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
23 May 24	BuyUK£9,990	Annette Court	Individual		900	UK£11.10
18 Aug 23	BuyUK£15,122	Marion Sears	Individual		1,100	UK£13.75

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: SMWH 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
Public Companies	37,349	0.0288%
Private Companies	102,672	0.0791%
Individual Insiders	336,959	0.259%
Employee Share Scheme	1,950,610	1.5%
General Public	7,448,446	5.73%
Institutions	120,004,474	92.4%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 73.49% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
11.6%	Causeway Capital Management LLC	14,997,439	UK£192.1m	8.75%	1.04%
9.27%	BlackRock, Inc.	12,040,132	UK£154.2m	28.8%	no data
5.84%	M&G Investment Management Limited	7,583,158	UK£97.1m	-1.67%	0.24%
4.81%	FMR LLC	6,248,532	UK£80.0m	2.75%	0.01%
4.81%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	6,245,599	UK£80.0m	3.72%	no data
4.63%	Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.	6,015,814	UK£77.1m	9.27%	0.06%
3.4%	Royal London Asset Management Ltd.	4,418,057	UK£56.6m	4.48%	0.09%
3.25%	Marathon Asset Management Limited	4,215,636	UK£54.0m	-0.22%	0.44%
3.16%	Artemis Investment Management LLP	4,105,300	UK£52.6m	86.9%	0.27%
2.37%	JP Morgan Asset Management	3,080,575	UK£39.5m	0.74%	0.01%
1.96%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	2,548,077	UK£32.6m	-0.5%	0.01%
1.79%	Norges Bank Investment Management	2,325,181	UK£29.8m	0%	no data
1.59%	Fidelity International Ltd	2,068,297	UK£26.5m	3.58%	0.01%
1.5%	WH Smith Group Plc Employees Benefit Trust	1,950,610	UK£25.0m	-0.31%	no data
1.5%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	1,946,539	UK£24.9m	4.12%	0.01%
1.39%	MN Services N.V.	1,801,126	UK£23.1m	3.4%	2.42%
1.36%	Pictet & Cie (Europe) S.A., Asset Management Arm	1,770,046	UK£22.7m	13%	0.51%
1.36%	BNY Asset Management	1,762,413	UK£22.6m	61.4%	0.01%
1.26%	Metzler Asset Management GmbH	1,634,364	UK£20.9m	13.6%	0.23%
1.2%	abrdn plc	1,552,087	UK£19.9m	2.58%	0.02%
1.17%	AGF Management Limited	1,515,014	UK£19.4m	24.8%	0.12%
1.11%	Liontrust Asset Management PLC	1,444,281	UK£18.5m	8.28%	0.09%
1.1%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	1,424,549	UK£18.2m	-6.27%	no data
1.08%	Schroder Investment Management Limited	1,408,497	UK£18.0m	2.63%	0.02%
1.03%	Artisan Partners Limited Partnership	1,343,338	UK£17.2m	-4.2%	0.02%