Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0126R

WH Smith PLC

20 December 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
20 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 25,641 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 20 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 901,432 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,015,502 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:			20 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		25,641			11.7445		11.6000	11.8700


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
08:02:08	GMT	289	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207980614318156
08:02:35	GMT	11	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207980614327404
08:02:36	GMT	75	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207980614327514
08:13:26	GMT	15	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207980614504208
08:13:26	GMT	75	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207980614504207
08:13:26	GMT	90	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207980614504205
08:13:26	GMT	90	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207980614504209
08:13:26	GMT	90	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207980614504210
08:13:26	GMT	90	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281732129911853
08:13:26	GMT	90	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281732129911854
08:13:26	GMT	334	11.68	GBP		XLON	592207980614504206
08:13:26	GMT	123	11.68	GBP		XLON	606281732129911861
08:21:20	GMT	91	11.66	GBP		XLON	592207980614635321
08:21:20	GMT	225	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281732130036073
08:21:20	GMT	116	11.66	GBP		XLON	606281732130036078
08:26:27	GMT	129	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732130101857
08:33:04	GMT	283	11.61	GBP		XLON	606281732130200781
08:47:20	GMT	58	11.61	GBP		XLON	606281732130421870
09:02:02	GMT	102	11.62	GBP		XLON	592207980615285924
09:02:02	GMT	308	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732130655302
09:02:02	GMT	295	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732130655306
09:02:02	GMT	295	11.62	GBP		XLON	592207980615285929
09:02:02	GMT	44	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732130655309
09:12:05	GMT	7	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732130852453
09:12:05	GMT	88	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732130852452
09:30:27	GMT	107	11.64	GBP		XLON	606281732131216555
09:32:05	GMT	24	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732131248117
09:32:05	GMT	67	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732131248116
09:33:22	GMT	19	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732131272685
09:36:00	GMT	73	11.64	GBP		XLON	606281732131314513
09:36:23	GMT	11	11.63	GBP		XLON	606281732131322448
09:36:23	GMT	93	11.63	GBP		XLON	606281732131322446
09:36:23	GMT	250	11.63	GBP		XLON	606281732131322447
09:36:23	GMT	21	11.63	GBP		XLON	592207980615990728
09:37:02	GMT	31	11.63	GBP		XLON	592207980616004029
09:37:02	GMT	63	11.63	GBP		XLON	592207980616004028
09:37:02	GMT	125	11.63	GBP		XLON	592207980616004026
09:37:02	GMT	187	11.63	GBP		XLON	592207980616004027
09:37:02	GMT	135	11.63	GBP		XLON	606281732131335205
09:39:26	GMT	115	11.62	GBP		XLON	592207980616044128
09:39:26	GMT	125	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732131373196
09:39:26	GMT	157	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732131373197
09:50:31	GMT	53	11.6	GBP		XLON	592207980616255403
09:50:31	GMT	103	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732131572752
09:50:31	GMT	287	11.6	GBP		XLON	592207980616255404
10:05:53	GMT	103	11.62	GBP		XLON	606281732131835773
10:22:51	GMT	103	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732132155440
10:22:51	GMT	290	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732132155439
10:22:51	GMT	349	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732132155444
10:22:51	GMT	75	11.6	GBP		XLON	592207980616870174
10:22:51	GMT	148	11.6	GBP		XLON	592207980616870173
10:22:52	GMT	175	11.6	GBP		XLON	592207980616870314
10:38:49	GMT	129	11.61	GBP		XLON	606281732132436137
10:38:49	GMT	211	11.61	GBP		XLON	606281732132436138
10:50:29	GMT	100	11.62	GBP		XLON	592207980617463027
10:58:39	GMT	19	11.61	GBP		XLON	606281732133107135
10:58:39	GMT	81	11.61	GBP		XLON	606281732133107134
10:58:39	GMT	100	11.61	GBP		XLON	592207980617872300
10:58:39	GMT	24	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732133107230
10:59:59	GMT	12	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732133167920
