Transaction in Own Shares

WH Smith PLC

31 October 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
31 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 31 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 317,955 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,598,979 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:			31 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			13.3950			13.1200		13.8000
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
08:24:15	GMT	15	13.8	GBP		XLON		606264036325040439
08:24:15	GMT	319	13.8	GBP		XLON		606264036325040440
08:30:15	GMT	253	13.76	GBP		XLON		606264036325182834
08:58:25	GMT	425	13.74	GBP		XLON		606264036325868602
09:05:25	GMT	338	13.69	GBP		XLON		606264036326047606
09:22:28	GMT	183	13.67	GBP		XLON		606264036326509640
09:25:03	GMT	209	13.65	GBP		XLON		606264036326588017
09:43:21	GMT	402	13.61	GBP		XLON		592190285895930369
10:14:14	GMT	463	13.61	GBP		XLON		592190285896764888
10:41:41	GMT	101	13.57	GBP		XLON		592190285897549179
10:41:41	GMT	125	13.57	GBP		XLON		592190285897549177
10:41:41	GMT	125	13.57	GBP		XLON		592190285897549178
11:17:07	GMT	15	13.47	GBP		XLON		592190285898490565
11:31:52	GMT	106	13.47	GBP		XLON		592190285898852815
11:31:52	GMT	176	13.47	GBP		XLON		592190285898852814
12:10:37	GMT	12	13.54	GBP		XLON		592190285899769284
12:10:37	GMT	200	13.54	GBP		XLON		606264036330607473
12:10:37	GMT	200	13.54	GBP		XLON		606264036330607474
12:10:37	GMT	291	13.54	GBP		XLON		592190285899769285
12:24:57	GMT	209	13.54	GBP		XLON		592190285900121318
12:46:12	GMT	209	13.51	GBP		XLON		606264036331436319
13:00:41	GMT	146	13.46	GBP		XLON		606264036331754273
13:00:41	GMT	146	13.46	GBP		XLON		606264036331754274
13:22:16	GMT	30	13.41	GBP		XLON		606264036332193784
13:22:16	GMT	109	13.41	GBP		XLON		606264036332193786
13:22:16	GMT	125	13.41	GBP		XLON		606264036332193785
13:36:36	GMT	219	13.42	GBP		XLON		606264036332614883
13:48:15	GMT	209	13.41	GBP		XLON		606264036332993349
14:00:29	GMT	94	13.38	GBP		XLON		606264036333390804
14:00:29	GMT	114	13.38	GBP		XLON		606264036333390806
14:13:08	GMT	30	13.33	GBP		XLON		606264036333831785
14:13:08	GMT	226	13.33	GBP		XLON		606264036333831784
14:24:48	GMT	208	13.36	GBP		XLON		592190285903644564
14:35:20	GMT	179	13.32	GBP		XLON		592190285904060833
14:35:20	GMT	209	13.32	GBP		XLON		606264036334578583
14:48:42	GMT	326	13.25	GBP		XLON		606264036335089475
14:54:43	GMT	209	13.24	GBP		XLON		592190285904866615
15:00:01	GMT	209	13.21	GBP		XLON		606264036335560768
15:05:52	GMT	12	13.21	GBP		XLON		606264036335796529
15:05:52	GMT	196	13.21	GBP		XLON		606264036335796530
15:11:52	GMT	38	13.21	GBP		XLON		592190285905603014
15:12:28	GMT	170	13.21	GBP		XLON		592190285905627746
15:16:16	GMT	260	13.19	GBP		XLON		606264036336172872
15:24:26	GMT	182	13.2	GBP		XLON		606264036336467409
15:26:31	GMT	208	13.18	GBP		XLON		606264036336551073
15:30:34	GMT	209	13.18	GBP		XLON		592190285906343632
15:40:02	GMT	293	13.16	GBP		XLON		606264036337018112
15:45:52	GMT	209	13.14	GBP		XLON		592190285906898727
15:51:05	GMT	209	13.13	GBP		XLON		606264036337402842
15:58:02	GMT	333	13.12	GBP		XLON		606264036337675298
16:02:31	GMT	210	13.14	GBP		XLON		592190285907566825
16:10:45	GMT	594	13.17	GBP		XLON		592190285907890375
16:19:13	GMT	72	13.19	GBP		XLON		606264036338465353
16:19:13	GMT	352	13.19	GBP		XLON		606264036338465354
16:24:40	GMT	91	13.18	GBP		XLON		592190285908510698
16:24:40	GMT	91	13.18	GBP		XLON		592190285908510699
16:24:40	GMT	107	13.18	GBP		XLON		592190285908510697
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