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WH Smith Plc
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
6th June 2025, 16:01
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WH Smith PLC
06 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

06 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 46,511 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 06 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 3,740,781 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,176,153 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:

06 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

46,511

10.6132

10.5500

10.7400






















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

 

08:29:51

BST

422

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137898526890826

 

08:29:51

BST

110

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137898526890829

 

08:29:51

BST

363

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211647362506420

 

08:29:51

BST

379

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211647362506423

 

08:29:51

BST

184

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137898526890836

 

08:29:52

BST

198

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211647362506657

 

08:29:52

BST

280

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137898526891040

 

08:29:52

BST

299

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211647362506656

 

08:29:52

BST

457

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137898526891041

 

08:29:52

BST

274

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211647362506662

 

08:29:52

BST

454

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137898526891046

 

08:29:57

BST

454

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211647362507573

 

08:29:57

BST

124

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211647362507577

 

08:50:22

BST

128

10.66

GBP

XLON

592137898527213856

 

08:50:22

BST

128

10.66

GBP

XLON

592137898527213857

 

08:50:22

BST

128

10.66

GBP

XLON

592137898527213858

 

08:50:22

BST

128

10.66

GBP

XLON

606211647362812743

 

08:50:22

BST

128

10.66

GBP

XLON

606211647362812744

 

08:50:22

BST

128

10.66

GBP

XLON

606211647362812745

 

08:50:22

BST

401

10.66

GBP

XLON

592137898527213855

 

08:50:29

BST

298

10.66

GBP

XLON

592137898527215125

 

08:56:00

BST

35

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898527295659

 

09:20:27

BST

21

10.64

GBP

XLON

606211647363265922

 

09:20:27

BST

121

10.64

GBP

XLON

592137898527689798

 

09:20:27

BST

146

10.64

GBP

XLON

606211647363265923

 

09:20:27

BST

208

10.64

GBP

XLON

606211647363265921

 

09:20:27

BST

416

10.64

GBP

XLON

592137898527689799

 

09:20:27

BST

478

10.64

GBP

XLON

606211647363265930

 

09:20:27

BST

478

10.64

GBP

XLON

592137898527689803

 

09:20:27

BST

58

10.64

GBP

XLON

606211647363265936

 

09:20:27

BST

360

10.64

GBP

XLON

606211647363265935

 

09:30:46

BST

413

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647363410279

 

09:30:46

BST

242

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647363410282

 

09:50:19

BST

113

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647363701296

 

09:52:06

BST

145

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898528172022

 

09:53:42

BST

187

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898528195583

 

09:53:42

BST

296

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898528195584

 

09:53:42

BST

500

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647363748500

 

09:53:42

BST

225

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898528195587

 

10:09:37

BST

55

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898528430650

 

10:09:37

BST

68

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898528430649

 

10:09:37

BST

123

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647363975033

 

10:09:37

BST

123

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647363975034

 

10:09:37

BST

404

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647363975032

 

10:09:37

BST

312

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898528430653

 

10:09:37

BST

15

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647363975043

 

10:33:45

BST

175

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364281470

 

10:40:41

BST

162

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364417652

 

10:41:59

BST

26

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439360

 

10:41:59

BST

53

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898528917600

 

10:41:59

BST

85

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439359

 

10:41:59

BST

99

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439356

 

10:41:59

BST

100

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439357

 

10:41:59

BST

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898528917598

 

10:41:59

BST

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898528917599

 

10:41:59

BST

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439358

 

10:41:59

BST

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439361

 

10:41:59

BST

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439362

 

10:41:59

BST

111

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439365

 

10:41:59

BST

121

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439363

 

10:41:59

BST

116

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898528917878

 

10:41:59

BST

192

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364439584

 

10:44:39

BST

7

10.56

GBP

XLON

606211647364474973

 

10:44:57

BST

236

10.56

GBP

XLON

606211647364479533

 

10:58:56

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364682121

 

10:58:56

BST

188

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898529172827

 

10:58:56

BST

341

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647364682122

 

10:58:56

BST

153

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898529172830

 

11:23:43

BST

8

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137898529536385

 

11:27:18

BST

60

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137898529580159

 

11:27:18

BST

63

10.56

GBP

XLON

592137898529580158

 

11:28:35

BST

223

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647365084168

 

11:31:54

BST

124

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647365130112

 

11:34:22

BST

131

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898529681229

 

11:36:22

BST

69

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898529709639

 

