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Transaction in Own Shares.

    27 June 2025 17:43:37
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 8444O
WH Smith PLC
27 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

27 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 45,662 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 27 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 4,420,953 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,495,981 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:

27 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

45,662

11.1976

11.0100

11.3200






















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

 

08:09:12

BST

155

11.04

GBP

XLON

592145330317100572

 

08:10:18

BST

136

11.04

GBP

XLON

606219079153055373

 

08:11:36

BST

69

11.04

GBP

XLON

592145330317142979

 

08:12:08

BST

64

11.04

GBP

XLON

592145330317152746

 

08:12:08

BST

386

11.04

GBP

XLON

606219079153086329

 

08:12:08

BST

152

11.04

GBP

XLON

606219079153086332

 

08:13:37

BST

303

11.04

GBP

XLON

606219079153116972

 

08:13:37

BST

419

11.04

GBP

XLON

606219079153116975

 

08:13:37

BST

152

11.04

GBP

XLON

592145330317184806

 

08:22:55

BST

146

11.05

GBP

XLON

606219079153301064

 

08:22:55

BST

146

11.04

GBP

XLON

592145330317378829

 

08:22:55

BST

509

11.04

GBP

XLON

592145330317378830

 

08:22:55

BST

253

11.04

GBP

XLON

592145330317378835

 

08:37:30

BST

77

11.06

GBP

XLON

592145330317678837

 

08:38:07

BST

134

11.06

GBP

XLON

606219079153597931

 

08:38:07

BST

339

11.06

GBP

XLON

592145330317693492

 

08:38:07

BST

82

11.06

GBP

XLON

606219079153597937

 

08:38:07

BST

330

11.06

GBP

XLON

606219079153597938

 

08:38:07

BST

412

11.06

GBP

XLON

592145330317693500

 

08:38:07

BST

21

11.06

GBP

XLON

606219079153597943

 

08:49:47

BST

435

11.01

GBP

XLON

592145330317899548

 

09:12:34

BST

131

11.1

GBP

XLON

592145330318335554

 

09:12:34

BST

148

11.1

GBP

XLON

606219079154204394

 

09:12:34

BST

194

11.1

GBP

XLON

592145330318335552

 

09:12:34

BST

209

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154204391

 

09:12:34

BST

324

11.1

GBP

XLON

606219079154204390

 

09:12:34

BST

370

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154204392

 

09:12:34

BST

434

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154204402

 

09:12:35

BST

88

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154204701

 

09:12:35

BST

509

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154204705

 

09:29:41

BST

7

11.08

GBP

XLON

606219079154508445

 

09:29:42

BST

118

11.08

GBP

XLON

606219079154508605

 

09:30:50

BST

68

11.07

GBP

XLON

606219079154534280

 

09:34:23

BST

129

11.07

GBP

XLON

592145330318745935

 

09:35:00

BST

125

11.09

GBP

XLON

592145330318758759

 

09:39:36

BST

10

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154680710

 

09:42:12

BST

65

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154720477

 

09:42:12

BST

127

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154720475

 

09:42:12

BST

520

11.09

GBP

XLON

606219079154720476

 

09:42:13

BST

110

11.09

GBP

XLON

592145330318882634

 

09:42:13

BST

308

11.09

GBP

XLON

592145330318882635

 

09:42:15

BST

81

11.09

GBP

XLON

592145330318883152

 

09:42:15

BST

146

11.09

GBP

XLON

592145330318883155

 

09:42:15

BST

162

11.09

GBP

XLON

592145330318883154

 

09:42:18

BST

26

11.09

GBP

XLON

592145330318884294

 

09:42:18

BST

70

11.09

GBP

XLON

592145330318884293

 

10:02:34

BST

136

11.15

GBP

XLON

592145330319274145

 

10:04:56

BST

125

11.15

GBP

XLON

592145330319318921

 

10:07:12

BST

143

11.15

GBP

XLON

592145330319364549

 

10:08:56

BST

126

11.15

GBP

XLON

606219079155202783

 

10:11:14

BST

131

11.13

GBP

XLON

606219079155251446

 

10:11:20

BST

158

11.12

GBP

XLON

592145330319449541

 

10:11:20

BST

265

11.12

GBP

XLON

592145330319449540

 

10:15:26

BST

130

11.13

GBP

XLON

592145330319519972

 

10:19:45

BST

31

11.17

GBP

XLON

606219079155388177

 

10:19:45

BST

98

11.17

GBP

XLON

592145330319591980

 

10:26:58

BST

21

11.19

GBP

XLON

606219079155496064

 

