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# WH SMITH PLC (LSE Main Market: SMWH) — research page

As of 2026-11-06 · uk-cm-kg · record version 1

## Identity and listing

The issuer is WH SMITH PLC, listed on the LSE Main Market under ticker SMWH, with ISIN GB00B2PDGW16 and LEI 2138001KJNGUJ34G7X91. Its security type is Corporate, its segment is STMM, its sector is Retailers [404010], and its jurisdiction is England and Wales (Companies House jurisdiction field). Its listing status is listed, not halted.

## The disclosure read

The record holds 74 filings on 51 filing days in the window 2025-11-06 to 2026-11-06. The median gap between filing days is 4.5 days. The latest filing is dated 2026-11-02, is of type corporate_action, and falls 4 days before the record date of 2026-11-06. The LSE Main Market median cadence gap is 4 days across 892 issuers, with a median of 29.0 filings and a median latency of 3 days. The Retailers [404010] sector median cadence gap is 4.0 days across 35 issuers, with a median of 74 filings and a median latency of 2 days.

## Auditor

The auditor of record is PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Its location is not on the record. Auditor changes are not on the record, as this register has no lifecycle type map yet.

## Events and halts

Listing, delisting, name change, domicile change and segment move are not on the record, as this register has no lifecycle type map yet. The halt flag reads listed, not halted.

## Orderability

For the elective professional client category, the outcome is signal ACM-200 and is determinable. For the eligible counterparty category, the outcome is signal ACM-200 and is determinable. The rule version is acm-68000/uk/product-governance-fca-prod-sourcebook/r1, and the chapter is as of 2026-11-04.

## Coverage

No research houses were found on the issuer's investor-relations page, and the count is 0.

## Open research

No openly published research notes were found, and the count is 0.

## Licensed

Licensed research: none loaded. A licensed row is served only to an agent whose firm holds that licence (licensor, entitlement). No licensed row is loaded.

## As-of depth

The vintage of the market is not sealed. No issuer years are sealed. The live record began on 2026-09-11. The years 2021 through 2026 are sealed in the store but not served as of a date, and the as-of door answers not_sealed.

## Sources

10 source pages are named on this page; every value above carries its own source page and read date in the numbers.

- https://www.londonstockexchange.com/live-markets/market-data-dashboard/price-explorer (identity.exchange)
- https://api.londonstockexchange.com/api/gw/lse/instruments/alldata/SMWH (identity.isin)
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05202036 (identity.jurisdiction)
- https://mapping.gleif.org/api/v2/isin-lei/latest/download (identity.lei)
- https://www.londonstockexchange.com/stock/SMWH/wh-smith-plc/company-page (identity.sector)
- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/events/LSE/SMWH (the disclosure lines)
- https://marketsecurities.fca.org.uk/officiallist (the halt flag)
- https://www.whsmithplc.co.uk/~/media/Files/W/WH-Smith/documents/investors/result-report-presentation/annual-report/2024/whsmith_ar24_web.pdf (the auditor)
- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/book/aio.json (the orderability chapter)
- https://mcp.uk-cm-kg.ai/record/LSE/SMWH (the record)

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