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WH Smith Plc
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
4th June 2025, 16:36
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WH Smith PLC
04 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

04 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 48,828 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 04 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 3,648,382 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,268,552 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:

04 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

48,828

10.5720

10.3700

10.7100






















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

 

08:04:38

BST

452

10.47

GBP

XLON

606210939572386574

 

08:04:38

BST

433

10.47

GBP

XLON

606210939572386578

 

08:04:38

BST

321

10.47

GBP

XLON

592137190736585199

 

08:13:46

BST

2

10.43

GBP

XLON

592137190736779631

 

08:13:46

BST

119

10.43

GBP

XLON

592137190736779630

 

08:13:46

BST

121

10.43

GBP

XLON

592137190736779629

 

08:13:46

BST

121

10.43

GBP

XLON

606210939572570228

 

08:13:46

BST

121

10.43

GBP

XLON

606210939572570229

 

08:13:46

BST

460

10.43

GBP

XLON

592137190736779628

 

08:18:06

BST

332

10.46

GBP

XLON

592137190736859916

 

08:18:06

BST

128

10.46

GBP

XLON

606210939572646399

 

08:26:09

BST

8

10.42

GBP

XLON

592137190736999451

 

08:26:09

BST

117

10.42

GBP

XLON

592137190736999450

 

08:26:09

BST

125

10.42

GBP

XLON

592137190736999449

 

08:26:09

BST

125

10.42

GBP

XLON

606210939572779158

 

08:26:09

BST

458

10.42

GBP

XLON

592137190736999448

 

08:26:09

BST

12

10.42

GBP

XLON

606210939572779168

 

08:30:46

BST

400

10.39

GBP

XLON

592137190737078083

 

08:30:46

BST

149

10.39

GBP

XLON

606210939572853932

 

08:33:42

BST

114

10.37

GBP

XLON

606210939572901062

 

08:43:20

BST

401

10.39

GBP

XLON

592137190737300424

 

08:43:20

BST

329

10.39

GBP

XLON

606210939573065143

 

08:43:20

BST

329

10.39

GBP

XLON

606210939573065147

 

08:43:20

BST

182

10.39

GBP

XLON

592137190737300438

 

08:45:25

BST

22

10.38

GBP

XLON

606210939573099485

 

08:45:25

BST

87

10.38

GBP

XLON

606210939573099484

 

09:02:50

BST

121

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190737651851

 

09:02:50

BST

121

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939573394325

 

09:02:50

BST

337

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939573394326

 

09:02:50

BST

325

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190737651860

 

09:02:50

BST

325

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939573394333

 

09:02:50

BST

325

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190737651867

 

09:02:50

BST

6

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939573394339

 

09:10:12

BST

430

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190737792626

 

09:10:12

BST

205

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190737792633

 

09:34:49

BST

125

10.53

GBP

XLON

606210939574140694

 

09:35:19

BST

7

10.53

GBP

XLON

606210939574151554

 

09:35:19

BST

131

10.53

GBP

XLON

606210939574151555

 

09:37:29

BST

26

10.53

GBP

XLON

606210939574207130

 

09:37:29

BST

61

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190738505825

 

09:37:29

BST

40

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190738505827

 

09:46:14

BST

23

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190738732781

 

09:46:14

BST

101

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190738732780

 

09:46:14

BST

124

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190738732782

 

09:46:14

BST

204

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190738732783

 

09:46:14

BST

382

10.54

GBP

XLON

606210939574424850

 

09:46:14

BST

350

10.54

GBP

XLON

606210939574424855

 

09:55:05

BST

119

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190738942529

 

09:55:05

BST

119

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190738942530

 

09:55:05

BST

520

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939574624827

 

09:55:05

BST

351

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190738942534

 

09:55:05

BST

209

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939574624834

 

10:05:51

BST

114

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190739227256

 

10:15:05

BST

129

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190739487115

 

10:15:05

BST

129

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190739487116

 

