RNS Number : 0218J
WH Smith PLC
21 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

21 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 21 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 230,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,686,095 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:

21 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

14.0706

14.0000

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

 

08:21:13

BST

634

14.14

GBP

XLON

606260482638409790

 

08:21:13

BST

73

14.14

GBP

XLON

592186732202630756

 

08:21:18

BST

2

14.14

GBP

XLON

592186732202632134

 

08:29:43

BST

77

14.15

GBP

XLON

592186732202816439

 

08:29:43

BST

150

14.15

GBP

XLON

592186732202816440

 

08:52:08

BST

5

14.12

GBP

XLON

606260482639026914

 

08:52:08

BST

100

14.12

GBP

XLON

606260482639026912

 

08:52:08

BST

100

14.12

GBP

XLON

606260482639026913

 

09:15:59

BST

214

14.1

GBP

XLON

606260482639491505

 

09:21:15

BST

460

14.13

GBP

XLON

606260482639599268

 

09:30:17

BST

65

14.13

GBP

XLON

592186732204116870

 

09:35:21

BST

238

14.13

GBP

XLON

592186732204231615

 

09:58:59

BST

288

14.09

GBP

XLON

592186732204728140

 

10:16:43

BST

88

14.07

GBP

XLON

592186732205118584

 

10:16:43

BST

273

14.07

GBP

XLON

592186732205118585

 

10:52:55

BST

261

14.05

GBP

XLON

606260482641575948

 

11:38:07

BST

180

14.03

GBP

XLON

592186732206941906

 

11:38:07

BST

265

14.03

GBP

XLON

606260482642480342

 

11:58:19

BST

202

14.02

GBP

XLON

606260482642891559

 

12:12:04

BST

295

14.04

GBP

XLON

592186732207671521

 

12:37:11

BST

181

14

GBP

XLON

592186732208172912

 

12:37:11

BST

283

14

GBP

XLON

606260482643639126

 

13:25:24

BST

85

14.03

GBP

XLON

592186732209145725

 

13:25:24

BST

218

14.03

GBP

XLON

606260482644562426

 

13:25:24

BST

439

14.03

GBP

XLON

592186732209145726

 

13:35:09

BST

291

14.02

GBP

XLON

606260482644778626

 

14:01:16

BST

175

14.01

GBP

XLON

592186732210037429

 

14:01:16

BST

243

14.01

GBP

XLON

606260482645400879

 

14:34:57

BST

15

14.08

GBP

XLON

606260482646306133

 

14:34:57

BST

107

14.08

GBP

XLON

606260482646306137

 

14:34:57

BST

179

14.08

GBP

XLON

606260482646306136

 

14:34:57

BST

512

14.08

GBP

XLON

606260482646306135

 

14:34:57

BST

149

14.08

GBP

XLON

592186732210994332

 

14:53:53

BST

133

14.09

GBP

XLON

592186732211708972

 

14:53:53

BST

144

14.09

GBP

XLON

592186732211708971

 

14:53:53

BST

288

14.09

GBP

XLON

592186732211708970

 

15:12:46

BST

189

14.08

GBP

XLON

606260482647737902

 

15:19:16

BST

195

14.09

GBP

XLON

592186732212732847

 

15:19:16

BST

640

14.09

GBP

XLON

606260482647953880

 

15:19:16

BST

15

14.08

GBP

XLON

592186732212732853

 

15:46:01

BST

110

14.06

GBP

XLON

592186732213687090

 

15:46:01

BST

121

14.06

GBP

XLON

592186732213687091

 

15:46:01

BST

201

14.06

GBP

XLON

592186732213687088

 

15:46:01

BST

201

14.06

GBP

XLON

606260482648861173

 

15:46:01

BST

243

14.06

GBP

XLON

606260482648861172

 

16:02:04

BST

42

14.06

GBP

XLON

606260482649449537

 

16:02:28

BST

140

14.06

GBP

XLON

606260482649465719

 

16:02:28

BST

182

14.06

GBP

XLON

592186732214323451

 

16:02:28

BST

245

14.06

GBP

XLON

592186732214323450

 

16:19:52

BST

665

14.06

GBP

XLON

592186732215125737

 

16:19:52

BST

135

14.06

GBP

XLON

592186732215125749

 

16:22:22

BST

31

14.06

GBP

XLON

606260482650388683

 

16:22:22

BST

100

14.06

GBP

XLON

606260482650388684

 

16:22:22

BST

133

14.06

GBP

XLON

606260482650388685

 




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