Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

22 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 47,528 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 22 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 3,270,415 Ordinary Shares.The Company has 127,646,519 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:

22 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

47,528

10.2964

10.2100

10.4100

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

08:06:07

BST

107

10.41

GBP

XLON

606206338944651862

08:06:07

BST

107

10.37

GBP

XLON

592132590108888865

08:06:07

BST

107

10.37

GBP

XLON

592132590108888866

08:06:07

BST

107

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206338944651865

08:06:07

BST

107

10.37

GBP

XLON

606206338944651867

08:06:07

BST

356

10.37

GBP

XLON

592132590108888867

08:06:07

BST

451

10.37

GBP

XLON

592132590108888871

08:12:49

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590109053183

08:12:49

BST

131

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338944809129

08:12:49

BST

342

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338944809128

08:12:49

BST

88

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590109053188

08:31:21

BST

50

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590109466563

08:31:21

BST

59

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590109466564

08:31:21

BST

109

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590109466562

08:31:21

BST

114

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338945203575

08:31:21

BST

172

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590109466565

08:31:21

BST

180

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338945203576

08:31:21

BST

347

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590109466561

08:31:21

BST

298

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590109466569

08:31:21

BST

298

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338945203586

08:31:21

BST

91

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590109466572

08:31:21

BST

165

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590109466573

08:41:48

BST

65

10.25

GBP

XLON

606206338945458950

08:41:48

BST

344

10.25

GBP

XLON

606206338945458951

08:41:48

BST

127

10.25

GBP

XLON

592132590109734333

08:41:48

BST

145

10.25

GBP

XLON

592132590109734334

08:41:48

BST

152

10.25

GBP

XLON

592132590109734335

08:41:48

BST

90

10.25

GBP

XLON

592132590109734345

08:41:48

BST

124

10.25

GBP

XLON

606206338945458969

08:50:01

BST

60

10.21

GBP

XLON

606206338945693051

08:50:01

BST

126

10.21

GBP

XLON

592132590109978298

08:50:01

BST

126

10.21

GBP

XLON

606206338945693054

08:50:01

BST

150

10.21

GBP

XLON

606206338945693052

08:50:01

BST

218

10.21

GBP

XLON

606206338945693053

09:04:12

BST

22

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132590110320590

09:04:12

BST

49

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132590110320588

09:04:12

BST

54

10.22

GBP

XLON

592132590110320589

09:05:53

BST

28

10.21

GBP

XLON

592132590110362689

09:05:53

BST

100

10.21

GBP

XLON

592132590110362688

09:07:32

BST

122

10.21

GBP

XLON

606206338946102168

09:08:54

BST

42

10.24

GBP

XLON

606206338946142463

09:12:43

BST

76

10.24

GBP

XLON

606206338946261689

09:12:43

BST

207

10.24

GBP

XLON

606206338946261690

09:12:43

BST

323

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590110572378

09:12:43

BST

19

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590110572384

09:12:43

BST

81

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590110572385

09:12:43

BST

228

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590110572386

09:12:43

BST

70

10.24

GBP

XLON

606206338946261693

09:12:43

BST

258

10.24

GBP

XLON

606206338946261694

09:12:43

BST

85

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590110572395

09:12:43

BST

34

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590110572425

09:12:43

BST

201

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590110572426

09:33:41

BST

133

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590111038007

09:35:53

BST

291

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206338946750237

09:36:11

BST

10

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206338946756668

09:36:11

BST

184

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206338946756670

09:36:11

BST

403

10.22

GBP

XLON

606206338946756669

09:47:25

BST

120

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338946996065

09:49:45

BST

108

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590111392879

09:51:36

BST

119

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590111430695

09:53:45

BST

127

10.24

GBP

XLON

592132590111471071

09:54:30

BST

109

10.26

GBP

XLON

592132590111485983

09:58:52

BST

11

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590111573695

09:59:39

BST

114

10.28

GBP

XLON

606206338947229855

10:02:15

BST

127

10.28

GBP

XLON

592132590111652114

10:04:09

BST

122

10.28

GBP

XLON

606206338947331685

10:04:10

BST

282

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590111695770

10:04:10

BST

330

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590111695771

10:06:09

BST

132

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590111737782

10:06:09

BST

495

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338947372215

10:06:09

BST

148

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590111737786

10:27:01

BST

71

10.25

GBP

XLON

592132590112233440

10:27:01

BST

104

10.25

GBP

XLON

592132590112233439

10:45:27

BST

109

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590112620237

10:45:27

BST

109

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338948213563

10:45:27

BST

109

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338948213564

10:45:27

BST

183

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590112620238

10:45:27

BST

218

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338948213565

10:45:27

BST

278

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590112620239

10:45:27

BST

414

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590112620236

10:45:27

BST

100

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338948213570

10:45:27

BST

382

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338948213571

10:45:27

BST

84

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338948213574

10:45:27

BST

100

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338948213575

10:46:42

BST

337

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590112644243

11:06:21

BST

98

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113058787

11:06:21

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113058788

11:06:21

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338948628373

11:06:21

BST

400

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113058786

11:06:21

BST

359

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113058795

11:29:47

BST

116

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113514597

11:31:42

BST

119

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338949099436

11:33:27

BST

107

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338949133739

11:35:24

BST

117

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113633556

11:37:18

BST

122

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113670667

11:39:22

BST

125

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338949240551

11:40:07

BST

116

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590113723942

11:40:07

BST

116

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590113723943

11:40:07

BST

116

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338949255625

11:40:07

BST

367

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590113723941

11:40:07

BST

371

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590113723947

11:40:07

BST

253

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338949255633

11:53:58

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113991845

11:53:58

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113991846

11:53:58

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338949508716

11:53:58

BST

427

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590113991844

11:53:58

BST

181

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338949508720

12:05:57

BST

108

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590114244608

12:05:57

BST

108

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590114244609

12:05:57

BST

108

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338949749552

12:05:57

BST

209

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338949749553

12:05:57

BST

298

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338949749551

12:06:09

BST

42

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338949754253

12:06:09

BST

84

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338949754252

12:17:53

