WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

17 April 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 52,728 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 April 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 2,231,698 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 128,685,236 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:

17 April 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

52,728

9.2786

9.1900

9.4200

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

08:02:59

BST

2

9.35

GBP

XLON

606193952639789823

08:02:59

BST

98

9.35

GBP

XLON

606193952639789822

08:09:36

BST

105

9.35

GBP

XLON

606193952639955098

08:09:36

BST

105

9.35

GBP

XLON

606193952639955099

08:09:36

BST

105

9.35

GBP

XLON

620267701476433706

08:09:36

BST

105

9.35

GBP

XLON

620267701476433707

08:09:36

BST

192

9.35

GBP

XLON

620267701476433708

08:09:36

BST

413

9.35

GBP

XLON

620267701476433705

08:09:36

BST

338

9.345

GBP

XLON

606193952639955106

08:09:36

BST

338

9.345

GBP

XLON

620267701476433720

08:09:36

BST

174

9.345

GBP

XLON

606193952639955112

08:13:30

BST

104

9.365

GBP

XLON

620267701476508771

08:13:30

BST

145

9.365

GBP

XLON

606193952640030089

08:13:30

BST

185

9.365

GBP

XLON

606193952640030088

08:20:31

BST

98

9.42

GBP

XLON

620267701476640503

08:20:31

BST

426

9.4

GBP

XLON

606193952640161826

08:20:31

BST

456

9.4

GBP

XLON

606193952640161829

08:20:31

BST

35

9.4

GBP

XLON

620267701476640518

08:29:02

BST

318

9.37

GBP

XLON

606193952640274123

08:29:55

BST

306

9.375

GBP

XLON

606193952640286456

08:29:55

BST

247

9.375

GBP

XLON

606193952640286466

08:38:00

BST

117

9.315

GBP

XLON

620267701476895083

08:38:00

BST

117

9.32

GBP

XLON

620267701476895082

08:38:00

BST

471

9.3

GBP

XLON

606193952640416826

08:38:00

BST

194

9.3

GBP

XLON

620267701476895480

08:44:15

BST

110

9.315

GBP

XLON

606193952640518144

08:44:15

BST

110

9.315

GBP

XLON

620267701476996832

08:44:15

BST

161

9.315

GBP

XLON

620267701476996831

08:44:15

BST

175

9.315

GBP

XLON

606193952640518143

08:52:25

BST

59

9.26

GBP

XLON

620267701477115595

08:52:25

BST

106

9.26

GBP

XLON

620267701477115598

08:52:25

BST

337

9.26

GBP

XLON

620267701477115597

08:52:25

BST

120

9.26

GBP

XLON

620267701477115620

08:58:03

BST

90

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701477194646

08:58:03

BST

104

9.27

GBP

XLON

606193952640716079

08:58:03

BST

244

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701477194647

08:59:02

BST

29

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701477210694

08:59:02

BST

146

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701477210693

09:03:30

BST

115

9.235

GBP

XLON

606193952640804223

09:07:45

BST

108

9.265

GBP

XLON

606193952640870295

09:07:45

BST

289

9.265

GBP

XLON

606193952640870294

09:07:45

BST

326

9.265

GBP

XLON

620267701477349302

09:07:45

BST

18

9.265

GBP

XLON

606193952640870306

09:07:45

BST

57

9.265

GBP

XLON

606193952640870307

09:12:03

BST

319

9.26

GBP

XLON

620267701477417443

09:19:02

BST

113

9.23

GBP

XLON

620267701477535567

09:19:02

BST

113

9.23

GBP

XLON

620267701477535568

09:19:02

BST

331

9.23

GBP

XLON

620267701477535566

09:53:24

BST

110

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952641595334

09:53:24

BST

110

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952641595337

09:53:24

BST

110

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701478075021

09:53:24

BST

110

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701478075025

09:53:24

BST

114

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701478075023

09:53:24

BST

144

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701478075024

09:53:24

BST

191

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952641595335

09:53:24

BST

290

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701478075022

09:53:25

BST

97

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701478075549

09:53:25

BST

235

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701478075548

09:53:30

BST

364

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952641596957

09:53:30

BST

375

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701478076666

09:54:31

BST

37

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952641612402

09:54:31

BST

112

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701478092149

09:54:31

BST

126

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952641612403

10:01:06

BST

113

9.225

GBP

XLON

606193952641714310

10:01:06

BST

280

9.225

GBP

XLON

606193952641714309

10:01:06

BST

70

9.225

GBP

XLON

620267701478194027

10:05:42

BST

345

9.25

GBP

XLON

606193952641780904

10:09:11

BST

115

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952641830932

10:09:11

BST

253

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701478310699

10:14:42

BST

105

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952641903932

10:14:42

BST

343

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701478383879

10:14:43

BST

19

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952641904051

10:24:16

BST

301

9.27

GBP

XLON

606193952642069528

10:24:16

BST

241

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701478549561

10:32:09

BST

116

9.25

GBP

XLON

606193952642186131

10:32:09

BST

262

9.25

GBP

XLON

620267701478666234

10:58:40

BST

117

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701479102723

10:58:40

BST

117

9.3

GBP

XLON

606193952642622496

10:58:40

BST

273

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701479102719

10:58:40

BST

403

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701479102721

10:58:40

BST

5

9.29

GBP

XLON

606193952642622504

10:58:40

BST

451

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701479102730

10:58:41

BST

122

9.29

GBP

XLON

606193952642622647

10:58:41

BST

206

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701479102862

11:06:39

BST

317

9.275

GBP

XLON

606193952642766666

