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WH Smith PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 2472O
WH Smith PLC
24 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

24 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 45,720 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 24 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 4,284,744 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,632,190 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:

24 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

45,720

11.0853

10.8700

11.1500






















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

 

08:02:51

BST

386

10.87

GBP

XLON

606218017466086539

 

08:11:48

BST

47

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218017466324787

 

08:11:48

BST

438

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218017466324788

 

08:11:48

BST

313

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218017466324798

 

08:11:51

BST

52

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218017466325439

 

08:12:02

BST

27

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218017466328700

 

08:12:02

BST

152

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218017466328701

 

08:23:28

BST

109

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144268630755116

 

08:23:28

BST

34

11.05

GBP

XLON

606218017466578324

 

08:23:45

BST

98

11.02

GBP

XLON

592144268630762915

 

08:23:51

BST

69

11.02

GBP

XLON

592144268630764944

 

08:23:54

BST

84

11.02

GBP

XLON

592144268630765598

 

08:25:33

BST

143

11.02

GBP

XLON

606218017466620826

 

08:25:33

BST

230

11.02

GBP

XLON

592144268630800976

 

08:25:33

BST

578

11

GBP

XLON

592144268630800981

 

08:25:45

BST

267

11

GBP

XLON

606218017466625462

 

08:42:20

BST

31

11.02

GBP

XLON

606218017466975506

 

08:42:20

BST

128

11.02

GBP

XLON

592144268631179745

 

08:42:20

BST

350

11.02

GBP

XLON

606218017466975507

 

08:49:30

BST

134

11.04

GBP

XLON

606218017467096370

 

08:49:30

BST

435

11.04

GBP

XLON

606218017467096369

 

08:49:30

BST

334

11.04

GBP

XLON

592144268631307159

 

08:49:30

BST

334

11.04

GBP

XLON

606218017467096404

 

08:49:30

BST

225

11.04

GBP

XLON

592144268631307202

 

08:53:31

BST

171

11.01

GBP

XLON

606218017467169182

 

08:53:31

BST

270

11.01

GBP

XLON

592144268631383852

 

09:02:00

BST

376

11.02

GBP

XLON

606218017467363096

 

09:02:00

BST

335

11.02

GBP

XLON

592144268631587367

 

09:07:05

BST

185

11

GBP

XLON

606218017467490632

 

09:07:05

BST

258

11

GBP

XLON

606218017467490631

 

09:22:41

BST

135

11.03

GBP

XLON

606218017467788215

 

09:24:34

BST

31

11.03

GBP

XLON

592144268632063821

 

09:24:34

BST

241

11.03

GBP

XLON

606218017467814579

 

09:29:08

BST

127

11.04

GBP

XLON

606218017467884215

 

09:31:48

BST

244

11.04

GBP

XLON

606218017467928699

 

09:36:01

BST

121

11.04

GBP

XLON

606218017467994632

 

09:36:20

BST

121

11.02

GBP

XLON

592144268632260172

 

09:36:20

BST

535

11.02

GBP

XLON

606218017468000426

 

09:36:20

BST

504

11.02

GBP

XLON

606218017468000433

 

09:36:20

BST

246

11.02

GBP

XLON

592144268632260181

 

10:14:51

BST

9

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144268632967660

 

10:14:51

BST

130

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144268632967662

 

10:14:51

BST

174

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144268632967661

 

10:14:51

BST

237

11.05

GBP

XLON

606218017468665469

 

10:15:31

BST

175

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144268632980169

 

10:15:46

BST

210

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144268632985375

 

10:16:16

BST

180

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144268632994485

 

10:18:12

BST

134

11.05

GBP

XLON

606218017468724589

 

10:30:05

BST

138

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144268633253952

 

10:30:05

BST

138

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218017468934107

 

10:30:05

BST

470

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218017468934108

 

10:30:05

BST

503

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218017468934109

 

10:30:05

BST

42

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218017468934135

 

10:32:00

BST

241

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144268633286626

 

10:43:06

BST

4

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144268633473432

 

10:43:06

BST

124

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144268633473428

 

10:43:06

BST

128

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144268633473430

 

