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WH Smith Plc
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
5th June 2025, 16:57
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WH Smith PLC
05 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

05 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 45,888 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 05 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 3,694,270 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,222,664 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:

05 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

45,888

10.7286

10.6200

10.7800






















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

 

08:07:30

BST

110

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293466469309

 

08:07:30

BST

358

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293466469308

 

08:07:43

BST

358

10.69

GBP

XLON

592137544630874350

 

08:11:50

BST

55

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544630944238

 

08:11:50

BST

154

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544630944239

 

08:11:51

BST

119

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293466539000

 

08:11:51

BST

267

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544630944599

 

08:11:51

BST

412

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544630944605

 

08:11:51

BST

101

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293466539004

 

08:24:50

BST

88

10.67

GBP

XLON

606211293466722387

 

08:33:07

BST

117

10.78

GBP

XLON

592137544631259643

 

08:33:07

BST

120

10.78

GBP

XLON

606211293466839400

 

08:33:07

BST

156

10.78

GBP

XLON

606211293466839401

 

08:33:07

BST

448

10.78

GBP

XLON

606211293466839402

 

08:33:07

BST

423

10.78

GBP

XLON

606211293466839409

 

08:33:07

BST

423

10.78

GBP

XLON

592137544631259646

 

08:33:07

BST

336

10.78

GBP

XLON

606211293466839426

 

08:49:29

BST

115

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293467106693

 

08:50:07

BST

410

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293467115334

 

08:50:07

BST

47

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544631552663

 

08:50:07

BST

100

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544631552662

 

08:50:07

BST

350

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544631552661

 

08:50:08

BST

143

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544631553123

 

08:50:08

BST

354

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544631553124

 

08:50:09

BST

27

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544631553156

 

09:01:50

BST

12

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293467283410

 

09:01:50

BST

114

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293467283411

 

09:01:50

BST

126

10.7

GBP

XLON

592137544631730347

 

09:01:50

BST

126

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293467283412

 

09:01:50

BST

369

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293467283409

 

09:01:50

BST

259

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293467283416

 

09:14:00

BST

305

10.69

GBP

XLON

592137544631917323

 

09:14:00

BST

100

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293467460158

 

09:20:32

BST

61

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293467555644

 

09:20:32

BST

77

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293467555643

 

09:32:08

BST

5

10.72

GBP

XLON

592137544632221880

 

09:35:32

BST

118

10.72

GBP

XLON

592137544632280886

 

09:35:32

BST

411

10.72

GBP

XLON

606211293467803584

 

09:35:42

BST

131

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293467806317

 

09:35:42

BST

261

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293467806318

 

09:35:45

BST

399

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293467807137

 

09:35:45

BST

267

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544632284544

 

09:49:17

BST

112

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293468006057

 

09:54:40

BST

134

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293468088120

 

09:55:50

BST

355

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293468108928

 

09:59:00

BST

39

10.69

GBP

XLON

592137544632654199

 

10:00:03

BST

51

10.69

GBP

XLON

592137544632674346

 

10:00:03

BST

327

10.69

GBP

XLON

592137544632674435

 

10:00:03

BST

418

10.69

GBP

XLON

592137544632674438

 

10:00:03

BST

153

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293468175450

 

10:01:00

BST

125

10.68

GBP

XLON

592137544632690299

 

10:22:07

BST

112

10.7

GBP

XLON

592137544633057789

 

10:23:49

BST

113

10.68

GBP

XLON

592137544633085491

 

10:23:49

BST

414

10.68

GBP

XLON

592137544633085490

 

10:23:49

BST

505

10.68

GBP

XLON

592137544633085742

 

10:42:04

BST

156

10.72

GBP

XLON

592137544633377687

 

10:42:04

BST

279

10.72

GBP

XLON

592137544633377688

 

10:50:26

BST

121

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293468963873

 

10:50:26

BST

337

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293468963875

 

10:50:26

BST

357

10.73

GBP

XLON

592137544633502726

 

