Transaction in Own Shares.


    09 June 2025 23:11:39
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 0773M
WH Smith PLC
09 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

09 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 47,246 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 09 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 3,788,027 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,128,907 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:

09 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

47,246

10.6697

10.5700

10.7300






















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

 

08:06:46

BST

19

10.57

GBP

XLON

592138963821510453

 

08:06:46

BST

97

10.57

GBP

XLON

592138963821510452

 

08:08:43

BST

231

10.57

GBP

XLON

592138963821538390

 

08:09:44

BST

126

10.57

GBP

XLON

606212712657182701

 

08:10:56

BST

44

10.57

GBP

XLON

592138963821577108

 

08:10:56

BST

74

10.57

GBP

XLON

606212712657203537

 

08:12:47

BST

41

10.57

GBP

XLON

592138963821613402

 

08:12:47

BST

147

10.57

GBP

XLON

592138963821613403

 

08:15:00

BST

196

10.57

GBP

XLON

606212712657273646

 

08:16:22

BST

128

10.57

GBP

XLON

606212712657294102

 

08:17:56

BST

100

10.58

GBP

XLON

592138963821691043

 

08:17:56

BST

131

10.58

GBP

XLON

606212712657311681

 

08:17:56

BST

229

10.58

GBP

XLON

592138963821691042

 

08:17:56

BST

305

10.58

GBP

XLON

592138963821691046

 

08:17:56

BST

305

10.58

GBP

XLON

606212712657311688

 

08:19:23

BST

305

10.58

GBP

XLON

592138963821713225

 

08:19:23

BST

279

10.58

GBP

XLON

592138963821713228

 

09:19:18

BST

83

10.58

GBP

XLON

606212712658062651

 

09:19:18

BST

350

10.58

GBP

XLON

606212712658062650

 

09:19:18

BST

498

10.58

GBP

XLON

592138963822474315

 

09:29:54

BST

84

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606725

 

09:29:54

BST

294

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606724

 

09:29:54

BST

325

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606722

 

09:29:54

BST

340

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606723

 

09:29:54

BST

341

10.62

GBP

XLON

606212712658189630

 

09:29:54

BST

366

10.62

GBP

XLON

606212712658189635

 

09:29:54

BST

489

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606734

 

09:29:54

BST

510

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606731

 

09:29:54

BST

55

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606738

 

09:29:54

BST

55

10.62

GBP

XLON

606212712658189640

 

09:29:54

BST

55

10.62

GBP

XLON

606212712658189644

 

09:29:54

BST

76

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606739

 

09:29:54

BST

434

10.62

GBP

XLON

606212712658189646

 

09:29:54

BST

489

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822606744

 

09:33:13

BST

489

10.62

GBP

XLON

606212712658226334

 

09:33:13

BST

355

10.62

GBP

XLON

606212712658226337

 

09:33:13

BST

355

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822644628

 

09:33:13

BST

355

10.62

GBP

XLON

606212712658226340

 

09:33:15

BST

355

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822645047

 

09:33:15

BST

46

10.62

GBP

XLON

592138963822645053

 

09:57:53

BST

100

10.67

GBP

XLON

606212712658562122

 

09:59:16

BST

16

10.67

GBP

XLON

606212712658580223

 

10:06:36

BST

129

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963823113931

 

10:06:36

BST

295

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963823113932

 

10:06:36

BST

351

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963823113937

 

10:06:36

BST

375

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712658678364

 

10:06:36

BST

40

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963823113942

 

10:07:02

BST

328

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712658683621

 

10:07:02

BST

173

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712658683630

 

10:09:26

BST

170

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963823156776

 

10:38:05

BST

125

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963823550445

 

10:38:23

BST

25

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659104940

 

10:38:23

BST

100

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659104939

 

10:42:23

BST

123

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963823610531

 

10:42:32

BST

80

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963823612300

 

10:42:37

BST

35

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963823613269

 

10:44:20

BST

11

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963823634922

 

