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RNS Number : 3319G WH Smith PLC 30 September 2024
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
30 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
30 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 65,777 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 130,847,227 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 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 14.7486 14.6700 14.9000
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
08:06:31 BST 434 14.9 GBP XLON 592179300425301705
08:17:47 BST 322 14.84 GBP XLON 592179300425615534
08:29:54 BST 104 14.81 GBP XLON 606253050871297137
08:29:54 BST 148 14.81 GBP XLON 606253050871297138
09:15:35 BST 4 14.75 GBP XLON 592179300427143176
09:15:35 BST 135 14.75 GBP XLON 592179300427143177
09:15:35 BST 155 14.75 GBP XLON 592179300427143175
09:15:35 BST 171 14.75 GBP XLON 592179300427143174
09:15:35 BST 216 14.75 GBP XLON 592179300427143178
09:29:57 BST 51 14.72 GBP XLON 606253050872844653
09:29:57 BST 169 14.72 GBP XLON 606253050872844654
09:30:08 BST 71 14.71 GBP XLON 606253050872852597
09:30:08 BST 122 14.71 GBP XLON 606253050872852649
10:11:56 BST 310 14.79 GBP XLON 606253050873840340
10:17:32 BST 276 14.78 GBP XLON 606253050873973979
10:41:37 BST 31 14.77 GBP XLON 592179300429502742
10:41:37 BST 220 14.77 GBP XLON 592179300429502741
11:11:25 BST 282 14.79 GBP XLON 606253050875384946
11:39:56 BST 322 14.76 GBP XLON 606253050876020662
12:00:39 BST 346 14.77 GBP XLON 606253050876447645
12:58:38 BST 41 14.79 GBP XLON 592179300432727681
12:58:38 BST 154 14.79 GBP XLON 592179300432727682
13:14:06 BST 45 14.78 GBP XLON 606253050877993995
13:14:06 BST 101 14.78 GBP XLON 606253050877993997
13:14:06 BST 125 14.78 GBP XLON 606253050877993994
13:14:06 BST 125 14.78 GBP XLON 606253050877993996
13:14:06 BST 243 14.78 GBP XLON 606253050877993993
13:30:18 BST 106 14.76 GBP XLON 592179300433450421
13:30:18 BST 254 14.76 GBP XLON 592179300433450422
14:15:37 BST 355 14.79 GBP XLON 592179300434736520
14:15:37 BST 400 14.79 GBP XLON 592179300434736519
14:30:27 BST 95 14.79 GBP XLON 592179300435182368
14:30:27 BST 277 14.79 GBP XLON 592179300435182369
14:39:12 BST 191 14.75 GBP XLON 592179300435565706
14:41:15 BST 303 14.74 GBP XLON 592179300435651441
14:56:39 BST 15 14.76 GBP XLON 606253050881252564
14:56:39 BST 204 14.76 GBP XLON 606253050881252565
14:56:39 BST 332 14.75 GBP XLON 592179300436447951
15:10:27 BST 221 14.71 GBP XLON 592179300437040144
15:10:27 BST 302 14.71 GBP XLON 606253050881856526
15:28:53 BST 219 14.7 GBP XLON 592179300437719712
15:28:53 BST 344 14.7 GBP XLON 606253050882552332
15:39:16 BST 70 14.71 GBP XLON 606253050882942595
15:39:16 BST 130 14.71 GBP XLON 606253050882942596
15:50:06 BST 22 14.7 GBP XLON 592179300438504493
15:50:06 BST 103 14.7 GBP XLON 606253050883352751
15:50:06 BST 106 14.7 GBP XLON 606253050883352750
15:50:06 BST 187 14.7 GBP XLON 592179300438504494
15:50:50 BST 325 14.69 GBP XLON 606253050883381656
15:57:35 BST 449 14.67 GBP XLON 606253050883651995
16:17:16 BST 94 14.68 GBP XLON 606253050884496681
16:17:16 BST 125 14.68 GBP XLON 606253050884496680
16:19:39 BST 187 14.67 GBP XLON 592179300439742616
16:19:39 BST 339 14.67 GBP XLON 592179300439742615
16:19:39 BST 522 14.67 GBP XLON 606253050884616845
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