Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3004Q

WH Smith PLC

16 December 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
16 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 24,551 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 16 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 801,032 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,115,902 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:			16 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		24,551			11.9356		11.8500	12.0800


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
08:12:19	GMT	87	12.04	GBP		XLON	606280316312314177
08:12:27	GMT	86	12.04	GBP		XLON	592206565040847871
08:14:13	GMT	93	12.06	GBP		XLON	592206565040877173
08:14:23	GMT	133	12.06	GBP		XLON	606280316312345389
08:14:42	GMT	75	12.05	GBP		XLON	592206565040885618
08:14:42	GMT	168	12.05	GBP		XLON	592206565040885619
08:26:21	GMT	103	12.08	GBP		XLON	606280316312515294
08:26:21	GMT	383	12.08	GBP		XLON	606280316312515293
08:26:21	GMT	235	12.08	GBP		XLON	606280316312515298
08:26:21	GMT	235	12.08	GBP		XLON	592206565041059423
08:26:21	GMT	235	12.08	GBP		XLON	606280316312515301
08:26:21	GMT	99	12.08	GBP		XLON	592206565041059428
08:40:15	GMT	100	12.01	GBP		XLON	592206565041265944
08:41:13	GMT	100	12	GBP		XLON	606280316312726226
08:41:13	GMT	128	12	GBP		XLON	592206565041283569
08:41:13	GMT	211	12	GBP		XLON	592206565041283570
08:41:13	GMT	71	12	GBP		XLON	592206565041283575
08:49:24	GMT	111	11.98	GBP		XLON	592206565041419587
08:49:24	GMT	149	11.98	GBP		XLON	592206565041419588
08:49:24	GMT	50	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316312854585
08:49:24	GMT	50	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316312854586
09:16:50	GMT	95	12	GBP		XLON	592206565041878017
09:16:50	GMT	349	12	GBP		XLON	592206565041878018
09:28:06	GMT	98	12.03	GBP		XLON	592206565042078711
09:29:05	GMT	13	12.01	GBP		XLON	606280316313489464
09:29:05	GMT	85	12.01	GBP		XLON	606280316313489462
09:29:05	GMT	315	12.01	GBP		XLON	606280316313489463
09:29:05	GMT	319	12.01	GBP		XLON	592206565042093475
09:29:09	GMT	306	12.01	GBP		XLON	606280316313490251
09:29:09	GMT	39	12.01	GBP		XLON	606280316313490254
09:42:47	GMT	94	12	GBP		XLON	606280316313733993
09:42:47	GMT	361	12	GBP		XLON	592206565042352382
09:43:44	GMT	94	11.99	GBP		XLON	606280316313749269
10:07:18	GMT	98	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565042809523
10:07:18	GMT	98	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565042809524
10:07:18	GMT	98	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565042809525
10:07:18	GMT	98	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316314168039
10:07:18	GMT	266	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316314168038
10:08:28	GMT	94	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316314190657
10:40:43	GMT	101	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565043481663
10:40:43	GMT	101	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316314803942
10:40:43	GMT	197	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316314803943
10:40:43	GMT	272	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565043481662
10:40:43	GMT	345	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565043481661
10:48:58	GMT	101	11.96	GBP		XLON	606280316314935605
11:02:09	GMT	36	11.95	GBP		XLON	592206565043868430
11:02:09	GMT	37	11.95	GBP		XLON	606280316315170032
11:02:09	GMT	53	11.95	GBP		XLON	606280316315170031
11:02:09	GMT	54	11.95	GBP		XLON	592206565043868431
11:02:09	GMT	101	11.94	GBP		XLON	606280316315170047
11:02:09	GMT	260	11.94	GBP		XLON	606280316315170048
11:26:41	GMT	279	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315618848
11:26:41	GMT	10	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315618851
11:26:41	GMT	14	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315618850
11:26:41	GMT	17	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315618854
11:26:41	GMT	32	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315618855
11:35:27	GMT	41	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315772850
11:35:27	GMT	70	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315772849
11:35:27	GMT	102	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315772851
11:35:27	GMT	102	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316315772852
