Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

23 September 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
23 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 23 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 11,000 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,901,453 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:					23 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			14.0825			13.9300		14.2200
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
	08:09:53	BST	141		13.93	GBP		XLON		592176823159045604
	08:09:53	BST	260		13.93	GBP		XLON		592176823159045606
	08:49:15	BST	185		14.01	GBP		XLON		606250573596503148
	08:49:55	BST	153		13.97	GBP		XLON		592176823159907920
	08:49:55	BST	485		13.97	GBP		XLON		592176823159907921
	09:13:23	BST	36		13.97	GBP		XLON		606250573597008578
	09:13:23	BST	258		13.97	GBP		XLON		606250573597008579
	09:32:19	BST	77		13.95	GBP		XLON		592176823160798230
	09:32:19	BST	202		13.95	GBP		XLON		592176823160798229
	10:01:11	BST	392		13.96	GBP		XLON		592176823161456543
	10:49:00	BST	223		13.97	GBP		XLON		592176823162507340
	10:49:00	BST	378		13.97	GBP		XLON		592176823162507341
	11:35:03	BST	569		14.05	GBP		XLON		592176823163436371
	12:47:06	BST	11		14.11	GBP		XLON		606250573601221208
	12:47:06	BST	200		14.11	GBP		XLON		606250573601221209
	12:51:45	BST	125		14.09	GBP		XLON		592176823165003505
	12:51:45	BST	125		14.09	GBP		XLON		592176823165003506
	12:51:45	BST	391		14.09	GBP		XLON		592176823165003507
	13:45:20	BST	3		14.13	GBP		XLON		592176823166243584
	13:45:20	BST	708		14.13	GBP		XLON		592176823166243585
	13:45:21	BST	304		14.13	GBP		XLON		592176823166244081
	13:48:32	BST	145		14.11	GBP		XLON		592176823166334559
	13:53:42	BST	79		14.11	GBP		XLON		592176823166460283
	14:12:55	BST	12		14.11	GBP		XLON		592176823166956088
	14:12:55	BST	218		14.11	GBP		XLON		592176823166956087
	14:12:55	BST	271		14.11	GBP		XLON		592176823166956089
	14:20:32	BST	79		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573603333620
	14:29:51	BST	10		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573603561656
	14:29:51	BST	67		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573603561652
	14:29:51	BST	125		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573603561651
	14:29:51	BST	125		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573603561654
	14:29:51	BST	125		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573603561655
	14:29:51	BST	215		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573603561653
	14:46:05	BST	210		14.1	GBP		XLON		592176823168020231
	14:46:05	BST	239		14.1	GBP		XLON		592176823168020232
	15:03:03	BST	194		14.11	GBP		XLON		606250573604882586
	15:03:03	BST	379		14.11	GBP		XLON		592176823168807479
	15:27:40	BST	25		14.13	GBP		XLON		606250573605706541
	15:27:40	BST	165		14.13	GBP		XLON		606250573605706540
	15:32:58	BST	190		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573605859778
	15:32:58	BST	197		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573605859776
	15:32:58	BST	534		14.1	GBP		XLON		606250573605859777
	15:51:37	BST	712		14.15	GBP		XLON		592176823170507758
	15:51:37	BST	42		14.15	GBP		XLON		606250573606477334
	16:06:11	BST	87		14.17	GBP		XLON		592176823171077731
	16:06:11	BST	498		14.17	GBP		XLON		592176823171077732
	16:11:07	BST	217		14.19	GBP		XLON		592176823171291994
	16:19:18	BST	614		14.22	GBP		XLON		606250573607558096
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