Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6798K

WH Smith PLC

29 May 2025

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

29 May 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 46,264 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 29 May 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 3,458,970 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,457,964 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:

29 May 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

46,264

10.5192

10.4000

10.7100

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
08:03:02	BST	140	10.59	GBP	XLON	592135070983093822
08:09:32	BST	107	10.68	GBP	XLON	606208819818979351
08:09:50	BST	2	10.68	GBP	XLON	606208819818984041
08:09:50	BST	243	10.68	GBP	XLON	606208819818984040
08:11:14	BST	100	10.68	GBP	XLON	592135070983259812
08:11:29	BST	44	10.68	GBP	XLON	592135070983263839
08:11:29	BST	256	10.68	GBP	XLON	606208819819014238
08:11:31	BST	64	10.68	GBP	XLON	606208819819014940
08:11:45	BST	498	10.68	GBP	XLON	606208819819017495
08:12:46	BST	136	10.67	GBP	XLON	592135070983282107
08:12:46	BST	375	10.67	GBP	XLON	592135070983282106
08:12:46	BST	97	10.67	GBP	XLON	606208819819031497
08:17:07	BST	281	10.66	GBP	XLON	606208819819114018
08:17:18	BST	148	10.66	GBP	XLON	592135070983373666
08:18:00	BST	124	10.65	GBP	XLON	592135070983385368
08:30:54	BST	124	10.69	GBP	XLON	592135070983598815
08:35:03	BST	123	10.7	GBP	XLON	606208819819400697
08:35:31	BST	147	10.7	GBP	XLON	592135070983681515
08:36:51	BST	121	10.7	GBP	XLON	606208819819430491
08:38:06	BST	115	10.7	GBP	XLON	606208819819456100
08:39:29	BST	116	10.7	GBP	XLON	592135070983759129
08:39:52	BST	2	10.7	GBP	XLON	592135070983767082
08:39:52	BST	62	10.69	GBP	XLON	592135070983767083
08:39:52	BST	269	10.69	GBP	XLON	606208819819489899
08:39:52	BST	61	10.69	GBP	XLON	592135070983767084
08:39:52	BST	123	10.69	GBP	XLON	606208819819489900
08:39:52	BST	286	10.69	GBP	XLON	592135070983767085
08:50:02	BST	113	10.71	GBP	XLON	606208819819667334
08:51:24	BST	91	10.71	GBP	XLON	592135070983974521
08:51:29	BST	33	10.71	GBP	XLON	606208819819687630
08:52:49	BST	128	10.71	GBP	XLON	606208819819707654
08:54:21	BST	127	10.71	GBP	XLON	592135070984017879
08:55:46	BST	126	10.71	GBP	XLON	592135070984037190
08:58:56	BST	122	10.71	GBP	XLON	606208819819791308
08:59:19	BST	160	10.71	GBP	XLON	592135070984094070
09:00:22	BST	127	10.71	GBP	XLON	592135070984115609
09:01:43	BST	120	10.71	GBP	XLON	592135070984138941
09:02:11	BST	113	10.7	GBP	XLON	592135070984149979
09:02:11	BST	470	10.7	GBP	XLON	606208819819851755
09:02:11	BST	511	10.7	GBP	XLON	592135070984149983
09:02:11	BST	208	10.7	GBP	XLON	606208819819851762
09:06:41	BST	278	10.69	GBP	XLON	606208819819929020
09:06:41	BST	150	10.69	GBP	XLON	592135070984232174
09:19:12	BST	20	10.65	GBP	XLON	606208819820117580
09:19:12	BST	107	10.65	GBP	XLON	606208819820117582
09:19:12	BST	127	10.65	GBP	XLON	606208819820117581
09:19:12	BST	429	10.65	GBP	XLON	592135070984431180
09:27:23	BST	122	10.63	GBP	XLON	592135070984559824
09:27:23	BST	127	10.63	GBP	XLON	606208819820238738
09:27:23	BST	299	10.63	GBP	XLON	606208819820238739
09:52:16	BST	126	10.59	GBP	XLON	606208819820603051
09:52:16	BST	123	10.59	GBP	XLON	606208819820603054
09:52:27	BST	119	10.59	GBP	XLON	592135070984944494
10:00:28	BST	109	10.6	GBP	XLON	592135070985052042
10:00:28	BST	123	10.6	GBP	XLON	592135070985052044
10:00:28	BST	195	10.6	GBP	XLON	606208819820707536
10:00:28	BST	296	10.6	GBP	XLON	592135070985052043
10:00:28	BST	68	10.6	GBP	XLON	606208819820707546
10:00:28	BST	100	10.6	GBP	XLON	606208819820707544
10:00:28	BST	350	10.6	GBP	XLON	606208819820707543
10:00:28	BST	451	10.6	GBP	XLON	592135070985052056
10:00:28	BST	146	10.6	GBP	XLON	606208819820707554
10:18:46	BST	21	10.59	GBP	XLON	592135070985315401
10:18:46	BST	90	10.59	GBP	XLON	592135070985315402
10:18:46	BST	111	10.59	GBP	XLON	592135070985315403
10:18:46	BST	111	10.59	GBP	XLON	606208819820957392
10:18:46	BST	111	10.59	GBP	XLON	606208819820957393
10:18:46	BST	111	10.59	GBP	XLON	606208819820957394
10:18:46	BST	135	10.59	GBP	XLON	606208819820957391