11:06:39

BST

10

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701479247238

11:06:39

BST

93

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701479247237

11:12:41

BST

262

9.27

GBP

XLON

606193952642853181

11:35:29

BST

75

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701479696276

11:35:31

BST

11

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701479696772

11:40:58

BST

61

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479778757

11:40:58

BST

73

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479778755

11:41:02

BST

75

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479780407

11:41:02

BST

54

9.295

GBP

XLON

606193952643299296

11:42:20

BST

117

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479798821

11:42:30

BST

18

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479802362

11:42:30

BST

81

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479802363

11:43:41

BST

8

9.295

GBP

XLON

606193952643340869

11:43:41

BST

104

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479822008

11:45:09

BST

107

9.305

GBP

XLON

620267701479847213

11:45:47

BST

43

9.305

GBP

XLON

606193952643377973

11:45:47

BST

67

9.305

GBP

XLON

620267701479858956

11:46:38

BST

302

9.3

GBP

XLON

606193952643393999

11:46:38

BST

436

9.3

GBP

XLON

606193952643394004

11:46:38

BST

36

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479875052

11:46:38

BST

400

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701479875051

11:46:38

BST

227

9.295

GBP

XLON

606193952643394018

11:55:31

BST

106

9.26

GBP

XLON

606193952643548921

11:55:31

BST

106

9.26

GBP

XLON

620267701480030201

11:55:31

BST

289

9.26

GBP

XLON

620267701480030200

11:55:31

BST

53

9.26

GBP

XLON

606193952643548931

12:06:48

BST

70

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701480184494

12:06:48

BST

112

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952643702967

12:06:48

BST

153

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701480184496

12:06:48

BST

233

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701480184495

12:06:48

BST

37

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952643702977

12:06:48

BST

82

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701480184505

12:06:48

BST

112

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701480184504

12:06:48

BST

30

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701480184506

12:12:46

BST

107

9.22

GBP

XLON

620267701480255734

12:12:46

BST

358

9.22

GBP

XLON

606193952643774054

12:23:45

BST

52

9.19

GBP

XLON

606193952643898604

12:23:45

BST

62

9.19

GBP

XLON

606193952643898603

12:23:45

BST

114

9.195

GBP

XLON

620267701480380437

12:23:45

BST

114

9.195

GBP

XLON

620267701480380438

12:23:45

BST

262

9.195

GBP

XLON

620267701480380436

12:23:45

BST

157

9.19

GBP

XLON

620267701480380446

12:41:45

BST

106

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952644113059

12:41:45

BST

309

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701480595135

12:41:45

BST

428

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952644113065

12:41:45

BST

359

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701480595144

12:59:28

BST

108

9.225

GBP

XLON

606193952644325557

12:59:28

BST

108

9.225

GBP

XLON

606193952644325558

12:59:28

BST

108

9.225

GBP

XLON

620267701480807581

12:59:28

BST

325

9.225

GBP

XLON

606193952644325559

12:59:28

BST

108

9.22

GBP

XLON

606193952644325560

12:59:28

BST

108

9.22

GBP

XLON

620267701480807582

12:59:28

BST

108

9.22

GBP

XLON

620267701480807583

12:59:28

BST

115

9.22

GBP

XLON

606193952644325565

13:04:16

BST

383

9.265

GBP

XLON

606193952644430610

13:04:16

BST

98

9.265

GBP

XLON

606193952644430618

13:09:50

BST

314

9.235

GBP

XLON

606193952644510814

13:09:50

BST

34

9.235

GBP

XLON

620267701480993045

13:14:59

BST

115

9.225

GBP

XLON

620267701481060185

13:14:59

BST

287

9.225

GBP

XLON

620267701481060186

13:29:24

BST

116

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701481229190

13:29:24

BST

257

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952644746797

13:29:24

BST

146

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952644746801

13:29:24

BST

322

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952644746802

13:30:35

BST

163

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952644765280

13:30:35

BST

343

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701481247703

13:30:35

BST

146

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701481247710

13:44:05

BST

99

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952644958396

13:44:05

BST

99

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701481441085

13:44:05

BST

99

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701481441086

13:44:05

BST

99

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701481441087

13:44:05

BST

99

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701481441090

13:44:05

BST

106

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952644958394

13:44:05

BST

108

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952644958393

13:44:05

BST

199

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952644958395

13:44:05

BST

436

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701481441084

13:48:20

BST

151

9.25

GBP

XLON

620267701481499995

13:48:20

BST

299

9.25

GBP

XLON

620267701481499994

13:48:20

BST

118

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952645017137

13:48:20

BST

108

9.25

GBP

XLON

606193952645017139

13:55:40

BST

99

9.235

GBP

XLON

606193952645138043

13:55:40

BST

99

9.235

GBP

XLON

620267701481620834

13:55:40

BST

444

9.235

GBP

XLON

606193952645138042

13:55:40

BST

79

9.235

GBP

XLON

620267701481620921

13:58:15

BST

99

9.23

GBP

XLON

606193952645174990

14:09:18

BST

104

9.25

GBP

XLON

620267701481838280

14:11:17

BST

104

9.25

GBP

XLON

606193952645386139

14:11:56

BST

104

9.255

GBP

XLON

606193952645397414

14:14:30

BST

24

9.27

