Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

18 October 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
18 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 18 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 219,197 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,697,095 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:		18 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		14.0113		13.8200		14.1500
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 08:04:32 BST 357 13.82 GBP XLON 606259420964768577 08:18:31 BST 305 13.84 GBP XLON 592185670519192694 09:05:39 BST 85 13.92 GBP XLON 592185670520497882 09:05:39 BST 117 13.92 GBP XLON 592185670520497883 09:05:40 BST 329 13.91 GBP XLON 606259420966406715 09:05:40 BST 135 13.91 GBP XLON 606259420966406732 09:05:40 BST 151 13.91 GBP XLON 606259420966406731 09:36:26 BST 160 14.05 GBP XLON 592185670521372913 09:36:26 BST 536 14.05 GBP XLON 592185670521372914 10:08:13 BST 378 14.06 GBP XLON 606259420968153895 10:25:44 BST 236 14.06 GBP XLON 592185670522814711 10:46:29 BST 214 14.15 GBP XLON 592185670523361906 11:10:22 BST 243 14.11 GBP XLON 606259420969765724 11:47:02 BST 302 14.06 GBP XLON 606259420970672630 12:45:08 BST 541 14.06 GBP XLON 592185670526548744 13:09:50 BST 200 14.05 GBP XLON 592185670527221674 13:09:50 BST 212 14.04 GBP XLON 606259420972726210 13:27:21 BST 204 14.04 GBP XLON 592185670527714629 13:27:21 BST 230 14.03 GBP XLON 606259420973190237 13:45:27 BST 21 14.03 GBP XLON 606259420973706773 13:45:27 BST 166 14.03 GBP XLON 606259420973706774 14:19:26 BST 925 14.05 GBP XLON 592185670529292187 14:31:38 BST 229 14.03 GBP XLON 592185670529766881 14:31:38 BST 246 14.03 GBP XLON 592185670529766882 14:47:43 BST 29 13.99 GBP XLON 606259420975776802 14:47:43 BST 192 13.99 GBP XLON 592185670530455461 14:47:43 BST 200 13.99 GBP XLON 606259420975776801 15:06:10 BST 22 14.01 GBP XLON 592185670531243709 15:06:10 BST 164 14.01 GBP XLON 592185670531243708 15:06:10 BST 589 14.01 GBP XLON 592185670531243707 15:12:34 BST 58 14 GBP XLON 592185670531513865 15:12:34 BST 71 14 GBP XLON 592185670531513863 15:12:34 BST 100 14 GBP XLON 592185670531513864 15:23:39 BST 34 14 GBP XLON 606259420977220740 15:23:39 BST 58 14 GBP XLON 606259420977220743 15:23:39 BST 200 14 GBP XLON 606259420977220741 15:23:39 BST 200 14 GBP XLON 606259420977220742 15:49:39 BST 71 14 GBP XLON 606259420978247184 15:49:39 BST 116 14 GBP XLON 606259420978247185 15:56:33 BST 197 14.01 GBP XLON 592185670533361110 15:59:52 BST 287 14 GBP XLON 606259420978652385 15:59:52 BST 501 14 GBP XLON 606259420978652386 16:07:40 BST 469 14.03 GBP XLON 606259420978986404 16:14:04 BST 79 14.02 GBP XLON 592185670534163409 16:14:04 BST 150 14.02 GBP XLON 592185670534163410 16:21:46 BST 188 14.01 GBP XLON 592185670534582465 16:21:46 BST 230 14.01 GBP XLON 606259420979661812 16:26:03 BST 273 14 GBP XLON 606259420979900758
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