10:44:45

BST

121

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963823638875

 

10:44:54

BST

125

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963823640386

 

10:44:54

BST

125

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963823640387

 

10:44:54

BST

125

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659185628

 

10:44:54

BST

487

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659185627

 

10:44:54

BST

350

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659185632

 

10:45:01

BST

13

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963823642243

 

10:45:04

BST

78

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963823642746

 

10:45:04

BST

134

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963823642983

 

10:45:43

BST

74

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963823652330

 

10:45:58

BST

12

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963823656409

 

10:47:17

BST

53

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963823675093

 

10:56:55

BST

219

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659366311

 

11:16:01

BST

18

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963824097635

 

11:16:01

BST

98

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963824097637

 

11:18:25

BST

30

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963824123780

 

11:18:25

BST

103

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659651725

 

11:20:13

BST

113

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659670892

 

11:22:26

BST

16

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963824177210

 

11:22:26

BST

117

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659703250

 

11:25:23

BST

125

10.66

GBP

XLON

592138963824215793

 

11:27:02

BST

116

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659762050

 

11:27:02

BST

176

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659762049

 

11:27:02

BST

401

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659762051

 

11:27:02

BST

499

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659762048

 

11:27:02

BST

101

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963824239146

 

11:27:02

BST

228

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659762229

 

11:43:49

BST

471

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659941675

 

11:44:07

BST

7

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659945615

 

11:44:07

BST

249

10.66

GBP

XLON

606212712659945616

 

11:44:42

BST

23

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963824436745

 

11:45:13

BST

91

10.65

GBP

XLON

592138963824444637

 

11:45:13

BST

178

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712659959887

 

12:04:47

BST

129

10.65

GBP

XLON

606212712660199812

 

12:16:00

BST

88

10.67

GBP

XLON

592138963824831519

 

12:16:00

BST

118

10.67

GBP

XLON

606212712660331767

 

12:16:00

BST

158

10.67

GBP

XLON

606212712660331769

 

12:16:00

BST

379

10.67

GBP

XLON

592138963824831518

 

12:16:00

BST

539

10.67

GBP

XLON

606212712660331768

 

12:16:00

BST

100

10.67

GBP

XLON

606212712660331784

 

12:16:00

BST

264

10.67

GBP

XLON

606212712660331925

 

12:16:00

BST

298

10.67

GBP

XLON

592138963824831665

 

12:16:00

BST

51

10.67

GBP

XLON

606212712660331929

 

12:46:04

BST

39

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712660752795

 

12:46:04

BST

113

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712660752793

 

12:46:04

BST

142

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825268964

 

12:46:04

BST

189

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712660752797

 

12:46:04

BST

406

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825268965

 

12:46:04

BST

111

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712660752801

 

12:46:04

BST

91

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825268972

 

12:46:04

BST

350

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825268971

 

12:46:04

BST

136

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712660752825

 

12:46:04

BST

13

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712660752830

 

12:57:36

BST

104

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712660911802

 

13:03:26

BST

18

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712661003632

 

13:03:26

BST

106

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712661003634

 

13:03:26

BST

122

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712661003631

 

13:03:27

BST

16

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712661003659

 

13:03:27

BST

35

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963825531450

 

13:03:27

BST

87

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963825531451

 

13:03:27

BST

122

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963825531448

 

13:03:27

BST

122

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963825531449

 

13:13:59

BST

133

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963825671223

 

13:14:01

BST

122

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825671555

 

13:14:01

BST

122

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825671558

 

13:14:01

BST

122

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712661138145

 

13:14:01

BST

133

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825671557

 

13:14:01

BST

133

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712661138144

 

13:14:01

BST

133

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712661138146

 

13:14:01

BST

142

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825671554

 

13:14:01

BST

163

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825671556

 

13:14:01

BST

192

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712661138143

 

13:14:01

BST

266

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712661138151

 

13:35:07

BST

71

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712661431548

 

13:35:07

BST

133

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712661431549

 

