RNS Number : 6961F
WH Smith PLC
25 September 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

25 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 25 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 32,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,879,676 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:

25 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

14.4395

14.3500

14.5600






















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

 

 

08:49:15

BST

498

14.45

GBP

XLON

606251281377391568

 

 

08:49:15

BST

125

14.45

GBP

XLON

606251281377391569

 

 

08:49:15

BST

323

14.45

GBP

XLON

606251281377391570

 

 

09:08:20

BST

668

14.52

GBP

XLON

592177530944820970

 

 

09:08:20

BST

4

14.52

GBP

XLON

592177530944820971

 

 

09:34:35

BST

274

14.46

GBP

XLON

606251281378455972

 

 

10:22:10

BST

220

14.46

GBP

XLON

606251281379591433

 

 

10:24:03

BST

192

14.45

GBP

XLON

592177530946771291

 

 

10:24:03

BST

43

14.45

GBP

XLON

592177530946771292

 

 

10:24:03

BST

125

14.45

GBP

XLON

606251281379638244

 

 

10:24:03

BST

156

14.45

GBP

XLON

606251281379638245

 

 

11:59:41

BST

207

14.56

GBP

XLON

592177530948940926

 

 

11:59:41

BST

42

14.56

GBP

XLON

606251281381669288

 

 

11:59:41

BST

18

14.56

GBP

XLON

606251281381669290

 

 

12:00:13

BST

767

14.55

GBP

XLON

606251281381705990

 

 

12:00:33

BST

111

14.55

GBP

XLON

592177530948993832

 

 

12:00:33

BST

5

14.55

GBP

XLON

592177530948993833

 

 

12:05:36

BST

228

14.53

GBP

XLON

592177530949126607

 

 

12:31:20

BST

129

14.51

GBP

XLON

592177530949680778

 

 

12:31:20

BST

94

14.51

GBP

XLON

592177530949680780

 

 

12:47:06

BST

25

14.43

GBP

XLON

592177530950047049

 

 

12:47:14

BST

217

14.43

GBP

XLON

592177530950049720

 

 

13:05:58

BST

340

14.41

GBP

XLON

592177530950489737

 

 

13:29:47

BST

90

14.42

GBP

XLON

592177530951052898

 

 

13:29:47

BST

125

14.42

GBP

XLON

592177530951052899

 

 

13:29:47

BST

125

14.42

GBP

XLON

592177530951052900

 

 

13:29:47

BST

57

14.42

GBP

XLON

592177530951052902

 

 

13:45:52

BST

200

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530951466300

 

 

13:53:29

BST

80

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530951683355

 

 

14:04:56

BST

69

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530952003311

 

 

14:04:56

BST

55

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530952003312

 

 

14:04:57

BST

9

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530952003762

 

 

14:04:57

BST

272

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530952003763

 

 

14:42:29

BST

105

14.39

GBP

XLON

592177530953212217

 

 

14:42:29

BST

103

14.39

GBP

XLON

592177530953212218

 

 

14:42:29

BST

189

14.39

GBP

XLON

592177530953212219

 

 

14:42:29

BST

189

14.39

GBP

XLON

592177530953212220

 

 

14:42:29

BST

189

14.4

GBP

XLON

606251281385659411

 

 

14:42:29

BST

22

14.39

GBP

XLON

606251281385659414

 

 

14:42:29

BST

125

14.39

GBP

XLON

606251281385659415

 

 

14:42:29

BST

42

14.39

GBP

XLON

606251281385659416

 

 

14:42:29

BST

189

14.39

GBP

XLON

606251281385659417

 

 

14:55:16

BST

160

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530953673934

 

 

14:55:16

BST

125

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530953673935

 

 

14:55:16

BST

218

14.4

GBP

XLON

592177530953673936

 

 

15:14:11

BST

210

14.44

GBP

XLON

606251281386742144

 

 

15:19:26

BST

125

14.43

GBP

XLON

606251281386918588

 

 

15:19:26

BST

310

14.43

GBP

XLON

606251281386918589

 

 

15:20:05

BST

30

14.42

GBP

XLON

606251281386944733

 

 

15:20:05

BST

186

14.42

GBP

XLON

606251281386944734

 

 

15:38:47

BST

642

14.43

GBP

XLON

606251281387560918

 

 

15:52:20

BST

88

14.41

GBP

XLON

606251281388026113

 

 

15:52:20

BST

106

14.41

GBP

XLON

606251281388026114

 

 

15:52:26

BST

311

14.4

GBP

XLON

606251281388029688

 

 

16:10:08

BST

747

14.39

GBP

XLON

592177530956413069

 

 

16:10:08

BST

61

14.39

GBP

XLON

592177530956413074

 

 

16:10:09

BST

51

14.38

GBP

XLON

592177530956413837

 

 

16:10:09

BST

151

14.38

GBP

XLON

592177530956413841

 

 

16:24:56

BST

433

14.35

GBP

XLON

606251281389356306

 




Ends


 
























 

 

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