10

BST

151

10.82

GBP

XLON

606217663572941675

 

08:15:10

BST

419

10.82

GBP

XLON

606217663572941676

 

08:15:17

BST

565

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914737247932

 

08:31:25

BST

384

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914737569649

 

08:31:25

BST

100

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914737569657

 

08:35:25

BST

97

10.85

GBP

XLON

592143914737643913

 

08:35:25

BST

370

10.85

GBP

XLON

592143914737643914

 

08:35:30

BST

76

10.85

GBP

XLON

592143914737644703

 

08:35:38

BST

418

10.85

GBP

XLON

592143914737647104

 

08:36:40

BST

119

10.85

GBP

XLON

592143914737663528

 

08:36:40

BST

143

10.85

GBP

XLON

606217663573337648

 

08:47:08

BST

131

10.83

GBP

XLON

606217663573494639

 

08:47:08

BST

134

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914737829045

 

08:47:08

BST

344

10.83

GBP

XLON

606217663573494638

 

08:47:08

BST

66

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914737829051

 

08:47:08

BST

46

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914737829052

 

09:05:24

BST

140

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914738138801

 

09:05:25

BST

140

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914738138916

 

09:05:25

BST

140

10.82

GBP

XLON

606217663573787354

 

09:05:25

BST

140

10.82

GBP

XLON

606217663573787355

 

09:05:25

BST

470

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914738138915

 

09:05:25

BST

354

10.82

GBP

XLON

606217663573787358

 

09:05:25

BST

185

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914738138924

 

09:15:05

BST

130

10.8

GBP

XLON

592143914738299422

 

09:15:05

BST

527

10.8

GBP

XLON

592143914738299421

 

09:15:05

BST

5

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663573939704

 

09:15:05

BST

225

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663573939705

 

09:32:59

BST

128

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663574193954

 

09:32:59

BST

422

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663574193955

 

09:32:59

BST

469

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663574193972

 

09:32:59

BST

201

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914738569256

 

09:57:25

BST

5

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914738919251

 

09:57:25

BST

58

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914738919250

 

09:57:25

BST

78

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914738919249

 

09:59:08

BST

30

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914738941223

 

09:59:08

BST

99

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914738941222

 

10:00:49

BST

12

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663574570887

 

10:00:49

BST

44

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663574570886

 

10:00:49

BST

68

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663574570884

 

10:00:52

BST

43

10.78

GBP

XLON

606217663574572106

 

10:00:52

BST

98

10.78

GBP

XLON

606217663574572105

 

10:00:52

BST

141

10.78

GBP

XLON

592143914738969355

 

10:00:52

BST

141

10.78

GBP

XLON

592143914738969356

 

10:00:52

BST

141

10.78

GBP

XLON

592143914738969357

 

10:00:52

BST

141

10.78

GBP

XLON

606217663574572107

 

10:00:52

BST

141

10.78

GBP

XLON

606217663574572108

 

10:00:52

BST

141

10.78

GBP

XLON

606217663574572109

 

10:00:52

BST

459

10.78

GBP

XLON

606217663574572104

 

10:12:55

BST

572

10.78

GBP

XLON

592143914739158528

 

10:14:14

BST

99

10.77

GBP

XLON

606217663574765575

 

10:14:14

BST

126

10.77

GBP

XLON

592143914739175292

 

10:33:30

BST

375

10.73

GBP

XLON

606217663575025388

 

10:49:57

BST

83

10.73

GBP

XLON

606217663575270622

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914739712821

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914739712822

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914739712823

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914739712824

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914739712825

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914739712826

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914739712827

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

606217663575270623

 

10:49:57

BST

141

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914739712830

 

11:00:40

BST

130

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663575442550

 

11:00:40

BST

141

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914739895977

 

11:00:40

BST

317

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914739895976

 

11:15:21

BST

140

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914740173692

 

11:15:21

BST

509

10.73

GBP

XLON

606217663575703738

 

11:15:21

BST

51

10.73

GBP

XLON

592143914740173696

 

11:38:41

BST

111

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914740520500

 

11:38:41

BST

145

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914740520498

 

11:38:41

BST

145

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914740520499

 

11:38:41

BST

145

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663576028201

 

11:38:41

BST

145

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663576028202

 

11:38:41

BST

409

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914740520497

 