13:35:07

BST

225

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712661431550

 

13:35:08

BST

9

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963825978481

 

13:49:44

BST

131

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661621053

 

13:49:44

BST

291

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826175828

 

13:49:44

BST

111

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661621061

 

13:49:44

BST

128

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826175838

 

13:50:54

BST

325

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826193239

 

13:51:24

BST

155

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661643719

 

13:51:25

BST

121

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826199688

 

13:52:44

BST

139

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661661336

 

13:53:10

BST

122

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661667723

 

13:53:16

BST

436

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826225818

 

13:55:07

BST

476

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826255187

 

14:00:53

BST

119

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712661788226

 

14:00:53

BST

119

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712661788227

 

14:00:53

BST

473

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712661788225

 

14:11:19

BST

114

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826511404

 

14:12:42

BST

130

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661957560

 

14:13:54

BST

128

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661972701

 

14:15:04

BST

105

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826560802

 

14:15:04

BST

7

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661989944

 

14:15:04

BST

1

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712661989946

 

14:17:04

BST

123

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826587642

 

14:18:15

BST

126

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662034718

 

14:19:24

BST

121

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826626302

 

14:19:58

BST

114

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826635370

 

14:19:58

BST

114

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826635371

 

14:19:58

BST

114

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826635372

 

14:19:58

BST

114

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826635373

 

14:19:58

BST

114

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712662062302

 

14:19:58

BST

114

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712662062303

 

14:19:58

BST

117

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826635375

 

14:19:58

BST

183

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826635369

 

14:19:58

BST

477

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826635374

 

14:19:58

BST

82

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826635385

 

14:33:47

BST

100

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963826904426

 

14:36:14

BST

30

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662375635

 

14:36:14

BST

130

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826961579

 

14:36:14

BST

130

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662375636

 

14:37:07

BST

195

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662393507

 

14:37:09

BST

123

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662394313

 

14:37:54

BST

130

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963826997117

 

14:38:54

BST

128

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827020617

 

14:39:36

BST

113

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827035710

 

14:40:17

BST

113

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827049789

 

14:40:17

BST

8

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662460234

 

14:41:10

BST

111

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827067789

 

14:41:10

BST

6

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662477472

 

14:42:08

BST

127

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662502397

 

14:42:56

BST

112

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662518901

 

14:43:53

BST

130

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662537196

 

14:44:47

BST

32

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662554865

 

14:44:47

BST

87

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662554863

 

14:44:47

BST

12

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712662554873

 

14:45:52

BST

113

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662579892

 

14:46:56

BST

118

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827196210

 

14:47:50

BST

112

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827217419

 

14:48:41

BST

117

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662639798

 

14:49:36

BST

37

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827253751

 

14:49:36

BST

82

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827253752

 

14:50:43

BST

111

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827277226

 

14:50:43

BST

2

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662679520

 

14:50:43

BST

15

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662679522

 

14:51:38

BST

111

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827299035

 

14:51:38

BST

11

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662700251

 

14:52:34

BST

45

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827317918

 

14:52:34

BST

82

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827317919

 

14:53:34

BST

116

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662738673

 

14:54:32

BST

112

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662763403

 

14:55:18

BST

114

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827383022

 

14:56:28

BST

32

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712662806278

 

14:56:28

BST

94

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827408844

 

14:57:17

BST

510

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712662824835

 

14:57:32

BST

125

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963827434684

 

15:02:16

BST

530

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712662943240

 

15:02:16

BST

454

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963827552677

 

15:02:16

BST

44

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712662943243

 

15:04:11

BST

94

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963827596189

 

15:04:11

BST

129

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963827596188

 

15:04:11

BST

129

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963827596190

 

15:04:11

BST

129

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712662984704

 

15:14:34

BST

123

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663187900

 

15:15:44

BST

15

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663210103

 

15:15:44

BST

118

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663210102

 

15:17:07

BST

63

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663238183

 

15:20:01

BST

67

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663293035

 

15:20:01

BST

130

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963827917952

 

