REG - WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
13/05/2025 18:15
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RNS Number : 5303I WH Smith PLC 13 May 2025
WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
13 May 2025
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
29 January 2025, of 10,888 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on
13 May 2025 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 2,933,995 Ordinary Shares.
The Company has 127,982,939 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: 13 May 2025
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 10,888 10.0354 10.0100 10.0400
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
08:09:17 BST 103 10.01 GBP XLON 592129405058595351
08:09:39 BST 108 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153895123135
08:09:39 BST 124 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405058606997
08:10:17 BST 357 10.01 GBP XLON 606203153895139494
08:10:21 BST 100 10.03 GBP XLON 606203153895141821
08:10:21 BST 257 10.03 GBP XLON 606203153895141822
08:10:40 BST 284 10.01 GBP XLON 592129405058638525
08:10:40 BST 459 10.01 GBP XLON 592129405058638529
08:10:40 BST 252 10.01 GBP XLON 606203153895152578
08:15:27 BST 114 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405058756679
08:23:47 BST 5 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405058962412
08:23:47 BST 112 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153895458271
10:30:38 BST 45 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099154
10:30:38 BST 66 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746410
10:30:38 BST 84 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746404
10:30:38 BST 112 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099148
10:30:38 BST 113 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746399
10:30:38 BST 113 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746400
10:30:38 BST 113 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746401
10:30:38 BST 113 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746402
10:30:38 BST 113 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099150
10:30:38 BST 113 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099153
10:30:38 BST 113 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099158
10:30:38 BST 124 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746406
10:30:38 BST 137 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099159
10:30:38 BST 156 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099149
10:30:38 BST 175 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099156
10:30:38 BST 180 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746405
10:30:38 BST 195 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746403
10:30:38 BST 210 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099163
10:30:38 BST 272 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099161
10:30:38 BST 294 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099152
10:30:38 BST 351 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746398
10:30:38 BST 375 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746408
10:30:38 BST 397 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099157
10:30:38 BST 409 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099151
10:30:38 BST 395 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746425
10:30:38 BST 346 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099175
10:30:38 BST 360 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746445
10:30:38 BST 395 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099178
10:30:38 BST 418 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746443
10:30:38 BST 142 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746452
10:30:38 BST 58 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099217
10:30:38 BST 74 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898099218
10:30:38 BST 227 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061746488
10:30:41 BST 3 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898100334
10:30:41 BST 56 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898100336
10:30:41 BST 318 10.04 GBP XLON 606203153898100335
10:30:41 BST 443 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061747632
10:30:42 BST 160 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061748012
10:30:42 BST 209 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061748013
10:31:00 BST 3 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061754762
10:31:00 BST 131 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061754761
10:31:00 BST 191 10.04 GBP XLON 592129405061754763
10:31:34 BST 8 10.03 GBP XLON 606203153898118879
10:31:34 BST 47 10.03 GBP XLON 606203153898118877
10:31:34 BST 57 10.03 GBP XLON 606203153898118878
10:31:52 BST 199 10.03 GBP XLON 592129405061773621
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