RNS Number : 1352I
WH Smith PLC
14 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

14 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 14 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 175,514 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,740,778 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:

14 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

13.9326

13.8600

14.0200






















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

 

08:02:51

BST

380

13.95

GBP

XLON

592184254942087534

 

08:13:15

BST

299

14

GBP

XLON

592184254942324441

 

08:34:57

BST

252

13.95

GBP

XLON

606258005377024266

 

08:46:08

BST

276

13.91

GBP

XLON

606258005377254386

 

08:57:29

BST

319

13.91

GBP

XLON

606258005377489214

 

09:16:48

BST

251

13.88

GBP

XLON

606258005377935319

 

10:17:18

BST

100

13.88

GBP

XLON

592184254945216371

 

10:17:18

BST

276

13.88

GBP

XLON

592184254945216372

 

10:17:18

BST

294

13.88

GBP

XLON

592184254945216370

 

10:56:49

BST

212

13.89

GBP

XLON

606258005380123827

 

11:24:55

BST

1

13.9

GBP

XLON

606258005380715402

 

11:24:55

BST

35

13.9

GBP

XLON

606258005380715405

 

11:24:55

BST

500

13.9

GBP

XLON

606258005380715404

 

11:33:13

BST

141

13.86

GBP

XLON

606258005380892172

 

11:56:31

BST

7

13.89

GBP

XLON

606258005381384345

 

11:56:31

BST

294

13.89

GBP

XLON

606258005381384343

 

12:03:12

BST

63

13.87

GBP

XLON

606258005381522720

 

12:53:45

BST

196

13.89

GBP

XLON

592184254948642785

 

12:53:45

BST

196

13.89

GBP

XLON

606258005382492072

 

12:53:45

BST

196

13.89

GBP

XLON

606258005382492074

 

12:53:51

BST

231

13.88

GBP

XLON

606258005382493783

 

13:52:18

BST

25

13.92

GBP

XLON

606258005383771490

 

13:52:18

BST

126

13.92

GBP

XLON

592184254949999185

 

13:52:48

BST

17

13.93

GBP

XLON

606258005383782692

 

13:54:03

BST

528

13.93

GBP

XLON

592184254950041579

 

14:21:27

BST

19

13.94

GBP

XLON

606258005384527034

 

14:21:27

BST

30

13.94

GBP

XLON

606258005384527039

 

14:21:27

BST

31

13.94

GBP

XLON

606258005384527038

 

14:21:27

BST

38

13.94

GBP

XLON

606258005384527037

 

14:21:27

BST

88

13.94

GBP

XLON

606258005384527035

 

14:31:36

BST

72

13.93

GBP

XLON

592184254951103240

 

14:31:36

BST

134

13.93

GBP

XLON

592184254951103238

 

14:31:36

BST

195

13.93

GBP

XLON

606258005384810663

 

14:31:36

BST

206

13.93

GBP

XLON

592184254951103241

 

14:31:36

BST

210

13.93

GBP

XLON

606258005384810661

 

14:31:36

BST

266

13.93

GBP

XLON

606258005384810660

 

14:31:43

BST

192

13.94

GBP

XLON

592184254951106899

 

14:51:58

BST

195

13.95

GBP

XLON

592184254951929561

 

14:51:58

BST

601

13.95

GBP

XLON

592184254951929562

 

15:05:17

BST

392

13.91

GBP

XLON

606258005386095940

 

15:17:36

BST

50

13.92

GBP

XLON

592184254952911660

 

15:17:36

BST

97

13.92

GBP

XLON

592184254952911657

 

15:17:36

BST

100

13.92

GBP

XLON

592184254952911658

 

15:17:36

BST

192

13.92

GBP

XLON

606258005386517211

 

15:17:36

BST

200

13.92

GBP

XLON

592184254952911659

 

15:32:05

BST

92

13.92

GBP

XLON

606258005386974747

 

15:32:05

BST

318

13.92

GBP

XLON

606258005386974748

 

16:01:35

BST

203

13.95

GBP

XLON

592184254954448622

 

16:07:03

BST

31

13.96

GBP

XLON

592184254954653012

 

16:07:03

BST

142

13.96

GBP

XLON

592184254954653011

 

16:07:03

BST

15

13.96

GBP

XLON

606258005388162645

 

16:09:34

BST

64

13.97

GBP

XLON

592184254954747492

 

16:09:34

BST

165

13.97

GBP

XLON

592184254954747491

 

16:12:49

BST

27

13.98

GBP

XLON

606258005388363563

 

16:12:49

BST

40

14

GBP

XLON

606258005388363595

 

16:12:49

BST

145

14

GBP

XLON

606258005388363596

 

16:14:29

BST

33

14

GBP

XLON

592184254954930843

 

16:14:29

BST

34

14

GBP

XLON

592184254954930842

 

16:14:29

BST

128

14

GBP

XLON

592184254954930844

 

16:14:29

BST

35

14

GBP

XLON

592184254954930848

 

16:14:29

BST

46

14

GBP

XLON

592184254954930849

 

16:14:29

BST

8

14

GBP

XLON

606258005388425216

 

16:16:15

BST

14

14.02

GBP

XLON

592184254955015766

 

16:16:15

BST

39

14.02

GBP

XLON

592184254955015762

 

16:16:15

BST

700

14.02

GBP

XLON

592184254955015764

 

16:16:15

BST

24

14.02

GBP

XLON

606258005388505394

 

16:16:15

BST

26

14.02

GBP

XLON

606258005388505398

 

16:16:15

BST

115

14.02

GBP

XLON

606258005388505400

 

16:25:04

BST

33

14.02

GBP

XLON

606258005388954851

 




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