BST

120

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338949983593

12:29:44

BST

108

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338950215356

12:31:16

BST

116

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338950250447

12:39:49

BST

127

10.34

GBP

XLON

592132590114946593

12:39:49

BST

127

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206338950414724

12:39:49

BST

189

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206338950414725

12:39:49

BST

375

10.34

GBP

XLON

592132590114946594

12:46:54

BST

124

10.35

GBP

XLON

606206338950552025

12:48:38

BST

119

10.35

GBP

XLON

592132590115128894

12:48:38

BST

85

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206338950588554

12:48:38

BST

124

10.34

GBP

XLON

592132590115128896

12:48:38

BST

124

10.34

GBP

XLON

592132590115128897

12:48:38

BST

124

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206338950588557

12:48:38

BST

127

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206338950588556

12:48:38

BST

245

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206338950588555

12:48:38

BST

455

10.34

GBP

XLON

606206338950588560

12:48:38

BST

81

10.34

GBP

XLON

592132590115128908

13:00:01

BST

111

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590115378703

13:00:01

BST

316

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338950825914

13:00:15

BST

100

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338950832750

13:00:15

BST

206

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338950832751

13:10:51

BST

30

10.28

GBP

XLON

592132590115623110

13:10:51

BST

118

10.28

GBP

XLON

606206338951058470

13:10:51

BST

319

10.28

GBP

XLON

592132590115623111

13:10:51

BST

225

10.28

GBP

XLON

606206338951058475

13:31:09

BST

130

10.27

GBP

XLON

592132590116121000

13:32:28

BST

114

10.27

GBP

XLON

606206338951567601

13:34:46

BST

127

10.28

GBP

XLON

606206338951636004

13:37:06

BST

149

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590116302576

13:37:53

BST

109

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338951721506

13:39:17

BST

118

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338951757811

13:40:01

BST

298

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338951780871

13:40:01

BST

494

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590116386000

13:48:36

BST

119

10.33

GBP

XLON

592132590116627276

13:50:04

BST

122

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590116667384

13:55:54

BST

113

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338952201133

13:55:54

BST

113

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338952201134

13:55:54

BST

114

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590116832459

13:55:54

BST

152

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590116832461

13:55:54

BST

447

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590116832460

13:56:56

BST

358

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590116862254

13:57:27

BST

30

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590116877441

13:57:27

BST

156

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590116877440

14:06:18

BST

115

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117166657

14:06:18

BST

115

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117166658

14:06:18

BST

115

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117166661

14:06:18

BST

115

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117166662

14:06:18

BST

115

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338952518276

14:06:18

BST

115

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338952518277

14:06:18

BST

165

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117166659

14:06:18

BST

208

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117166660

14:06:20

BST

48

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338952518694

14:15:19

BST

167

10.33

GBP

XLON

592132590117417111

14:15:19

BST

238

10.33

GBP

XLON

592132590117417112

14:19:18

BST

122

10.33

GBP

XLON

592132590117527566

14:19:18

BST

122

10.33

GBP

XLON

606206338952861075

14:19:18

BST

122

10.33

GBP

XLON

606206338952861076

14:19:18

BST

272

10.33

GBP

XLON

606206338952861074

14:22:56

BST

2

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117631369

14:29:08

BST

16

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338953149420

14:29:08

BST

97

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338953149418

14:29:08

BST

113

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117828807

14:29:08

BST

113

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117828808

14:29:08

BST

113

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117828809

14:29:08

BST

113

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338953149416

14:29:08

BST

113

10.32

GBP

XLON

606206338953149417

14:29:08

BST

303

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117828806

14:29:08

BST

126

10.32

GBP

XLON

592132590117828825

14:33:50

BST

223

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338953344327

14:33:50

BST

90

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338953344328

14:33:50

BST

124

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590118032101

14:33:50

BST

124

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590118032102

14:33:50

BST

114

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590118032110

14:44:28

BST

114

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338953724222

14:45:26

BST

49

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590118465210

14:45:26

BST

53

10.31

GBP

XLON

592132590118465209

14:45:26

BST

19

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338953759963

14:46:16

BST

46

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338953794471

14:46:16

BST

47

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338953794470

14:46:16

BST

20

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590118501068

14:47:18

BST

126

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590118547739

14:48:16

BST

121

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590118584676

14:49:13

BST

107

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590118616040

14:50:11

BST

127

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590118653835

14:51:12

BST

16

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338953983787

14:51:12

BST

45

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338953983785

14:51:12

BST

49

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338953983786

14:52:03

BST

30

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590118734847

14:52:03

BST

78

10.3

GBP

XLON

592132590118734848

14:53:03

BST

12

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338954076253

14:53:03

BST

47

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338954076252

14:53:03

BST

53

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338954076251

14:54:01

BST

10

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338954132709

14:54:01

BST

48

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338954132706

14:54:01

BST

49

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338954132707

14:54:01

BST

2

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338954132719

14:54:14

BST

12

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338954144164

14:54:14

BST

100

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338954144163

14:56:05

BST

5

10.31

GBP

XLON

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10.31

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XLON

606206338954235637

14:56:05

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49

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338954235635

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53

10.31

GBP

XLON

606206338954235636

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115

10.29

GBP

XLON

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300

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590119003037

14:56:55

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309

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338954277416

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85

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338954279442

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182

10.29

GBP

XLON

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20

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338954308991

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109

10.29

GBP

XLON

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223

10.29

GBP

XLON

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15:06:42

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3

10.3

GBP

XLON

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46

10.3

GBP

XLON

606206338954695220

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71

10.3

GBP

XLON

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184

