Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

28 October 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
28 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 28 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 285,197 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,631,095 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:			28 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			14.0819			14.0100		14.2300
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
08:04:03	GMT	35	14.03	GBP		XLON		606262974640620020
08:24:06	GMT	492	14.23	GBP		XLON		606262974641061398
08:24:06	GMT	270	14.23	GBP		XLON		606262974641061399
08:36:07	GMT	214	14.17	GBP		XLON		592189224211186407
09:08:38	GMT	80	14.2	GBP		XLON		606262974641961941
09:08:38	GMT	381	14.2	GBP		XLON		606262974641961942
09:24:20	GMT	120	14.15	GBP		XLON		592189224212218724
09:24:20	GMT	123	14.15	GBP		XLON		592189224212218725
09:24:20	GMT	123	14.15	GBP		XLON		592189224212218726
10:07:00	GMT	228	14.07	GBP		XLON		606262974643165487
10:29:10	GMT	127	14.08	GBP		XLON		592189224213599611
10:29:10	GMT	242	14.08	GBP		XLON		592189224213599610
10:48:15	GMT	275	14.06	GBP		XLON		592189224213974208
11:30:52	GMT	105	14.01	GBP		XLON		606262974644770247
11:30:52	GMT	177	14.01	GBP		XLON		606262974644770249
12:22:16	GMT	98	14.07	GBP		XLON		606262974645702672
12:22:16	GMT	364	14.07	GBP		XLON		606262974645702671
12:22:16	GMT	314	14.07	GBP		XLON		606262974645702673
13:07:19	GMT	272	14.09	GBP		XLON		592189224216779612
13:07:19	GMT	290	14.09	GBP		XLON		592189224216779611
14:01:20	GMT	100	14.07	GBP		XLON		592189224217968102
14:01:20	GMT	100	14.07	GBP		XLON		592189224217968103
14:01:20	GMT	100	14.07	GBP		XLON		592189224217968105
14:01:20	GMT	103	14.07	GBP		XLON		592189224217968106
14:01:20	GMT	198	14.07	GBP		XLON		592189224217968104
14:01:21	GMT	225	14.07	GBP		XLON		606262974647629640
14:04:24	GMT	33	14.07	GBP		XLON		592189224218048695
14:04:24	GMT	100	14.07	GBP		XLON		592189224218048692
14:04:24	GMT	100	14.07	GBP		XLON		592189224218048694
14:20:10	GMT	94	14.06	GBP		XLON		606262974648045104
14:20:10	GMT	129	14.06	GBP		XLON		606262974648045105
14:54:14	GMT	182	14.11	GBP		XLON		592189224219414755
14:54:14	GMT	613	14.11	GBP		XLON		592189224219414756
14:54:14	GMT	44	14.11	GBP		XLON		592189224219414771
14:54:14	GMT	200	14.11	GBP		XLON		592189224219414770
15:07:13	GMT	223	14.08	GBP		XLON		592189224219871519
15:11:00	GMT	226	14.09	GBP		XLON		606262974649496598
15:11:00	GMT	239	14.09	GBP		XLON		606262974649496597
15:12:01	GMT	269	14.05	GBP		XLON		592189224220001769
15:15:11	GMT	224	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224220096729
15:35:29	GMT	4	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224220728922
15:35:29	GMT	18	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224220728925
15:35:29	GMT	18	14.04	GBP		XLON		606262974650200169
15:35:29	GMT	82	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224220728928
15:35:29	GMT	98	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224220728927
15:35:29	GMT	100	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224220728923
15:35:29	GMT	100	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224220728924
15:35:29	GMT	162	14.04	GBP		XLON		606262974650200170
15:35:29	GMT	180	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224220728926
15:48:00	GMT	206	14.03	GBP		XLON		606262974650552977
15:48:00	GMT	223	14.03	GBP		XLON		592189224221107862
15:49:36	GMT	101	14.01	GBP		XLON		592189224221152033
15:50:54	GMT	123	14.01	GBP		XLON		592189224221191273
15:58:29	GMT	334	14.01	GBP		XLON		606262974650853851
16:03:57	GMT	223	14.03	GBP		XLON		606262974651010693
16:08:06	GMT	224	14.04	GBP		XLON		592189224221730859
16:14:27	GMT	222	14.03	GBP		XLON		606262974651327829
16:15:12	GMT	60	14.03	GBP		XLON		592189224221964359
16:15:12	GMT	117	14.03	GBP		XLON		592189224221964358
16:18:33	GMT	121	14.02	GBP		XLON		592189224222079992
16:18:33	GMT	179	14.02	GBP		XLON		592189224222079995
16:24:48	GMT	273	14.02	GBP		XLON		606262974651670870
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