RNS Number : 3062K
WH Smith PLC
30 October 2024
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

30 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 30 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 306,955 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 130,609,337 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:

30 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

13.9225

13.8300

14.0500






















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

 

08:10:34

GMT

135

13.84

GBP

XLON

592189931998733477

 

08:10:34

GMT

200

13.84

GBP

XLON

592189931998733476

 

08:10:34

GMT

272

13.84

GBP

XLON

592189931998733475

 

08:22:17

GMT

227

13.83

GBP

XLON

592189931998999228

 

08:46:50

GMT

242

13.88

GBP

XLON

606263682435336140

 

09:00:03

GMT

28

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189931999859900

 

09:00:03

GMT

100

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189931999859899

 

09:00:03

GMT

279

13.9

GBP

XLON

592189931999859897

 

09:43:22

GMT

92

13.93

GBP

XLON

606263682436536106

 

09:43:22

GMT

100

13.93

GBP

XLON

606263682436536105

 

10:30:13

GMT

666

13.97

GBP

XLON

592189932002023938

 

10:30:13

GMT

62

13.97

GBP

XLON

606263682437592975

 

10:30:13

GMT

151

13.97

GBP

XLON

606263682437592976

 

10:30:16

GMT

559

13.97

GBP

XLON

606263682437594946

 

11:48:27

GMT

33

13.89

GBP

XLON

592189932003869450

 

11:48:27

GMT

100

13.89

GBP

XLON

592189932003869451

 

11:48:27

GMT

288

13.89

GBP

XLON

592189932003869452

 

11:59:06

GMT

95

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682439543452

 

11:59:06

GMT

118

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682439543453

 

12:21:11

GMT

61

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682440054459

 

12:21:11

GMT

100

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682440054460

 

12:22:09

GMT

37

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682440073420

 

12:27:58

GMT

98

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682440200647

 

12:29:53

GMT

41

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682440240786

 

12:30:07

GMT

61

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682440248670

 

12:30:07

GMT

192

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682440248669

 

13:00:58

GMT

580

13.98

GBP

XLON

592189932005604754

 

13:21:10

GMT

259

13.96

GBP

XLON

592189932006111573

 

13:49:46

GMT

202

14.02

GBP

XLON

592189932007073275

 

13:49:46

GMT

373

14.02

GBP

XLON

606263682442257797

 

14:08:37

GMT

79

14.05

GBP

XLON

592189932007682070

 

14:08:37

GMT

239

14.05

GBP

XLON

592189932007682071

 

14:23:00

GMT

211

14.05

GBP

XLON

606263682443285956

 

14:38:14

GMT

380

13.99

GBP

XLON

606263682443859879

 

14:44:04

GMT

211

13.97

GBP

XLON

606263682444064837

 

14:52:37

GMT

211

13.93

GBP

XLON

592189932009374115

 

14:57:20

GMT

210

13.91

GBP

XLON

592189932009530461

 

15:03:28

GMT

212

13.86

GBP

XLON

592189932009760981

 

15:11:46

GMT

12

13.86

GBP

XLON

592189932010038759

 

15:11:46

GMT

99

13.86

GBP

XLON

592189932010038762

 

15:11:46

GMT

100

13.86

GBP

XLON

592189932010038761

 

15:19:23

GMT

182

13.89

GBP

XLON

592189932010293081

 

15:19:23

GMT

332

13.89

GBP

XLON

592189932010293082

 

15:30:42

GMT

179

13.88

GBP

XLON

592189932010622350

 

15:30:42

GMT

274

13.88

GBP

XLON

592189932010622351

 

15:41:55

GMT

219

13.91

GBP

XLON

592189932010946899

 

15:52:46

GMT

198

13.89

GBP

XLON

592189932011275200

 

15:59:23

GMT

17

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682446326074

 

15:59:23

GMT

172

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682446326071

 

16:04:53

GMT

187

13.9

GBP

XLON

606263682446475072

 

16:09:16

GMT

158

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682446600101

 

16:09:16

GMT

195

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682446600100

 

16:09:16

GMT

428

13.89

GBP

XLON

606263682446600102

 

16:14:00

GMT

211

13.87

GBP

XLON

606263682446736117

 

16:24:37

GMT

533

13.88

GBP

XLON

592189932012266902

 




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