RNS Number : 9557H
WH Smith PLC
11 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

11 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 11 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 164,514 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,751,778 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:

11 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

13.9372

13.8700

14.0500






















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

 

08:11:27

BST

613

13.95

GBP

XLON

592183193258009987

 

08:34:56

BST

220

13.9

GBP

XLON

592183193258517995

 

08:46:43

BST

80

13.88

GBP

XLON

592183193258783208

 

08:58:25

BST

502

13.92

GBP

XLON

606256943701081302

 

09:26:00

BST

393

13.91

GBP

XLON

592183193259700835

 

09:49:06

BST

56

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943702238567

 

09:49:06

BST

260

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943702238568

 

09:49:57

BST

200

13.88

GBP

XLON

592183193260313463

 

10:44:29

BST

61

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943703608556

 

10:44:29

BST

188

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943703608557

 

10:44:29

BST

344

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943703608555

 

10:55:48

BST

83

13.88

GBP

XLON

592183193262055445

 

10:55:48

BST

200

13.88

GBP

XLON

592183193262055446

 

11:33:22

BST

387

13.87

GBP

XLON

606256943704771085

 

12:09:16

BST

209

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943705557725

 

12:51:42

BST

19

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943706395481

 

13:12:46

BST

71

13.9

GBP

XLON

592183193265268608

 

13:12:46

BST

123

13.9

GBP

XLON

592183193265268609

 

13:16:03

BST

43

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943706932631

 

13:16:03

BST

132

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943706932630

 

13:16:03

BST

194

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943706932633

 

13:16:03

BST

194

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943706932634

 

13:16:03

BST

350

13.89

GBP

XLON

606256943706932632

 

13:31:15

BST

185

13.93

GBP

XLON

592183193265761540

 

13:53:04

BST

207

13.93

GBP

XLON

606256943707847993

 

13:56:43

BST

62

13.91

GBP

XLON

592183193266427769

 

13:56:43

BST

145

13.91

GBP

XLON

592183193266427770

 

13:56:43

BST

221

13.91

GBP

XLON

592183193266427768

 

14:01:14

BST

81

13.9

GBP

XLON

606256943708038548

 

14:01:14

BST

151

13.9

GBP

XLON

606256943708038549

 

14:18:08

BST

246

13.9

GBP

XLON

606256943708459315

 

14:51:02

BST

111

13.91

GBP

XLON

592183193268104711

 

14:52:11

BST

4

13.92

GBP

XLON

606256943709529627

 

14:52:11

BST

29

13.92

GBP

XLON

606256943709529628

 

14:52:11

BST

32

13.92

GBP

XLON

592183193268144371

 

14:52:11

BST

76

13.92

GBP

XLON

592183193268144370

 

14:52:11

BST

147

13.92

GBP

XLON

592183193268144369

 

14:52:11

BST

2

13.92

GBP

XLON

606256943709529632

 

15:02:16

BST

27

13.93

GBP

XLON

606256943709874320

 

15:02:16

BST

63

13.93

GBP

XLON

606256943709874319

 

15:02:16

BST

122

13.93

GBP

XLON

606256943709874318

 

15:02:16

BST

2

13.93

GBP

XLON

592183193268513428

 

15:08:00

BST

45

13.94

GBP

XLON

592183193268728640

 

15:08:00

BST

52

13.94

GBP

XLON

592183193268728641

 

15:08:00

BST

45

13.94

GBP

XLON

606256943710075421

 

15:08:00

BST

45

13.94

GBP

XLON

592183193268728651

 

15:08:00

BST

127

13.94

GBP

XLON

592183193268728653

 

15:12:31

BST

256

13.93

GBP

XLON

592183193268903062

 

15:12:31

BST

666

13.93

GBP

XLON

606256943710237349

 

15:19:40

BST

270

13.95

GBP

XLON

606256943710492101

 

15:31:37

BST

71

13.94

GBP

XLON

592183193269596492

 

15:31:37

BST

175

13.94

GBP

XLON

592183193269596491

 

15:31:37

BST

190

13.94

GBP

XLON

592183193269596493

 

15:31:37

BST

160

13.93

GBP

XLON

606256943710885975

 

15:47:07

BST

82

14.04

GBP

XLON

592183193270146062

 

15:54:32

BST

185

14.05

GBP

XLON

592183193270409891

 

15:54:32

BST

185

14.05

GBP

XLON

606256943711645802

 

16:07:42

BST

196

14.05

GBP

XLON

606256943712100615

 

16:07:42

BST

847

14.05

GBP

XLON

592183193270897619

 

16:20:00

BST

42

14.04

GBP

XLON

606256943712596917

 

16:20:00

BST

100

14.04

GBP

XLON

606256943712596915

 

16:20:00

BST

110

14.04

GBP

XLON

606256943712596911

 

16:20:00

BST

158

14.04

GBP

XLON

606256943712596922

 

16:20:00

BST

158

14.04

GBP

XLON

606256943712596924

 




Ends


 
























 

 

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