RNS Number : 8413I
WH Smith PLC
18 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

18 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 18 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 219,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,697,095 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:

18 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

14.0113

13.8200

14.1500


 





















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

08:04:32

BST

357

13.82

GBP

XLON

606259420964768577

08:18:31

BST

305

13.84

GBP

XLON

592185670519192694

09:05:39

BST

85

13.92

GBP

XLON

592185670520497882

09:05:39

BST

117

13.92

GBP

XLON

592185670520497883

09:05:40

BST

329

13.91

GBP

XLON

606259420966406715

09:05:40

BST

135

13.91

GBP

XLON

606259420966406732

09:05:40

BST

151

13.91

GBP

XLON

606259420966406731

09:36:26

BST

160

14.05

GBP

XLON

592185670521372913

09:36:26

BST

536

14.05

GBP

XLON

592185670521372914

10:08:13

BST

378

14.06

GBP

XLON

606259420968153895

10:25:44

BST

236

14.06

GBP

XLON

592185670522814711

10:46:29

BST

214

14.15

GBP

XLON

592185670523361906

11:10:22

BST

243

14.11

GBP

XLON

606259420969765724

11:47:02

BST

302

14.06

GBP

XLON

606259420970672630

12:45:08

BST

541

14.06

GBP

XLON

592185670526548744

13:09:50

BST

200

14.05

GBP

XLON

592185670527221674

13:09:50

BST

212

14.04

GBP

XLON

606259420972726210

13:27:21

BST

204

14.04

GBP

XLON

592185670527714629

13:27:21

BST

230

14.03

GBP

XLON

606259420973190237

13:45:27

BST

21

14.03

GBP

XLON

606259420973706773

13:45:27

BST

166

14.03

GBP

XLON

606259420973706774

14:19:26

BST

925

14.05

GBP

XLON

592185670529292187

14:31:38

BST

229

14.03

GBP

XLON

592185670529766881

14:31:38

BST

246

14.03

GBP

XLON

592185670529766882

14:47:43

BST

29

13.99

GBP

XLON

606259420975776802

14:47:43

BST

192

13.99

GBP

XLON

592185670530455461

14:47:43

BST

200

13.99

GBP

XLON

606259420975776801

15:06:10

BST

22

14.01

GBP

XLON

592185670531243709

15:06:10

BST

164

14.01

GBP

XLON

592185670531243708

15:06:10

BST

589

14.01

GBP

XLON

592185670531243707

15:12:34

BST

58

14

GBP

XLON

592185670531513865

15:12:34

BST

71

14

GBP

XLON

592185670531513863

15:12:34

BST

100

14

GBP

XLON

592185670531513864

15:23:39

BST

34

14

GBP

XLON

606259420977220740

15:23:39

BST

58

14

GBP

XLON

606259420977220743

15:23:39

BST

200

14

GBP

XLON

606259420977220741

15:23:39

BST

200

14

GBP

XLON

606259420977220742

15:49:39

BST

71

14

GBP

XLON

606259420978247184

15:49:39

BST

116

14

GBP

XLON

606259420978247185

15:56:33

BST

197

14.01

GBP

XLON

592185670533361110

15:59:52

BST

287

14

GBP

XLON

606259420978652385

15:59:52

BST

501

14

GBP

XLON

606259420978652386

16:07:40

BST

469

14.03

GBP

XLON

606259420978986404

16:14:04

BST

79

14.02

GBP

XLON

592185670534163409

16:14:04

BST

150

14.02

GBP

XLON

592185670534163410

16:21:46

BST

188

14.01

GBP

XLON

592185670534582465

16:21:46

BST

230

14.01

GBP

XLON

606259420979661812

16:26:03

BST

273

14

GBP

XLON

606259420979900758

 


 


 

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