RNS Number : 1983J
WH Smith PLC
22 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

22 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 22 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 241,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,675,095 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:

22 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

14.1056

13.9000

14.2400






















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

 

08:14:30

BST

618

13.94

GBP

XLON

592187086098291011

 

08:29:45

BST

112

13.95

GBP

XLON

606260836533012103

 

08:29:45

BST

79

13.95

GBP

XLON

606260836533012104

 

08:45:21

BST

21

13.9

GBP

XLON

592187086098822332

 

08:45:21

BST

87

13.9

GBP

XLON

592187086098822333

 

08:45:21

BST

87

13.9

GBP

XLON

592187086098822334

 

09:35:19

BST

175

13.95

GBP

XLON

606260836534118619

 

10:22:43

BST

297

13.96

GBP

XLON

606260836534844221

 

10:22:43

BST

391

13.96

GBP

XLON

606260836534844223

 

10:22:43

BST

173

13.96

GBP

XLON

606260836534844228

 

10:22:43

BST

233

13.96

GBP

XLON

592187086100510958

 

10:44:31

BST

21

13.95

GBP

XLON

606260836535231826

 

10:44:31

BST

34

13.95

GBP

XLON

606260836535231822

 

10:44:31

BST

83

13.95

GBP

XLON

606260836535231823

 

10:44:31

BST

192

13.95

GBP

XLON

606260836535231824

 

11:27:47

BST

3

13.98

GBP

XLON

606260836535987463

 

11:27:47

BST

59

13.98

GBP

XLON

606260836535987462

 

11:27:47

BST

135

13.98

GBP

XLON

606260836535987461

 

11:27:47

BST

2

13.97

GBP

XLON

606260836535987467

 

11:27:47

BST

271

13.97

GBP

XLON

606260836535987468

 

11:47:44

BST

412

13.99

GBP

XLON

606260836536315770

 

12:29:38

BST

204

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187086102763399

 

12:29:38

BST

261

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187086102763398

 

12:48:22

BST

94

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187086103092450

 

12:48:22

BST

100

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187086103092451

 

12:48:22

BST

139

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187086103092452

 

13:32:14

BST

207

14.15

GBP

XLON

606260836537992103

 

13:32:14

BST

385

14.15

GBP

XLON

606260836537992104

 

13:39:34

BST

297

14.16

GBP

XLON

592187086104013373

 

13:51:21

BST

222

14.17

GBP

XLON

606260836538334857

 

14:21:17

BST

13

14.16

GBP

XLON

606260836538990795

 

14:21:17

BST

187

14.16

GBP

XLON

606260836538990796

 

14:21:17

BST

200

14.16

GBP

XLON

592187086104946759

 

14:21:17

BST

221

14.16

GBP

XLON

592187086104946758

 

14:31:14

BST

244

14.19

GBP

XLON

592187086105218977

 

14:42:47

BST

10

14.21

GBP

XLON

606260836539583506

 

14:42:47

BST

26

14.21

GBP

XLON

606260836539583504

 

14:42:47

BST

100

14.21

GBP

XLON

606260836539583505

 

14:42:47

BST

397

14.21

GBP

XLON

606260836539583507

 

14:52:58

BST

222

14.19

GBP

XLON

606260836539917262

 

15:05:03

BST

202

14.17

GBP

XLON

592187086106386142

 

15:05:03

BST

267

14.17

GBP

XLON

592187086106386141

 

15:08:28

BST

210

14.16

GBP

XLON

606260836540434307

 

15:20:04

BST

190

14.15

GBP

XLON

606260836540757493

 

15:20:04

BST

285

14.15

GBP

XLON

592187086106841154

 

15:40:04

BST

715

14.24

GBP

XLON

592187086107483028

 

15:40:04

BST

15

14.24

GBP

XLON

592187086107483034

 

15:40:10

BST

180

14.23

GBP

XLON

592187086107486296

 

15:56:17

BST

522

14.22

GBP

XLON

606260836541795608

 

16:05:01

BST

27

14.23

GBP

XLON

592187086108205535

 

16:05:01

BST

267

14.23

GBP

XLON

592187086108205536

 

16:07:52

BST

223

14.23

GBP

XLON

592187086108288906

 

16:20:13

BST

603

14.24

GBP

XLON

606260836542533280

 

16:25:39

BST

280

14.24

GBP

XLON

592187086108981748

 




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