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RNS Number : 6961F WH Smith PLC 25 September 2024
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
25 September 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
25 September 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 32,777 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 130,879,676 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: 25 September 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 14.4395 14.3500 14.5600
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
08:49:15 BST 498 14.45 GBP XLON 606251281377391568
08:49:15 BST 125 14.45 GBP XLON 606251281377391569
08:49:15 BST 323 14.45 GBP XLON 606251281377391570
09:08:20 BST 668 14.52 GBP XLON 592177530944820970
09:08:20 BST 4 14.52 GBP XLON 592177530944820971
09:34:35 BST 274 14.46 GBP XLON 606251281378455972
10:22:10 BST 220 14.46 GBP XLON 606251281379591433
10:24:03 BST 192 14.45 GBP XLON 592177530946771291
10:24:03 BST 43 14.45 GBP XLON 592177530946771292
10:24:03 BST 125 14.45 GBP XLON 606251281379638244
10:24:03 BST 156 14.45 GBP XLON 606251281379638245
11:59:41 BST 207 14.56 GBP XLON 592177530948940926
11:59:41 BST 42 14.56 GBP XLON 606251281381669288
11:59:41 BST 18 14.56 GBP XLON 606251281381669290
12:00:13 BST 767 14.55 GBP XLON 606251281381705990
12:00:33 BST 111 14.55 GBP XLON 592177530948993832
12:00:33 BST 5 14.55 GBP XLON 592177530948993833
12:05:36 BST 228 14.53 GBP XLON 592177530949126607
12:31:20 BST 129 14.51 GBP XLON 592177530949680778
12:31:20 BST 94 14.51 GBP XLON 592177530949680780
12:47:06 BST 25 14.43 GBP XLON 592177530950047049
12:47:14 BST 217 14.43 GBP XLON 592177530950049720
13:05:58 BST 340 14.41 GBP XLON 592177530950489737
13:29:47 BST 90 14.42 GBP XLON 592177530951052898
13:29:47 BST 125 14.42 GBP XLON 592177530951052899
13:29:47 BST 125 14.42 GBP XLON 592177530951052900
13:29:47 BST 57 14.42 GBP XLON 592177530951052902
13:45:52 BST 200 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530951466300
13:53:29 BST 80 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530951683355
14:04:56 BST 69 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530952003311
14:04:56 BST 55 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530952003312
14:04:57 BST 9 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530952003762
14:04:57 BST 272 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530952003763
14:42:29 BST 105 14.39 GBP XLON 592177530953212217
14:42:29 BST 103 14.39 GBP XLON 592177530953212218
14:42:29 BST 189 14.39 GBP XLON 592177530953212219
14:42:29 BST 189 14.39 GBP XLON 592177530953212220
14:42:29 BST 189 14.4 GBP XLON 606251281385659411
14:42:29 BST 22 14.39 GBP XLON 606251281385659414
14:42:29 BST 125 14.39 GBP XLON 606251281385659415
14:42:29 BST 42 14.39 GBP XLON 606251281385659416
14:42:29 BST 189 14.39 GBP XLON 606251281385659417
14:55:16 BST 160 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530953673934
14:55:16 BST 125 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530953673935
14:55:16 BST 218 14.4 GBP XLON 592177530953673936
15:14:11 BST 210 14.44 GBP XLON 606251281386742144
15:19:26 BST 125 14.43 GBP XLON 606251281386918588
15:19:26 BST 310 14.43 GBP XLON 606251281386918589
15:20:05 BST 30 14.42 GBP XLON 606251281386944733
15:20:05 BST 186 14.42 GBP XLON 606251281386944734
15:38:47 BST 642 14.43 GBP XLON 606251281387560918
15:52:20 BST 88 14.41 GBP XLON 606251281388026113
15:52:20 BST 106 14.41 GBP XLON 606251281388026114
15:52:26 BST 311 14.4 GBP XLON 606251281388029688
16:10:08 BST 747 14.39 GBP XLON 592177530956413069
16:10:08 BST 61 14.39 GBP XLON 592177530956413074
16:10:09 BST 51 14.38 GBP XLON 592177530956413837
16:10:09 BST 151 14.38 GBP XLON 592177530956413841
16:24:56 BST 433 14.35 GBP XLON 606251281389356306
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