11:49:20	GMT	102	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565044746941
11:49:20	GMT	142	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565044746943
11:57:02	GMT	55	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565044880784
11:57:02	GMT	95	11.9	GBP		XLON	606280316316123567
11:57:02	GMT	95	11.9	GBP		XLON	606280316316123568
11:57:02	GMT	99	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565044880785
11:57:02	GMT	99	11.9	GBP		XLON	606280316316123569
12:24:13	GMT	87	11.92	GBP		XLON	592206565045400533
12:25:40	GMT	320	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565045427171
12:27:12	GMT	100	11.9	GBP		XLON	606280316316666455
12:27:12	GMT	291	11.9	GBP		XLON	606280316316666456
12:27:12	GMT	36	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565045459674
12:27:12	GMT	340	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565045459673
13:06:00	GMT	102	11.91	GBP		XLON	606280316317299549
13:06:36	GMT	121	11.91	GBP		XLON	592206565046138103
13:07:26	GMT	277	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565046150800
13:07:26	GMT	286	11.9	GBP		XLON	606280316317319763
13:07:26	GMT	68	11.9	GBP		XLON	606280316317319766
13:07:26	GMT	90	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565046150806
13:07:26	GMT	272	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565046150805
13:07:44	GMT	8	11.9	GBP		XLON	592206565046156184
13:07:44	GMT	113	11.9	GBP		XLON	606280316317324893
13:18:45	GMT	300	11.89	GBP		XLON	606280316317509558
13:18:45	GMT	61	11.89	GBP		XLON	592206565046351715
13:41:26	GMT	45	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316317964181
13:41:26	GMT	53	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316317964180
13:43:31	GMT	44	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316318001794
13:43:31	GMT	44	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316318001795
13:45:38	GMT	102	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316318042375
13:47:50	GMT	100	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316318086794
13:49:58	GMT	27	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316318127201
13:49:58	GMT	75	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316318127200
13:51:56	GMT	97	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316318166966
13:53:02	GMT	93	11.86	GBP		XLON	592206565047070438
13:54:16	GMT	124	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316318214785
13:54:17	GMT	374	11.86	GBP		XLON	592206565047096113
13:54:17	GMT	100	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316318215297
13:54:19	GMT	210	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316318215769
13:54:19	GMT	190	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316318215773
14:05:15	GMT	27	11.88	GBP		XLON	592206565047362734
14:05:15	GMT	38	11.88	GBP		XLON	592206565047362733
14:05:15	GMT	65	11.88	GBP		XLON	592206565047362735
14:05:15	GMT	192	11.88	GBP		XLON	592206565047362732
14:05:15	GMT	276	11.88	GBP		XLON	592206565047362740
14:13:36	GMT	38	11.87	GBP		XLON	592206565047563902
14:13:36	GMT	324	11.87	GBP		XLON	592206565047563903
14:22:07	GMT	41	11.87	GBP		XLON	592206565047768952
14:22:07	GMT	50	11.87	GBP		XLON	592206565047768953
14:26:54	GMT	80	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316318967463
14:26:54	GMT	100	11.86	GBP		XLON	592206565047889507
14:26:54	GMT	262	11.86	GBP		XLON	592206565047889509
14:26:54	GMT	11	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316318967489
14:26:54	GMT	93	11.86	GBP		XLON	592206565047889556
14:26:54	GMT	93	11.86	GBP		XLON	592206565047889558
14:26:54	GMT	93	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316318967490
14:38:24	GMT	90	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316319373197
14:40:05	GMT	101	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316319430685
14:41:06	GMT	101	11.86	GBP		XLON	592206565048410117
14:41:55	GMT	87	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316319499203
14:42:51	GMT	96	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316319526729
14:43:47	GMT	99	11.86	GBP		XLON	606280316319555674
14:44:12	GMT	95	11.85	GBP		XLON	592206565048515397
14:44:12	GMT	228	11.85	GBP		XLON	592206565048515398
14:44:12	GMT	340	11.85	GBP		XLON	606280316319566497
14:45:08	GMT	161	11.85	GBP		XLON	592206565048546571
14:50:05	GMT	95	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316319757251
