RNS Number : 1029G
WH Smith PLC
27 September 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

27 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 27 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 54,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,858,227 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:

27 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

14.8459

14.7500

14.9100






















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

 

08:22:32

BST

244

14.85

GBP

XLON

606251989181582899

 

08:22:32

BST

295

14.85

GBP

XLON

606251989181582898

 

08:22:32

BST

337

14.85

GBP

XLON

606251989181582897

 

08:22:37

BST

197

14.85

GBP

XLON

592178238737131531

 

09:16:13

BST

176

14.84

GBP

XLON

606251989182902454

 

09:16:13

BST

330

14.84

GBP

XLON

606251989182902453

 

09:16:14

BST

194

14.83

GBP

XLON

592178238738391492

 

09:16:14

BST

207

14.83

GBP

XLON

606251989182902993

 

09:57:29

BST

335

14.86

GBP

XLON

606251989183924813

 

11:02:08

BST

194

14.9

GBP

XLON

606251989185538426

 

11:02:10

BST

37

14.89

GBP

XLON

592178238740955185

 

11:02:10

BST

193

14.89

GBP

XLON

606251989185538767

 

11:02:10

BST

398

14.89

GBP

XLON

592178238740955186

 

11:28:29

BST

285

14.86

GBP

XLON

592178238741569637

 

11:44:05

BST

195

14.84

GBP

XLON

592178238741924678

 

11:45:56

BST

76

14.84

GBP

XLON

592178238741963389

 

11:47:51

BST

52

14.84

GBP

XLON

592178238742006003

 

12:40:56

BST

96

14.8

GBP

XLON

606251989187819732

 

12:40:56

BST

163

14.8

GBP

XLON

606251989187819733

 

12:40:56

BST

200

14.8

GBP

XLON

606251989187819734

 

12:40:56

BST

200

14.8

GBP

XLON

606251989187819735

 

12:46:28

BST

74

14.77

GBP

XLON

592178238743280890

 

12:46:28

BST

181

14.77

GBP

XLON

592178238743280891

 

13:03:28

BST

115

14.75

GBP

XLON

606251989188295879

 

13:03:28

BST

209

14.75

GBP

XLON

606251989188295878

 

13:53:01

BST

42

14.81

GBP

XLON

606251989189507775

 

13:53:01

BST

45

14.81

GBP

XLON

606251989189507774

 

13:53:01

BST

125

14.81

GBP

XLON

606251989189507773

 

13:53:01

BST

556

14.82

GBP

XLON

606251989189507771

 

14:18:31

BST

187

14.79

GBP

XLON

592178238745528402

 

14:23:22

BST

88

14.78

GBP

XLON

592178238745674019

 

14:23:22

BST

103

14.78

GBP

XLON

606251989190382841

 

14:23:22

BST

105

14.78

GBP

XLON

592178238745674020

 

14:23:22

BST

113

14.78

GBP

XLON

606251989190382839

 

14:23:22

BST

125

14.78

GBP

XLON

606251989190382840

 

14:39:29

BST

223

14.8

GBP

XLON

606251989190981894

 

14:39:29

BST

282

14.8

GBP

XLON

606251989190981893

 

14:59:57

BST

111

14.82

GBP

XLON

592178238747053426

 

14:59:57

BST

114

14.82

GBP

XLON

592178238747053427

 

14:59:57

BST

452

14.81

GBP

XLON

606251989191788875

 

15:35:09

BST

102

14.91

GBP

XLON

606251989193231414

 

15:35:09

BST

375

14.91

GBP

XLON

606251989193231413

 

15:35:09

BST

424

14.91

GBP

XLON

606251989193231412

 

15:35:09

BST

101

14.91

GBP

XLON

592178238748469032

 

15:35:09

BST

140

14.91

GBP

XLON

592178238748469031

 

15:41:25

BST

295

14.9

GBP

XLON

606251989193470976

 

15:58:21

BST

72

14.91

GBP

XLON

606251989194137419

 

15:58:21

BST

123

14.91

GBP

XLON

606251989194137420

 

15:58:21

BST

195

14.91

GBP

XLON

592178238749358379

 

15:58:22

BST

148

14.9

GBP

XLON

606251989194137758

 

15:58:22

BST

152

14.9

GBP

XLON

606251989194137757

 

16:13:07

BST

236

14.86

GBP

XLON

606251989194801504

 

16:13:07

BST

49

14.86

GBP

XLON

606251989194801505

 

16:13:07

BST

193

14.86

GBP

XLON

592178238750010660

 

16:13:07

BST

193

14.86

GBP

XLON

592178238750010661

 

16:13:07

BST

226

14.86

GBP

XLON

606251989194801506

 

16:23:19

BST

81

14.88

GBP

XLON

592178238750555905

 

16:23:19

BST

241

14.88

GBP

XLON

592178238750555904

 




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