10:50:26

BST

86

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544633502731

 

10:50:26

BST

100

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544633502732

 

10:50:26

BST

328

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544633502733

 

10:50:26

BST

97

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544633502741

 

11:03:07

BST

120

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469170919

 

11:03:07

BST

123

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544633718967

 

11:09:45

BST

118

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544633815238

 

11:20:45

BST

186

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469414595

 

11:20:45

BST

215

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469414596

 

11:20:45

BST

303

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469414601

 

11:20:45

BST

303

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544633973035

 

11:20:45

BST

242

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469414606

 

11:41:56

BST

113

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544634294719

 

11:43:31

BST

111

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544634323535

 

11:45:09

BST

18

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544634346679

 

11:45:09

BST

29

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544634346680

 

11:45:09

BST

1

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469771566

 

11:45:09

BST

3

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469771568

 

11:45:09

BST

60

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469771569

 

11:49:54

BST

112

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469839297

 

11:49:54

BST

362

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469839296

 

11:58:18

BST

129

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544634547709

 

11:58:18

BST

129

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544634547710

 

11:58:18

BST

129

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469961983

 

11:58:18

BST

185

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469961982

 

11:58:18

BST

214

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544634547711

 

11:58:18

BST

360

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469961981

 

11:58:57

BST

14

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469970944

 

11:58:57

BST

491

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293469970943

 

11:58:57

BST

198

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544634557329

 

12:12:01

BST

122

10.73

GBP

XLON

592137544634799496

 

12:12:01

BST

122

10.73

GBP

XLON

592137544634799497

 

12:12:01

BST

122

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293470200763

 

12:12:01

BST

122

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293470200765

 

12:12:01

BST

156

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293470200762

 

12:12:01

BST

295

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293470200764

 

13:15:48

BST

4

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635875869

 

13:15:48

BST

5

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471226973

 

13:16:12

BST

110

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471234875

 

13:16:12

BST

262

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471234874

 

13:16:12

BST

343

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635884124

 

13:16:12

BST

389

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471234872

 

13:16:12

BST

461

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471234873

 

13:16:12

BST

463

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635884125

 

13:16:12

BST

117

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635884138

 

13:16:12

BST

175

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635884137

 

13:16:12

BST

268

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471234884

 

13:16:13

BST

163

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635884292

 

13:16:13

BST

284

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635884293

 

13:16:13

BST

327

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471235003

 

13:16:13

BST

113

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635884294

 

13:16:13

BST

296

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471235008

 

13:16:13

BST

245

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635884299

 

13:16:13

BST

296

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471235183

 

13:16:20

BST

474

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635886619

 

13:16:20

BST

424

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293471237262

 

13:16:34

BST

74

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635891194

 

13:16:34

BST

190

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544635891193

 

13:36:16

BST

116

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293471587999

 

13:36:16

BST

116

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293471588001

 

13:36:16

BST

416

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293471588000

 

13:36:16

BST

32

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293471588005

 

13:49:57

BST

118

10.76

GBP

XLON

606211293471895443

 

13:52:16

BST

122

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544636641290

 

13:53:33

BST

19

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544636669991

 

13:53:33

BST

100

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544636669990

 

13:55:03

BST

124

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544636697595

 

13:56:11

BST

92

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293472029971

 

13:56:11

BST

19

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544636715228

 

13:57:50

BST

129

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544636744693

 

13:59:16

BST

122

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544636770764

 

14:00:46

BST

196

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293472127978

 

14:05:58

BST

126

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544636925817

 

14:05:58

BST

126

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293472231591

 

14:05:58

BST

126

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293472231592

 

14:05:58

BST

131

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544636925816

 

14:05:58

BST

196

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293472231590

 

14:05:58

BST

436

10.74

GBP

XLON

592137544636925825

 

14:05:58

BST

423

10.74

GBP

XLON

606211293472231596

 

14:12:41

BST

27

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544637061775

 

14:12:41

BST

119

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544637061777

 