10:18:46	BST	427	10.59	GBP	XLON	606208819820957390
10:33:54	BST	123	10.54	GBP	XLON	592135070985524893
10:33:54	BST	123	10.54	GBP	XLON	592135070985524895
10:33:54	BST	123	10.54	GBP	XLON	606208819821157389
10:33:54	BST	123	10.54	GBP	XLON	606208819821157390
10:33:54	BST	428	10.54	GBP	XLON	592135070985524894
10:52:10	BST	118	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070985775294
10:52:10	BST	118	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070985775295
10:52:10	BST	118	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070985775296
10:52:10	BST	118	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819821394356
10:52:10	BST	118	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819821394358
10:52:10	BST	427	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819821394357
11:16:04	BST	121	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070986145381
11:16:04	BST	121	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070986145581
11:16:04	BST	121	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070986145582
11:16:04	BST	422	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070986145580
11:16:04	BST	91	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070986145587
11:16:04	BST	360	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070986145586
11:16:04	BST	260	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819821747080
11:59:37	BST	44	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822285524
11:59:37	BST	246	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070986717575
12:04:14	BST	24	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822360705
12:04:14	BST	155	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822360704
12:04:14	BST	293	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070986796408
12:04:14	BST	350	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070986796409
12:04:14	BST	391	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070986796407
12:04:14	BST	413	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822360706
12:22:00	BST	12	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070987046913
12:22:00	BST	70	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822597280
12:22:00	BST	116	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070987046915
12:22:00	BST	197	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070987046914
12:22:00	BST	280	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070987046912
12:22:00	BST	320	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822597279
12:22:00	BST	200	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822597284
12:22:00	BST	215	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822597285
12:22:03	BST	33	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822597745
12:22:03	BST	289	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822597751
12:22:03	BST	289	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822597755
12:22:03	BST	189	10.52	GBP	XLON	606208819822597759
12:32:56	BST	45	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070987212400
12:32:56	BST	67	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070987212399
12:32:56	BST	112	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819822754536
12:32:56	BST	112	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819822754537
12:32:56	BST	426	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819822754535
12:39:40	BST	68	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070987315177
12:46:59	BST	113	10.49	GBP	XLON	592135070987430623
12:46:59	BST	113	10.49	GBP	XLON	592135070987430624
12:46:59	BST	113	10.49	GBP	XLON	592135070987430625
12:46:59	BST	113	10.49	GBP	XLON	606208819822960602
12:46:59	BST	363	10.49	GBP	XLON	606208819822960601
12:46:59	BST	82	10.49	GBP	XLON	606208819822960610
12:58:12	BST	114	10.48	GBP	XLON	592135070987600805
12:58:12	BST	114	10.48	GBP	XLON	592135070987600807
12:58:12	BST	114	10.48	GBP	XLON	606208819823121767
12:58:12	BST	279	10.48	GBP	XLON	606208819823121766
12:58:12	BST	149	10.48	GBP	XLON	606208819823121776
13:11:19	BST	113	10.48	GBP	XLON	606208819823343244