14:50:05	GMT	139	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316319757252
14:50:05	GMT	112	11.87	GBP		XLON	606280316319757253
14:50:05	GMT	136	11.87	GBP		XLON	592206565048715365
14:50:05	GMT	86	11.87	GBP		XLON	592206565048715372
14:50:05	GMT	113	11.87	GBP		XLON	592206565048715371
15:04:24	GMT	45	11.96	GBP		XLON	606280316320288813
15:04:24	GMT	58	11.96	GBP		XLON	592206565049271655
15:06:22	GMT	92	11.96	GBP		XLON	592206565049341444
15:07:35	GMT	96	11.96	GBP		XLON	592206565049382329
15:10:00	GMT	44	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316320483136
15:10:00	GMT	96	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565049475016
15:10:00	GMT	267	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565049475017
15:10:00	GMT	291	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316320483137
15:10:00	GMT	70	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565049475027
15:10:00	GMT	101	11.97	GBP		XLON	606280316320483146
15:10:00	GMT	330	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565049475026
15:10:00	GMT	84	11.97	GBP		XLON	592206565049475038
15:18:44	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565049753861
15:18:44	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	606280316320748089
15:18:44	GMT	361	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565049753860
15:25:08	GMT	94	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316320923872
15:25:08	GMT	100	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316320923870
15:25:08	GMT	259	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316320923871
15:42:55	GMT	100	11.94	GBP		XLON	606280316321433947
15:44:25	GMT	99	11.94	GBP		XLON	606280316321479045
15:45:38	GMT	91	11.94	GBP		XLON	592206565050560854
15:45:38	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565050560862
15:45:38	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565050560863
15:45:38	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565050560864
15:45:38	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565050560865
15:45:38	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565050560867
15:45:38	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	606280316321517475
15:45:38	GMT	100	11.93	GBP		XLON	606280316321517476
15:45:38	GMT	252	11.93	GBP		XLON	606280316321517474
15:45:38	GMT	164	11.93	GBP		XLON	606280316321517484
15:45:38	GMT	17	11.93	GBP		XLON	606280316321517485
15:47:05	GMT	18	11.93	GBP		XLON	606280316321561801
15:53:43	GMT	128	11.94	GBP		XLON	592206565050829771
15:53:43	GMT	158	11.94	GBP		XLON	592206565050829772
15:53:43	GMT	174	11.94	GBP		XLON	592206565050829777
15:56:52	GMT	28	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565050947633
15:56:52	GMT	75	11.93	GBP		XLON	592206565050947634
16:02:43	GMT	91	11.92	GBP		XLON	592206565051158372
16:02:43	GMT	91	11.92	GBP		XLON	592206565051158373
16:02:43	GMT	91	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322088876
16:02:43	GMT	104	11.92	GBP		XLON	592206565051158371
16:02:43	GMT	256	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322088875
16:09:04	GMT	103	11.92	GBP		XLON	592206565051380625
16:09:04	GMT	128	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322302056
16:09:04	GMT	204	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322302055
16:09:04	GMT	110	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322302060
16:18:03	GMT	2	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322638031
16:18:03	GMT	88	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322638030
16:18:03	GMT	242	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322638032
16:18:03	GMT	190	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322638041
16:18:03	GMT	190	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322638043
16:18:03	GMT	1	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322638061
16:18:03	GMT	29	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322638064
16:18:03	GMT	190	11.92	GBP		XLON	592206565051732591
16:18:09	GMT	28	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322642592
16:18:09	GMT	48	11.92	GBP		XLON	606280316322642593
16:29:35	GMT	30	11.94	GBP		XLON	606280316323117062
16:29:58	GMT	94	11.94	GBP		XLON	606280316323148063
16:29:58	GMT	403	11.94	GBP		XLON	592206565052266769


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