RNS Number : 0727H
WH Smith PLC
04 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

04 October 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 04 October 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 109,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,805,230 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:

04 October 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

14.3222

14.2300

14.3800






















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

 

08:14:52

BST

77

14.23

GBP

XLON

592180715997047450

 

08:14:52

BST

669

14.23

GBP

XLON

592180715997047451

 

08:46:54

BST

439

14.26

GBP

XLON

592180715997787216

 

08:58:12

BST

273

14.27

GBP

XLON

606254466445691789

 

09:27:22

BST

99

14.33

GBP

XLON

592180715998716568

 

09:27:22

BST

229

14.33

GBP

XLON

592180715998716567

 

09:47:33

BST

274

14.3

GBP

XLON

606254466446802175

 

10:53:52

BST

362

14.3

GBP

XLON

606254466448255803

 

11:25:33

BST

431

14.29

GBP

XLON

606254466448978026

 

11:54:56

BST

20

14.27

GBP

XLON

606254466449554271

 

11:54:56

BST

192

14.27

GBP

XLON

606254466449554270

 

12:03:04

BST

459

14.27

GBP

XLON

592180716002327596

 

12:40:45

BST

32

14.27

GBP

XLON

606254466450460539

 

12:40:45

BST

51

14.27

GBP

XLON

606254466450460541

 

12:40:45

BST

165

14.27

GBP

XLON

606254466450460540

 

12:59:36

BST

61

14.29

GBP

XLON

592180716003476038

 

12:59:36

BST

66

14.29

GBP

XLON

606254466450809261

 

12:59:36

BST

139

14.29

GBP

XLON

606254466450809262

 

12:59:36

BST

185

14.29

GBP

XLON

592180716003476039

 

13:14:22

BST

208

14.29

GBP

XLON

606254466451118096

 

13:29:57

BST

116

14.29

GBP

XLON

592180716004171434

 

13:29:57

BST

304

14.29

GBP

XLON

592180716004171435

 

13:42:32

BST

222

14.32

GBP

XLON

606254466451972494

 

14:06:03

BST

10

14.38

GBP

XLON

606254466452743139

 

14:06:03

BST

207

14.38

GBP

XLON

606254466452743140

 

14:06:03

BST

247

14.38

GBP

XLON

606254466452743138

 

14:20:06

BST

200

14.37

GBP

XLON

592180716005989007

 

14:20:06

BST

229

14.37

GBP

XLON

606254466453165565

 

14:31:18

BST

353

14.33

GBP

XLON

606254466453531109

 

14:54:07

BST

190

14.35

GBP

XLON

592180716007354969

 

14:54:07

BST

245

14.35

GBP

XLON

606254466454450194

 

14:54:07

BST

329

14.35

GBP

XLON

606254466454450195

 

14:54:07

BST

129

14.35

GBP

XLON

606254466454450213

 

15:08:08

BST

51

14.38

GBP

XLON

606254466455090230

 

15:08:38

BST

135

14.38

GBP

XLON

606254466455107732

 

15:09:20

BST

341

14.36

GBP

XLON

606254466455140812

 

15:20:03

BST

374

14.37

GBP

XLON

592180716008503495

 

15:37:07

BST

17

14.34

GBP

XLON

592180716009144860

 

15:37:07

BST

746

14.34

GBP

XLON

592180716009144861

 

15:47:35

BST

9

14.34

GBP

XLON

592180716009513398

 

15:47:35

BST

338

14.34

GBP

XLON

592180716009513399

 

16:06:19

BST

106

14.38

GBP

XLON

606254466457103051

 

16:06:19

BST

194

14.38

GBP

XLON

606254466457103052

 

16:06:19

BST

364

14.38

GBP

XLON

606254466457103050

 

16:13:49

BST

91

14.37

GBP

XLON

592180716010462579

 

16:13:49

BST

194

14.37

GBP

XLON

592180716010462577

 

16:13:49

BST

204

14.37

GBP

XLON

606254466457376483

 

16:13:49

BST

245

14.37

GBP

XLON

592180716010462576

 

16:19:26

BST

88

14.35

GBP

XLON

606254466457599447

 

16:19:53

BST

48

14.35

GBP

XLON

606254466457617113

 

16:20:20

BST

68

14.35

GBP

XLON

606254466457645672

 

16:24:05

BST

20

14.34

GBP

XLON

606254466457833889

 

16:24:15

BST

155

14.34

GBP

XLON

606254466457839787

 




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