10:26:58

BST

70

11.19

GBP

XLON

606219079155496065

 

10:27:47

BST

324

11.19

GBP

XLON

592145330319720751

 

10:27:47

BST

567

11.19

GBP

XLON

606219079155509562

 

10:27:47

BST

533

11.19

GBP

XLON

592145330319720754

 

10:46:08

BST

146

11.18

GBP

XLON

606219079155818605

 

10:46:08

BST

407

11.18

GBP

XLON

606219079155818604

 

10:55:09

BST

144

11.19

GBP

XLON

606219079155992862

 

10:55:09

BST

144

11.19

GBP

XLON

606219079155992864

 

10:55:09

BST

457

11.19

GBP

XLON

606219079155992863

 

10:55:09

BST

149

11.19

GBP

XLON

606219079155992869

 

11:00:00

BST

79

11.17

GBP

XLON

606219079156108136

 

11:02:30

BST

65

11.17

GBP

XLON

606219079156163030

 

11:02:30

BST

307

11.17

GBP

XLON

606219079156163031

 

11:12:34

BST

359

11.16

GBP

XLON

592145330320590423

 

11:12:34

BST

91

11.16

GBP

XLON

592145330320590426

 

11:34:15

BST

51

11.16

GBP

XLON

592145330320985397

 

11:34:20

BST

79

11.16

GBP

XLON

606219079156705944

 

11:42:50

BST

146

11.16

GBP

XLON

606219079156841703

 

11:44:54

BST

133

11.16

GBP

XLON

592145330321160050

 

11:45:58

BST

133

11.16

GBP

XLON

592145330321176813

 

11:48:01

BST

144

11.16

GBP

XLON

592145330321215799

 

11:49:52

BST

124

11.16

GBP

XLON

606219079156951006

 

11:51:34

BST

133

11.16

GBP

XLON

592145330321275735

 

11:52:54

BST

1

11.15

GBP

XLON

592145330321294793

 

11:52:54

BST

575

11.15

GBP

XLON

592145330321294794

 

11:52:54

BST

118

11.15

GBP

XLON

606219079156997024

 

11:52:56

BST

82

11.15

GBP

XLON

606219079156997363

 

11:52:58

BST

134

11.15

GBP

XLON

592145330321296009

 

11:52:58

BST

258

11.15

GBP

XLON

606219079156998271

 

11:53:42

BST

309

11.15

GBP

XLON

592145330321308569

 

12:06:28

BST

117

11.15

GBP

XLON

592145330321526456

 

12:19:53

BST

7

11.16

GBP

XLON

606219079157440159

 

12:19:53

BST

136

11.16

GBP

XLON

592145330321757984

 

12:37:42

BST

105

11.2

GBP

XLON

592145330322088269

 

12:37:42

BST

139

11.2

GBP

XLON

592145330322088268

 

12:37:42

BST

237

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079157752843

 

12:37:42

BST

389

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079157752842

 

12:37:42

BST

34

11.2

GBP

XLON

592145330322088270

 

12:37:42

BST

139

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079157752844

 

12:37:42

BST

159

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079157752845

 

12:37:42

BST

59

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079157752859

 

12:37:42

BST

473

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079157752858

 

12:37:42

BST

132

11.2

GBP

XLON

592145330322088292

 

12:37:42

BST

392

11.2

GBP

XLON

592145330322088293

 

13:01:32

BST

41

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079158192516

 

13:01:32

BST

106

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079158192515

 

13:01:32

BST

147

11.29

GBP

XLON

592145330322551544

 

13:01:32

BST

400

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079158192514

 

13:13:08

BST

123

11.31

GBP

XLON

606219079158393182

 

13:13:08

BST

207

11.31

GBP

XLON

592145330322762436

 

13:13:32

BST

142

11.31

GBP

XLON

606219079158399950

 

13:14:18

BST

151

11.31

GBP

XLON

606219079158413296

 

13:15:19

BST

150

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079158430310

 

13:15:19

BST

274

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079158430309

 

13:16:21

BST

137

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079158446484

 

13:16:21

BST

563

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330322818776

 

13:28:23

BST

94

11.32

GBP

XLON

592145330323066928

 

13:28:23

BST

47

11.32

GBP

XLON

606219079158681057

 

13:30:00

BST

139

11.31

GBP

XLON

606219079158715703

 

13:30:11

BST

8

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079158723001

 

13:30:11

BST

141

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330323110784

 

13:30:11

BST

141

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330323110785

 

13:30:11

BST

141

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330323110786

 

13:30:11

BST

141

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079158723002

 

