WH Smith Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:SMWH Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Role	Shares	Max Price
18 Aug 23	BuyUK£15,122	Marion Sears	Individual		1,100	UK£13.75

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SMWH?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Private Companies	126,358	0.0973%
Public Companies	175,571	0.135%
Individual Insiders	336,059	0.259%
Employee Share Scheme	1,956,746	1.51%
General Public	12,176,935	9.38%
Institutions	115,108,841	88.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 67.29% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
8.22%	Causeway Capital Management LLC	10,674,946	UK£115.6m	-22%	0.64%
7.2%	BlackRock, Inc.	9,348,892	UK£101.2m	-7.41%	no data
5.94%	M&G Investment Management Limited	7,711,908	UK£83.5m	4.92%	0.22%
4.75%	FMR LLC	6,172,056	UK£66.8m	2.97%	0.01%
4.64%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	6,021,614	UK£65.2m	1.82%	no data
4.24%	Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.	5,505,382	UK£59.6m	0.62%	0.05%
3.26%	Royal London Asset Management Ltd.	4,228,582	UK£45.8m	0.67%	0.08%
3.25%	Marathon Asset Management Limited	4,225,026	UK£45.8m	8.96%	0.37%
2.92%	Capital Research and Management Company	3,793,493	UK£41.1m	-40.7%	no data
2.35%	JP Morgan Asset Management	3,058,000	UK£33.1m	0%	0.01%
1.97%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	2,560,949	UK£27.7m	3.77%	0.01%
1.79%	Norges Bank Investment Management	2,325,181	UK£25.2m	-1.09%	no data
1.69%	Artemis Investment Management LLP	2,196,531	UK£23.8m	0%	0.12%
1.54%	Fidelity International Ltd	1,996,737	UK£21.6m	1.45%	0.01%
1.51%	WH Smith Group Plc Employees Benefit Trust	1,956,746	UK£21.2m	-0.72%	no data
1.44%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,869,472	UK£20.2m	2.97%	no data
1.34%	MN Services N.V.	1,741,855	UK£18.9m	0%	1.94%
1.24%	Societe Generale Group, Banking Investments	1,609,171	UK£17.4m	-10.9%	0.14%
1.22%	BNPP Asset Management Holding	1,586,530	UK£17.2m	-15.2%	0.03%
1.21%	Pictet & Cie (Europe) S.A., Asset Management Arm	1,566,146	UK£17.0m	-1.9%	0.43%
1.17%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	1,519,881	UK£16.5m	-4.08%	no data
1.16%	abrdn plc	1,513,092	UK£16.4m	10.6%	0.02%
1.11%	Metzler Asset Management GmbH	1,438,390	UK£15.6m	9.59%	0.2%
1.08%	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership	1,402,213	UK£15.2m	0%	0.02%
1.06%	Schroder Investment Management Limited	1,372,413	UK£14.9m	4.68%	0.01%