10:15:05

BST

130

10.54

GBP

XLON

592137190739487117

 

10:15:05

BST

497

10.54

GBP

XLON

606210939575145186

 

10:15:05

BST

205

10.54

GBP

XLON

606210939575145193

 

10:26:24

BST

119

10.53

GBP

XLON

606210939575442349

 

10:26:24

BST

175

10.53

GBP

XLON

592137190739801862

 

10:26:24

BST

331

10.53

GBP

XLON

606210939575442348

 

10:31:31

BST

119

10.53

GBP

XLON

606210939575591668

 

10:46:20

BST

116

10.52

GBP

XLON

592137190740391873

 

10:46:20

BST

492

10.52

GBP

XLON

592137190740391872

 

10:46:20

BST

400

10.52

GBP

XLON

592137190740391877

 

10:48:24

BST

93

10.51

GBP

XLON

592137190740461225

 

11:02:02

BST

116

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190740877635

 

11:02:02

BST

485

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190740877636

 

11:11:08

BST

472

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190741110303

 

11:11:08

BST

254

10.62

GBP

XLON

606210939576661136

 

11:13:32

BST

122

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939576727617

 

11:38:19

BST

129

10.62

GBP

XLON

606210939577268494

 

11:42:11

BST

146

10.62

GBP

XLON

606210939577336542

 

11:43:48

BST

115

10.62

GBP

XLON

606210939577365556

 

11:45:15

BST

313

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137190741903856

 

11:45:15

BST

412

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137190741903859

 

11:45:20

BST

412

10.61

GBP

XLON

606210939577400625

 

11:45:20

BST

246

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137190741905561

 

11:47:35

BST

169

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939577445725

 

12:03:43

BST

507

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137190742343889

 

12:03:43

BST

416

10.59

GBP

XLON

606210939577815360

 

12:03:43

BST

384

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190742343892

 

12:29:14

BST

326

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137190742946694

 

12:29:14

BST

514

10.63

GBP

XLON

606210939578381636

 

12:29:14

BST

514

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137190742946697

 

12:29:14

BST

103

10.63

GBP

XLON

606210939578381642

 

12:45:45

BST

120

10.69

GBP

XLON

606210939578770799

 

12:45:45

BST

280

10.69

GBP

XLON

606210939578770800

 

12:45:46

BST

223

10.69

GBP

XLON

606210939578771344

 

12:45:46

BST

345

10.69

GBP

XLON

592137190743360657

 

12:45:46

BST

284

10.69

GBP

XLON

606210939578771351

 

12:54:04

BST

112

10.7

GBP

XLON

592137190743570184

 

12:54:04

BST

326

10.7

GBP

XLON

606210939578969043

 

12:55:36

BST

186

10.7

GBP

XLON

592137190743604302

 

13:05:42

BST

482

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137190743869338

 

13:05:42

BST

274

10.71

GBP

XLON

606210939579251733

 

13:15:04

BST

130

10.67

GBP

XLON

592137190744086779

 

13:15:04

BST

130

10.67

GBP

XLON

592137190744086780

 

13:15:04

BST

461

10.67

GBP

XLON

592137190744086778

 

13:23:07

BST

110

10.65

GBP

XLON

592137190744353029

 

13:23:07

BST

110

10.65

GBP

XLON

606210939579707749

 

13:23:07

BST

460

10.65

GBP

XLON

592137190744353028

 

13:29:03

BST

291

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137190744511892

 

13:29:03

BST

168

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137190744511896

 

13:43:02

BST

122

10.64

GBP

XLON

606210939580190365

 

13:44:00

BST

110

10.64

GBP

XLON

606210939580216505

 

13:45:08

BST

127

10.64

GBP

XLON

592137190744924982

 

13:46:23

BST

126

10.64

GBP

XLON

606210939580278206

 

13:47:22

BST

120

10.64

GBP

XLON

606210939580303204

 