13:30:11

BST

141

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079158723003

 

13:30:11

BST

352

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330323110787

 

13:30:11

BST

375

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330323110783

 

13:43:01

BST

36

11.27

GBP

XLON

606219079158985307

 

13:43:01

BST

135

11.27

GBP

XLON

592145330323387469

 

13:43:01

BST

135

11.27

GBP

XLON

592145330323387470

 

13:43:01

BST

135

11.27

GBP

XLON

592145330323387471

 

13:43:01

BST

135

11.27

GBP

XLON

606219079158985308

 

13:43:01

BST

135

11.27

GBP

XLON

606219079158985309

 

13:43:01

BST

350

11.27

GBP

XLON

606219079158985306

 

13:43:01

BST

65

11.27

GBP

XLON

606219079158985317

 

13:47:13

BST

320

11.25

GBP

XLON

592145330323469846

 

13:47:13

BST

131

11.25

GBP

XLON

606219079159062070

 

14:04:32

BST

135

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330323835214

 

14:05:52

BST

125

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079159434157

 

14:07:14

BST

130

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079159461141

 

14:08:46

BST

147

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330323924715

 

14:09:57

BST

135

11.23

GBP

XLON

592145330323948093

 

14:09:57

BST

135

11.23

GBP

XLON

592145330323948094

 

14:09:57

BST

135

11.23

GBP

XLON

592145330323948095

 

14:09:57

BST

135

11.23

GBP

XLON

606219079159513610

 

14:09:57

BST

135

11.23

GBP

XLON

606219079159513611

 

14:09:57

BST

135

11.23

GBP

XLON

606219079159513612

 

14:09:57

BST

135

11.23

GBP

XLON

606219079159513614

 

14:09:57

BST

453

11.23

GBP

XLON

592145330323948092

 

14:24:15

BST

129

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324261779

 

14:24:15

BST

129

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324261780

 

14:24:15

BST

129

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324261781

 

14:24:15

BST

129

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324261782

 

14:24:15

BST

129

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324261783

 

14:24:15

BST

129

11.21

GBP

XLON

606219079159811257

 

14:24:15

BST

129

11.21

GBP

XLON

606219079159811258

 

14:24:15

BST

453

11.21

GBP

XLON

606219079159811256

 

14:31:10

BST

129

11.19

GBP

XLON

592145330324446396

 

14:37:14

BST

124

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079160163740

 

14:38:03

BST

135

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079160183779

 

14:39:05

BST

137

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079160206814

 

14:39:11

BST

4

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079160209609

 

14:40:29

BST

128

11.2

GBP

XLON

592145330324716208

 

14:41:38

BST

136

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079160274555

 

14:42:34

BST

126

11.2

GBP

XLON

592145330324776427

 

14:42:34

BST

1

11.2

GBP

XLON

606219079160298086

 

14:43:22

BST

175

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324802920

 

14:44:22

BST

146

11.22

GBP

XLON

592145330324837552

 

14:45:16

BST

10

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079160385897

 

14:45:16

BST

121

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079160385898

 

14:46:11

BST

134

11.22

GBP

XLON

592145330324897966

 

14:47:14

BST

124

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079160442517

 

14:47:14

BST

7

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324927462

 

14:47:14

BST

2

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324927464

 

14:48:16

BST

137

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330324954766

 

14:49:25

BST

132

11.21

GBP

XLON

606219079160501251

 

14:50:16

BST

132

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330325013975

 

14:51:34

BST

147

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330325050359

 

14:53:05

BST

128

11.21

GBP

XLON

606219079160600194

 

14:53:05

BST

496

11.21

GBP

XLON

606219079160600193

 

14:53:05

BST

496

11.21

GBP

XLON

592145330325093178

 

14:53:05

BST

143

11.21

GBP

XLON

606219079160600204

 

14:53:05

BST

330

11.21

GBP

XLON

606219079160600203

 

15:05:30

BST

147

11.23

GBP

XLON

606219079160979827

 

15:06:35

BST

130

11.23

GBP

XLON

592145330325521865

 

15:08:24

BST

135

11.23

GBP

XLON

592145330325575586

 

15:09:57

BST

128

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161101052

 

15:10:43

BST

134

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161124767

 

15:14:39

BST

143

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330325759291

 

15:14:39

BST

169

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330325759292

 

15:14:39

BST

394

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161234759

 

15:14:39

BST

116

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161234769

 

15:14:39

BST

40

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161234770

 

15:14:42

BST

166

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161236344

 

15:15:08

BST

427

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330325776135

 

15:15:11

BST

122

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330325778364

 

