Transaction in Own Shares, 30 Sep 2024 17:45

30 September 2024, 17:45

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 3319G

WH Smith PLC

30 September 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
30 September 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 September 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 65,777 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,847,227 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 September 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			14.7486		14.6700	14.9000


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
08:06:31	BST	434	14.9	GBP		XLON	592179300425301705
08:17:47	BST	322	14.84	GBP		XLON	592179300425615534
08:29:54	BST	104	14.81	GBP		XLON	606253050871297137
08:29:54	BST	148	14.81	GBP		XLON	606253050871297138
09:15:35	BST	4	14.75	GBP		XLON	592179300427143176
09:15:35	BST	135	14.75	GBP		XLON	592179300427143177
09:15:35	BST	155	14.75	GBP		XLON	592179300427143175
09:15:35	BST	171	14.75	GBP		XLON	592179300427143174
09:15:35	BST	216	14.75	GBP		XLON	592179300427143178
09:29:57	BST	51	14.72	GBP		XLON	606253050872844653
09:29:57	BST	169	14.72	GBP		XLON	606253050872844654
09:30:08	BST	71	14.71	GBP		XLON	606253050872852597
09:30:08	BST	122	14.71	GBP		XLON	606253050872852649
10:11:56	BST	310	14.79	GBP		XLON	606253050873840340
10:17:32	BST	276	14.78	GBP		XLON	606253050873973979
10:41:37	BST	31	14.77	GBP		XLON	592179300429502742
10:41:37	BST	220	14.77	GBP		XLON	592179300429502741
11:11:25	BST	282	14.79	GBP		XLON	606253050875384946
11:39:56	BST	322	14.76	GBP		XLON	606253050876020662
12:00:39	BST	346	14.77	GBP		XLON	606253050876447645
12:58:38	BST	41	14.79	GBP		XLON	592179300432727681
12:58:38	BST	154	14.79	GBP		XLON	592179300432727682
13:14:06	BST	45	14.78	GBP		XLON	606253050877993995
13:14:06	BST	101	14.78	GBP		XLON	606253050877993997
13:14:06	BST	125	14.78	GBP		XLON	606253050877993994
13:14:06	BST	125	14.78	GBP		XLON	606253050877993996
13:14:06	BST	243	14.78	GBP		XLON	606253050877993993
13:30:18	BST	106	14.76	GBP		XLON	592179300433450421
13:30:18	BST	254	14.76	GBP		XLON	592179300433450422
14:15:37	BST	355	14.79	GBP		XLON	592179300434736520
14:15:37	BST	400	14.79	GBP		XLON	592179300434736519
14:30:27	BST	95	14.79	GBP		XLON	592179300435182368
14:30:27	BST	277	14.79	GBP		XLON	592179300435182369
14:39:12	BST	191	14.75	GBP		XLON	592179300435565706
14:41:15	BST	303	14.74	GBP		XLON	592179300435651441
14:56:39	BST	15	14.76	GBP		XLON	606253050881252564
14:56:39	BST	204	14.76	GBP		XLON	606253050881252565
14:56:39	BST	332	14.75	GBP		XLON	592179300436447951
15:10:27	BST	221	14.71	GBP		XLON	592179300437040144
15:10:27	BST	302	14.71	GBP		XLON	606253050881856526
15:28:53	BST	219	14.7	GBP		XLON	592179300437719712
15:28:53	BST	344	14.7	GBP		XLON	606253050882552332
15:39:16	BST	70	14.71	GBP		XLON	606253050882942595
15:39:16	BST	130	14.71	GBP		XLON	606253050882942596
15:50:06	BST	22	14.7	GBP		XLON	592179300438504493
15:50:06	BST	103	14.7	GBP		XLON	606253050883352751
15:50:06	BST	106	14.7	GBP		XLON	606253050883352750
15:50:06	BST	187	14.7	GBP		XLON	592179300438504494
15:50:50	BST	325	14.69	GBP		XLON	606253050883381656
15:57:35	BST	449	14.67	GBP		XLON	606253050883651995
16:17:16	BST	94	14.68	GBP		XLON	606253050884496681
16:17:16	BST	125	14.68	GBP		XLON	606253050884496680
16:19:39	BST	187	14.67	GBP		XLON	592179300439742616
16:19:39	BST	339	14.67	GBP		XLON	592179300439742615
16:19:39	BST	522	14.67	GBP		XLON	606253050884616845


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