RNS Number : 3319G
WH Smith PLC
30 September 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

30 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 30 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 65,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,847,227 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:

30 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

14.7486

14.6700

14.9000






















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

 

08:06:31

BST

434

14.9

GBP

XLON

592179300425301705

 

08:17:47

BST

322

14.84

GBP

XLON

592179300425615534

 

08:29:54

BST

104

14.81

GBP

XLON

606253050871297137

 

08:29:54

BST

148

14.81

GBP

XLON

606253050871297138

 

09:15:35

BST

4

14.75

GBP

XLON

592179300427143176

 

09:15:35

BST

135

14.75

GBP

XLON

592179300427143177

 

09:15:35

BST

155

14.75

GBP

XLON

592179300427143175

 

09:15:35

BST

171

14.75

GBP

XLON

592179300427143174

 

09:15:35

BST

216

14.75

GBP

XLON

592179300427143178

 

09:29:57

BST

51

14.72

GBP

XLON

606253050872844653

 

09:29:57

BST

169

14.72

GBP

XLON

606253050872844654

 

09:30:08

BST

71

14.71

GBP

XLON

606253050872852597

 

09:30:08

BST

122

14.71

GBP

XLON

606253050872852649

 

10:11:56

BST

310

14.79

GBP

XLON

606253050873840340

 

10:17:32

BST

276

14.78

GBP

XLON

606253050873973979

 

10:41:37

BST

31

14.77

GBP

XLON

592179300429502742

 

10:41:37

BST

220

14.77

GBP

XLON

592179300429502741

 

11:11:25

BST

282

14.79

GBP

XLON

606253050875384946

 

11:39:56

BST

322

14.76

GBP

XLON

606253050876020662

 

12:00:39

BST

346

14.77

GBP

XLON

606253050876447645

 

12:58:38

BST

41

14.79

GBP

XLON

592179300432727681

 

12:58:38

BST

154

14.79

GBP

XLON

592179300432727682

 

13:14:06

BST

45

14.78

GBP

XLON

606253050877993995

 

13:14:06

BST

101

14.78

GBP

XLON

606253050877993997

 

13:14:06

BST

125

14.78

GBP

XLON

606253050877993994

 

13:14:06

BST

125

14.78

GBP

XLON

606253050877993996

 

13:14:06

BST

243

14.78

GBP

XLON

606253050877993993

 

13:30:18

BST

106

14.76

GBP

XLON

592179300433450421

 

13:30:18

BST

254

14.76

GBP

XLON

592179300433450422

 

14:15:37

BST

355

14.79

GBP

XLON

592179300434736520

 

14:15:37

BST

400

14.79

GBP

XLON

592179300434736519

 

14:30:27

BST

95

14.79

GBP

XLON

592179300435182368

 

14:30:27

BST

277

14.79

GBP

XLON

592179300435182369

 

14:39:12

BST

191

14.75

GBP

XLON

592179300435565706

 

14:41:15

BST

303

14.74

GBP

XLON

592179300435651441

 

14:56:39

BST

15

14.76

GBP

XLON

606253050881252564

 

14:56:39

BST

204

14.76

GBP

XLON

606253050881252565

 

14:56:39

BST

332

14.75

GBP

XLON

592179300436447951

 

15:10:27

BST

221

14.71

GBP

XLON

592179300437040144

 

15:10:27

BST

302

14.71

GBP

XLON

606253050881856526

 

15:28:53

BST

219

14.7

GBP

XLON

592179300437719712

 

15:28:53

BST

344

14.7

GBP

XLON

606253050882552332

 

15:39:16

BST

70

14.71

GBP

XLON

606253050882942595

 

15:39:16

BST

130

14.71

GBP

XLON

606253050882942596

 

15:50:06

BST

22

14.7

GBP

XLON

592179300438504493

 

15:50:06

BST

103

14.7

GBP

XLON

606253050883352751

 

15:50:06

BST

106

14.7

GBP

XLON

606253050883352750

 

15:50:06

BST

187

14.7

GBP

XLON

592179300438504494

 

15:50:50

BST

325

14.69

GBP

XLON

606253050883381656

 

15:57:35

BST

449

14.67

GBP

XLON

606253050883651995

 

16:17:16

BST

94

14.68

GBP

XLON

606253050884496681

 

16:17:16

BST

125

14.68

GBP

XLON

606253050884496680

 

16:19:39

BST

187

14.67

GBP

XLON

592179300439742616

 

16:19:39

BST

339

14.67

GBP

XLON

592179300439742615

 

16:19:39

BST

522

14.67

GBP

XLON

606253050884616845

 




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