WH Smith PLC Transaction in Own Shares

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WH Smith PLC

16 October 2024

 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
16 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 16 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 197,514 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,718,778 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:			16 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			13.8614			13.7800		13.9100
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
08:07:32	BST	112	13.8	GBP		XLON		606258713169498004
08:07:32	BST	347	13.8	GBP		XLON		606258713169498005
08:16:00	BST	295	13.78	GBP		XLON		592184962730108338
08:35:45	BST	66	13.82	GBP		XLON		606258713170292263
08:35:45	BST	216	13.82	GBP		XLON		606258713170292264
09:08:06	BST	202	13.88	GBP		XLON		606258713171095196
09:12:14	BST	370	13.87	GBP		XLON		606258713171190057
09:25:15	BST	320	13.84	GBP		XLON		592184962732017092
09:55:40	BST	299	13.81	GBP		XLON		606258713172213859
11:03:46	BST	85	13.8	GBP		XLON		606258713173851618
11:03:46	BST	100	13.8	GBP		XLON		606258713173851617
11:03:46	BST	505	13.79	GBP		XLON		592184962734529988
12:06:22	BST	82	13.83	GBP		XLON		592184962735896282
12:06:22	BST	94	13.83	GBP		XLON		592184962735896283
12:26:02	BST	196	13.84	GBP		XLON		592184962736302859
12:53:18	BST	216	13.88	GBP		XLON		592184962736911804
12:58:45	BST	103	13.87	GBP		XLON		592184962737047470
13:07:02	BST	210	13.89	GBP		XLON		606258713176384851
13:25:03	BST	66	13.9	GBP		XLON		592184962737673280
13:25:03	BST	120	13.9	GBP		XLON		592184962737673279
13:33:09	BST	59	13.9	GBP		XLON		606258713176972823
13:33:09	BST	120	13.9	GBP		XLON		606258713176972821
13:43:35	BST	247	13.9	GBP		XLON		606258713177225747
13:43:50	BST	319	13.9	GBP		XLON		606258713177230672
13:43:50	BST	368	13.91	GBP		XLON		592184962738159436
13:44:31	BST	175	13.9	GBP		XLON		606258713177245936
14:09:43	BST	198	13.85	GBP		XLON		606258713177879132
14:09:43	BST	202	13.85	GBP		XLON		606258713177879131
14:20:58	BST	29	13.84	GBP		XLON		606258713178175048
14:20:58	BST	214	13.84	GBP		XLON		606258713178175049
14:27:00	BST	62	13.85	GBP		XLON		606258713178337240
14:27:10	BST	78	13.85	GBP		XLON		606258713178342039
14:40:28	BST	31	13.85	GBP		XLON		606258713178833095
14:45:44	BST	32	13.9	GBP		XLON		606258713179031286
14:45:44	BST	215	13.9	GBP		XLON		606258713179031285
14:45:44	BST	709	13.9	GBP		XLON		606258713179031284
14:58:58	BST	6	13.89	GBP		XLON		592184962740615919
14:58:58	BST	237	13.89	GBP		XLON		592184962740615920
15:13:34	BST	180	13.89	GBP		XLON		606258713180046251
15:13:34	BST	448	13.89	GBP		XLON		606258713180046250
15:22:33	BST	459	13.88	GBP		XLON		592184962741467067
15:32:32	BST	207	13.85	GBP		XLON		606258713180674911
15:32:32	BST	244	13.85	GBP		XLON		606258713180674910
15:52:38	BST	27	13.86	GBP		XLON		592184962742605264
15:52:38	BST	575	13.86	GBP		XLON		592184962742605265
16:12:34	BST	52	13.87	GBP		XLON		606258713182166325
16:12:34	BST	155	13.87	GBP		XLON		606258713182166327
16:12:34	BST	768	13.87	GBP		XLON		606258713182166326
16:17:09	BST	243	13.88	GBP		XLON		606258713182390166
16:26:21	BST	337	13.86	GBP		XLON		606258713182848496
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