15:20:01

BST

133

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663293036

 

15:20:01

BST

499

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663293037

 

15:20:01

BST

86

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963827917962

 

15:20:01

BST

350

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963827917961

 

15:20:01

BST

313

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663293041

 

15:20:01

BST

97

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963827917972

 

15:20:01

BST

217

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663293047

 

15:33:00

BST

125

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712663575981

 

15:35:15

BST

129

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963828263039

 

15:35:15

BST

325

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963828263040

 

15:35:15

BST

32

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963828263045

 

15:35:15

BST

100

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963828263044

 

15:35:15

BST

350

10.68

GBP

XLON

592138963828263043

 

15:35:15

BST

418

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712663622945

 

15:35:15

BST

110

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712663622949

 

15:35:15

BST

271

10.68

GBP

XLON

606212712663622950

 

15:46:13

BST

119

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663844457

 

15:47:18

BST

126

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712663870874

 

15:48:13

BST

118

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963828539046

 

15:56:02

BST

128

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963828701815

 

15:56:02

BST

128

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963828701817

 

15:56:02

BST

128

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712664042830

 

15:56:02

BST

143

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712664042831

 

15:56:02

BST

201

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712664042829

 

15:56:02

BST

256

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963828701816

 

15:56:02

BST

407

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963828701814

 

15:56:02

BST

468

10.69

GBP

XLON

592138963828701827

 

15:56:10

BST

468

10.69

GBP

XLON

606212712664045452

 

16:04:09

BST

107

10.71

GBP

XLON

592138963828974644

 

16:06:27

BST

129

10.73

GBP

XLON

592138963829044426

 

16:06:36

BST

55

10.73

GBP

XLON

592138963829048989

 

16:06:36

BST

135

10.73

GBP

XLON

592138963829048988

 

16:07:11

BST

20

10.73

GBP

XLON

606212712664386701

 

16:07:11

BST

98

10.73

GBP

XLON

606212712664386700

 

16:08:06

BST

133

10.73

GBP

XLON

606212712664412818

 

16:08:50

BST

118

10.73

GBP

XLON

606212712664432400

 

16:09:14

BST

534

10.72

GBP

XLON

592138963829121193

 

16:09:14

BST

231

10.72

GBP

XLON

592138963829121203

 

16:09:14

BST

299

10.72

GBP

XLON

592138963829121204

 

16:09:14

BST

160

10.72

GBP

XLON

592138963829121227

 

16:09:14

BST

345

10.72

GBP

XLON

592138963829121226

 

16:15:29

BST

129

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963829307257

 

16:15:29

BST

129

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963829307259

 

16:15:29

BST

129

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963829307261

 

16:15:29

BST

129

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712664620996

 

16:15:29

BST

141

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712664620997

 

16:15:29

BST

480

10.7

GBP

XLON

592138963829307256

 

16:16:04

BST

16

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712664639658

 

16:22:21

BST

125

10.72

GBP

XLON

592138963829513863

 

16:22:48

BST

56

10.72

GBP

XLON

606212712664834431

 

16:22:48

BST

60

10.72

GBP

XLON

592138963829528971

 

16:22:53

BST

26

10.71

GBP

XLON

606212712664836985

 

16:22:53

BST

104

10.71

GBP

XLON

606212712664836984

 

16:22:53

BST

125

10.71

GBP

XLON

592138963829531623

 

16:22:53

BST

125

10.71

GBP

XLON

606212712664836982

 

16:22:53

BST

125

10.71

GBP

XLON

606212712664836986

 

16:22:53

BST

125

10.71

GBP

XLON

606212712664836987

 

16:22:53

BST

542

10.71

GBP

XLON

606212712664836983

 

16:22:53

BST

309

10.71

GBP

XLON

592138963829531636

 

16:29:14

BST

323

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712665038804

 

16:29:14

BST

261

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712665038896

 

16:29:16

BST

80

10.7

GBP

XLON

606212712665040207

 




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