14:12:41

BST

119

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293472361537

 

14:12:41

BST

119

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293472361538

 

14:12:41

BST

307

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544637061776

 

14:12:41

BST

117

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544637061781

 

14:27:05

BST

121

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293472729501

 

14:27:36

BST

140

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293472739592

 

14:28:36

BST

126

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293472762955

 

14:29:46

BST

129

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293472786626

 

14:30:45

BST

124

10.69

GBP

XLON

592137544637543620

 

14:31:26

BST

115

10.69

GBP

XLON

606211293472844326

 

14:31:32

BST

24

10.67

GBP

XLON

606211293472848611

 

14:31:32

BST

371

10.67

GBP

XLON

606211293472848609

 

14:31:32

BST

376

10.67

GBP

XLON

606211293472848618

 

14:31:32

BST

376

10.67

GBP

XLON

592137544637570320

 

14:31:32

BST

203

10.67

GBP

XLON

606211293472848625

 

14:35:24

BST

33

10.62

GBP

XLON

606211293472955124

 

14:38:14

BST

346

10.65

GBP

XLON

606211293473040298

 

14:38:14

BST

366

10.65

GBP

XLON

606211293473040302

 

14:42:21

BST

451

10.65

GBP

XLON

592137544637905736

 

14:42:21

BST

90

10.65

GBP

XLON

592137544637905739

 

14:52:12

BST

121

10.65

GBP

XLON

592137544638198532

 

14:52:12

BST

121

10.65

GBP

XLON

606211293473451276

 

14:52:12

BST

121

10.65

GBP

XLON

606211293473451277

 

14:52:12

BST

428

10.65

GBP

XLON

592137544638198531

 

14:52:12

BST

354

10.65

GBP

XLON

592137544638198538

 

14:52:12

BST

180

10.65

GBP

XLON

606211293473451283

 

14:59:07

BST

50

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211293473664671

 

14:59:07

BST

122

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137544638421922

 

14:59:07

BST

122

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211293473664670

 

14:59:07

BST

324

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137544638421921

 

14:59:53

BST

29

10.63

GBP

XLON

592137544638454883

 

14:59:53

BST

72

10.63

GBP

XLON

606211293473696340

 

15:10:36

BST

131

10.67

GBP

XLON

592137544638780980

 

15:16:46

BST

113

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544638973940

 

15:16:46

BST

113

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293474193648

 

15:16:46

BST

143

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544638973944

 

15:17:16

BST

1

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293474206498

 

15:17:16

BST

62

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293474206496

 

15:17:16

BST

116

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293474206497

 

15:17:16

BST

18

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544638987640

 

15:17:16

BST

96

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544638987641

 

15:17:33

BST

118

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544638994475

 

15:18:22

BST

2

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544639015839

 

15:18:22

BST

111

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544639015840

 

15:19:34

BST

50

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293474261256

 

15:19:34

BST

79

10.71

GBP

XLON

606211293474261255

 

15:20:43

BST

123

10.71

GBP

XLON

592137544639079112

 

15:20:43

BST

2

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293474294900

 

15:21:32

BST

123

10.7

GBP

XLON

606211293474316863

 

15:22:33

BST

111

10.7

GBP

XLON

592137544639126882

 

15:23:45

BST

132

10.7

GBP

XLON

592137544639168695

 

15:24:44

BST

123

10.7

GBP

XLON

592137544639192415

 

15:25:47

BST

132

10.7

GBP

XLON

592137544639224507

 

15:33:24

BST

311

10.72

GBP

XLON

606211293474641156

 

15:33:24

BST

111

10.72

GBP

XLON

606211293474641162

 

15:33:24

BST

230

10.72

GBP

XLON

592137544639440318

 

15:34:09

BST

126

10.73

GBP

XLON

592137544639459920

 

15:34:09

BST

261

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293474659983

 

15:34:13

BST

110

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293474661739

 

15:34:20

BST

23

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293474665117

 

