RNS Number : 8922F
WH Smith PLC
26 September 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

26 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 26 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 43,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,869,227 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:

26 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

14.7131

14.5100

14.8400






















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

 

08:06:02

BST

423

14.51

GBP

XLON

592177884843060143

 

08:20:00

BST

407

14.6

GBP

XLON

606251635284076568

 

09:09:58

BST

194

14.61

GBP

XLON

606251635285489939

 

09:09:58

BST

544

14.59

GBP

XLON

606251635285489959

 

09:49:05

BST

125

14.58

GBP

XLON

592177884846307526

 

09:49:05

BST

119

14.58

GBP

XLON

592177884846307527

 

09:49:05

BST

66

14.58

GBP

XLON

592177884846307528

 

09:49:05

BST

209

14.58

GBP

XLON

606251635286692756

 

10:11:11

BST

28

14.55

GBP

XLON

592177884846985962

 

10:24:51

BST

243

14.55

GBP

XLON

592177884847393853

 

10:24:51

BST

206

14.55

GBP

XLON

606251635287713874

 

10:24:51

BST

206

14.55

GBP

XLON

606251635287713875

 

11:05:42

BST

10

14.55

GBP

XLON

592177884848551145

 

11:05:42

BST

319

14.55

GBP

XLON

592177884848551147

 

11:47:55

BST

125

14.63

GBP

XLON

592177884849705213

 

11:47:55

BST

81

14.63

GBP

XLON

592177884849705214

 

12:04:16

BST

559

14.7

GBP

XLON

592177884850166457

 

12:04:16

BST

151

14.7

GBP

XLON

592177884850166462

 

12:21:18

BST

241

14.69

GBP

XLON

592177884850612360

 

13:02:13

BST

324

14.67

GBP

XLON

592177884851760085

 

13:02:13

BST

216

14.67

GBP

XLON

606251635291816073

 

13:50:04

BST

23

14.74

GBP

XLON

606251635293185635

 

13:50:04

BST

18

14.74

GBP

XLON

606251635293185636

 

13:50:04

BST

110

14.74

GBP

XLON

606251635293185637

 

13:50:04

BST

41

14.74

GBP

XLON

606251635293185638

 

13:58:21

BST

528

14.76

GBP

XLON

592177884853563277

 

13:58:21

BST

70

14.76

GBP

XLON

592177884853563278

 

13:58:21

BST

1

14.76

GBP

XLON

592177884853563279

 

13:58:21

BST

161

14.76

GBP

XLON

592177884853563288

 

14:29:22

BST

24

14.78

GBP

XLON

592177884854677008

 

14:30:37

BST

230

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635294635493

 

14:30:37

BST

136

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635294635494

 

14:48:22

BST

708

14.84

GBP

XLON

592177884855570743

 

14:48:23

BST

68

14.84

GBP

XLON

606251635295415564

 

14:48:23

BST

313

14.84

GBP

XLON

606251635295415565

 

15:07:44

BST

209

14.83

GBP

XLON

592177884856556559

 

15:09:57

BST

306

14.82

GBP

XLON

606251635296453897

 

15:09:57

BST

33

14.82

GBP

XLON

606251635296453898

 

15:09:57

BST

246

14.82

GBP

XLON

606251635296453899

 

15:24:21

BST

39

14.79

GBP

XLON

592177884857369827

 

15:24:21

BST

160

14.79

GBP

XLON

592177884857369828

 

15:24:21

BST

315

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635297122939

 

15:36:26

BST

285

14.76

GBP

XLON

606251635297649583

 

15:47:59

BST

326

14.79

GBP

XLON

592177884858478862

 

15:47:59

BST

67

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635298176187

 

15:47:59

BST

148

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635298176188

 

15:56:57

BST

400

14.77

GBP

XLON

606251635298614485

 

16:15:09

BST

100

14.79

GBP

XLON

592177884859890160

 

16:15:09

BST

9

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635299516102

 

16:15:09

BST

607

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635299516103

 

16:15:09

BST

98

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635299516104

 

16:15:09

BST

98

14.79

GBP

XLON

606251635299516106

 

16:21:59

BST

156

14.79

GBP

XLON

592177884860308080

 

16:29:24

BST

171

14.79

GBP

XLON

592177884860724993

 




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