Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4070P

WH Smith PLC

09 December 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
09 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 23,763 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 09 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 679,286 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,237,648 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:			09 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		23,763			12.4707		12.4000	12.5700


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
08:02:26	GMT	575	12.57	GBP		XLON	592204087788084223
08:03:48	GMT	96	12.57	GBP		XLON	592204087788116901
08:09:31	GMT	60	12.54	GBP		XLON	606277838235781019
08:09:31	GMT	384	12.54	GBP		XLON	606277838235781020
08:17:11	GMT	483	12.54	GBP		XLON	592204087788427281
08:38:10	GMT	12	12.5	GBP		XLON	592204087788885320
08:49:29	GMT	172	12.52	GBP		XLON	592204087789117930
08:49:29	GMT	682	12.52	GBP		XLON	606277838236590730
08:49:29	GMT	100	12.52	GBP		XLON	592204087789117933
08:49:30	GMT	159	12.52	GBP		XLON	592204087789118659
08:49:51	GMT	10	12.52	GBP		XLON	592204087789125106
08:56:47	GMT	6	12.52	GBP		XLON	592204087789259977
08:56:47	GMT	360	12.52	GBP		XLON	606277838236724198
09:10:47	GMT	186	12.49	GBP		XLON	592204087789579082
09:10:47	GMT	365	12.48	GBP		XLON	606277838237023124
09:35:15	GMT	97	12.45	GBP		XLON	606277838237495071
09:35:15	GMT	197	12.45	GBP		XLON	606277838237495072
09:49:01	GMT	97	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087790383007
09:49:01	GMT	100	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087790383008
09:49:01	GMT	222	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087790383009
09:49:01	GMT	744	12.47	GBP		XLON	606277838237771298
10:04:12	GMT	192	12.46	GBP		XLON	592204087790726685
10:38:32	GMT	68	12.5	GBP		XLON	592204087791445071
10:38:32	GMT	100	12.5	GBP		XLON	592204087791445070
10:40:18	GMT	202	12.49	GBP		XLON	592204087791481788
10:40:18	GMT	276	12.49	GBP		XLON	592204087791481789
10:40:18	GMT	322	12.49	GBP		XLON	592204087791481790
10:40:18	GMT	37	12.49	GBP		XLON	606277838238793960
10:40:18	GMT	325	12.49	GBP		XLON	606277838238793961
10:53:49	GMT	305	12.46	GBP		XLON	606277838239084435
11:09:17	GMT	63	12.44	GBP		XLON	592204087792127587
11:09:17	GMT	114	12.44	GBP		XLON	592204087792127588
11:09:17	GMT	177	12.44	GBP		XLON	592204087792127589
11:09:17	GMT	243	12.44	GBP		XLON	606277838239396885
11:56:50	GMT	2	12.43	GBP		XLON	592204087793139299
11:56:50	GMT	5	12.43	GBP		XLON	592204087793139298
11:56:50	GMT	171	12.43	GBP		XLON	606277838240337060
12:07:05	GMT	88	12.46	GBP		XLON	606277838240550203
12:37:30	GMT	198	12.51	GBP		XLON	606277838241163108
12:37:30	GMT	71	12.51	GBP		XLON	592204087794030217
12:37:30	GMT	198	12.51	GBP		XLON	592204087794030216
12:37:30	GMT	586	12.51	GBP		XLON	606277838241163111
12:38:04	GMT	75	12.51	GBP		XLON	592204087794042287
12:38:04	GMT	100	12.51	GBP		XLON	592204087794042286
12:38:38	GMT	68	12.52	GBP		XLON	606277838241186217
12:38:38	GMT	100	12.52	GBP		XLON	606277838241186216
12:44:42	GMT	99	12.52	GBP		XLON	606277838241304751
12:44:42	GMT	100	12.52	GBP		XLON	606277838241304750
12:50:15	GMT	616	12.5	GBP		XLON	592204087794310272
12:50:15	GMT	100	12.5	GBP		XLON	606277838241420896
12:50:15	GMT	100	12.5	GBP		XLON	606277838241420897
12:50:15	GMT	103	12.5	GBP		XLON	606277838241420898
13:12:29	GMT	169	12.48	GBP		XLON	606277838241889642
13:12:29	GMT	726	12.48	GBP		XLON	592204087794815557
13:37:18	GMT	41	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087795413677
13:37:23	GMT	144	12.47	GBP		XLON	606277838242445706
13:45:20	GMT	195	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087795638891