13:48:35

BST

118

10.64

GBP

XLON

606210939580333276

 

13:49:15

BST

122

10.63

GBP

XLON

606210939580353153

 

13:49:15

BST

122

10.63

GBP

XLON

606210939580353154

 

13:49:15

BST

122

10.63

GBP

XLON

606210939580353155

 

13:49:15

BST

482

10.63

GBP

XLON

606210939580353152

 

13:51:48

BST

118

10.63

GBP

XLON

606210939580424270

 

13:51:48

BST

495

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137190745114371

 

13:51:48

BST

86

10.63

GBP

XLON

606210939580424275

 

13:54:19

BST

131

10.62

GBP

XLON

606210939580496763

 

13:58:38

BST

117

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137190745311641

 

14:00:49

BST

200

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190745376140

 

14:01:56

BST

190

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190745408337

 

14:01:56

BST

118

10.62

GBP

XLON

606210939580702007

 

14:01:56

BST

143

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190745408338

 

14:02:45

BST

26

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190745431846

 

14:16:24

BST

29

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939581077048

 

14:16:24

BST

117

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939581077049

 

14:16:24

BST

88

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939581077052

 

14:18:17

BST

124

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939581132349

 

14:19:08

BST

110

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137190745891876

 

14:19:08

BST

36

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190745892079

 

14:19:08

BST

81

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190745892078

 

14:19:08

BST

124

10.59

GBP

XLON

606210939581157772

 

14:19:08

BST

303

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190745892080

 

14:19:12

BST

202

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190745894000

 

14:19:12

BST

300

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190745894001

 

14:19:12

BST

360

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939581159518

 

14:24:04

BST

109

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190746034342

 

14:24:04

BST

462

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190746034343

 

14:33:46

BST

118

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190746412853

 

14:33:46

BST

118

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190746412854

 

14:33:46

BST

118

10.56

GBP

XLON

606210939581650971

 

14:33:46

BST

118

10.56

GBP

XLON

606210939581650972

 

14:33:46

BST

120

10.56

GBP

XLON

606210939581650970

 

14:33:46

BST

308

10.56

GBP

XLON

606210939581650969

 

14:33:46

BST

334

10.56

GBP

XLON

606210939581650977

 

14:40:18

BST

126

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190746676814

 

14:40:18

BST

530

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190746676813

 

14:40:18

BST

180

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190746676819

 

14:51:31

BST

124

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939582296713

 

14:52:19

BST

9

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137190747123800

 

14:52:19

BST

31

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137190747123797

 

14:52:19

BST

74

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137190747123799

 

14:53:16

BST

125

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137190747165353

 

14:54:12

BST

47

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939582396619

 

14:54:12

BST

75

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939582396617

 

14:54:41

BST

46

10.6

GBP

XLON

606210939582414841

 

14:54:41

BST

523

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190747217837

 

14:54:41

BST

45

10.59

GBP

XLON

606210939582414846

 

14:54:41

BST

101

10.59

GBP

XLON

606210939582414847

 

14:54:41

BST

112

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190747217841

 

14:54:41

BST

27

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190747217846

 

14:54:41

BST

78

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190747217847

 

14:54:41

BST

320

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190747217848

 

14:54:41

BST

302

10.59

GBP

XLON

606210939582414852

 

15:00:00

BST

113

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190747439449

 

15:00:00

BST

113

10.57

GBP

XLON

606210939582625027

 

15:00:07

BST

88

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190747465872

 

15:00:07

BST

336

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190747465873

 

15:00:07

BST

37

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190747465900

 

15:05:18

BST

114

10.59

GBP

XLON

606210939582877857

 

15:05:18

BST

393

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190747705917

 

15:05:18

BST

66

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137190747705922

 

15:07:45

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606210939582981655

 

15:17:21

BST

111

10.59

GBP

XLON

606210939583314723

 

15:17:50

BST

387

10.57

GBP

XLON

606210939583330763

 