11:36:22

BST

42

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898529709641

 

11:39:07

BST

117

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647365225604

 

11:39:12

BST

58

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898529746894

 

11:44:15

BST

113

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647365288626

 

11:44:15

BST

177

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647365288627

 

11:44:15

BST

503

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898529812465

 

11:44:15

BST

350

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898529812470

 

11:44:15

BST

128

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898529812471

 

11:44:15

BST

7

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647365288633

 

11:44:15

BST

218

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647365288634

 

11:44:16

BST

213

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647365288638

 

12:46:53

BST

50

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898530656910

 

12:46:53

BST

57

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092583

 

12:46:53

BST

73

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092581

 

12:46:53

BST

77

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898530656912

 

12:46:53

BST

127

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898530656913

 

12:46:53

BST

127

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092580

 

12:46:53

BST

127

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092582

 

12:46:53

BST

132

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092589

 

12:46:53

BST

195

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092590

 

12:46:53

BST

258

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092585

 

12:46:53

BST

301

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898530656916

 

12:46:53

BST

335

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898530656914

 

12:46:53

BST

346

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092588

 

12:46:53

BST

390

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092587

 

12:46:53

BST

413

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092578

 

12:46:53

BST

498

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092586

 

12:46:53

BST

528

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092596

 

12:46:53

BST

169

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898530656939

 

12:46:53

BST

147

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092601

 

12:46:53

BST

219

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898530656942

 

12:46:53

BST

498

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647366092604

 

13:18:02

BST

48

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647366571879

 

13:18:02

BST

78

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898531156290

 

13:19:31

BST

132

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647366595502

 

13:21:03

BST

125

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647366619301

 

13:22:37

BST

126

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647366645623

 

13:25:50

BST

87

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647366697789

 

13:25:50

BST

43

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647366697892

 

13:26:59

BST

169

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647366717383

 

13:26:59

BST

511

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898531308705

 

13:27:00

BST

324

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898531309031

 

13:27:00

BST

523

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647366717820

 

13:27:39

BST

41

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898531320161

 

13:43:56

BST

42

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898531642646

 

13:43:56

BST

82

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898531642647

 

13:48:23

BST

123

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898531716040

 

13:48:23

BST

164

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211647367105794

 

13:48:23

BST

190

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898531716039

 

13:48:23

BST

384

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211647367105793

 

13:48:23

BST

424

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898531716046

 

13:48:23

BST

170

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211647367105800

 

13:48:23

BST

254

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211647367105799

 

13:48:23

BST

124

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898531716049

 

13:58:46

BST

100

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647367277549

 

13:58:46

BST

350

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647367277548

 

13:58:46

BST

102

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647367277556

 

13:58:46

BST

125

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137898531896876

 

13:58:46

BST

260

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647367277555

 

14:14:10

BST

469

10.64

GBP

XLON

606211647367595502

 

14:14:10

BST

358

10.64

GBP

XLON

592137898532230429

 

14:14:10

BST

358

10.64

GBP

XLON

606211647367595514

 

14:14:16

BST

181

10.64

GBP

XLON

592137898532232864

 

14:25:03

BST

9

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137898532423847

 

14:25:03

BST

121

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137898532423848

 

14:25:03

BST

179

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647367781033

 

14:25:03

BST

454

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137898532423846

 

14:25:03

BST

317

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647367781039

 

14:28:51

BST

129

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898532505517

 

14:28:51

BST

439

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898532505518

 

14:32:32

BST

3

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898532615669

 

14:34:15

BST

120

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137898532657777

 

14:34:15

BST

482

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137898532657778

 

14:38:56

BST

123

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898532776058

 

14:38:56

BST

437

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898532776057

 

14:38:58

BST

7

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647368119534

 

14:38:58

BST

125

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647368119533

 

14:49:28

BST

126

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137898533069949

 

14:50:09

BST

52

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647368419719

 

14:50:09

BST

74

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647368419718

 

14:50:09

BST

126

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898533087493

 

14:50:09

BST

126

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898533087496

 

14:50:09

BST

126

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898533087498

 

14:50:09

BST

126

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898533087499

 

14:50:09

BST

127

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898533087497

 

14:50:09

BST

368

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647368419717

 

14:50:09

BST

78

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898533087508

 

15:01:33

BST

113

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647368765166

 

15:02:35

BST

130

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898533480218

 

15:03:12

BST

113

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898533501353

 

15:03:12

BST

526

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898533501352

 

