Transaction in Own Shares.


    12 May 2025 18:16:07
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 3415I
WH Smith PLC
12 May 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

12 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 18,885 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 12 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 2,923,107 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,993,827 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:

12 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

18,885

9.8412

9.7950

9.8700






















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

 

08:18:08

BST

110

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800000826858

 

08:18:08

BST

296

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800000826857

 

08:18:08

BST

308

9.865

GBP

XLON

592129051164036453

 

08:18:08

BST

286

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800000826863

 

08:47:11

BST

29

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051164937952

 

08:47:11

BST

83

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051164937951

 

08:47:11

BST

112

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051164937950

 

08:47:11

BST

112

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800001677149

 

08:47:11

BST

286

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800001677148

 

08:49:39

BST

87

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051165015348

 

08:49:40

BST

54

9.865

GBP

XLON

592129051165015671

 

08:55:50

BST

18

9.845

GBP

XLON

606202800001921905

 

08:55:50

BST

107

9.845

GBP

XLON

592129051165197806

 

08:55:50

BST

107

9.845

GBP

XLON

592129051165197807

 

08:55:50

BST

320

9.845

GBP

XLON

606202800001921906

 

08:55:50

BST

201

9.845

GBP

XLON

606202800001921912

 

09:00:22

BST

118

9.82

GBP

XLON

592129051165323982

 

09:12:22

BST

16

9.82

GBP

XLON

606202800002367020

 

09:12:22

BST

92

9.82

GBP

XLON

606202800002367024

 

09:12:22

BST

164

9.82

GBP

XLON

592129051165671749

 

09:12:22

BST

308

9.82

GBP

XLON

592129051165671748

 

09:12:23

BST

82

9.82

GBP

XLON

592129051165673062

 

09:20:07

BST

328

9.82

GBP

XLON

606202800002574646

 

09:20:07

BST

387

9.82

GBP

XLON

592129051165892201

 

09:20:07

BST

118

9.82

GBP

XLON

592129051165892208

 

09:20:07

BST

118

9.82

GBP

XLON

606202800002574650

 

09:20:07

BST

307

9.82

GBP

XLON

606202800002574651

 

09:20:07

BST

152

9.82

GBP

XLON

592129051165892214

 

09:34:25

BST

104

9.825

GBP

XLON

606202800002924826

 

09:36:25

BST

112

9.825

GBP

XLON

606202800002975094

 

09:37:59

BST

104

9.825

GBP

XLON

592129051166355487

 

09:39:23

BST

375

9.825

GBP

XLON

592129051166392712

 

09:39:23

BST

296

9.825

GBP

XLON

592129051166392715

 

09:39:31

BST

141

9.825

GBP

XLON

592129051166396220

 

09:39:31

BST

481

9.815

GBP

XLON

606202800003050243

 

10:00:02

BST

43

9.835

GBP

XLON

592129051166927774

 

10:00:02

BST

96

9.835

GBP

XLON

592129051166927775

 

10:02:45

BST

124

9.835

GBP

XLON

592129051166996282

 

10:03:14

BST

84

9.845

GBP

XLON

592129051167008184

 

10:03:14

BST

49

9.845

GBP

XLON

606202800003631528

 

10:03:49

BST

8

9.845

GBP

XLON

606202800003645556

 

10:03:49

BST

120

9.845

GBP

XLON

592129051167022802

 

10:06:29

BST

207

9.855

GBP

XLON

606202800003705615

 

10:06:39

BST

505

9.85

GBP

XLON

606202800003709630

 

10:06:39

BST

1

9.85

GBP

XLON

606202800003709635

 

10:06:39

BST

384

9.85

GBP

XLON

606202800003709634

 

10:06:45

BST

163

9.85

GBP

XLON

592129051167092394

 

10:40:05

BST

33

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800004537095

 

10:40:05

BST

102

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800004537096

 

10:40:05

BST

119

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051167963399

 

10:40:05

BST

119

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800004537094

 

10:40:05

BST

123

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800004537097

 

10:40:05

BST

131

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800004537093

 

10:40:05

BST

315

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800004537092

 

10:40:05

BST

230

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800004537102

 

10:58:19

BST

123

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051168564486

 

10:58:19

BST

123

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051168564487

 

10:58:19

BST

123

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800005100556

 

10:58:19

BST

123

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800005100559

 

10:58:19

BST

187

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800005100555

 