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GBP

XLON

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121

10.32

GBP

XLON

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119

10.32

GBP

XLON

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390

10.3

GBP

XLON

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418

10.3

GBP

XLON

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400

10.3

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XLON

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10.3

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XLON

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97

10.3

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XLON

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109

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XLON

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28

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XLON

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XLON

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52

10.33

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XLON

606206338955351532

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113

10.33

GBP

XLON

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20

10.33

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XLON

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15:26:21

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88

10.33

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XLON

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4

10.33

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XLON

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10.33

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XLON

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72

10.33

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XLON

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73

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XLON

592132590120247850

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10.33

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109

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XLON

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10.31

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XLON

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109

10.31

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XLON

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109

10.31

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XLON

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109

10.31

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XLON

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507

10.31

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XLON

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276

10.31

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XLON

592132590120287339

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122

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GBP

XLON

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43

10.29

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XLON

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79

10.29

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XLON

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122

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590120636985

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122

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590120636988

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122

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338955842525

15:38:22

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483

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338955842524

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BST

37

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590120920096

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BST

124

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590120920098

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124

10.29

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XLON

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124

10.29

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XLON

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124

10.29

GBP

XLON

606206338956113828

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124

10.29

GBP

XLON

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125

10.29

GBP

XLON

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247

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590120920095

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324

10.29

GBP

XLON

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18

10.29

GBP

XLON

592132590120920102

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124

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XLON

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113

10.29

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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113

10.29

GBP

XLON

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470

10.29

GBP

XLON

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278

10.29

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XLON

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15:56:23

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10.29

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XLON

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53

10.31

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XLON

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58

10.31

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XLON

606206338956870749

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113

10.31

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XLON

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122

10.31

GBP

XLON

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119

10.31

GBP

XLON

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155

10.32

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XLON

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355

10.31

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XLON

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10.31

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XLON

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10.31

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XLON

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258

10.31

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XLON

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12

10.31

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XLON

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88

10.31

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XLON

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301

10.31

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XLON

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181

10.31

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XLON

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XLON

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XLON

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27

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XLON

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109

10.29

GBP

XLON

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109

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XLON

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109

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XLON

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109

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GBP

XLON

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109

10.29

GBP

XLON

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10.29

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XLON

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10.29

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XLON

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109

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XLON

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109

10.29

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XLON

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42

10.29

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XLON

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13

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XLON

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22

10.31

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XLON

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76

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XLON

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39

10.31

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XLON

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86

10.31

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XLON

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13

10.31

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