Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

30 October 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
30 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 30 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 306,955 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,609,337 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:			30 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			13.9225			13.8300		14.0500
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
08:10:34	GMT	135	13.84	GBP		XLON		592189931998733477
08:10:34	GMT	200	13.84	GBP		XLON		592189931998733476
08:10:34	GMT	272	13.84	GBP		XLON		592189931998733475
08:22:17	GMT	227	13.83	GBP		XLON		592189931998999228
08:46:50	GMT	242	13.88	GBP		XLON		606263682435336140
09:00:03	GMT	28	13.9	GBP		XLON		592189931999859900
09:00:03	GMT	100	13.9	GBP		XLON		592189931999859899
09:00:03	GMT	279	13.9	GBP		XLON		592189931999859897
09:43:22	GMT	92	13.93	GBP		XLON		606263682436536106
09:43:22	GMT	100	13.93	GBP		XLON		606263682436536105
10:30:13	GMT	666	13.97	GBP		XLON		592189932002023938
10:30:13	GMT	62	13.97	GBP		XLON		606263682437592975
10:30:13	GMT	151	13.97	GBP		XLON		606263682437592976
10:30:16	GMT	559	13.97	GBP		XLON		606263682437594946
11:48:27	GMT	33	13.89	GBP		XLON		592189932003869450
11:48:27	GMT	100	13.89	GBP		XLON		592189932003869451
11:48:27	GMT	288	13.89	GBP		XLON		592189932003869452
11:59:06	GMT	95	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682439543452
11:59:06	GMT	118	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682439543453
12:21:11	GMT	61	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682440054459
12:21:11	GMT	100	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682440054460
12:22:09	GMT	37	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682440073420
12:27:58	GMT	98	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682440200647
12:29:53	GMT	41	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682440240786
12:30:07	GMT	61	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682440248670
12:30:07	GMT	192	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682440248669
13:00:58	GMT	580	13.98	GBP		XLON		592189932005604754
13:21:10	GMT	259	13.96	GBP		XLON		592189932006111573
13:49:46	GMT	202	14.02	GBP		XLON		592189932007073275
13:49:46	GMT	373	14.02	GBP		XLON		606263682442257797
14:08:37	GMT	79	14.05	GBP		XLON		592189932007682070
14:08:37	GMT	239	14.05	GBP		XLON		592189932007682071
14:23:00	GMT	211	14.05	GBP		XLON		606263682443285956
14:38:14	GMT	380	13.99	GBP		XLON		606263682443859879
14:44:04	GMT	211	13.97	GBP		XLON		606263682444064837
14:52:37	GMT	211	13.93	GBP		XLON		592189932009374115
14:57:20	GMT	210	13.91	GBP		XLON		592189932009530461
15:03:28	GMT	212	13.86	GBP		XLON		592189932009760981
15:11:46	GMT	12	13.86	GBP		XLON		592189932010038759
15:11:46	GMT	99	13.86	GBP		XLON		592189932010038762
15:11:46	GMT	100	13.86	GBP		XLON		592189932010038761
15:19:23	GMT	182	13.89	GBP		XLON		592189932010293081
15:19:23	GMT	332	13.89	GBP		XLON		592189932010293082
15:30:42	GMT	179	13.88	GBP		XLON		592189932010622350
15:30:42	GMT	274	13.88	GBP		XLON		592189932010622351
15:41:55	GMT	219	13.91	GBP		XLON		592189932010946899
15:52:46	GMT	198	13.89	GBP		XLON		592189932011275200
15:59:23	GMT	17	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682446326074
15:59:23	GMT	172	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682446326071
16:04:53	GMT	187	13.9	GBP		XLON		606263682446475072
16:09:16	GMT	158	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682446600101
16:09:16	GMT	195	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682446600100
16:09:16	GMT	428	13.89	GBP		XLON		606263682446600102
16:14:00	GMT	211	13.87	GBP		XLON		606263682446736117
16:24:37	GMT	533	13.88	GBP		XLON		592189932012266902
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