13:11:19	BST	114	10.48	GBP	XLON	592135070987833154
13:11:19	BST	114	10.48	GBP	XLON	606208819823343247
13:11:19	BST	114	10.48	GBP	XLON	606208819823343248
13:11:19	BST	377	10.48	GBP	XLON	606208819823343246
13:11:19	BST	198	10.48	GBP	XLON	592135070987833163
13:21:34	BST	107	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070987978507
13:21:34	BST	107	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070987978508
13:21:34	BST	107	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819823481646
13:21:34	BST	426	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819823481645
13:40:06	BST	11	10.47	GBP	XLON	606208819823776256
13:40:06	BST	104	10.47	GBP	XLON	606208819823776257
13:40:06	BST	115	10.47	GBP	XLON	606208819823776259
13:40:06	BST	161	10.47	GBP	XLON	592135070988287442
13:40:06	BST	472	10.47	GBP	XLON	606208819823776258
13:40:06	BST	361	10.47	GBP	XLON	606208819823776263
13:40:06	BST	361	10.47	GBP	XLON	592135070988287726
13:40:06	BST	198	10.47	GBP	XLON	606208819823776540
13:56:31	BST	108	10.45	GBP	XLON	606208819824003475
13:56:31	BST	108	10.45	GBP	XLON	606208819824003476
13:56:31	BST	419	10.45	GBP	XLON	606208819824003474
13:56:31	BST	468	10.45	GBP	XLON	592135070988525856
13:56:31	BST	395	10.45	GBP	XLON	606208819824003485
14:11:22	BST	120	10.43	GBP	XLON	606208819824247754
14:28:23	BST	117	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989085588
14:28:23	BST	117	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535770
14:28:23	BST	117	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535771
14:28:23	BST	117	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535772
14:28:23	BST	117	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535775
14:28:23	BST	121	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535769
14:28:23	BST	279	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989085589
14:28:23	BST	337	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989085590
14:28:23	BST	342	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535774
14:28:23	BST	383	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989085591
14:28:23	BST	408	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535773
14:28:23	BST	439	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535768
14:28:23	BST	317	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989085602
14:28:23	BST	20	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535786
14:28:23	BST	313	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989085612
14:28:23	BST	317	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535787
14:28:23	BST	12	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989085619
14:28:23	BST	218	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819824535790
14:46:00	BST	111	10.44	GBP	XLON	592135070989533069
14:47:02	BST	113	10.44	GBP	XLON	592135070989557848
14:50:14	BST	112	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989641796
14:50:14	BST	112	10.46	GBP	XLON	592135070989641797
14:50:14	BST	335	10.46	GBP	XLON	606208819825065814
14:55:50	BST	110	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819825198937
14:55:50	BST	127	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070989780871
14:57:03	BST	122	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819825232194
14:57:03	BST	153	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819825232192
14:57:03	BST	285	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819825232193
14:57:15	BST	356	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070989821248
14:57:15	BST	448	10.5	GBP	XLON	606208819825237813
14:57:15	BST	336	10.5	GBP	XLON	592135070989821253
15:08:04	BST	109	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070990102309
15:08:04	BST	109	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070990102310
15:08:04	BST	109	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070990102311
15:08:04	BST	109	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819825506917
15:08:04	BST	109	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819825506918
15:08:04	BST	109	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819825506920
