Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5812P

WH Smith PLC

10 December 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
10 December 2024

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 26 January 2024, of 24,115 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 10 December 2024 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 703,401 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,213,533 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:			10 December 2024
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		24,115			12.2906		12.2200	12.4100


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
08:07:38	GMT	82	12.33	GBP		XLON	606278192120944572
08:09:37	GMT	37	12.35	GBP		XLON	592204441684233485
08:09:37	GMT	61	12.35	GBP		XLON	592204441684233486
08:11:28	GMT	131	12.33	GBP		XLON	606278192121020424
08:13:53	GMT	85	12.38	GBP		XLON	592204441684316715
08:14:21	GMT	104	12.38	GBP		XLON	606278192121070063
08:17:15	GMT	96	12.39	GBP		XLON	592204441684377702
08:17:15	GMT	283	12.39	GBP		XLON	592204441684377704
08:18:50	GMT	91	12.39	GBP		XLON	592204441684413094
08:18:50	GMT	200	12.39	GBP		XLON	592204441684413093
08:18:50	GMT	330	12.39	GBP		XLON	592204441684413099
08:18:50	GMT	115	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278192121150883
08:35:00	GMT	78	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278192121460610
08:35:00	GMT	97	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278192121460612
08:35:00	GMT	102	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278192121460609
08:35:00	GMT	132	12.4	GBP		XLON	606278192121460611
08:37:10	GMT	283	12.4	GBP		XLON	592204441684793170
08:51:37	GMT	89	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278192121804265
08:51:37	GMT	94	12.39	GBP		XLON	592204441685109491
08:51:37	GMT	110	12.39	GBP		XLON	592204441685109490
08:51:37	GMT	130	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278192121804264
08:58:18	GMT	17	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278192121956045
08:58:18	GMT	78	12.41	GBP		XLON	606278192121956044
09:04:48	GMT	26	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278192122100089
09:04:48	GMT	83	12.39	GBP		XLON	592204441685426932
09:04:48	GMT	83	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278192122100091
09:04:48	GMT	308	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278192122100090
09:04:48	GMT	45	12.39	GBP		XLON	606278192122100094
09:18:33	GMT	94	12.37	GBP		XLON	606278192122411056
09:24:48	GMT	33	12.36	GBP		XLON	592204441685909262
09:28:00	GMT	41	12.36	GBP		XLON	606278192122620484
09:28:00	GMT	53	12.36	GBP		XLON	606278192122620485
09:28:00	GMT	94	12.36	GBP		XLON	592204441685982153
09:28:00	GMT	94	12.36	GBP		XLON	606278192122620483
09:28:00	GMT	100	12.36	GBP		XLON	592204441685982149
09:28:00	GMT	157	12.36	GBP		XLON	592204441685982150
09:28:00	GMT	44	12.36	GBP		XLON	606278192122620499
09:28:00	GMT	94	12.35	GBP		XLON	592204441685982170
09:37:41	GMT	89	12.32	GBP		XLON	592204441686213708
09:37:41	GMT	89	12.32	GBP		XLON	606278192122838425
09:37:41	GMT	89	12.32	GBP		XLON	606278192122838426
09:45:00	GMT	86	12.33	GBP		XLON	606278192122998331
09:45:00	GMT	87	12.33	GBP		XLON	592204441686384144
09:45:00	GMT	307	12.33	GBP		XLON	606278192122998332
09:45:00	GMT	36	12.33	GBP		XLON	592204441686384149
09:53:56	GMT	87	12.31	GBP		XLON	592204441686589070
09:53:56	GMT	247	12.31	GBP		XLON	592204441686589071
10:18:21	GMT	268	12.33	GBP		XLON	606278192123723486
10:34:07	GMT	17	12.34	GBP		XLON	606278192124040919
10:34:07	GMT	29	12.34	GBP		XLON	606278192124040917
10:34:07	GMT	34	12.34	GBP		XLON	606278192124040916
10:34:07	GMT	60	12.34	GBP		XLON	606278192124040918
10:40:46	GMT	97	12.34	GBP		XLON	606278192124166099
10:41:03	GMT	56	12.32	GBP		XLON	606278192124171934
10:41:03	GMT	62	12.32	GBP		XLON	606278192124171935
10:41:03	GMT	95	12.32	GBP		XLON	606278192124171932
10:41:03	GMT	95	12.32	GBP		XLON	606278192124171933
10:41:03	GMT	179	12.32	GBP		XLON	606278192124171936
10:41:03	GMT	297	12.32	GBP		XLON	606278192124171931
10:41:03	GMT	36	12.32	GBP		XLON	592204441687630737
10:48:00	GMT	100	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192124304854
10:48:00	GMT	149	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192124304855
11:21:40	GMT	10	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192124960008
11:21:40	GMT	81	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192124960007
11:21:40	GMT	91	12.3	GBP		XLON	592204441688470224
