RNS Number : 1173K
WH Smith PLC
29 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

29 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 10,758 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 29 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 295,955 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,620,337 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:

29 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

10,758

13.9367

13.8500

14.0800






















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

 

08:09:39

GMT

372

14.08

GBP

XLON

592189578105617383

 

08:09:39

GMT

174

14.06

GBP

XLON

592189578105617389

 

08:25:15

GMT

302

14.02

GBP

XLON

606263328543372173

 

08:54:02

GMT

448

14.03

GBP

XLON

592189578106561390

 

09:12:00

GMT

250

14

GBP

XLON

592189578106982184

 

09:16:18

GMT

219

13.99

GBP

XLON

592189578107077076

 

09:31:07

GMT

237

14.02

GBP

XLON

592189578107404694

 

10:15:16

GMT

182

14.02

GBP

XLON

606263328545638186

 

10:15:40

GMT

441

14.01

GBP

XLON

606263328545647346

 

10:35:48

GMT

337

14

GBP

XLON

592189578108822712

 

11:00:15

GMT

48

14

GBP

XLON

592189578109343420

 

11:00:15

GMT

95

14

GBP

XLON

592189578109343418

 

11:00:15

GMT

148

14

GBP

XLON

592189578109343419

 

11:50:22

GMT

8

13.96

GBP

XLON

592189578110310199

 

11:50:22

GMT

100

13.96

GBP

XLON

592189578110310200

 

11:50:22

GMT

100

13.96

GBP

XLON

592189578110310201

 

11:50:22

GMT

119

13.96

GBP

XLON

592189578110310202

 

12:31:15

GMT

816

13.94

GBP

XLON

606263328548161722

 

12:31:15

GMT

17

13.94

GBP

XLON

606263328548161726

 

12:53:47

GMT

322

13.91

GBP

XLON

606263328548605258

 

13:21:32

GMT

28

13.92

GBP

XLON

592189578112173527

 

13:21:32

GMT

100

13.92

GBP

XLON

592189578112173526

 

13:21:32

GMT

313

13.92

GBP

XLON

592189578112173525

 

13:41:54

GMT

55

13.86

GBP

XLON

606263328549675191

 

13:41:54

GMT

158

13.86

GBP

XLON

606263328549675190

 

13:51:22

GMT

255

13.9

GBP

XLON

606263328549922718

 

14:28:00

GMT

663

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189578113979060

 

14:28:00

GMT

29

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189578113979234

 

14:36:02

GMT

20

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189578114224021

 

14:36:02

GMT

253

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189578114224020

 

14:43:30

GMT

214

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189578114457188

 

15:01:22

GMT

92

13.88

GBP

XLON

592189578115128058

 

15:01:22

GMT

176

13.88

GBP

XLON

592189578115128057

 

15:01:43

GMT

67

13.88

GBP

XLON

592189578115141746

 

15:01:43

GMT

100

13.88

GBP

XLON

592189578115141745

 

15:01:43

GMT

151

13.88

GBP

XLON

592189578115141744

 

15:08:52

GMT

214

13.86

GBP

XLON

606263328552152540

 

15:18:39

GMT

2

13.86

GBP

XLON

606263328552498604

 

15:18:39

GMT

205

13.86

GBP

XLON

606263328552498601

 

15:29:25

GMT

23

13.85

GBP

XLON

592189578116119078

 

15:29:25

GMT

190

13.85

GBP

XLON

592189578116119079

 

15:29:25

GMT

198

13.85

GBP

XLON

592189578116119080

 

15:29:25

GMT

198

13.85

GBP

XLON

606263328552817847

 

15:52:41

GMT

639

13.87

GBP

XLON

592189578116951121

 

15:52:41

GMT

211

13.87

GBP

XLON

606263328553588768

 

15:57:11

GMT

229

13.93

GBP

XLON

592189578117123632

 

16:09:31

GMT

106

13.92

GBP

XLON

606263328554120337

 

16:09:31

GMT

107

13.92

GBP

XLON

606263328554120336

 

16:09:31

GMT

204

13.92

GBP

XLON

592189578117520590

 

16:09:31

GMT

204

13.92

GBP

XLON

592189578117520591

 

16:15:00

GMT

190

13.92

GBP

XLON

606263328554305998

 

16:15:00

GMT

214

13.92

GBP

XLON

606263328554305997

 

16:21:24

GMT

215

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189578117989833

 




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