15:15:11

BST

258

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330325778365

 

15:28:48

BST

26

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330326185305

 

15:28:48

BST

84

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330326185306

 

15:28:48

BST

34

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161642638

 

15:29:58

BST

9

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161671929

 

15:29:58

BST

134

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161671930

 

15:30:54

BST

26

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161697907

 

15:30:54

BST

102

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161697908

 

15:30:54

BST

14

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330326242655

 

15:32:06

BST

138

11.24

GBP

XLON

592145330326278838

 

15:32:06

BST

5

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161732470

 

15:33:04

BST

13

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161761383

 

15:33:04

BST

110

11.24

GBP

XLON

606219079161761384

 

15:33:04

BST

144

11.22

GBP

XLON

592145330326308941

 

15:33:04

BST

144

11.22

GBP

XLON

592145330326308942

 

15:33:04

BST

144

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079161761389

 

15:33:04

BST

144

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079161761390

 

15:33:04

BST

144

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079161761391

 

15:33:04

BST

144

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079161761392

 

15:33:04

BST

144

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079161761393

 

15:33:04

BST

450

11.22

GBP

XLON

606219079161761388

 

15:33:04

BST

12

11.22

GBP

XLON

592145330326308947

 

15:40:54

BST

136

11.23

GBP

XLON

606219079162063104

 

15:45:26

BST

107

11.25

GBP

XLON

592145330326775175

 

15:45:38

BST

1

11.25

GBP

XLON

592145330326782372

 

15:45:43

BST

36

11.25

GBP

XLON

592145330326784445

 

15:47:13

BST

86

11.25

GBP

XLON

606219079162261465

 

15:47:13

BST

144

11.25

GBP

XLON

606219079162261464

 

15:47:13

BST

425

11.25

GBP

XLON

606219079162261466

 

15:47:13

BST

378

11.25

GBP

XLON

592145330326832992

 

15:47:18

BST

378

11.25

GBP

XLON

606219079162264724

 

15:47:20

BST

72

11.25

GBP

XLON

606219079162265415

 

15:53:35

BST

140

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327058403

 

15:53:35

BST

545

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327058404

 

16:02:26

BST

131

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327347566

 

16:02:26

BST

131

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327347567

 

16:02:26

BST

131

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327347568

 

16:02:26

BST

131

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327347570

 

16:02:26

BST

131

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079162753423

 

16:02:26

BST

131

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079162753424

 

16:02:26

BST

131

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079162753425

 

16:02:26

BST

131

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079162753427

 

16:02:26

BST

182

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327347565

 

16:02:26

BST

270

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079162753422

 

16:16:15

BST

20

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327800244

 

16:16:15

BST

130

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327800243

 

16:16:15

BST

130

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079163189576

 

16:16:15

BST

150

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079163189578

 

16:16:15

BST

354

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327800239

 

16:16:15

BST

17

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079163189580

 

16:16:15

BST

35

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327800247

 

16:16:15

BST

133

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327800246

 

16:16:15

BST

150

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079163189579

 

16:16:15

BST

60

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079163189594

 

16:16:15

BST

136

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079163189592

 

16:16:15

BST

200

11.26

GBP

XLON

606219079163189591

 

16:16:15

BST

396

11.26

GBP

XLON

592145330327800414

 

16:20:15

BST

147

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079163354396

 

16:20:53

BST

21

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079163380915

 

16:20:53

BST

38

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079163380914

 

16:20:53

BST

80

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079163380916

 

16:21:38

BST

138

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330328028114

 

16:22:16

BST

58

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330328053667

 

16:22:16

BST

87

11.3

GBP

XLON

592145330328053668

 

16:22:52

BST

146

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079163460628

 

16:23:28

BST

145

11.3

GBP

XLON

606219079163482130

 

16:23:55

BST

445

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079163497895

 

16:23:55

BST

107

11.29

GBP

XLON

592145330328116556

 

16:23:55

BST

130

11.29

GBP

XLON

592145330328116555

 

16:23:55

BST

119

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079163497899

 

16:23:55

BST

362

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079163497898

 

16:23:55

BST

133

11.29

GBP

XLON

592145330328116568

 

16:23:55

BST

164

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079163497906

 

16:29:52

BST

130

11.29

GBP

XLON

592145330328365062

 

16:29:53

BST

137

11.29

GBP

XLON

592145330328365817

 

16:29:53

BST

236

11.29

GBP

XLON

592145330328365825

 

16:29:59

BST

61

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079163746580

 

16:29:59

BST

93

11.29

GBP

XLON

606219079163746581

 




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