Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

26 September 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
26 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 26 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 43,777 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,869,227 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:				26 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			14.7131			14.5100			14.8400
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
08:06:02	BST	423		14.51	GBP		XLON			592177884843060143
08:20:00	BST	407		14.6	GBP		XLON			606251635284076568
09:09:58	BST	194		14.61	GBP		XLON			606251635285489939
09:09:58	BST	544		14.59	GBP		XLON			606251635285489959
09:49:05	BST	125		14.58	GBP		XLON			592177884846307526
09:49:05	BST	119		14.58	GBP		XLON			592177884846307527
09:49:05	BST	66		14.58	GBP		XLON			592177884846307528
09:49:05	BST	209		14.58	GBP		XLON			606251635286692756
10:11:11	BST	28		14.55	GBP		XLON			592177884846985962
10:24:51	BST	243		14.55	GBP		XLON			592177884847393853
10:24:51	BST	206		14.55	GBP		XLON			606251635287713874
10:24:51	BST	206		14.55	GBP		XLON			606251635287713875
11:05:42	BST	10		14.55	GBP		XLON			592177884848551145
11:05:42	BST	319		14.55	GBP		XLON			592177884848551147
11:47:55	BST	125		14.63	GBP		XLON			592177884849705213
11:47:55	BST	81		14.63	GBP		XLON			592177884849705214
12:04:16	BST	559		14.7	GBP		XLON			592177884850166457
12:04:16	BST	151		14.7	GBP		XLON			592177884850166462
12:21:18	BST	241		14.69	GBP		XLON			592177884850612360
13:02:13	BST	324		14.67	GBP		XLON			592177884851760085
13:02:13	BST	216		14.67	GBP		XLON			606251635291816073
13:50:04	BST	23		14.74	GBP		XLON			606251635293185635
13:50:04	BST	18		14.74	GBP		XLON			606251635293185636
13:50:04	BST	110		14.74	GBP		XLON			606251635293185637
13:50:04	BST	41		14.74	GBP		XLON			606251635293185638
13:58:21	BST	528		14.76	GBP		XLON			592177884853563277
13:58:21	BST	70		14.76	GBP		XLON			592177884853563278
13:58:21	BST	1		14.76	GBP		XLON			592177884853563279
13:58:21	BST	161		14.76	GBP		XLON			592177884853563288
14:29:22	BST	24		14.78	GBP		XLON			592177884854677008
14:30:37	BST	230		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635294635493
14:30:37	BST	136		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635294635494
14:48:22	BST	708		14.84	GBP		XLON			592177884855570743
14:48:23	BST	68		14.84	GBP		XLON			606251635295415564
14:48:23	BST	313		14.84	GBP		XLON			606251635295415565
15:07:44	BST	209		14.83	GBP		XLON			592177884856556559
15:09:57	BST	306		14.82	GBP		XLON			606251635296453897
15:09:57	BST	33		14.82	GBP		XLON			606251635296453898
15:09:57	BST	246		14.82	GBP		XLON			606251635296453899
15:24:21	BST	39		14.79	GBP		XLON			592177884857369827
15:24:21	BST	160		14.79	GBP		XLON			592177884857369828
15:24:21	BST	315		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635297122939
15:36:26	BST	285		14.76	GBP		XLON			606251635297649583
15:47:59	BST	326		14.79	GBP		XLON			592177884858478862
15:47:59	BST	67		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635298176187
15:47:59	BST	148		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635298176188
15:56:57	BST	400		14.77	GBP		XLON			606251635298614485
16:15:09	BST	100		14.79	GBP		XLON			592177884859890160
16:15:09	BST	9		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635299516102
16:15:09	BST	607		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635299516103
16:15:09	BST	98		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635299516104
16:15:09	BST	98		14.79	GBP		XLON			606251635299516106
16:21:59	BST	156		14.79	GBP		XLON			592177884860308080
16:29:24	BST	171		14.79	GBP		XLON			592177884860724993
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