10:59:59	GMT	78	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732133167919
10:59:59	GMT	100	11.6	GBP		XLON	592207980617936662
10:59:59	GMT	118	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732133167921
10:59:59	GMT	172	11.6	GBP		XLON	606281732133167918
11:20:24	GMT	277	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281732133613248
11:20:24	GMT	16	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281732133613253
11:20:24	GMT	125	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281732133613252
11:20:51	GMT	202	11.7	GBP		XLON	592207980618415065
11:40:25	GMT	264	11.71	GBP		XLON	592207980618789406
11:42:13	GMT	194	11.71	GBP		XLON	606281732134011885
11:42:56	GMT	98	11.7	GBP		XLON	592207980618838876
12:20:44	GMT	108	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207980619580872
12:24:06	GMT	104	11.73	GBP		XLON	606281732134791616
12:27:05	GMT	92	11.73	GBP		XLON	592207980619699095
12:30:26	GMT	101	11.73	GBP		XLON	606281732134900261
12:33:15	GMT	25	11.76	GBP		XLON	606281732134953708
12:33:15	GMT	18	11.76	GBP		XLON	606281732134953709
12:50:37	GMT	44	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980620142117
12:50:37	GMT	44	11.78	GBP		XLON	606281732135264105
12:50:37	GMT	53	11.78	GBP		XLON	606281732135264104
12:50:37	GMT	67	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980620142118
12:50:41	GMT	148	11.77	GBP		XLON	606281732135265331
12:50:43	GMT	51	11.77	GBP		XLON	606281732135265809
12:50:43	GMT	65	11.77	GBP		XLON	606281732135265810
12:50:47	GMT	337	11.77	GBP		XLON	606281732135266713
12:50:47	GMT	65	11.77	GBP		XLON	592207980620144866
12:50:47	GMT	248	11.77	GBP		XLON	592207980620144865
12:51:04	GMT	115	11.78	GBP		XLON	606281732135273251
12:51:04	GMT	313	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980620151688
12:51:04	GMT	76	11.78	GBP		XLON	606281732135273257
13:22:24	GMT	80	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207980620772786
13:22:24	GMT	104	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207980620772788
13:22:24	GMT	104	11.75	GBP		XLON	606281732135864365
13:22:24	GMT	104	11.75	GBP		XLON	606281732135864366
13:22:24	GMT	104	11.75	GBP		XLON	606281732135864367
13:22:24	GMT	104	11.75	GBP		XLON	606281732135864368
13:22:24	GMT	104	11.75	GBP		XLON	606281732135864370
13:22:24	GMT	271	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207980620772787
13:22:25	GMT	149	11.75	GBP		XLON	606281732135864961
13:40:32	GMT	39	11.79	GBP		XLON	606281732136275359
13:40:32	GMT	54	11.79	GBP		XLON	606281732136275360
13:40:32	GMT	92	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980621204871
13:40:32	GMT	399	11.79	GBP		XLON	606281732136275358
13:40:32	GMT	105	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980621204878
13:41:01	GMT	92	11.77	GBP		XLON	592207980621219322
13:51:25	GMT	26	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207980621479083
13:51:25	GMT	68	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207980621479082
13:51:25	GMT	339	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207980621479081
13:56:23	GMT	120	11.75	GBP		XLON	592207980621601975
14:30:48	GMT	15	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980622500797
14:30:48	GMT	90	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980622500796
14:30:48	GMT	105	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980622500799
14:30:48	GMT	287	11.78	GBP		XLON	606281732137511894
14:30:48	GMT	69	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980622500800
14:31:01	GMT	143	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980622509107
14:31:10	GMT	323	11.77	GBP		XLON	606281732137525953
14:31:13	GMT	114	11.77	GBP		XLON	606281732137528590
14:32:45	GMT	100	11.77	GBP		XLON	606281732137596094
14:33:24	GMT	42	11.76	GBP		XLON	606281732137620391
14:33:24	GMT	355	11.76	GBP		XLON	606281732137620392
14:33:24	GMT	22	11.76	GBP		XLON	592207980622613850
14:36:57	GMT	194	11.77	GBP		XLON	606281732137750145
14:51:20	GMT	234	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623273644
14:51:20	GMT	278	11.79	GBP		XLON	606281732138250626
14:51:20	GMT	206	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623273648
14:52:11	GMT	98	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623308102
14:52:11	GMT	4	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623308114
14:52:11	GMT	7	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623308116
14:52:11	GMT	29	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623308123
14:52:11	GMT	277	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623308122
14:52:11	GMT	127	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623308130
14:52:11	GMT	146	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623308131