GBP

XLON

606193952645441686

14:14:30

BST

119

9.27

GBP

XLON

606193952645441687

14:14:40

BST

113

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701481928656

14:15:37

BST

22

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701481946029

14:15:37

BST

85

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701481946028

14:16:34

BST

100

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701481960078

14:17:24

BST

109

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701481971735

14:18:30

BST

103

9.275

GBP

XLON

606193952645504958

14:19:17

BST

112

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701482001323

14:20:06

BST

149

9.275

GBP

XLON

606193952645529005

14:20:55

BST

97

9.275

GBP

XLON

606193952645541886

14:20:55

BST

1

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701482025833

14:21:38

BST

99

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701482036598

14:22:16

BST

104

9.275

GBP

XLON

606193952645562566

14:22:21

BST

423

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701482047790

14:22:21

BST

385

9.27

GBP

XLON

606193952645563720

14:22:21

BST

385

9.27

GBP

XLON

620267701482047800

14:22:21

BST

326

9.27

GBP

XLON

606193952645563723

14:29:28

BST

108

9.25

GBP

XLON

606193952645683643

14:30:35

BST

108

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952645714344

14:30:35

BST

108

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701482198512

14:30:35

BST

108

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701482198513

14:30:35

BST

279

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952645714343

14:35:42

BST

104

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952645846883

14:35:42

BST

104

9.245

GBP

XLON

620267701482331144

14:35:42

BST

118

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952645846880

14:35:42

BST

118

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952645846882

14:35:42

BST

148

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952645846878

14:35:42

BST

214

9.245

GBP

XLON

606193952645846879

14:35:42

BST

6

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701482331148

14:35:42

BST

17

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701482331173

14:35:42

BST

88

9.24

GBP

XLON

620267701482331174

14:35:42

BST

104

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952645846918

14:35:42

BST

104

9.24

GBP

XLON

606193952645846919

14:45:16

BST

102

9.255

GBP

XLON

620267701482547521

14:45:16

BST

102

9.255

GBP

XLON

620267701482547523

14:45:16

BST

444

9.255

GBP

XLON

620267701482547522

14:47:15

BST

82

9.255

GBP

XLON

606193952646103784

14:47:15

BST

204

9.255

GBP

XLON

606193952646103787

14:47:15

BST

268

9.255

GBP

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424

9.255

GBP

XLON

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194

9.255

GBP

XLON

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419

9.285

GBP

XLON

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294

9.285

GBP

XLON

620267701482787784

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BST

106

9.285

GBP

XLON

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106

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XLON

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106

9.285

GBP

XLON

620267701482821860

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138

9.285

GBP

XLON

620267701482821856

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103

9.285

GBP

XLON

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422

9.28

GBP

XLON

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346

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GBP

XLON

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20

9.265

GBP

XLON

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BST

150

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GBP

XLON

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BST

41

9.285

GBP

XLON

620267701483135664

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60

9.285

GBP

XLON

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BST

39

9.285

GBP

XLON

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40

9.285

GBP

XLON

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41

9.285

GBP

XLON

606193952646669503

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89

9.285

GBP

XLON

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140

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XLON

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102

9.29

GBP

XLON

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369

9.28

GBP

XLON

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106

9.28

GBP

XLON

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323

9.28

GBP

XLON

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116

9.275

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XLON

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116

9.275

GBP

XLON

606193952646818412

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116

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XLON

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116

9.275

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XLON

620267701483303668

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161

9.275

GBP

XLON

620267701483303665

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230

9.275

GBP

XLON

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268

9.275

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XLON

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196

9.285

GBP

XLON

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217

9.285

GBP

XLON

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110

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XLON

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110

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XLON

620267701483470785

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110

9.28

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XLON