15:08:04	BST	109	10.52	GBP	XLON	592135070990102308
15:08:04	BST	352	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819825506916
15:08:05	BST	251	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070990102393
15:18:24	BST	280	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819825765845
15:18:24	BST	220	10.51	GBP	XLON	606208819825765849
15:18:24	BST	330	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070990370776
15:18:24	BST	193	10.51	GBP	XLON	592135070990370781
15:26:36	BST	124	10.49	GBP	XLON	592135070990593499
15:26:36	BST	124	10.49	GBP	XLON	592135070990593500
15:26:36	BST	124	10.49	GBP	XLON	592135070990593501
15:26:36	BST	124	10.49	GBP	XLON	606208819825977918
15:26:36	BST	124	10.49	GBP	XLON	606208819825977919
15:26:36	BST	428	10.49	GBP	XLON	592135070990593498
15:33:48	BST	121	10.45	GBP	XLON	592135070990770095
15:33:48	BST	121	10.45	GBP	XLON	606208819826147030
15:33:48	BST	121	10.45	GBP	XLON	606208819826147031
15:33:48	BST	121	10.45	GBP	XLON	606208819826147032
15:33:48	BST	428	10.45	GBP	XLON	592135070990770094
15:39:26	BST	117	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070990916463
15:39:26	BST	117	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070990916465
15:39:26	BST	117	10.43	GBP	XLON	606208819826287075
15:39:26	BST	312	10.43	GBP	XLON	606208819826287074
15:39:26	BST	113	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070990916472
15:42:01	BST	417	10.42	GBP	XLON	606208819826350245
15:42:11	BST	9	10.42	GBP	XLON	592135070990987229
15:45:41	BST	12	10.4	GBP	XLON	592135070991074605
15:46:27	BST	178	10.4	GBP	XLON	592135070991095159
15:46:28	BST	14	10.4	GBP	XLON	592135070991095467
15:47:29	BST	158	10.4	GBP	XLON	592135070991119285
15:52:10	BST	3	10.42	GBP	XLON	592135070991231514
15:54:50	BST	109	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070991302320
15:55:36	BST	127	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070991322492
15:55:37	BST	13	10.42	GBP	XLON	592135070991323024
15:56:24	BST	3	10.42	GBP	XLON	592135070991343202
15:57:55	BST	108	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070991384103
15:57:55	BST	110	10.43	GBP	XLON	606208819826733122
15:58:13	BST	1	10.43	GBP	XLON	606208819826740710
15:58:13	BST	150	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070991392093
15:58:13	BST	157	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070991392095
15:58:13	BST	220	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070991392094
15:58:38	BST	108	10.43	GBP	XLON	606208819826752580
15:59:16	BST	107	10.43	GBP	XLON	606208819826771196
16:00:23	BST	136	10.43	GBP	XLON	606208819826806265
16:06:01	BST	70	10.44	GBP	XLON	606208819826950646
16:06:01	BST	110	10.44	GBP	XLON	606208819826950647
16:06:01	BST	123	10.44	GBP	XLON	592135070991611331
16:06:01	BST	123	10.44	GBP	XLON	592135070991611332
16:06:01	BST	123	10.44	GBP	XLON	592135070991611333
16:06:01	BST	123	10.44	GBP	XLON	606208819826950644
16:06:01	BST	297	10.44	GBP	XLON	592135070991611330
16:06:01	BST	337	10.44	GBP	XLON	592135070991611344
16:06:01	BST	337	10.44	GBP	XLON	606208819826950653
16:06:01	BST	175	10.44	GBP	XLON	592135070991611352
16:09:56	BST	508	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070991710611
16:09:56	BST	277	10.43	GBP	XLON	592135070991710615
16:14:08	BST	126	10.42	GBP	XLON	592135070991825598
16:14:08	BST	126	10.42	GBP	XLON	606208819827156137
16:14:08	BST	427	10.42	GBP	XLON	592135070991825599
16:16:00	BST	380	10.41	GBP	XLON	606208819827212719
16:16:00	BST	48	10.41	GBP	XLON	606208819827212738
16:20:07	BST	126	10.41	GBP	XLON	592135070992023043
16:20:07	BST	126	10.41	GBP	XLON	606208819827345753
16:20:07	BST	126	10.41	GBP	XLON	606208819827345754
16:20:07	BST	431	10.41	GBP	XLON	606208819827345752
16:20:10	BST	99	10.41	GBP	XLON	606208819827348142
16:21:14	BST	20	10.41	GBP	XLON	606208819827390381
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TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	415.06p-0.05%
Market Cap	£631.96m

TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	415.06p-0.05%
Market Cap	£631.96m

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