14:52:13	GMT	164	11.79	GBP		XLON	606281732138284911
14:53:38	GMT	101	11.79	GBP		XLON	606281732138335726
14:55:10	GMT	76	11.79	GBP		XLON	606281732138386724
14:55:10	GMT	27	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623416158
14:56:39	GMT	101	11.79	GBP		XLON	592207980623473044
14:56:39	GMT	338	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980623473045
14:56:39	GMT	26	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980623473054
14:56:39	GMT	75	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980623473055
14:56:40	GMT	129	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980623473769
14:56:40	GMT	88	11.78	GBP		XLON	606281732138441765
14:57:58	GMT	171	11.78	GBP		XLON	592207980623526156
15:24:37	GMT	230	11.81	GBP		XLON	592207980624465493
15:24:38	GMT	58	11.81	GBP		XLON	606281732139388482
15:24:38	GMT	69	11.81	GBP		XLON	606281732139388480
15:24:38	GMT	80	11.81	GBP		XLON	592207980624465659
15:24:38	GMT	80	11.81	GBP		XLON	606281732139388481
15:24:38	GMT	106	11.81	GBP		XLON	592207980624465660
15:25:03	GMT	230	11.81	GBP		XLON	606281732139400611
15:25:03	GMT	230	11.81	GBP		XLON	592207980624478324
15:25:03	GMT	7	11.81	GBP		XLON	606281732139400632
15:25:03	GMT	50	11.81	GBP		XLON	606281732139400633
15:27:02	GMT	41	11.82	GBP		XLON	592207980624557392
15:27:02	GMT	50	11.82	GBP		XLON	592207980624557393
15:49:38	GMT	23	11.85	GBP		XLON	592207980625365499
15:49:38	GMT	56	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140243299
15:49:38	GMT	95	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140243298
15:49:38	GMT	125	11.85	GBP		XLON	592207980625365497
15:49:38	GMT	125	11.85	GBP		XLON	592207980625365498
15:49:38	GMT	368	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140243296
15:50:02	GMT	33	11.85	GBP		XLON	592207980625378758
15:50:02	GMT	126	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255802
15:50:02	GMT	132	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255803
15:50:02	GMT	250	11.85	GBP		XLON	592207980625378759
15:50:02	GMT	31	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255814
15:50:02	GMT	51	11.85	GBP		XLON	592207980625378766
15:50:02	GMT	52	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255816
15:50:02	GMT	55	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255817
15:50:02	GMT	56	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255818
15:50:02	GMT	100	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255815
15:50:02	GMT	136	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255812
15:50:02	GMT	289	11.85	GBP		XLON	606281732140255811
15:55:32	GMT	31	11.87	GBP		XLON	606281732140452692
15:55:32	GMT	66	11.87	GBP		XLON	606281732140452691
15:55:32	GMT	156	11.87	GBP		XLON	592207980625585059
15:55:32	GMT	236	11.87	GBP		XLON	592207980625585057
15:55:32	GMT	259	11.87	GBP		XLON	592207980625585058
15:55:32	GMT	218	11.87	GBP		XLON	592207980625585067
16:07:33	GMT	99	11.84	GBP		XLON	592207980626017629
16:08:32	GMT	100	11.84	GBP		XLON	592207980626053149
16:09:40	GMT	99	11.84	GBP		XLON	592207980626095537
16:10:55	GMT	93	11.84	GBP		XLON	592207980626145174
16:10:55	GMT	405	11.84	GBP		XLON	606281732140986688
16:10:55	GMT	164	11.84	GBP		XLON	592207980626145178
16:10:58	GMT	126	11.84	GBP		XLON	606281732140988582
16:10:58	GMT	152	11.84	GBP		XLON	606281732140988583
16:10:58	GMT	6	11.84	GBP		XLON	606281732140988588
16:10:58	GMT	19	11.84	GBP		XLON	606281732140988586
16:10:58	GMT	178	11.84	GBP		XLON	606281732140988587
16:14:57	GMT	30	11.84	GBP		XLON	592207980626311996
16:14:57	GMT	79	11.84	GBP		XLON	592207980626311997
16:20:57	GMT	8	11.85	GBP		XLON	592207980626598241
16:20:57	GMT	92	11.85	GBP		XLON	592207980626598242
16:26:47	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON	592207980626865091
16:26:47	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON	592207980626865092
16:26:47	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON	606281732141672485
16:26:47	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON	606281732141672486
16:26:47	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON	606281732141672487
16:26:47	GMT	97	11.83	GBP		XLON	606281732141672488
16:26:47	GMT	103	11.83	GBP		XLON	592207980626865090
16:26:47	GMT	107	11.83	GBP		XLON	606281732141672490
16:26:47	GMT	115	11.83	GBP		XLON	592207980626865093
16:26:47	GMT	116	11.83	GBP		XLON	606281732141672489
16:26:47	GMT	257	11.83	GBP		XLON	592207980626865089
16:26:47	GMT	125	11.83	GBP		XLON	606281732141672498
16:26:47	GMT	113	11.83	GBP		XLON	606281732141672605
16:26:47	GMT	58	11.83	GBP		XLON	592207980626865198


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