15:17:50

BST

468

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190748180910

 

15:18:00

BST

120

10.57

GBP

XLON

606210939583335554

 

15:18:00

BST

348

10.57

GBP

XLON

606210939583335558

 

15:18:00

BST

117

10.57

GBP

XLON

606210939583335562

 

15:23:19

BST

131

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939583498903

 

15:23:19

BST

460

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939583498901

 

15:35:03

BST

121

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190748754380

 

15:35:03

BST

152

10.56

GBP

XLON

606210939583876437

 

15:35:49

BST

33

10.56

GBP

XLON

606210939583898071

 

15:35:49

BST

83

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190748777130

 

15:36:39

BST

128

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190748803020

 

15:37:23

BST

116

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190748826679

 

15:38:06

BST

116

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137190748849474

 

15:38:44

BST

149

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939583988843

 

15:38:44

BST

370

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190748871923

 

15:38:44

BST

427

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137190748871926

 

15:38:44

BST

427

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939583988907

 

15:38:44

BST

138

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939583988911

 

15:38:47

BST

2

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939583990309

 

15:38:47

BST

113

10.55

GBP

XLON

606210939583990308

 

15:45:30

BST

130

10.59

GBP

XLON

606210939584188367

 

15:45:48

BST

130

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584197245

 

15:45:48

BST

394

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749090871

 

15:45:48

BST

267

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584197249

 

15:51:41

BST

126

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749303166

 

15:51:41

BST

126

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749303167

 

15:51:41

BST

126

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584397497

 

15:51:41

BST

299

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584397498

 

15:51:41

BST

76

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749303172

 

15:51:41

BST

122

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749303171

 

16:04:03

BST

12

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749705092

 

16:04:03

BST

106

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749705091

 

16:04:03

BST

118

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584780844

 

16:04:03

BST

120

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584780843

 

16:04:03

BST

143

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584780845

 

16:04:03

BST

292

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749705093

 

16:04:03

BST

41

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584780852

 

16:04:03

BST

200

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584780851

 

16:04:03

BST

210

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939584780849

 

16:04:03

BST

151

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749705264

 

16:04:10

BST

110

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749709714

 

16:04:13

BST

190

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749710914

 

16:04:18

BST

326

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749713746

 

16:10:52

BST

40

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190749951182

 

16:10:52

BST

40

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939585015834

 

16:10:52

BST

47

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939585015835

 

16:11:45

BST

120

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137190749987493

 

16:11:45

BST

380

10.57

GBP

XLON

606210939585050121

 

16:14:05

BST

311

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190750082945

 

16:14:05

BST

117

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190750083239

 

16:14:05

BST

174

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190750083241

 

16:18:01

BST

131

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190750258877

 

16:18:01

BST

131

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190750258878

 

16:18:01

BST

131

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190750258880

 

16:18:01

BST

131

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939585311038

 

16:18:01

BST

131

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939585311039

 

16:18:01

BST

141

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190750258879

 

16:18:01

BST

470

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137190750258876

 

16:18:01

BST

203

10.58

GBP

XLON

606210939585311044

 

16:23:48

BST

126

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190750540300

 

16:24:25

BST

123

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190750572173

 

16:24:52

BST

117

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190750598850

 

16:25:13

BST

207

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190750619875

 

16:28:40

BST

137

10.62

GBP

XLON

606210939585816655

 

16:28:40

BST

263

10.62

GBP

XLON

606210939585816654

 

16:28:40

BST

149

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190750783294

 

16:28:40

BST

99

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137190750783308

 

16:29:32

BST

490

10.61

GBP

XLON

606210939585853257

 

16:29:32

BST

118

10.61

GBP

XLON

606210939585853269

 

16:29:32

BST

220

10.61

GBP

XLON

606210939585853270

 

16:29:32

BST

51

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137190750821525

 

16:29:32

BST

324

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137190750821524

 




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