10:58:19

BST

325

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051168564485

 

10:58:19

BST

11

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800005100570

 

10:59:15

BST

119

9.865

GBP

XLON

592129051168598897

 

10:59:15

BST

120

9.865

GBP

XLON

592129051168598895

 

10:59:15

BST

121

9.865

GBP

XLON

606202800005132711

 

10:59:15

BST

168

9.865

GBP

XLON

592129051168598898

 

11:09:33

BST

124

9.825

GBP

XLON

592129051168864361

 

11:09:33

BST

124

9.825

GBP

XLON

606202800005382791

 

11:09:33

BST

302

9.825

GBP

XLON

592129051168864360

 

11:24:38

BST

59

9.81

GBP

XLON

606202800005738879

 

11:24:38

BST

63

9.81

GBP

XLON

606202800005738880

 

11:29:06

BST

68

9.805

GBP

XLON

606202800005842525

 

11:29:06

BST

108

9.805

GBP

XLON

592129051169350892

 

11:29:06

BST

148

9.805

GBP

XLON

606202800005842522

 

11:29:06

BST

250

9.805

GBP

XLON

606202800005842523

 

11:29:06

BST

127

9.805

GBP

XLON

592129051169351893

 

11:29:06

BST

415

9.805

GBP

XLON

606202800005843470

 

11:29:07

BST

37

9.805

GBP

XLON

592129051169352135

 

11:44:47

BST

26

9.805

GBP

XLON

592129051169730918

 

11:44:47

BST

81

9.805

GBP

XLON

592129051169730920

 

11:44:47

BST

107

9.805

GBP

XLON

592129051169730917

 

11:44:47

BST

107

9.805

GBP

XLON

592129051169730919

 

11:44:47

BST

107

9.805

GBP

XLON

606202800006203338

 

11:44:47

BST

107

9.805

GBP

XLON

606202800006203340

 

11:44:47

BST

107

9.805

GBP

XLON

606202800006203342

 

11:44:47

BST

178

9.805

GBP

XLON

606202800006203341

 

11:45:22

BST

20

9.8

GBP

XLON

592129051169747776

 

11:45:22

BST

107

9.8

GBP

XLON

606202800006219292

 

11:45:22

BST

107

9.8

GBP

XLON

606202800006219293

 

11:45:22

BST

136

9.8

GBP

XLON

592129051169747775

 

11:45:23

BST

51

9.795

GBP

XLON

592129051169748461

 

11:45:23

BST

202

9.795

GBP

XLON

592129051169748460

 

11:45:26

BST

21

9.795

GBP

XLON

592129051169750486

 

11:45:26

BST

36

9.795

GBP

XLON

592129051169750487

 

12:00:01

BST

114

9.815

GBP

XLON

592129051170136041

 

12:00:01

BST

114

9.815

GBP

XLON

606202800006585896

 

12:00:02

BST

116

9.81

GBP

XLON

606202800006587851

 

12:00:02

BST

480

9.81

GBP

XLON

592129051170138069

 

12:00:02

BST

94

9.81

GBP

XLON

606202800006587865

 

12:09:00

BST

111

9.84

GBP

XLON

606202800006826925

 

12:10:53

BST

292

9.835

GBP

XLON

606202800006874631

 

12:10:53

BST

292

9.835

GBP

XLON

606202800006874635

 

12:13:03

BST

105

9.84

GBP

XLON

606202800006933529

 

12:31:22

BST

109

9.865

GBP

XLON

606202800007337146

 

12:31:22

BST

110

9.865

GBP

XLON

606202800007337148

 

12:31:22

BST

392

9.865

GBP

XLON

606202800007337147

 

14:12:37

BST

59

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653863

 

14:12:37

BST

100

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653862

 

14:12:37

BST

107

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800009916559

 

14:12:37

BST

117

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800009916560

 

14:12:37

BST

221

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800009916561

 

14:12:37

BST

107

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653875

 

14:12:37

BST

107

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653876

 

14:12:37

BST

107

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653877

 

14:12:37

BST

107

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653879

 

14:12:37

BST

107

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800009916576

 

14:12:37

BST

127

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800009916574

 

14:12:37

BST

168

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653880

 

14:12:37

BST

174

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653878

 

14:12:37

BST

343

9.87

GBP

XLON

592129051173653882

 

14:12:37

BST

462

9.87

GBP

XLON

606202800009916575

 




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