WH Smith PLC (WHTPF)

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WH Smith PLC

Greenbridge Road
Swindon SN3 3RX
United Kingdom
44 1793 616161
http://www.whsmithplc.co.uk

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Full Time Employees: 14,000

Key Executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year Born
Mr. Carl D. Cowling	Group Chief Exec. & Director	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Robert James Moorhead	CFO, COO & Exec. Director	N/A	N/A	1964
Mr. Ian Houghton	Legal Director & Company Sec.	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay is salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in USD.

Description

WH Smith PLC operates as a retailer in the United Kingdom and internationally. It operates in two segments, Travel and High Street. The Travel segment offers news, books, and convenience for travelling customers. As of August 31, 2020, it operated 1,174 units primarily in airports, hospitals, railway stations, motorway service areas, and workplaces. The High Street segment sells stationery products, including greetings cards, general stationery, art and craft, and gifting products; news and impulse products, such as newspapers, magazines, confectionery, and drinks; and books. It operated 568 stores. This segment also offers its stationery, books, magazines, and gifts through whsmith.co.uk; personalized greetings cards and gifts through funkypigeon.com and funkypigeon.ie; pens through cultpens.com; and personalized stationery products through treeofhearts.co.uk and dottyaboutpaper.co.uk websites. The company was founded in 1792 and is based in Swindon, the United Kingdom.

Corporate Governance

WH Smith PLC’s ISS Governance QualityScore as of December 1, 2020 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 1; Board: 2; Shareholder Rights: 1; Compensation: 7.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while a 10 indicates higher governance risk.