Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8357Q

WH Smith PLC

19 December 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
19 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 24,040 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 19 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 875,791 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,041,143 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:			19 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		24,040			11.6999		11.6500	11.7800


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
08:09:04	GMT	90	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207626721529026
08:10:03	GMT	115	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626721550709
08:10:23	GMT	250	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626721558483
08:10:23	GMT	45	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626721558484
08:10:23	GMT	332	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378243308115
08:10:25	GMT	332	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626721559373
08:10:25	GMT	59	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378243308954
08:39:57	GMT	93	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626722128103
08:39:58	GMT	158	11.74	GBP		XLON	606281378243847871
08:40:03	GMT	116	11.74	GBP		XLON	592207626722130761
08:41:12	GMT	123	11.76	GBP		XLON	606281378243870088
08:41:12	GMT	339	11.76	GBP		XLON	592207626722151599
08:41:12	GMT	147	11.76	GBP		XLON	606281378243870246
08:41:12	GMT	192	11.76	GBP		XLON	606281378243870247
08:41:16	GMT	14	11.76	GBP		XLON	592207626722153900
08:41:17	GMT	266	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207626722154586
08:41:17	GMT	67	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207626722154594
09:03:00	GMT	17	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378244321275
09:03:00	GMT	89	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626722627474
09:03:00	GMT	89	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626722627476
09:03:00	GMT	92	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626722627473
09:03:00	GMT	97	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626722627470
09:03:00	GMT	318	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378244321276
09:09:15	GMT	152	11.69	GBP		XLON	592207626722809369
09:09:15	GMT	247	11.69	GBP		XLON	592207626722809367
09:19:15	GMT	235	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378244701611
09:19:15	GMT	100	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378244701614
09:34:17	GMT	10	11.65	GBP		XLON	606281378244982570
09:34:17	GMT	17	11.65	GBP		XLON	606281378244982569
09:34:17	GMT	69	11.65	GBP		XLON	606281378244982571
09:34:17	GMT	96	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626723326683
09:41:29	GMT	11	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245118078
09:53:59	GMT	95	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626723705577
09:57:23	GMT	44	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626723778631
09:57:23	GMT	46	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626723778632
10:00:55	GMT	11	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626723857044
10:00:55	GMT	54	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626723857045
10:00:55	GMT	31	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378245482373
10:01:55	GMT	25	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245502817
10:01:55	GMT	70	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245502820
10:01:55	GMT	88	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245502815
10:01:55	GMT	95	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245502818
10:01:55	GMT	95	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245502819
10:01:55	GMT	160	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245502816
10:01:55	GMT	225	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245502814
10:05:53	GMT	9	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378245573559
10:26:03	GMT	22	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378245944798
10:26:03	GMT	100	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626724345559
10:26:03	GMT	100	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378245944802
10:26:03	GMT	101	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378245944799
10:26:03	GMT	135	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378245944801
10:26:03	GMT	250	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378245944800
10:26:03	GMT	302	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378245944809
10:37:21	GMT	268	11.67	GBP		XLON	592207626724556261
10:37:21	GMT	68	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378246144410
11:08:14	GMT	89	11.67	GBP		XLON	592207626725153128
11:23:15	GMT	106	11.69	GBP		XLON	592207626725431748
11:28:19	GMT	33	11.7	GBP		XLON	592207626725520082
11:28:40	GMT	58	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378247064370
11:30:58	GMT	98	11.69	GBP		XLON	606281378247104498
11:34:11	GMT	102	11.69	GBP		XLON	606281378247158387
11:34:30	GMT	100	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626725631025
11:34:30	GMT	6	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626725631027
11:34:30	GMT	100	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626725631028
11:34:30	GMT	250	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626725631026
11:34:30	GMT	256	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626725631037
11:34:35	GMT	33	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378247164767
11:49:00	GMT	124	11.69	GBP		XLON	606281378247398438
11:59:23	GMT	8	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626726053136
11:59:23	GMT	88	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626726053135
11:59:23	GMT	96	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626726053137
11:59:23	GMT	96	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626726053138
11:59:23	GMT	102	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626726053139
11:59:23	GMT	287	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378247564419
12:09:06	GMT	101	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207626726275261
12:09:06	GMT	101	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281378247773702
12:09:06	GMT	101	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378247773821
12:09:06	GMT	102	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378247773820
12:09:06	GMT	134	11.67	GBP		XLON	592207626726275371
12:29:29	GMT	21	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378248148777
12:29:29	GMT	40	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626726671172
12:29:29	GMT	74	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378248148776
12:29:29	GMT	95	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378248148775
12:29:29	GMT	197	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626726671173
12:29:29	GMT	99	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378248148788
12:31:30	GMT	95	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626726707008
13:03:28	GMT	91	11.67	GBP		XLON	592207626727302801
13:05:46	GMT	98	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378248782461
13:07:42	GMT	91	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626727381862
13:07:42	GMT	91	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626727381863
13:07:42	GMT	91	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626727381864
13:07:42	GMT	91	11.65	GBP		XLON	606281378248815621
13:07:42	GMT	91	11.65	GBP		XLON	606281378248815622
13:07:42	GMT	91	11.65	GBP		XLON	606281378248815624
13:07:42	GMT	152	11.65	GBP		XLON	606281378248815623
13:07:42	GMT	245	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626727381861
13:07:42	GMT	92	11.65	GBP		XLON	606281378248815636
13:32:59	GMT	14	11.67	GBP		XLON	592207626727911837
13:32:59	GMT	26	11.67	GBP		XLON	592207626727911838