11:21:40	GMT	91	12.3	GBP		XLON	592204441688470225
11:21:40	GMT	91	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192124960009
11:21:40	GMT	91	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192124960010
11:21:45	GMT	12	12.29	GBP		XLON	606278192124961384
11:21:45	GMT	91	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441688471704
11:21:45	GMT	95	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441688471703
11:21:45	GMT	226	12.29	GBP		XLON	606278192124961383
11:51:52	GMT	95	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441689094984
11:51:52	GMT	95	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441689094985
11:51:52	GMT	95	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441689094986
11:51:52	GMT	95	12.29	GBP		XLON	606278192125542699
11:52:31	GMT	95	12.28	GBP		XLON	606278192125556276
11:52:31	GMT	95	12.28	GBP		XLON	606278192125556277
11:52:31	GMT	97	12.28	GBP		XLON	606278192125556278
12:13:55	GMT	93	12.28	GBP		XLON	592204441689587340
12:13:55	GMT	93	12.28	GBP		XLON	592204441689587341
12:13:55	GMT	140	12.28	GBP		XLON	606278192126004596
12:17:07	GMT	93	12.27	GBP		XLON	592204441689661759
12:17:07	GMT	93	12.27	GBP		XLON	606278192126074321
12:17:07	GMT	94	12.27	GBP		XLON	606278192126074323
12:17:07	GMT	243	12.27	GBP		XLON	592204441689661758
12:17:07	GMT	90	12.27	GBP		XLON	606278192126074329
12:40:16	GMT	5	12.28	GBP		XLON	606278192126540885
12:40:16	GMT	90	12.28	GBP		XLON	606278192126540886
12:40:16	GMT	95	12.28	GBP		XLON	592204441690161715
12:41:40	GMT	97	12.28	GBP		XLON	606278192126564102
13:09:00	GMT	40	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192127088829
13:09:00	GMT	60	12.3	GBP		XLON	592204441690747835
13:09:00	GMT	100	12.3	GBP		XLON	592204441690747834
13:09:00	GMT	49	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192127088831
13:09:00	GMT	89	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441690747944
13:09:00	GMT	89	12.29	GBP		XLON	606278192127088951
13:09:00	GMT	231	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441690747943
13:10:03	GMT	373	12.29	GBP		XLON	606278192127115638
13:10:03	GMT	320	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441690776534
13:13:31	GMT	115	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441690859502
13:13:31	GMT	127	12.29	GBP		XLON	606278192127193131
13:13:31	GMT	92	12.28	GBP		XLON	606278192127193132
13:28:55	GMT	68	12.27	GBP		XLON	592204441691236642
13:28:55	GMT	88	12.27	GBP		XLON	592204441691236644
13:28:55	GMT	88	12.27	GBP		XLON	592204441691236645
13:28:55	GMT	88	12.27	GBP		XLON	606278192127547277
13:28:55	GMT	88	12.27	GBP		XLON	606278192127547278
13:28:55	GMT	175	12.27	GBP		XLON	592204441691236643
13:28:55	GMT	91	12.27	GBP		XLON	606278192127547283
13:50:22	GMT	93	12.29	GBP		XLON	606278192128049899
13:52:17	GMT	96	12.29	GBP		XLON	592204441691817828
13:54:36	GMT	91	12.31	GBP		XLON	592204441691879867
13:54:41	GMT	25	12.31	GBP		XLON	592204441691882324
13:56:23	GMT	89	12.31	GBP		XLON	592204441691924849
13:57:33	GMT	276	12.3	GBP		XLON	592204441691954433
13:57:33	GMT	88	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192128222187
13:57:33	GMT	320	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192128222186
13:57:35	GMT	220	12.3	GBP		XLON	592204441691954918
13:57:35	GMT	7	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192128222633
13:57:35	GMT	100	12.3	GBP		XLON	606278192128222632
14:03:46	GMT	14	12.28	GBP		XLON	592204441692120467
14:03:46	GMT	152	12.28	GBP		XLON	592204441692120468
14:03:46	GMT	169	12.28	GBP		XLON	592204441692120469
14:30:02	GMT	89	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129079975
14:30:02	GMT	89	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129079977
14:30:02	GMT	345	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441692864912
14:30:02	GMT	393	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129080329
14:34:08	GMT	21	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129260726
14:34:08	GMT	86	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129260723
14:34:08	GMT	86	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129260725
14:34:08	GMT	306	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129260724
14:34:08	GMT	65	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129260727
14:34:08	GMT	86	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192129260728
14:34:08	GMT	34	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441693057628
14:39:40	GMT	84	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192129454997
