RNS Number : 3211F
WH Smith PLC
23 September 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

23 September 2024

 








 










 

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 26 January 2024, of 11,000 ordinary shares of

22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 23 September 2024 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 11,000 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,901,453 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:

23 September 2024


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

11,000

14.0825

13.9300

14.2200






















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

 

 

08:09:53

BST

141

13.93

GBP

XLON

592176823159045604

 

 

08:09:53

BST

260

13.93

GBP

XLON

592176823159045606

 

 

08:49:15

BST

185

14.01

GBP

XLON

606250573596503148

 

 

08:49:55

BST

153

13.97

GBP

XLON

592176823159907920

 

 

08:49:55

BST

485

13.97

GBP

XLON

592176823159907921

 

 

09:13:23

BST

36

13.97

GBP

XLON

606250573597008578

 

 

09:13:23

BST

258

13.97

GBP

XLON

606250573597008579

 

 

09:32:19

BST

77

13.95

GBP

XLON

592176823160798230

 

 

09:32:19

BST

202

13.95

GBP

XLON

592176823160798229

 

 

10:01:11

BST

392

13.96

GBP

XLON

592176823161456543

 

 

10:49:00

BST

223

13.97

GBP

XLON

592176823162507340

 

 

10:49:00

BST

378

13.97

GBP

XLON

592176823162507341

 

 

11:35:03

BST

569

14.05

GBP

XLON

592176823163436371

 

 

12:47:06

BST

11

14.11

GBP

XLON

606250573601221208

 

 

12:47:06

BST

200

14.11

GBP

XLON

606250573601221209

 

 

12:51:45

BST

125

14.09

GBP

XLON

592176823165003505

 

 

12:51:45

BST

125

14.09

GBP

XLON

592176823165003506

 

 

12:51:45

BST

391

14.09

GBP

XLON

592176823165003507

 

 

13:45:20

BST

3

14.13

GBP

XLON

592176823166243584

 

 

13:45:20

BST

708

14.13

GBP

XLON

592176823166243585

 

 

13:45:21

BST

304

14.13

GBP

XLON

592176823166244081

 

 

13:48:32

BST

145

14.11

GBP

XLON

592176823166334559

 

 

13:53:42

BST

79

14.11

GBP

XLON

592176823166460283

 

 

14:12:55

BST

12

14.11

GBP

XLON

592176823166956088

 

 

14:12:55

BST

218

14.11

GBP

XLON

592176823166956087

 

 

14:12:55

BST

271

14.11

GBP

XLON

592176823166956089

 

 

14:20:32

BST

79

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573603333620

 

 

14:29:51

BST

10

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573603561656

 

 

14:29:51

BST

67

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573603561652

 

 

14:29:51

BST

125

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573603561651

 

 

14:29:51

BST

125

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573603561654

 

 

14:29:51

BST

125

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573603561655

 

 

14:29:51

BST

215

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573603561653

 

 

14:46:05

BST

210

14.1

GBP

XLON

592176823168020231

 

 

14:46:05

BST

239

14.1

GBP

XLON

592176823168020232

 

 

15:03:03

BST

194

14.11

GBP

XLON

606250573604882586

 

 

15:03:03

BST

379

14.11

GBP

XLON

592176823168807479

 

 

15:27:40

BST

25

14.13

GBP

XLON

606250573605706541

 

 

15:27:40

BST

165

14.13

GBP

XLON

606250573605706540

 

 

15:32:58

BST

190

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573605859778

 

 

15:32:58

BST

197

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573605859776

 

 

15:32:58

BST

534

14.1

GBP

XLON

606250573605859777

 

 

15:51:37

BST

712

14.15

GBP

XLON

592176823170507758

 

 

15:51:37

BST

42

14.15

GBP

XLON

606250573606477334

 

 

16:06:11

BST

87

14.17

GBP

XLON

592176823171077731

 

 

16:06:11

BST

498

14.17

GBP

XLON

592176823171077732

 

 

16:11:07

BST

217

14.19

GBP

XLON

592176823171291994

 

 

16:19:18

BST

614

14.22

GBP

XLON

606250573607558096

 




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