10:43:06

BST

128

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218017469140997

 

10:43:06

BST

128

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218017469140998

 

10:43:06

BST

137

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218017469140996

 

10:43:06

BST

455

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218017469140995

 

10:43:16

BST

68

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144268633477488

 

11:03:24

BST

578

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144268633830805

 

11:03:24

BST

100

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144268633830811

 

11:03:24

BST

272

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144268633830812

 

11:03:24

BST

170

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017469479055

 

11:31:09

BST

135

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017469914382

 

11:33:42

BST

126

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144268634324735

 

11:38:11

BST

139

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017470017669

 

11:38:59

BST

122

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017470029715

 

11:43:39

BST

56

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144268634483169

 

11:44:12

BST

81

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017470108362

 

11:44:12

BST

341

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017470108363

 

11:44:12

BST

100

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144268634493447

 

11:44:12

BST

241

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144268634493448

 

11:44:12

BST

92

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017470108367

 

11:44:12

BST

171

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017470108368

 

11:44:19

BST

137

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144268634495187

 

11:55:16

BST

133

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017470283541

 

12:01:07

BST

134

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268634808587

 

12:03:31

BST

132

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017470452582

 

12:05:25

BST

34

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268634891766

 

12:05:25

BST

100

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268634891764

 

12:07:57

BST

136

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268634932860

 

12:10:11

BST

135

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017470556322

 

12:12:25

BST

122

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268635017139

 

12:14:58

BST

145

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268635056074

 

12:16:48

BST

49

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017470662304

 

12:16:53

BST

75

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017470663169

 

12:18:58

BST

45

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017470694356

 

12:18:58

BST

94

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017470694357

 

12:21:02

BST

6

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017470728746

 

12:21:02

BST

123

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268635154354

 

12:23:32

BST

140

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268635195002

 

12:25:46

BST

137

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268635229017

 

12:27:56

BST

123

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268635263473

 

12:29:52

BST

164

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017470889348

 

12:32:41

BST

138

11.12

GBP

XLON

592144268635374979

 

12:34:49

BST

124

11.12

GBP

XLON

592144268635410475

 

12:36:49

BST

143

11.12

GBP

XLON

592144268635437510

 

12:39:19

BST

145

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017471026374

 

12:41:29

BST

134

11.12

GBP

XLON

592144268635508135

 

12:43:33

BST

26

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017471089757

 

12:43:34

BST

103

11.12

GBP

XLON

592144268635538622

 

13:09:06

BST

499

11.14

GBP

XLON

606218017471531498

 

13:09:06

BST

21

11.14

GBP

XLON

592144268636009420

 

13:09:06

BST

311

11.14

GBP

XLON

592144268636009428

 

13:09:06

BST

346

11.14

GBP

XLON

606218017471531503

 

13:09:06

BST

58

11.14

GBP

XLON

606218017471531551

 

13:11:58

BST

99

11.13

GBP

XLON

592144268636058233

 

13:11:58

BST

184

11.13

GBP

XLON

592144268636058232

 

13:11:58

BST

286

11.13

GBP

XLON

592144268636058234

 

13:11:58

BST

186

11.13

GBP

XLON

592144268636058237

 

13:12:09

BST

328

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017471580370

 

13:12:09

BST

511

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017471580375

 

13:12:09

BST

511

11.12

GBP

XLON

592144268636060967

 

13:12:09

BST

84

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017471580378

 

13:12:10

BST

427

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017471580975

 

13:12:10

BST

115

11.12

GBP

XLON

592144268636061725

 

13:12:13

BST

364

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017471581518

 

13:31:49

BST

141

11.13

GBP

XLON

592144268636494776

 

13:31:49

BST

408

11.13

GBP

XLON

606218017471985175

 

13:31:49

BST

490

11.13

GBP

XLON

606218017471985188

 

13:31:49

BST

75

11.13

GBP

XLON

606218017471985193

 

13:47:53

BST

139

11.13

GBP

XLON

592144268636900311

 

13:47:53

BST

33

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268636900316

 

13:47:53

BST

106

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268636900314

 