11:38:41

BST

34

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914740520501

 

11:38:41

BST

50

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663576028209

 

11:59:28

BST

139

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914740822160

 

11:59:28

BST

139

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914740822161

 

11:59:28

BST

373

10.7

GBP

XLON

606217663576311885

 

11:59:28

BST

505

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914740822166

 

11:59:28

BST

125

10.7

GBP

XLON

606217663576311890

 

12:07:04

BST

459

10.68

GBP

XLON

592143914740950824

 

12:07:55

BST

143

10.67

GBP

XLON

606217663576451394

 

12:22:01

BST

132

10.65

GBP

XLON

592143914741197210

 

12:22:01

BST

132

10.66

GBP

XLON

606217663576665403

 

12:22:01

BST

458

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663576665404

 

12:46:00

BST

60

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663577097378

 

12:46:00

BST

140

10.65

GBP

XLON

592143914741653072

 

12:46:00

BST

140

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663577097381

 

12:46:00

BST

140

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663577097382

 

12:46:00

BST

140

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663577097383

 

12:46:00

BST

140

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663577097385

 

12:46:00

BST

140

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663577097386

 

12:46:00

BST

361

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663577097380

 

12:46:00

BST

86

10.65

GBP

XLON

606217663577097401

 

13:07:23

BST

137

10.67

GBP

XLON

592143914742064368

 

13:07:23

BST

137

10.67

GBP

XLON

606217663577485275

 

13:07:23

BST

358

10.67

GBP

XLON

606217663577485276

 

13:07:23

BST

350

10.67

GBP

XLON

606217663577485280

 

13:10:06

BST

129

10.67

GBP

XLON

592143914742109304

 

13:10:06

BST

129

10.67

GBP

XLON

606217663577528089

 

13:10:06

BST

366

10.67

GBP

XLON

606217663577528088

 

13:10:06

BST

205

10.67

GBP

XLON

606217663577528093

 

13:23:20

BST

141

10.69

GBP

XLON

606217663577730542

 

13:43:30

BST

236

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914742722973

 

13:43:30

BST

276

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914742722971

 

13:43:30

BST

355

10.7

GBP

XLON

606217663578106057

 

13:46:04

BST

20

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663578151654

 

13:46:37

BST

113

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663578163298

 

13:46:37

BST

353

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914742784099

 

13:46:37

BST

504

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914742784098

 

13:47:37

BST

86

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914742802020

 

13:47:37

BST

561

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663578179673

 

13:47:38

BST

421

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663578179801

 

13:47:58

BST

201

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663578185320

 

13:48:31

BST

24

10.71

GBP

XLON

606217663578193888

 

13:48:31

BST

146

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914742816846

 

14:03:20

BST

133

10.71

GBP

XLON

592143914743122280

 

14:05:06

BST

133

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914743162253

 

14:05:06

BST

133

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914743162254

 

14:05:06

BST

133

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914743162255

 

14:05:06

BST

133

10.7

GBP

XLON

606217663578518230

 

14:05:06

BST

133

10.7

GBP

XLON

606217663578518232

 

14:05:06

BST

410

10.7

GBP

XLON

592143914743162252

 

14:05:06

BST

50

10.7

GBP

XLON

606217663578518245

 

14:08:26

BST

424

10.69

GBP

XLON

606217663578593613

 

14:33:14

BST

24

10.76

GBP

XLON

606217663579142399

 

14:33:14

BST

134

10.76

GBP

XLON

592143914743819966

 

14:33:14

BST

134

10.76

GBP

XLON

592143914743819968

 

14:33:14

BST

184

10.76

GBP

XLON

606217663579142396

 

14:33:14

BST

350

10.76

GBP

XLON

606217663579142398

 

14:33:35

BST

373

10.75

GBP

XLON

592143914743830684

 

14:33:35

BST

178

10.75

GBP

XLON

606217663579152770

 

14:33:35

BST

198

10.75

GBP

XLON

606217663579152771

 

14:33:35

BST

148

10.75

GBP

XLON

592143914743830877

 

14:33:35

BST

376

10.75

GBP

XLON

592143914743830878

 

14:33:36

BST

53

10.75

GBP

XLON

606217663579153542

 

14:33:36

BST

308

10.75

GBP

XLON

606217663579153543

 

15:03:38

BST

361

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663579909187

 

