Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1919B

WH Smith PLC

18 March 2025

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
18 March 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 10,989 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 18 March 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 2,178,970 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 128,737,964 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:				18 March 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		10,989				10.6414		10.5100	10.7500


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
08:07:57	GMT		84	10.52	GBP		XLON	620257099390664604
08:07:57	GMT		97	10.52	GBP		XLON	620257099390664603
08:08:00	GMT		25	10.52	GBP		XLON	606183350554984226
08:08:00	GMT		97	10.52	GBP		XLON	606183350554984225
08:08:00	GMT		127	10.52	GBP		XLON	606183350554984227
08:08:00	GMT		299	10.52	GBP		XLON	620257099390665677
08:08:00	GMT		256	10.51	GBP		XLON	620257099390665681
08:08:00	GMT		256	10.51	GBP		XLON	620257099390665685
08:08:00	GMT		45	10.51	GBP		XLON	606183350554984238
08:17:00	GMT		108	10.54	GBP		XLON	606183350555171589
08:17:00	GMT		281	10.54	GBP		XLON	606183350555171591
08:17:00	GMT		305	10.54	GBP		XLON	606183350555171595
08:17:00	GMT		105	10.54	GBP		XLON	620257099390866446
08:49:37	GMT		370	10.6	GBP		XLON	606183350555916654
08:49:45	GMT		224	10.64	GBP		XLON	606183350555920096
08:49:45	GMT		30	10.64	GBP		XLON	620257099391672474
08:49:45	GMT		124	10.64	GBP		XLON	606183350555920100
08:49:45	GMT		194	10.64	GBP		XLON	620257099391672473
08:52:55	GMT		61	10.63	GBP		XLON	606183350555987004
08:52:55	GMT		129	10.63	GBP		XLON	620257099391745013
08:52:55	GMT		140	10.63	GBP		XLON	606183350555987002
08:52:55	GMT		175	10.63	GBP		XLON	606183350555987003
08:52:55	GMT		100	10.63	GBP		XLON	606183350555987010
09:06:11	GMT		9	10.64	GBP		XLON	620257099392047274
09:06:11	GMT		106	10.64	GBP		XLON	620257099392047276
09:06:11	GMT		106	10.64	GBP		XLON	620257099392047277
09:06:11	GMT		106	10.64	GBP		XLON	620257099392047279
09:06:11	GMT		401	10.64	GBP		XLON	620257099392047275
09:06:11	GMT		78	10.64	GBP		XLON	606183350556264486
09:06:11	GMT		192	10.64	GBP		XLON	606183350556264487
09:06:12	GMT		112	10.64	GBP		XLON	606183350556264803
09:20:09	GMT		408	10.61	GBP		XLON	606183350556617233
09:20:09	GMT		210	10.61	GBP		XLON	620257099392428734
09:44:03	GMT		241	10.63	GBP		XLON	620257099392968609
09:44:03	GMT		287	10.63	GBP		XLON	606183350557118651
09:44:03	GMT		287	10.63	GBP		XLON	620257099392968616
09:44:03	GMT		58	10.63	GBP		XLON	606183350557118658
09:52:06	GMT		114	10.61	GBP		XLON	606183350557263793
09:52:06	GMT		205	10.61	GBP		XLON	606183350557263794
10:01:10	GMT		98	10.6	GBP		XLON	620257099393304860
10:13:49	GMT		426	10.7	GBP		XLON	606183350557686554
10:13:49	GMT		229	10.7	GBP		XLON	606183350557686564
10:15:31	GMT		108	10.69	GBP		XLON	606183350557730591
10:40:10	GMT		11	10.71	GBP		XLON	606183350558203161
10:41:10	GMT		12	10.71	GBP		XLON	606183350558221204
10:42:10	GMT		11	10.71	GBP		XLON	606183350558241716
10:42:10	GMT		116	10.71	GBP		XLON	606183350558241718
10:42:10	GMT		116	10.71	GBP		XLON	606183350558241719
10:42:10	GMT		307	10.71	GBP		XLON	606183350558241717
10:42:10	GMT		92	10.71	GBP		XLON	606183350558241725
10:48:47	GMT		101	10.71	GBP		XLON	620257099394348095
10:48:47	GMT		258	10.71	GBP		XLON	620257099394348096
11:00:42	GMT		47	10.7	GBP		XLON	620257099394636470
11:00:42	GMT		320	10.7	GBP		XLON	620257099394636469
11:00:42	GMT		59	10.7	GBP		XLON	620257099394636471
11:16:29	GMT		116	10.75	GBP		XLON	620257099395035123
11:16:29	GMT		141	10.75	GBP		XLON	620257099395035121
11:16:29	GMT		248	10.75	GBP		XLON	620257099395035122
11:24:33	GMT		116	10.74	GBP		XLON	606183350559212202
11:24:33	GMT		203	10.74	GBP		XLON	606183350559212203
11:31:45	GMT		6	10.72	GBP		XLON	620257099395378713
11:31:47	GMT		95	10.72	GBP		XLON	620257099395379982
11:31:48	GMT		218	10.72	GBP		XLON	620257099395379983
11:37:36	GMT		113	10.71	GBP		XLON	620257099395518375
11:50:44	GMT		79	10.7	GBP		XLON	620257099395824168
11:50:44	GMT		113	10.7	GBP		XLON	620257099395824173
11:50:44	GMT		123	10.7	GBP		XLON	620257099395824172
11:50:44	GMT		151	10.7	GBP		XLON	620257099395824169
11:50:44	GMT		174	10.7	GBP		XLON	606183350559769134
11:55:44	GMT		132	10.7	GBP		XLON	620257099395926712
12:16:57	GMT		98	10.72	GBP		XLON	620257099396352870


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TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	419.84p1.21%
Market Cap	£639.24m

Date	18 Mar 2025
Time	17:37:01
Category	Capital structure
ID	1919B

TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	419.84p1.21%
Market Cap	£639.24m

Date	18 Mar 2025
Time	17:37:01
Category	Capital structure
ID	1919B

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