15:03:12

BST

398

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898533501357

 

15:03:12

BST

330

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647368819428

 

15:13:57

BST

66

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898533790511

 

15:13:58

BST

190

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898533790927

 

15:13:59

BST

34

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898533791102

 

15:13:59

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647369100516

 

15:13:59

BST

193

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898533791101

 

15:16:23

BST

76

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898533856746

 

15:16:23

BST

80

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898533856742

 

15:16:23

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898533856743

 

15:16:23

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

592137898533856745

 

15:16:23

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647369164075

 

15:16:23

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647369164076

 

15:16:23

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647369164078

 

15:16:23

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647369164079

 

15:16:23

BST

114

10.57

GBP

XLON

606211647369164080

 

15:27:51

BST

112

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647369456428

 

15:29:53

BST

129

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898534215069

 

15:34:43

BST

18

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898534338978

 

15:40:05

BST

308

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211647369759495

 

15:40:05

BST

326

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211647369759499

 

15:40:05

BST

205

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898534476917

 

15:41:07

BST

313

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211647369788982

 

15:41:07

BST

192

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898534507273

 

15:41:12

BST

47

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898534509654

 

15:41:12

BST

84

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898534509655

 

15:41:30

BST

119

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647369798327

 

15:43:56

BST

132

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137898534583868

 

15:43:56

BST

483

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137898534583869

 

15:43:56

BST

209

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647369862647

 

15:43:57

BST

108

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647369863376

 

15:43:57

BST

179

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647369863377

 

15:43:57

BST

233

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137898534584769

 

15:43:57

BST

392

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211647369863383

 

15:43:59

BST

25

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137898534585439

 

15:48:46

BST

392

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211647370004999

 

15:48:47

BST

53

10.62

GBP

XLON

592137898534732917

 

15:53:43

BST

119

10.61

GBP

XLON

606211647370163591

 

15:53:43

BST

119

10.61

GBP

XLON

606211647370163592

 

15:53:43

BST

323

10.61

GBP

XLON

606211647370163590

 

15:53:43

BST

123

10.61

GBP

XLON

592137898534898542

 

16:00:07

BST

119

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370324814

 

16:00:07

BST

194

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370324815

 

16:00:14

BST

93

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370332872

 

16:00:53

BST

1

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370354071

 

16:00:53

BST

37

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370354069

 

16:00:53

BST

119

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898535097057

 

16:00:53

BST

119

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370354070

 

16:01:47

BST

42

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898535119371

 

16:01:47

BST

118

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370375633

 

16:01:47

BST

119

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898535119370

 

16:08:31

BST

124

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898535312334

 

16:08:31

BST

530

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647370560984

 

16:08:31

BST

423

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647370561053

 

16:09:36

BST

117

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898535341287

 

16:09:36

BST

143

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647370588980

 

16:09:36

BST

325

10.6

GBP

XLON

606211647370588979

 

16:10:22

BST

14

10.6

GBP

XLON

592137898535363591

 

16:13:54

BST

126

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370712020

 

16:13:54

BST

126

10.59

GBP

XLON

606211647370712022

 

16:13:54

BST

446

10.59

GBP

XLON

592137898535469983

 

16:18:56

BST

112

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898535644864

 

16:18:56

BST

112

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898535644865

 

16:18:56

BST

112

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647370879732

 

16:18:56

BST

112

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647370879733

 

16:18:56

BST

112

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647370879734

 

16:18:56

BST

118

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898535644863

 

16:18:56

BST

126

10.58

GBP

XLON

592137898535644862

 

16:18:56

BST

313

10.58

GBP

XLON

606211647370879731

 

16:21:05

BST

143

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137898535739680

 

16:21:05

BST

145

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137898535739681

 

16:26:55

BST

154

10.55

GBP

XLON

606211647371159816

 

16:26:55

BST

212

10.55

GBP

XLON

606211647371159818

 

16:26:55

BST

85

10.55

GBP

XLON

606211647371159819

 

16:26:55

BST

128

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137898535936248

 

16:26:55

BST

128

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137898535936249

 

16:26:55

BST

128

10.55

GBP

XLON

606211647371159820

 

16:26:55

BST

128

10.55

GBP

XLON

606211647371159821

 

16:26:55

BST

130

10.55

GBP

XLON

592137898535936247

 

16:26:55

BST

241

10.55

GBP

XLON

606211647371159824

 

16:26:55

BST

280

10.55

GBP

XLON

606211647371159823

 




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