REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
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RNS Number : 0218J WH Smith PLC 21 October 2024
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
21 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
21 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 230,197 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 130,686,095 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: 21 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 14.0706 14.0000 14.1500
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
08:21:13 BST 634 14.14 GBP XLON 606260482638409790
08:21:13 BST 73 14.14 GBP XLON 592186732202630756
08:21:18 BST 2 14.14 GBP XLON 592186732202632134
08:29:43 BST 77 14.15 GBP XLON 592186732202816439
08:29:43 BST 150 14.15 GBP XLON 592186732202816440
08:52:08 BST 5 14.12 GBP XLON 606260482639026914
08:52:08 BST 100 14.12 GBP XLON 606260482639026912
08:52:08 BST 100 14.12 GBP XLON 606260482639026913
09:15:59 BST 214 14.1 GBP XLON 606260482639491505
09:21:15 BST 460 14.13 GBP XLON 606260482639599268
09:30:17 BST 65 14.13 GBP XLON 592186732204116870
09:35:21 BST 238 14.13 GBP XLON 592186732204231615
09:58:59 BST 288 14.09 GBP XLON 592186732204728140
10:16:43 BST 88 14.07 GBP XLON 592186732205118584
10:16:43 BST 273 14.07 GBP XLON 592186732205118585
10:52:55 BST 261 14.05 GBP XLON 606260482641575948
11:38:07 BST 180 14.03 GBP XLON 592186732206941906
11:38:07 BST 265 14.03 GBP XLON 606260482642480342
11:58:19 BST 202 14.02 GBP XLON 606260482642891559
12:12:04 BST 295 14.04 GBP XLON 592186732207671521
12:37:11 BST 181 14 GBP XLON 592186732208172912
12:37:11 BST 283 14 GBP XLON 606260482643639126
13:25:24 BST 85 14.03 GBP XLON 592186732209145725
13:25:24 BST 218 14.03 GBP XLON 606260482644562426
13:25:24 BST 439 14.03 GBP XLON 592186732209145726
13:35:09 BST 291 14.02 GBP XLON 606260482644778626
14:01:16 BST 175 14.01 GBP XLON 592186732210037429
14:01:16 BST 243 14.01 GBP XLON 606260482645400879
14:34:57 BST 15 14.08 GBP XLON 606260482646306133
14:34:57 BST 107 14.08 GBP XLON 606260482646306137
14:34:57 BST 179 14.08 GBP XLON 606260482646306136
14:34:57 BST 512 14.08 GBP XLON 606260482646306135
14:34:57 BST 149 14.08 GBP XLON 592186732210994332
14:53:53 BST 133 14.09 GBP XLON 592186732211708972
14:53:53 BST 144 14.09 GBP XLON 592186732211708971
14:53:53 BST 288 14.09 GBP XLON 592186732211708970
15:12:46 BST 189 14.08 GBP XLON 606260482647737902
15:19:16 BST 195 14.09 GBP XLON 592186732212732847
15:19:16 BST 640 14.09 GBP XLON 606260482647953880
15:19:16 BST 15 14.08 GBP XLON 592186732212732853
15:46:01 BST 110 14.06 GBP XLON 592186732213687090
15:46:01 BST 121 14.06 GBP XLON 592186732213687091
15:46:01 BST 201 14.06 GBP XLON 592186732213687088
15:46:01 BST 201 14.06 GBP XLON 606260482648861173
15:46:01 BST 243 14.06 GBP XLON 606260482648861172
16:02:04 BST 42 14.06 GBP XLON 606260482649449537
16:02:28 BST 140 14.06 GBP XLON 606260482649465719
16:02:28 BST 182 14.06 GBP XLON 592186732214323451
16:02:28 BST 245 14.06 GBP XLON 592186732214323450
16:19:52 BST 665 14.06 GBP XLON 592186732215125737
16:19:52 BST 135 14.06 GBP XLON 592186732215125749
16:22:22 BST 31 14.06 GBP XLON 606260482650388683
16:22:22 BST 100 14.06 GBP XLON 606260482650388684
16:22:22 BST 133 14.06 GBP XLON 606260482650388685
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