REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
24/10/2024 17:15
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RNS Number : 5393J WH Smith PLC 24 October 2024
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
24 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
24 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 263,197 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 130,653,095 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: 24 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 13.9613 13.8900 14.0300
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
08:10:31 BST 82 14 GBP XLON 592187793887370794
08:18:31 BST 249 14.02 GBP XLON 606261544326879520
08:18:31 BST 337 14.02 GBP XLON 606261544326879519
08:29:32 BST 49 13.99 GBP XLON 592187793887864804
08:29:32 BST 160 13.99 GBP XLON 592187793887864805
09:07:52 BST 254 13.99 GBP XLON 606261544327974484
09:07:52 BST 266 13.99 GBP XLON 606261544327974483
09:24:18 BST 273 14.03 GBP XLON 592187793889207294
09:30:29 BST 44 14.03 GBP XLON 592187793889370028
09:30:29 BST 168 14.03 GBP XLON 592187793889370029
09:49:01 BST 281 14.02 GBP XLON 592187793889875954
10:49:01 BST 503 14 GBP XLON 606261544330267138
10:55:17 BST 91 13.99 GBP XLON 592187793891400513
10:55:17 BST 94 13.99 GBP XLON 592187793891400512
11:22:19 BST 131 13.96 GBP XLON 606261544330951960
11:22:19 BST 139 13.96 GBP XLON 606261544330951959
11:52:02 BST 331 13.97 GBP XLON 606261544331498490
12:19:13 BST 180 14 GBP XLON 592187793893073348
12:20:41 BST 197 13.99 GBP XLON 606261544332003673
12:20:41 BST 234 13.99 GBP XLON 606261544332003672
12:53:00 BST 59 13.96 GBP XLON 592187793893696318
12:53:00 BST 128 13.96 GBP XLON 592187793893696317
12:57:26 BST 68 13.95 GBP XLON 606261544332632285
13:02:19 BST 133 13.95 GBP XLON 606261544332734339
13:04:40 BST 174 13.95 GBP XLON 592187793893931592
13:18:53 BST 299 13.96 GBP XLON 606261544333053770
13:30:29 BST 220 13.97 GBP XLON 606261544333309058
13:50:36 BST 173 13.95 GBP XLON 592187793895040306
13:50:36 BST 221 13.95 GBP XLON 592187793895040305
14:30:06 BST 195 14 GBP XLON 592187793896089833
14:30:06 BST 673 14 GBP XLON 606261544334795301
14:38:11 BST 136 13.96 GBP XLON 606261544335075871
14:45:21 BST 40 13.97 GBP XLON 592187793896660031
14:45:21 BST 123 13.97 GBP XLON 592187793896660029
14:45:21 BST 200 13.97 GBP XLON 592187793896660030
14:50:28 BST 219 13.95 GBP XLON 606261544335512051
14:59:28 BST 220 13.93 GBP XLON 606261544335854324
15:05:53 BST 256 13.94 GBP XLON 592187793897459205
15:09:58 BST 89 13.93 GBP XLON 606261544336205890
15:09:58 BST 131 13.93 GBP XLON 606261544336205889
15:16:14 BST 220 13.91 GBP XLON 606261544336420557
15:21:01 BST 80 13.91 GBP XLON 606261544336571908
15:21:01 BST 140 13.91 GBP XLON 606261544336571907
15:28:52 BST 250 13.91 GBP XLON 592187793898249674
15:41:22 BST 193 13.89 GBP XLON 606261544337236176
15:41:22 BST 271 13.89 GBP XLON 592187793898691831
15:50:49 BST 196 13.92 GBP XLON 606261544337597901
15:50:49 BST 220 13.92 GBP XLON 592187793899075226
16:02:19 BST 190 13.91 GBP XLON 606261544338016753
16:09:13 BST 201 13.91 GBP XLON 592187793899803611
16:09:13 BST 348 13.91 GBP XLON 606261544338281402
16:21:26 BST 22 13.92 GBP XLON 606261544338794895
16:21:26 BST 554 13.92 GBP XLON 606261544338795358
16:22:26 BST 295 13.91 GBP XLON 606261544338838563
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