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Ticker · SMWH ISIN · GB00B2PDGW16 LEI · 2138001KJNGUJ34G7X91 IL Wholesale and retail trade
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Filings indexed 1,813 across all filing types
Latest filing 2025-01-27 M&A Activity
Country GB United Kingdom
Listing IL SMWH

About WH Smith PLC

https://www.whsmithplc.co.uk/

WH Smith PLC is a global travel retailer that provides news, books, and convenience products. The company operates stores primarily in high-traffic locations such as airports, railway stations, hospitals, and motorway service areas, alongside a high street retail presence. Its product range encompasses newspapers, magazines, books, stationery, entertainment items, and various impulse-buy goods. The brand is positioned as a familiar and trusted retailer for customers during their journeys, with operations in numerous countries.

Recent filings

Filing Released Lang Actions
Response to press speculation
M&A Activity Classification · 99% confidence The document is a short announcement released via RNS (RNS Number: 7630U) on January 27, 2025. It addresses recent press speculation regarding the company's High Street business, confirming that WH Smith PLC is exploring strategic options, including a possible sale. This type of material, which is a brief, market-sensitive disclosure made through an official news service (RNS) that does not constitute a full financial report (like 10-K or IR), fits best under the general Regulatory Filings category, as it is a mandatory disclosure of corporate activity that doesn't fit the more specific categories like DIV, CAP, or DIRS. Given the nature of the announcement (response to speculation about a potential sale/strategic option), it is a general regulatory disclosure.
2025-01-27 English
Transaction in Own Shares
Transaction in Own Shares Classification · 100% confidence The document explicitly states its purpose in the title and body: "WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares" and "WH Smith PLC announces the purchase... as part of the buyback programme". This directly corresponds to the definition of 'Transaction in Own Shares'. The filing code for this activity is POS (Report of the company buying back or selling its own shares (share repurchase/issuance)). The document is a detailed report of transactions, not just an announcement of a report's publication, so RPA/RNS is not the primary classification.
2025-01-24 English
Transaction in Own Shares
Transaction in Own Shares Classification · 100% confidence The document is an RNS announcement (RNS Number : 5262U) from WH Smith PLC dated 23 January 2025. The title explicitly states 'WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares' and the content details the purchase of ordinary shares as part of a buyback programme, including aggregated data and a detailed schedule of individual trades. This directly matches the definition for 'Transaction in Own Shares', which corresponds to the filing type code POS.
2025-01-23 English
Holding(s) in Company
Major Shareholding Notification Classification · 99% confidence The document is clearly identified as an 'RNS Number' filing from 'WH Smith PLC' dated '23 January 2025'. The form title is 'TR-1: Standard form for notification of major holdings'. This form is used to report changes in significant share ownership, specifically when a shareholder crosses or reaches a notification threshold (in this case, crossing 10.073000% ownership). This directly corresponds to the definition of Major Shareholding Notification (MRQ). Although it is distributed via RNS, the specific content dictates the classification over the general RNS fallback.
2025-01-23 English
Transaction in Own Shares
Transaction in Own Shares Classification · 99% confidence The document is an RNS announcement from WH Smith PLC dated January 22, 2025. The title explicitly states 'WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares' and the body details the purchase of ordinary shares as part of a buyback programme, including aggregated data and a detailed breakdown of individual trades. This directly corresponds to the definition of 'Transaction in Own Shares' (Code: POS). Although it is an RNS filing, the specific nature of the content (share repurchase) makes POS the most accurate classification over the general RNS fallback.
2025-01-22 English
Transaction in Own Shares
Transaction in Own Shares Classification · 100% confidence The document is an RNS announcement from WH Smith PLC dated 21 January 2025. The title explicitly states 'WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares' and the body details the purchase of ordinary shares as part of a buyback programme, including aggregated data and a detailed schedule of individual trades. This directly matches the definition of 'Transaction in Own Shares', which corresponds to the filing type code POS.
2025-01-21 English

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