Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8703O

WH Smith PLC

04 December 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
04 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 23,885 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 04 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 608,804 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,308,130 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 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		23,885			12.6040		12.5500	12.6900


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
08:08:47	GMT	640	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068757151506
08:08:47	GMT	259	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068757151510
08:31:18	GMT	166	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068757564800
08:31:18	GMT	177	12.62	GBP		XLON	592202318311541600
08:31:18	GMT	524	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068757564801
08:31:18	GMT	131	12.62	GBP		XLON	592202318311541606
08:57:00	GMT	189	12.62	GBP		XLON	592202318311971423
08:57:00	GMT	189	12.62	GBP		XLON	592202318311971424
08:57:00	GMT	189	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068757968743
08:57:00	GMT	396	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068757968742
09:09:40	GMT	351	12.69	GBP		XLON	592202318312255216
09:09:40	GMT	363	12.69	GBP		XLON	592202318312255215
09:18:57	GMT	313	12.65	GBP		XLON	606276068758430919
09:33:06	GMT	176	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318312775717
09:33:06	GMT	313	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318312775716
10:00:22	GMT	6	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318313399079
10:00:22	GMT	117	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318313399077
10:00:22	GMT	190	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318313399080
10:00:22	GMT	196	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318313399078
10:00:22	GMT	269	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318313399076
10:09:29	GMT	93	12.59	GBP		XLON	592202318313635473
10:09:29	GMT	103	12.59	GBP		XLON	592202318313635474
10:09:29	GMT	169	12.59	GBP		XLON	592202318313635475
10:09:29	GMT	169	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068759508487
10:37:11	GMT	168	12.58	GBP		XLON	606276068760134390
10:37:11	GMT	256	12.58	GBP		XLON	592202318314312203
10:37:11	GMT	397	12.58	GBP		XLON	592202318314312202
11:03:29	GMT	177	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068760669954
11:28:42	GMT	626	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318315447448
11:31:59	GMT	173	12.61	GBP		XLON	592202318315512675
11:45:13	GMT	111	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318315803587
11:45:13	GMT	183	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068761515674
11:45:13	GMT	183	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068761515675
11:45:13	GMT	406	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318315803586
12:04:14	GMT	62	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318316264406
12:04:14	GMT	128	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318316264407
12:04:14	GMT	326	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318316264405
12:25:29	GMT	178	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068762402138
12:52:30	GMT	43	12.58	GBP		XLON	592202318317353185
12:52:30	GMT	142	12.58	GBP		XLON	592202318317353186
12:52:30	GMT	185	12.58	GBP		XLON	606276068762947118
12:52:30	GMT	185	12.58	GBP		XLON	606276068762947119
12:52:30	GMT	185	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068762947116
12:52:30	GMT	586	12.58	GBP		XLON	606276068762947117
13:26:18	GMT	200	12.59	GBP		XLON	592202318318092465
13:26:18	GMT	928	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068763634399
13:26:37	GMT	12	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318318098124
13:26:37	GMT	188	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318318098122
13:47:07	GMT	822	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068764100770
13:47:07	GMT	75	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068764100812
13:47:07	GMT	62	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068764100910
13:47:25	GMT	57	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068764107446
14:02:07	GMT	54	12.57	GBP		XLON	606276068764469346
14:02:07	GMT	190	12.57	GBP		XLON	592202318318991267
14:02:07	GMT	190	12.57	GBP		XLON	606276068764469347
