Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

22 October 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
22 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 22 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 241,197 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,675,095 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:			22 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			14.1056			13.9000		14.2400
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
08:14:30	BST	618	13.94	GBP		XLON		592187086098291011
08:29:45	BST	112	13.95	GBP		XLON		606260836533012103
08:29:45	BST	79	13.95	GBP		XLON		606260836533012104
08:45:21	BST	21	13.9	GBP		XLON		592187086098822332
08:45:21	BST	87	13.9	GBP		XLON		592187086098822333
08:45:21	BST	87	13.9	GBP		XLON		592187086098822334
09:35:19	BST	175	13.95	GBP		XLON		606260836534118619
10:22:43	BST	297	13.96	GBP		XLON		606260836534844221
10:22:43	BST	391	13.96	GBP		XLON		606260836534844223
10:22:43	BST	173	13.96	GBP		XLON		606260836534844228
10:22:43	BST	233	13.96	GBP		XLON		592187086100510958
10:44:31	BST	21	13.95	GBP		XLON		606260836535231826
10:44:31	BST	34	13.95	GBP		XLON		606260836535231822
10:44:31	BST	83	13.95	GBP		XLON		606260836535231823
10:44:31	BST	192	13.95	GBP		XLON		606260836535231824
11:27:47	BST	3	13.98	GBP		XLON		606260836535987463
11:27:47	BST	59	13.98	GBP		XLON		606260836535987462
11:27:47	BST	135	13.98	GBP		XLON		606260836535987461
11:27:47	BST	2	13.97	GBP		XLON		606260836535987467
11:27:47	BST	271	13.97	GBP		XLON		606260836535987468
11:47:44	BST	412	13.99	GBP		XLON		606260836536315770
12:29:38	BST	204	13.99	GBP		XLON		592187086102763399
12:29:38	BST	261	13.99	GBP		XLON		592187086102763398
12:48:22	BST	94	13.99	GBP		XLON		592187086103092450
12:48:22	BST	100	13.99	GBP		XLON		592187086103092451
12:48:22	BST	139	13.99	GBP		XLON		592187086103092452
13:32:14	BST	207	14.15	GBP		XLON		606260836537992103
13:32:14	BST	385	14.15	GBP		XLON		606260836537992104
13:39:34	BST	297	14.16	GBP		XLON		592187086104013373
13:51:21	BST	222	14.17	GBP		XLON		606260836538334857
14:21:17	BST	13	14.16	GBP		XLON		606260836538990795
14:21:17	BST	187	14.16	GBP		XLON		606260836538990796
14:21:17	BST	200	14.16	GBP		XLON		592187086104946759
14:21:17	BST	221	14.16	GBP		XLON		592187086104946758
14:31:14	BST	244	14.19	GBP		XLON		592187086105218977
14:42:47	BST	10	14.21	GBP		XLON		606260836539583506
14:42:47	BST	26	14.21	GBP		XLON		606260836539583504
14:42:47	BST	100	14.21	GBP		XLON		606260836539583505
14:42:47	BST	397	14.21	GBP		XLON		606260836539583507
14:52:58	BST	222	14.19	GBP		XLON		606260836539917262
15:05:03	BST	202	14.17	GBP		XLON		592187086106386142
15:05:03	BST	267	14.17	GBP		XLON		592187086106386141
15:08:28	BST	210	14.16	GBP		XLON		606260836540434307
15:20:04	BST	190	14.15	GBP		XLON		606260836540757493
15:20:04	BST	285	14.15	GBP		XLON		592187086106841154
15:40:04	BST	715	14.24	GBP		XLON		592187086107483028
15:40:04	BST	15	14.24	GBP		XLON		592187086107483034
15:40:10	BST	180	14.23	GBP		XLON		592187086107486296
15:56:17	BST	522	14.22	GBP		XLON		606260836541795608
16:05:01	BST	27	14.23	GBP		XLON		592187086108205535
16:05:01	BST	267	14.23	GBP		XLON		592187086108205536
16:07:52	BST	223	14.23	GBP		XLON		592187086108288906
16:20:13	BST	603	14.24	GBP		XLON		606260836542533280
16:25:39	BST	280	14.24	GBP		XLON		592187086108981748
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