RNS Number : 5393J
WH Smith PLC
24 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

24 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 24 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 263,197 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,653,095 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:

24 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

13.9613

13.8900

14.0300






















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

 

08:10:31

BST

82

14

GBP

XLON

592187793887370794

 

08:18:31

BST

249

14.02

GBP

XLON

606261544326879520

 

08:18:31

BST

337

14.02

GBP

XLON

606261544326879519

 

08:29:32

BST

49

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187793887864804

 

08:29:32

BST

160

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187793887864805

 

09:07:52

BST

254

13.99

GBP

XLON

606261544327974484

 

09:07:52

BST

266

13.99

GBP

XLON

606261544327974483

 

09:24:18

BST

273

14.03

GBP

XLON

592187793889207294

 

09:30:29

BST

44

14.03

GBP

XLON

592187793889370028

 

09:30:29

BST

168

14.03

GBP

XLON

592187793889370029

 

09:49:01

BST

281

14.02

GBP

XLON

592187793889875954

 

10:49:01

BST

503

14

GBP

XLON

606261544330267138

 

10:55:17

BST

91

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187793891400513

 

10:55:17

BST

94

13.99

GBP

XLON

592187793891400512

 

11:22:19

BST

131

13.96

GBP

XLON

606261544330951960

 

11:22:19

BST

139

13.96

GBP

XLON

606261544330951959

 

11:52:02

BST

331

13.97

GBP

XLON

606261544331498490

 

12:19:13

BST

180

14

GBP

XLON

592187793893073348

 

12:20:41

BST

197

13.99

GBP

XLON

606261544332003673

 

12:20:41

BST

234

13.99

GBP

XLON

606261544332003672

 

12:53:00

BST

59

13.96

GBP

XLON

592187793893696318

 

12:53:00

BST

128

13.96

GBP

XLON

592187793893696317

 

12:57:26

BST

68

13.95

GBP

XLON

606261544332632285

 

13:02:19

BST

133

13.95

GBP

XLON

606261544332734339

 

13:04:40

BST

174

13.95

GBP

XLON

592187793893931592

 

13:18:53

BST

299

13.96

GBP

XLON

606261544333053770

 

13:30:29

BST

220

13.97

GBP

XLON

606261544333309058

 

13:50:36

BST

173

13.95

GBP

XLON

592187793895040306

 

13:50:36

BST

221

13.95

GBP

XLON

592187793895040305

 

14:30:06

BST

195

14

GBP

XLON

592187793896089833

 

14:30:06

BST

673

14

GBP

XLON

606261544334795301

 

14:38:11

BST

136

13.96

GBP

XLON

606261544335075871

 

14:45:21

BST

40

13.97

GBP

XLON

592187793896660031

 

14:45:21

BST

123

13.97

GBP

XLON

592187793896660029

 

14:45:21

BST

200

13.97

GBP

XLON

592187793896660030

 

14:50:28

BST

219

13.95

GBP

XLON

606261544335512051

 

14:59:28

BST

220

13.93

GBP

XLON

606261544335854324

 

15:05:53

BST

256

13.94

GBP

XLON

592187793897459205

 

15:09:58

BST

89

13.93

GBP

XLON

606261544336205890

 

15:09:58

BST

131

13.93

GBP

XLON

606261544336205889

 

15:16:14

BST

220

13.91

GBP

XLON

606261544336420557

 

15:21:01

BST

80

13.91

GBP

XLON

606261544336571908

 

15:21:01

BST

140

13.91

GBP

XLON

606261544336571907

 

15:28:52

BST

250

13.91

GBP

XLON

592187793898249674

 

15:41:22

BST

193

13.89

GBP

XLON

606261544337236176

 

15:41:22

BST

271

13.89

GBP

XLON

592187793898691831

 

15:50:49

BST

196

13.92

GBP

XLON

606261544337597901

 

15:50:49

BST

220

13.92

GBP

XLON

592187793899075226

 

16:02:19

BST

190

13.91

GBP

XLON

606261544338016753

 

16:09:13

BST

201

13.91

GBP

XLON

592187793899803611

 

16:09:13

BST

348

13.91

GBP

XLON

606261544338281402

 

16:21:26

BST

22

13.92

GBP

XLON

606261544338794895

 

16:21:26

BST

554

13.92

GBP

XLON

606261544338795358

 

16:22:26

BST

295

13.91

GBP

XLON

606261544338838563

 




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