14:02:07	GMT	259	12.57	GBP		XLON	606276068764469344
14:27:50	GMT	172	12.58	GBP		XLON	592202318319704190
14:30:43	GMT	67	12.59	GBP		XLON	592202318319802110
14:30:43	GMT	75	12.59	GBP		XLON	592202318319802109
14:30:43	GMT	45	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068765218151
14:33:10	GMT	8	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068765308391
14:33:10	GMT	14	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068765308394
14:33:10	GMT	36	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068765308393
14:33:10	GMT	44	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068765308395
14:33:10	GMT	85	12.59	GBP		XLON	606276068765308392
14:36:09	GMT	26	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406293
14:36:09	GMT	60	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406301
14:36:09	GMT	100	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406294
14:36:09	GMT	100	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406295
14:36:09	GMT	100	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406297
14:36:09	GMT	100	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406298
14:36:09	GMT	100	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406299
14:36:09	GMT	100	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406300
14:36:09	GMT	246	12.6	GBP		XLON	606276068765406302
14:36:09	GMT	64	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318320005029
14:36:09	GMT	257	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318320005050
14:48:46	GMT	74	12.64	GBP		XLON	606276068765822928
14:50:41	GMT	183	12.67	GBP		XLON	592202318320524917
14:50:41	GMT	37	12.67	GBP		XLON	606276068765891358
14:51:05	GMT	750	12.65	GBP		XLON	606276068765906085
14:51:05	GMT	253	12.65	GBP		XLON	592202318320540946
14:57:00	GMT	313	12.64	GBP		XLON	606276068766115575
15:03:45	GMT	443	12.64	GBP		XLON	592202318321043097
15:15:05	GMT	182	12.63	GBP		XLON	606276068766776932
15:15:05	GMT	200	12.63	GBP		XLON	592202318321475745
15:15:05	GMT	425	12.63	GBP		XLON	606276068766776933
15:19:05	GMT	200	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068766924381
15:19:05	GMT	314	12.62	GBP		XLON	592202318321633209
15:29:11	GMT	35	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068767269406
15:29:11	GMT	55	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068767269403
15:29:11	GMT	59	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068767269407
15:29:11	GMT	73	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068767269408
15:29:11	GMT	100	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068767269404
15:29:11	GMT	159	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068767269405
15:29:11	GMT	167	12.62	GBP		XLON	606276068767269409
15:37:06	GMT	106	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318322312180
15:37:06	GMT	171	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318322312178
15:37:06	GMT	227	12.6	GBP		XLON	592202318322312176
15:47:31	GMT	44	12.57	GBP		XLON	606276068767904795
15:47:31	GMT	190	12.57	GBP		XLON	592202318322684193
15:47:31	GMT	190	12.57	GBP		XLON	592202318322684195
15:47:31	GMT	268	12.57	GBP		XLON	606276068767904796
15:56:35	GMT	123	12.55	GBP		XLON	592202318323025533
15:56:35	GMT	167	12.55	GBP		XLON	592202318323025535
15:56:35	GMT	190	12.55	GBP		XLON	592202318323025534
16:08:23	GMT	69	12.56	GBP		XLON	592202318323455949
16:13:20	GMT	101	12.56	GBP		XLON	592202318323666037
16:13:20	GMT	170	12.56	GBP		XLON	592202318323666038
16:13:20	GMT	170	12.56	GBP		XLON	592202318323666039
16:13:20	GMT	170	12.56	GBP		XLON	592202318323666040
16:13:20	GMT	170	12.56	GBP		XLON	606276068768823144
16:13:20	GMT	222	12.56	GBP		XLON	606276068768823146
16:13:20	GMT	476	12.56	GBP		XLON	606276068768823145
16:16:23	GMT	311	12.57	GBP		XLON	592202318323787851
16:29:18	GMT	31	12.63	GBP		XLON	592202318324331420
16:29:18	GMT	42	12.63	GBP		XLON	592202318324331421
16:29:18	GMT	314	12.63	GBP		XLON	606276068769447797
16:29:52	GMT	172	12.63	GBP		XLON	592202318324375055
16:29:54	GMT	194	12.63	GBP		XLON	592202318324380169
16:29:54	GMT	351	12.63	GBP		XLON	592202318324380171


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TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	412.00p-0.19%
Market Cap	£627.30m

Date	4 Dec 2024
Time	17:55:15
Category	Capital structure
ID	8703O

TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	412.00p-0.19%
Market Cap	£627.30m

Date	4 Dec 2024
Time	17:55:15
Category	Capital structure
ID	8703O

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