15:03:38

BST

466

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914744623901

 

15:03:38

BST

475

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663579909189

 

15:03:38

BST

408

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914744623903

 

15:03:38

BST

72

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663579909199

 

15:03:38

BST

235

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663579909198

 

15:03:38

BST

444

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914744623909

 

15:03:38

BST

444

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914744623915

 

15:03:38

BST

444

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663579909229

 

15:03:39

BST

330

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914744624194

 

15:17:47

BST

137

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914744989823

 

15:20:27

BST

134

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663580332580

 

15:21:32

BST

133

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914745091937

 

15:24:16

BST

130

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914745161630

 

15:24:48

BST

128

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914745173284

 

15:26:13

BST

54

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745209039

 

15:26:13

BST

78

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745209038

 

15:27:10

BST

42

10.84

GBP

XLON

606217663580489966

 

15:27:10

BST

80

10.84

GBP

XLON

606217663580489965

 

15:28:17

BST

46

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745263714

 

15:28:17

BST

94

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745263713

 

15:29:34

BST

57

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745295308

 

15:29:34

BST

85

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745295309

 

15:30:40

BST

11

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745323729

 

15:30:40

BST

25

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745323731

 

15:30:40

BST

86

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745323730

 

15:31:49

BST

58

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745350273

 

15:31:49

BST

79

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745350272

 

15:32:46

BST

44

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745374582

 

15:32:46

BST

104

10.84

GBP

XLON

592143914745374583

 

15:32:46

BST

66

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914745374589

 

15:33:44

BST

423

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914745397707

 

15:33:46

BST

131

10.83

GBP

XLON

606217663580648311

 

15:38:03

BST

144

10.83

GBP

XLON

592143914745503263

 

15:38:05

BST

144

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914745503698

 

15:38:05

BST

144

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914745503699

 

15:38:05

BST

144

10.82

GBP

XLON

606217663580749732

 

15:38:05

BST

452

10.82

GBP

XLON

606217663580749731

 

15:38:05

BST

422

10.82

GBP

XLON

592143914745503705

 

15:38:05

BST

133

10.82

GBP

XLON

606217663580749736

 

15:50:38

BST

142

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914745799277

 

15:51:42

BST

130

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914745824942

 

15:52:45

BST

123

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914745849659

 

15:53:48

BST

51

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581102202

 

15:53:48

BST

81

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581102203

 

15:54:58

BST

122

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581130182

 

15:55:55

BST

127

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581155953

 

15:56:57

BST

2

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581180416

 

15:56:57

BST

34

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581180418

 

15:56:57

BST

102

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581180417

 

15:57:55

BST

60

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581202523

 

15:57:55

BST

78

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581202524

 

15:58:42

BST

10

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581219393

 

15:58:42

BST

10

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581219395

 

15:58:42

BST

105

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581219394

 

15:59:21

BST

142

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914746009467

 

15:59:21

BST

142

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914746009471

 

15:59:21

BST

142

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914746009472

 

15:59:21

BST

142

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914746009474

 

15:59:21

BST

142

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914746009476

 

15:59:21

BST

142

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663581232832

 

15:59:21

BST

142

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663581232833

 

15:59:21

BST

460

10.79

GBP

XLON

592143914746009469

 

16:04:40

BST

238

10.79

GBP

XLON

606217663581369174

 

16:12:50

BST

134

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914746357239

 

16:12:50

BST

134

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581565957

 

16:12:55

BST

202

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663581567502

 

16:13:24

BST

208

10.81

GBP

XLON

592143914746372520

 

16:13:27

BST

461

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663581581321

 

16:13:27

BST

416

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663581581398

 

16:16:16

BST

137

10.8

GBP

XLON

592143914746460684

 

16:16:16

BST

137

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663581665207

 

16:16:16

BST

137

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663581665208

 

16:16:16

BST

365

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663581665206

 

16:16:16

BST

183

10.8

GBP

XLON

592143914746460688

 

16:20:43

BST

579

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663581805329

 

16:20:43

BST

420

10.8

GBP

XLON

592143914746605812

 

16:21:14

BST

88

10.8

GBP

XLON

606217663581822904

 

16:29:52

BST

3

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663582115169

 

16:29:52

BST

561

10.81

GBP

XLON

606217663582115174

 




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