13:32:59	GMT	59	11.67	GBP		XLON	592207626727911839
13:34:46	GMT	102	11.67	GBP		XLON	606281378249347022
13:36:12	GMT	29	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626727977791
13:36:12	GMT	70	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626727977793
13:36:12	GMT	99	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626727977794
13:36:12	GMT	99	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626727977797
13:36:12	GMT	99	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378249374418
13:41:46	GMT	5	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626728095366
13:41:46	GMT	99	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626728095365
13:41:46	GMT	104	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378249484900
13:47:52	GMT	47	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378249626080
13:47:57	GMT	45	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281378249628037
13:50:18	GMT	92	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626728305237
13:50:56	GMT	119	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626728320828
13:51:55	GMT	32	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626728345944
13:51:55	GMT	165	11.65	GBP		XLON	592207626728345943
13:54:52	GMT	38	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626728421698
13:54:52	GMT	231	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207626728421700
14:03:59	GMT	93	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378250007733
14:06:00	GMT	104	11.73	GBP		XLON	606281378250055560
14:08:59	GMT	94	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626728777836
14:10:17	GMT	47	11.73	GBP		XLON	606281378250155027
14:10:17	GMT	50	11.73	GBP		XLON	606281378250155026
14:12:11	GMT	104	11.74	GBP		XLON	592207626728858101
14:13:54	GMT	40	11.74	GBP		XLON	592207626728896730
14:13:54	GMT	52	11.74	GBP		XLON	592207626728896729
14:15:50	GMT	19	11.74	GBP		XLON	606281378250279536
14:15:50	GMT	84	11.74	GBP		XLON	606281378250279537
14:17:41	GMT	269	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626728989402
14:17:41	GMT	229	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378250324559
14:17:41	GMT	79	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626728989408
14:17:41	GMT	190	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626728989407
14:17:41	GMT	40	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378250324563
14:17:41	GMT	189	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378250324562
14:17:41	GMT	25	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626728989416
14:24:36	GMT	102	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378250487352
14:24:36	GMT	336	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626729162724
14:33:12	GMT	68	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626729445275
14:33:12	GMT	107	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626729445274
14:33:12	GMT	219	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626729445276
14:33:12	GMT	291	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626729445280
14:33:12	GMT	104	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378250754374
14:36:58	GMT	93	11.7	GBP		XLON	592207626729564482
14:36:58	GMT	115	11.7	GBP		XLON	592207626729564480
14:36:58	GMT	118	11.7	GBP		XLON	592207626729564481
14:36:58	GMT	104	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378250867762
14:43:12	GMT	80	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378251074488
14:43:12	GMT	206	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378251074487
14:43:12	GMT	44	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378251074494
14:43:12	GMT	97	11.69	GBP		XLON	606281378251074491
14:43:12	GMT	101	11.69	GBP		XLON	606281378251074492
14:43:12	GMT	102	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378251074493
14:55:44	GMT	92	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378251457387
14:58:42	GMT	29	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378251542215
14:58:42	GMT	71	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378251542214
15:02:01	GMT	102	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626730387986
15:02:01	GMT	406	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626730387987
15:02:01	GMT	92	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626730387995
15:02:01	GMT	189	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626730387994
15:02:01	GMT	229	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626730388002
15:04:47	GMT	52	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626730504873
15:04:47	GMT	104	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378251761214
15:04:47	GMT	132	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626730504875
15:04:47	GMT	167	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378251761232
15:11:06	GMT	59	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378251954439
15:17:54	GMT	10	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378252160834
15:17:54	GMT	88	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378252160835
15:17:54	GMT	98	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626730927887
15:17:54	GMT	98	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378252160833
15:17:54	GMT	119	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626730927886
15:17:54	GMT	154	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626730927885
15:17:54	GMT	240	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378252160841
15:21:09	GMT	61	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626731032141
15:21:09	GMT	104	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626731032143
15:21:09	GMT	179	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626731032142
15:21:09	GMT	49	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378252259228
15:23:07	GMT	104	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378252312821
15:23:07	GMT	104	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281378252312822
15:23:07	GMT	128	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207626731088724
15:35:53	GMT	105	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378252675629
15:35:53	GMT	271	11.7	GBP		XLON	592207626731472620
15:35:59	GMT	266	11.69	GBP		XLON	606281378252678643
15:35:59	GMT	17	11.69	GBP		XLON	606281378252678649
15:35:59	GMT	179	11.69	GBP		XLON	606281378252678648
15:47:38	GMT	104	11.7	GBP		XLON	592207626731852059
15:47:38	GMT	104	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378253035175
15:47:38	GMT	406	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378253035176
15:47:38	GMT	87	11.7	GBP		XLON	606281378253035181
16:03:48	GMT	107	11.74	GBP		XLON	606281378253541458
16:03:48	GMT	209	11.74	GBP		XLON	592207626732386054
16:08:49	GMT	102	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550946
16:08:49	GMT	102	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550947
16:08:49	GMT	102	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550948
16:08:49	GMT	199	11.73	GBP		XLON	606281378253698037
16:08:49	GMT	238	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550944
16:08:49	GMT	6	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550966
16:08:49	GMT	162	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550965
16:08:49	GMT	190	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550963
16:08:49	GMT	174	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550985
16:08:49	GMT	184	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207626732550983
16:08:49	GMT	100	11.73	GBP		XLON	606281378253698075
16:14:20	GMT	89	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626732765397
16:14:20	GMT	89	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378253902433
16:14:20	GMT	96	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626732765398
16:14:20	GMT	223	11.72	GBP		XLON	592207626732765395
16:14:20	GMT	113	11.72	GBP		XLON	606281378253902441


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