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9.28

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XLON

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322

9.28

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XLON

620267701483470782

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70

9.28

GBP

XLON

620267701483470799

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104

9.29

GBP

XLON

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202

9.31

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XLON

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111

9.31

GBP

XLON

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107

9.31

GBP

XLON

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BST

443

9.305

GBP

XLON

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294

9.305

GBP

XLON

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BST

294

9.305

GBP

XLON

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BST

294

9.305

GBP

XLON

620267701483758073

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44

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GBP

XLON

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77

9.3

GBP

XLON

606193952647328733

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BST

126

9.305

GBP

XLON

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BST

131

9.305

GBP

XLON

606193952647328731

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BST

168

9.305

GBP

XLON

606193952647328730

15:46:00

BST

148

9.305

GBP

XLON

620267701483814550

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BST

117

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701483949657

15:51:54

BST

394

9.295

GBP

XLON

606193952647463829

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BST

226

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701483949685

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BST

5

9.31

GBP

XLON

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BST

108

9.31

GBP

XLON

620267701484229502

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BST

113

9.31

GBP

XLON

620267701484229501

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BST

113

9.31

GBP

XLON

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BST

121

9.31

GBP

XLON

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BST

126

9.31

GBP

XLON

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BST

196

9.31

GBP

XLON

606193952647743059

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BST

425

9.31

GBP

XLON

606193952647743063

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438

9.31

GBP

XLON

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BST

433

9.31

GBP

XLON

606193952647744041

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BST

441

9.31

GBP

XLON

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BST

196

9.31

GBP

XLON

606193952647744045

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107

9.31

GBP

XLON

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101

9.295

GBP

XLON

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109

9.295

GBP

XLON

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348

9.295

GBP

XLON

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217

9.295

GBP

XLON

606193952647938654

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BST

32

9.295

GBP

XLON

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30

9.295

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XLON

606193952647980034

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106

9.295

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XLON

620267701484466820

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BST

109

9.295

GBP

XLON

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BST

180

9.295

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XLON

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188

9.295

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XLON

620267701484466821

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108

9.295

GBP

XLON

620267701484485092

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BST

4

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701484549386

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35

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701484563690

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107

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701484618662

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BST

111

9.3

GBP

XLON

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BST

111

9.29

GBP

XLON

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BST

111

9.29

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XLON

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BST

111

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701484725924

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BST

164

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701484725923

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BST

182

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701484725921

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BST

270

9.29

GBP

XLON

620267701484725922

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BST

320

9.29

GBP

XLON

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91

9.29

GBP

XLON

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131

9.29

GBP

XLON

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BST

332

9.335

GBP

XLON

606193952648539392

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BST

358

9.35

GBP

XLON

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36

9.35

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XLON

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63

9.35

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XLON

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BST

81

9.35

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XLON

620267701485058756

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BST

81

9.355

GBP

XLON

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