RNS Number : 2521H
WH Smith PLC
07 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

07 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 07 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 120,777 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,794,230 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:

07 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

14.2716

14.2000

14.4200






















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

 

08:02:12

BST

97

14.42

GBP

XLON

592181777681762780

 

08:02:12

BST

295

14.42

GBP

XLON

592181777681762779

 

08:10:59

BST

302

14.37

GBP

XLON

592181777681996252

 

08:25:09

BST

10

14.31

GBP

XLON

592181777682374936

 

08:25:09

BST

280

14.31

GBP

XLON

592181777682374935

 

08:46:22

BST

113

14.23

GBP

XLON

606255528116287963

 

08:46:22

BST

162

14.23

GBP

XLON

606255528116287964

 

09:14:39

BST

100

14.22

GBP

XLON

606255528116924040

 

09:14:39

BST

197

14.22

GBP

XLON

606255528116924041

 

09:14:39

BST

220

14.22

GBP

XLON

592181777683568131

 

09:39:13

BST

196

14.21

GBP

XLON

592181777684125463

 

09:58:52

BST

195

14.21

GBP

XLON

606255528117848188

 

09:59:42

BST

276

14.2

GBP

XLON

592181777684570357

 

10:49:08

BST

40

14.2

GBP

XLON

592181777685756513

 

10:49:08

BST

100

14.2

GBP

XLON

592181777685756511

 

10:49:08

BST

171

14.2

GBP

XLON

592181777685756509

 

10:49:08

BST

200

14.2

GBP

XLON

592181777685756510

 

12:02:36

BST

243

14.3

GBP

XLON

592181777687316067

 

12:02:41

BST

336

14.28

GBP

XLON

606255528120432492

 

12:02:41

BST

489

14.28

GBP

XLON

606255528120432491

 

12:49:49

BST

20

14.29

GBP

XLON

592181777688300232

 

12:49:49

BST

80

14.29

GBP

XLON

592181777688300229

 

12:49:49

BST

95

14.29

GBP

XLON

592181777688300227

 

12:49:49

BST

100

14.29

GBP

XLON

592181777688300231

 

12:49:49

BST

274

14.29

GBP

XLON

592181777688300224

 

13:53:06

BST

15

14.31

GBP

XLON

592181777689780832

 

13:53:06

BST

68

14.31

GBP

XLON

592181777689780831

 

13:53:06

BST

35

14.31

GBP

XLON

606255528122733019

 

13:55:28

BST

103

14.32

GBP

XLON

592181777689840762

 

13:55:28

BST

19

14.32

GBP

XLON

606255528122789014

 

13:55:28

BST

19

14.32

GBP

XLON

606255528122789015

 

13:55:28

BST

32

14.32

GBP

XLON

606255528122789016

 

13:55:28

BST

84

14.32

GBP

XLON

606255528122789013

 

14:08:40

BST

288

14.35

GBP

XLON

592181777690207598

 

14:11:22

BST

292

14.32

GBP

XLON

592181777690288010

 

14:11:22

BST

552

14.32

GBP

XLON

592181777690288011

 

14:11:22

BST

63

14.32

GBP

XLON

606255528123208053

 

14:27:03

BST

262

14.28

GBP

XLON

592181777690700967

 

14:32:26

BST

296

14.25

GBP

XLON

606255528123778896

 

14:56:07

BST

35

14.27

GBP

XLON

606255528124659117

 

14:56:07

BST

68

14.27

GBP

XLON

606255528124659119

 

14:56:07

BST

100

14.27

GBP

XLON

606255528124659118

 

14:56:07

BST

203

14.27

GBP

XLON

592181777691830406

 

14:56:07

BST

450

14.27

GBP

XLON

606255528124659120

 

15:09:09

BST

100

14.26

GBP

XLON

592181777692318309

 

15:09:09

BST

100

14.26

GBP

XLON

592181777692318310

 

15:09:09

BST

100

14.26

GBP

XLON

592181777692318312

 

15:09:09

BST

290

14.26

GBP

XLON

592181777692318313

 

15:21:38

BST

26

14.27

GBP

XLON

592181777692790345

 

15:21:38

BST

62

14.27

GBP

XLON

592181777692790347

 

15:21:38

BST

75

14.27

GBP

XLON

592181777692790346

 

15:21:38

BST

203

14.27

GBP

XLON

592181777692790344

 

15:31:02

BST

74

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777693130105

 

15:31:02

BST

100

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777693130106

 

15:31:02

BST

184

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777693130108

 

15:40:15

BST

335

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777693456529

 

16:00:06

BST

145

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777694186936

 

16:00:06

BST

194

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777694186937

 

16:00:06

BST

218

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777694186938

 

16:00:06

BST

218

14.24

GBP

XLON

606255528126871110

 

16:23:56

BST

44

14.25

GBP

XLON

592181777695213823

 

16:23:56

BST

60

14.25

GBP

XLON

592181777695213825

 

16:23:56

BST

72

14.25

GBP

XLON

592181777695213824

 

16:23:56

BST

96

14.25

GBP

XLON

592181777695213826

 

16:29:47

BST

211

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777695477140

 

16:29:47

BST

518

14.24

GBP

XLON

592181777695477139

 




Ends


 
























 

 

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