14:39:40	GMT	254	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192129454996
14:39:40	GMT	80	12.24	GBP		XLON	592204441693264115
14:47:35	GMT	94	12.23	GBP		XLON	606278192129754559
14:48:39	GMT	24	12.22	GBP		XLON	606278192129791890
14:48:39	GMT	27	12.22	GBP		XLON	592204441693621654
14:48:39	GMT	69	12.22	GBP		XLON	606278192129791891
14:48:39	GMT	93	12.22	GBP		XLON	592204441693621657
14:48:39	GMT	96	12.22	GBP		XLON	606278192129791889
14:48:39	GMT	308	12.22	GBP		XLON	592204441693621656
15:02:04	GMT	35	12.23	GBP		XLON	606278192130300984
15:02:04	GMT	84	12.23	GBP		XLON	606278192130300985
15:02:04	GMT	85	12.23	GBP		XLON	592204441694163383
15:02:04	GMT	236	12.23	GBP		XLON	592204441694163381
15:02:04	GMT	345	12.23	GBP		XLON	592204441694163395
15:02:04	GMT	4	12.23	GBP		XLON	592204441694163403
15:14:34	GMT	90	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192130707891
15:15:40	GMT	98	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192130740685
15:16:07	GMT	228	12.23	GBP		XLON	606278192130754283
15:16:07	GMT	100	12.23	GBP		XLON	606278192130754288
15:16:07	GMT	100	12.23	GBP		XLON	606278192130754289
15:16:07	GMT	155	12.23	GBP		XLON	606278192130754290
15:16:35	GMT	355	12.23	GBP		XLON	592204441694661146
15:24:04	GMT	39	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192130997765
15:24:04	GMT	53	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192130997766
15:24:04	GMT	92	12.25	GBP		XLON	592204441694904528
15:24:55	GMT	18	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192131022465
15:24:55	GMT	74	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192131022467
15:24:55	GMT	92	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192131022468
15:24:55	GMT	200	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192131022466
15:24:55	GMT	40	12.24	GBP		XLON	592204441694930784
15:37:55	GMT	98	12.25	GBP		XLON	592204441695394064
15:37:55	GMT	99	12.25	GBP		XLON	592204441695394063
15:44:02	GMT	21	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192131650220
15:44:02	GMT	68	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192131650218
15:46:15	GMT	29	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192131724397
15:46:15	GMT	84	12.25	GBP		XLON	592204441695675287
15:46:15	GMT	84	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192131724395
15:46:15	GMT	193	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192131724396
15:46:15	GMT	190	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192131724405
15:46:15	GMT	232	12.25	GBP		XLON	592204441695675297
16:08:09	GMT	21	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441696476158
16:08:09	GMT	94	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441696476150
16:08:09	GMT	94	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441696476155
16:08:09	GMT	94	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441696476157
16:08:09	GMT	94	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192132480896
16:08:09	GMT	94	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192132480906
16:08:09	GMT	132	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192132480893
16:08:09	GMT	188	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192132480903
16:08:09	GMT	201	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192132480900
16:08:09	GMT	263	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441696476160
16:08:09	GMT	268	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441696476153
16:08:09	GMT	361	12.26	GBP		XLON	592204441696476180
16:08:09	GMT	88	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192132481040
16:08:09	GMT	199	12.26	GBP		XLON	606278192132481038
16:13:04	GMT	51	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192132678632
16:13:04	GMT	83	12.25	GBP		XLON	592204441696684548
16:13:04	GMT	83	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192132678633
16:13:04	GMT	235	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192132678629
16:13:04	GMT	46	12.25	GBP		XLON	606278192132678641
16:19:22	GMT	1	12.24	GBP		XLON	592204441696959562
16:19:22	GMT	87	12.24	GBP		XLON	592204441696959560
16:19:22	GMT	87	12.24	GBP		XLON	592204441696959561
16:19:22	GMT	268	12.24	GBP		XLON	592204441696959559
16:19:22	GMT	86	12.24	GBP		XLON	592204441696959563
16:19:22	GMT	87	12.24	GBP		XLON	592204441696959564
16:19:22	GMT	66	12.24	GBP		XLON	606278192132938300
16:29:54	GMT	646	12.27	GBP		XLON	606278192133422477


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