13:49:20	GMT	187	12.47	GBP		XLON	606277838242744467
13:52:40	GMT	73	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087795830566
13:52:40	GMT	100	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087795830565
13:56:26	GMT	48	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087795943224
13:56:26	GMT	50	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087795943222
13:56:26	GMT	71	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087795943223
13:59:59	GMT	173	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087796049918
14:03:49	GMT	61	12.47	GBP		XLON	606277838243138545
14:03:49	GMT	94	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087796166952
14:03:49	GMT	24	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087796166956
14:08:42	GMT	93	12.46	GBP		XLON	592204087796325487
14:08:42	GMT	100	12.46	GBP		XLON	592204087796325486
14:09:35	GMT	70	12.45	GBP		XLON	592204087796353805
14:09:35	GMT	115	12.45	GBP		XLON	592204087796353806
14:09:35	GMT	185	12.45	GBP		XLON	592204087796353804
14:09:35	GMT	185	12.45	GBP		XLON	606277838243312040
14:09:35	GMT	185	12.45	GBP		XLON	606277838243312042
14:09:35	GMT	195	12.45	GBP		XLON	606277838243312043
14:09:35	GMT	365	12.45	GBP		XLON	606277838243312039
14:36:02	GMT	215	12.45	GBP		XLON	592204087797284053
14:36:04	GMT	309	12.44	GBP		XLON	592204087797285500
14:38:50	GMT	179	12.45	GBP		XLON	592204087797393251
14:40:53	GMT	181	12.45	GBP		XLON	592204087797480158
14:45:09	GMT	186	12.48	GBP		XLON	592204087797671780
14:45:43	GMT	248	12.5	GBP		XLON	606277838244561840
14:47:35	GMT	191	12.47	GBP		XLON	592204087797782540
14:47:35	GMT	173	12.46	GBP		XLON	606277838244643497
14:47:35	GMT	405	12.46	GBP		XLON	606277838244643496
14:47:36	GMT	508	12.46	GBP		XLON	592204087797782997
14:55:30	GMT	406	12.48	GBP		XLON	606277838244971830
15:04:56	GMT	71	12.46	GBP		XLON	592204087798542596
15:04:56	GMT	168	12.46	GBP		XLON	592204087798542598
15:04:56	GMT	296	12.46	GBP		XLON	592204087798542597
15:23:11	GMT	8	12.5	GBP		XLON	592204087799268484
15:23:11	GMT	31	12.5	GBP		XLON	592204087799268482
15:23:11	GMT	43	12.5	GBP		XLON	592204087799268483
15:23:11	GMT	106	12.5	GBP		XLON	592204087799268485
15:24:07	GMT	188	12.48	GBP		XLON	606277838246064251
15:24:07	GMT	585	12.48	GBP		XLON	592204087799303608
15:24:07	GMT	529	12.48	GBP		XLON	592204087799303612
15:29:00	GMT	366	12.45	GBP		XLON	606277838246234901
15:46:57	GMT	193	12.42	GBP		XLON	592204087800162698
15:46:57	GMT	193	12.42	GBP		XLON	592204087800162699
15:46:57	GMT	193	12.42	GBP		XLON	606277838246865127
15:46:57	GMT	194	12.42	GBP		XLON	606277838246865126
15:46:57	GMT	365	12.42	GBP		XLON	592204087800162697
15:53:31	GMT	105	12.44	GBP		XLON	592204087800401581
15:53:31	GMT	340	12.44	GBP		XLON	592204087800401580
16:07:16	GMT	197	12.41	GBP		XLON	606277838247569805
16:07:16	GMT	197	12.41	GBP		XLON	606277838247569806
16:07:16	GMT	197	12.41	GBP		XLON	606277838247569807
16:07:16	GMT	197	12.41	GBP		XLON	606277838247569808
16:07:16	GMT	366	12.41	GBP		XLON	606277838247569804
16:15:12	GMT	54	12.4	GBP		XLON	592204087801260751
16:15:12	GMT	179	12.4	GBP		XLON	592204087801260749
16:15:12	GMT	179	12.4	GBP		XLON	606277838247883784
16:15:12	GMT	320	12.4	GBP		XLON	592204087801260750
16:22:04	GMT	82	12.4	GBP		XLON	592204087801546720
16:22:04	GMT	624	12.4	GBP		XLON	592204087801546721
16:29:52	GMT	236	12.42	GBP		XLON	606277838248469197


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

Date	9 Dec 2024
Time	18:09:27
Category	Capital structure
ID	4070P

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

Date	9 Dec 2024
Time	18:09:27
Category	Capital structure
ID	4070P

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