Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7849H

WH Smith PLC

10 October 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
10 October 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 10,737 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 10 October 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 153,514 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,762,778 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:			10 October 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		10,737			13.9527		13.9100	14.0600


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
08:02:54	BST	381	14.06	GBP		XLON	606256589796438329
08:30:00	BST	363	13.97	GBP		XLON	592182839364476647
08:33:13	BST	239	13.92	GBP		XLON	592182839364567238
09:00:22	BST	100	13.92	GBP		XLON	606256589797884572
09:00:22	BST	118	13.92	GBP		XLON	606256589797884573
09:16:10	BST	189	13.91	GBP		XLON	606256589798285274
09:16:10	BST	200	13.91	GBP		XLON	592182839365707666
09:46:26	BST	304	13.94	GBP		XLON	592182839366474868
10:08:28	BST	303	13.93	GBP		XLON	606256589799507475
10:43:54	BST	46	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589800355150
10:43:54	BST	149	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589800355152
10:43:54	BST	300	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589800355151
12:06:37	BST	215	13.97	GBP		XLON	592182839369897026
12:06:37	BST	215	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589802196788
12:06:37	BST	215	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589802196789
12:06:37	BST	245	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589802196786
12:07:24	BST	1	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589802216605
12:07:24	BST	58	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589802216606
12:07:24	BST	218	13.97	GBP		XLON	606256589802216604
12:18:42	BST	121	13.95	GBP		XLON	592182839370175646
12:20:18	BST	73	13.95	GBP		XLON	592182839370212342
12:20:18	BST	88	13.95	GBP		XLON	592182839370212343
12:53:49	BST	323	13.93	GBP		XLON	592182839370955014
13:30:01	BST	93	13.93	GBP		XLON	606256589804020730
13:30:01	BST	107	13.93	GBP		XLON	606256589804020735
13:30:02	BST	369	13.92	GBP		XLON	606256589804025640
13:40:12	BST	293	13.92	GBP		XLON	592182839372275946
14:28:25	BST	22	13.99	GBP		XLON	592182839373883434
14:28:25	BST	34	13.99	GBP		XLON	592182839373883432
14:28:25	BST	79	13.99	GBP		XLON	592182839373883433
14:28:25	BST	55	13.99	GBP		XLON	606256589805906139
14:29:10	BST	13	13.99	GBP		XLON	606256589805928291
14:29:10	BST	21	13.99	GBP		XLON	606256589805928292
14:29:10	BST	83	13.99	GBP		XLON	606256589805928293
14:29:10	BST	76	13.99	GBP		XLON	592182839373907441
14:34:01	BST	37	13.98	GBP		XLON	592182839374131894
14:34:01	BST	73	13.98	GBP		XLON	592182839374131891
14:34:01	BST	100	13.98	GBP		XLON	592182839374131892
14:34:01	BST	200	13.98	GBP		XLON	592182839374131893
14:34:01	BST	411	13.98	GBP		XLON	592182839374131896
14:34:01	BST	53	13.98	GBP		XLON	592182839374131909
14:40:33	BST	2	13.96	GBP		XLON	606256589806418320
14:40:33	BST	428	13.96	GBP		XLON	606256589806418339
15:02:36	BST	211	13.93	GBP		XLON	592182839375364807
15:02:36	BST	211	13.93	GBP		XLON	606256589807290052
15:02:36	BST	423	13.93	GBP		XLON	606256589807290053
15:14:23	BST	412	13.97	GBP		XLON	592182839375836842
15:31:30	BST	8	13.95	GBP		XLON	592182839376471559
15:31:30	BST	66	13.95	GBP		XLON	606256589808324651
15:31:30	BST	100	13.95	GBP		XLON	606256589808324650
15:31:30	BST	204	13.95	GBP		XLON	592182839376471558
15:31:30	BST	218	13.95	GBP		XLON	606256589808324649
15:48:19	BST	117	13.93	GBP		XLON	592182839377058569
15:48:19	BST	187	13.93	GBP		XLON	606256589808873170
15:48:19	BST	250	13.93	GBP		XLON	592182839377058568
15:54:23	BST	459	13.94	GBP		XLON	606256589809081318
16:16:19	BST	217	13.95	GBP		XLON	606256589809963459
16:18:29	BST	80	13.94	GBP		XLON	606256589810054985
16:19:09	BST	95	13.94	GBP		XLON	606256589810082053
16:19:09	BST	218	13.94	GBP		XLON	606256589810082054
16:19:09	BST	248	13.94	GBP		XLON	606256589810082056


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TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	416.00p0.39%
Market Cap	£633.39m

Date	11 Oct 2024
Time	08:13:18
Category	Capital structure
ID	7849H

TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	416.00p0.39%
Market Cap	£633.39m

Date	11 Oct 2024
Time	08:13:18
Category	Capital structure
ID	7849H

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