Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

24 September 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
24 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 10,777 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 24 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 21,777 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,890,676 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 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			10,777			14.3770			14.3100		14.4400
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
08:19:21	BST	315		14.37	GBP		XLON		606250927477309052
08:19:21	BST	503		14.37	GBP		XLON		606250927477309051
09:07:44	BST	22		14.34	GBP		XLON		606250927478338706
09:07:44	BST	186		14.34	GBP		XLON		606250927478338707
09:07:44	BST	208		14.35	GBP		XLON		592177177050458013
09:07:44	BST	295		14.34	GBP		XLON		592177177050458015
09:16:16	BST	192		14.34	GBP		XLON		606250927478511798
09:38:05	BST	118		14.31	GBP		XLON		606250927479002708
09:38:05	BST	191		14.31	GBP		XLON		606250927479002707
10:25:31	BST	5		14.35	GBP		XLON		592177177052311332
10:25:31	BST	54		14.35	GBP		XLON		606250927480080033
10:25:31	BST	185		14.35	GBP		XLON		592177177052311334
10:25:31	BST	200		14.35	GBP		XLON		592177177052311330
10:25:31	BST	261		14.35	GBP		XLON		606250927480080034
10:31:16	BST	249		14.37	GBP		XLON		592177177052445146
10:57:21	BST	204		14.37	GBP		XLON		592177177053032024
12:02:04	BST	212		14.35	GBP		XLON		592177177054523248
12:02:04	BST	299		14.35	GBP		XLON		606250927482144388
13:02:28	BST	59		14.37	GBP		XLON		606250927483540533
13:02:28	BST	144		14.37	GBP		XLON		606250927483540534
13:09:30	BST	210		14.39	GBP		XLON		592177177056206638
13:12:13	BST	726		14.38	GBP		XLON		592177177056274922
13:12:13	BST	16		14.38	GBP		XLON		592177177056274925
14:02:53	BST	192		14.41	GBP		XLON		606250927485169159
14:02:54	BST	62		14.4	GBP		XLON		606250927485169262
14:02:54	BST	143		14.4	GBP		XLON		606250927485169264
14:02:54	BST	657		14.4	GBP		XLON		606250927485169263
14:13:47	BST	1		14.39	GBP		XLON		592177177058086220
14:30:30	BST	79		14.39	GBP		XLON		592177177058608281
14:46:29	BST	122		14.44	GBP		XLON		606250927486558216
14:46:31	BST	96		14.44	GBP		XLON		606250927486559474
14:51:26	BST	101		14.43	GBP		XLON		592177177059435141
14:51:26	BST	125		14.43	GBP		XLON		592177177059435140
14:51:26	BST	197		14.42	GBP		XLON		592177177059435142
14:57:47	BST	79		14.42	GBP		XLON		592177177059713867
14:57:47	BST	196		14.42	GBP		XLON		592177177059713869
14:57:47	BST	392		14.42	GBP		XLON		592177177059713868
14:57:47	BST	123		14.42	GBP		XLON		606250927487019548
15:00:23	BST	209		14.41	GBP		XLON		592177177059863768
15:07:47	BST	22		14.39	GBP		XLON		592177177060222719
15:19:33	BST	206		14.4	GBP		XLON		592177177060741628
15:19:33	BST	206		14.4	GBP		XLON		592177177060741629
15:19:34	BST	53		14.39	GBP		XLON		592177177060742401
15:19:47	BST	79		14.39	GBP		XLON		592177177060753722
15:23:05	BST	166		14.39	GBP		XLON		592177177060919260
15:23:05	BST	497		14.39	GBP		XLON		592177177060919262
16:05:07	BST	209		14.36	GBP		XLON		592177177062603128
16:05:07	BST	628		14.36	GBP		XLON		606250927489753192
16:05:07	BST	79		14.36	GBP		XLON		606250927489753204
16:05:07	BST	412		14.36	GBP		XLON		606250927489753205
16:13:51	BST	180		14.36	GBP		XLON		592177177062987280
16:14:04	BST	318		14.36	GBP		XLON		592177177062997466
16:14:06	BST	35		14.36	GBP		XLON		592177177062998695
16:29:53	BST	59		14.37	GBP		XLON		592177177063811405
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