13:47:53

BST

139

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268636900315

 

13:47:53

BST

139

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268636900317

 

13:47:53

BST

139

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268636900318

 

13:47:53

BST

139

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017472363333

 

13:47:53

BST

139

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017472363334

 

13:47:53

BST

139

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017472363335

 

13:47:53

BST

372

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017472363332

 

13:53:59

BST

69

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017472507489

 

13:53:59

BST

123

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268637054136

 

13:53:59

BST

373

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017472507490

 

14:03:04

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268637276041

 

14:03:04

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268637276042

 

14:03:04

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017472715960

 

14:03:04

BST

340

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017472715959

 

14:15:58

BST

140

11.15

GBP

XLON

592144268637594093

 

14:19:09

BST

136

11.15

GBP

XLON

606218017473080419

 

14:20:43

BST

122

11.15

GBP

XLON

606218017473120033

 

14:23:11

BST

142

11.15

GBP

XLON

606218017473170321

 

14:25:04

BST

140

11.15

GBP

XLON

606218017473209897

 

14:25:04

BST

366

11.15

GBP

XLON

606218017473209896

 

14:25:04

BST

39

11.15

GBP

XLON

592144268637799206

 

14:25:13

BST

327

11.15

GBP

XLON

592144268637803222

 

14:25:13

BST

209

11.15

GBP

XLON

606218017473213651

 

14:25:19

BST

267

11.15

GBP

XLON

606218017473216082

 

14:25:58

BST

314

11.15

GBP

XLON

606218017473230202

 

14:32:03

BST

139

11.14

GBP

XLON

592144268638001514

 

14:32:03

BST

139

11.14

GBP

XLON

606218017473402287

 

14:32:03

BST

364

11.14

GBP

XLON

606218017473402286

 

14:35:24

BST

76

11.14

GBP

XLON

592144268638113593

 

14:35:24

BST

139

11.14

GBP

XLON

592144268638113595

 

14:35:24

BST

368

11.14

GBP

XLON

592144268638113594

 

14:44:26

BST

7

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017473767662

 

14:44:26

BST

123

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017473767665

 

14:44:26

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268638384795

 

14:44:26

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017473767664

 

14:44:26

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017473767666

 

14:44:26

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017473767667

 

14:44:26

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017473767668

 

14:44:26

BST

441

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218017473767663

 

14:54:48

BST

124

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144268638692313

 

14:57:08

BST

145

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017474132917

 

14:58:12

BST

133

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017474164438

 

14:59:03

BST

129

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017474188278

 

15:00:33

BST

145

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017474242401

 

15:01:20

BST

131

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144268638901131

 

15:02:35

BST

136

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017474298210

 

15:03:35

BST

125

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144268638970037

 

15:04:17

BST

188

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017474345381

 

15:04:32

BST

483

11.07

GBP

XLON

606218017474351880

 

15:04:32

BST

363

11.07

GBP

XLON

606218017474351884

 

15:04:32

BST

363

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144268638994779

 

15:04:32

BST

134

11.07

GBP

XLON

606218017474351889

 

15:04:32

BST

20

11.07

GBP

XLON

606218017474351891

 

15:18:29

BST

135

11.08

GBP

XLON

606218017474753777

 

15:19:51

BST

137

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144268639459572

 

15:21:24

BST

130

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144268639508090

 

15:22:36

BST

138

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144268639545434

 

15:23:36

BST

134

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144268639574507

 

15:25:36

BST

124

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017474958660

 

15:25:36

BST

589

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144268639633050

 

15:25:36

BST

216

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017474958671

 

15:25:36

BST

267

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017474958670

 

15:25:45

BST

146

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017474963183

 

15:25:45

BST

250

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218017474963184

 

15:37:08

BST

123

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144268639965029

 

15:38:06

BST

134

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017475301952

 

15:38:57

BST

103

11.12

GBP

XLON

592144268640018797

 

15:38:57

BST

35

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017475326014

 

15:39:49

BST

5

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017475349146

 

15:39:49

BST

55

11.12

GBP

XLON

606218017475349147

 

15:39:49

BST

70

11.12

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