15:35:41

BST

125

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293474703990

 

15:35:41

BST

520

10.73

GBP

XLON

592137544639505635

 

15:35:41

BST

330

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293474704017

 

15:35:41

BST

117

10.73

GBP

XLON

592137544639505673

 

15:35:41

BST

213

10.73

GBP

XLON

592137544639505671

 

15:35:41

BST

217

10.73

GBP

XLON

606211293474704094

 

15:45:03

BST

131

10.76

GBP

XLON

606211293475039738

 

15:45:03

BST

144

10.76

GBP

XLON

606211293475039736

 

15:45:03

BST

200

10.76

GBP

XLON

606211293475039737

 

15:45:03

BST

363

10.76

GBP

XLON

592137544639854276

 

15:45:03

BST

449

10.76

GBP

XLON

606211293475039743

 

15:45:03

BST

50

10.76

GBP

XLON

592137544639854281

 

15:55:57

BST

87

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544640210546

 

15:55:57

BST

32

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544640210547

 

15:56:20

BST

128

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293475393744

 

15:58:14

BST

122

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544640282977

 

15:58:14

BST

431

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293475450987

 

15:58:14

BST

157

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544640282982

 

15:58:14

BST

350

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544640282981

 

15:58:14

BST

466

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293475450991

 

16:06:42

BST

31

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293475742106

 

16:06:42

BST

92

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293475742107

 

16:07:21

BST

51

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293475762897

 

16:07:21

BST

72

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293475762896

 

16:08:14

BST

12

10.76

GBP

XLON

592137544640636073

 

16:08:14

BST

112

10.76

GBP

XLON

592137544640636072

 

16:08:47

BST

110

10.76

GBP

XLON

606211293475809782

 

16:09:01

BST

123

10.75

GBP

XLON

592137544640662409

 

16:09:01

BST

123

10.75

GBP

XLON

592137544640662410

 

16:09:01

BST

123

10.75

GBP

XLON

592137544640662411

 

16:09:01

BST

123

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293475817297

 

16:09:01

BST

123

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293475817298

 

16:09:01

BST

123

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293475817299

 

16:09:01

BST

123

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293475817300

 

16:09:01

BST

123

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293475817301

 

16:09:01

BST

404

10.75

GBP

XLON

606211293475817296

 

16:09:07

BST

46

10.75

GBP

XLON

592137544640666018

 

16:12:36

BST

119

10.76

GBP

XLON

592137544640796353

 

16:12:36

BST

380

10.76

GBP

XLON

606211293475945891

 

16:12:36

BST

167

10.76

GBP

XLON

606211293475945898

 

16:20:09

BST

120

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544641108999

 

16:20:31

BST

156

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476265143

 

16:21:03

BST

114

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544641147274

 

16:21:29

BST

130

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544641164234

 

16:22:03

BST

115

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476319906

 

16:22:29

BST

117

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544641203595

 

16:23:05

BST

31

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476362216

 

16:23:05

BST

100

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476362215

 

16:23:37

BST

124

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544641254438

 

16:24:14

BST

113

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544641280958

 

16:24:35

BST

116

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544641296168

 

16:25:04

BST

36

10.77

GBP

XLON

592137544641333402

 

16:25:11

BST

79

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476469265

 

16:25:11

BST

113

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476469266

 

16:28:50

BST

5

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476630186

 

16:29:19

BST

55

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476653366

 

16:29:33

BST

46

10.77

GBP

XLON

606211293476663942

 

16:29:41

BST

16

10.78

GBP

XLON

592137544641549735

 

16:29:41

BST

44

10.78

GBP

XLON

592137544641549737

 

16:29:41

BST

58

10.78

GBP

XLON

606211293476670330

 

16:29:41

BST

172

10.78

GBP

XLON

606211293476670329

 

16:29:58

BST

19

10.78

GBP

XLON

592137544641591206

 

16:29:58

BST

57

10.78

GBP

XLON

592137544641591207

 




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