Transaction in Own Shares, 17 Oct 2024 18:01

17 October 2024, 18:01

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 6754I

WH Smith PLC

17 October 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
17 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 10,683 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 17 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 208,197 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,708,095 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:						17 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			10,683		13.8213			13.7700		13.8600


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
	08:03:24	BST		381		13.8	GBP		XLON		606259067058981314
	08:12:47	BST		295		13.78	GBP		XLON		606259067059236069
	08:28:51	BST		279		13.81	GBP		XLON		606259067059602214
	09:15:11	BST		579		13.84	GBP		XLON		606259067060908605
	09:57:48	BST		188		13.83	GBP		XLON		606259067061985921
	09:57:51	BST		100		13.82	GBP		XLON		606259067061987599
	09:57:51	BST		199		13.82	GBP		XLON		606259067061987600
	10:25:47	BST		205		13.83	GBP		XLON		592185316629937218
	11:19:37	BST		61		13.85	GBP		XLON		592185316631233376
	11:19:37	BST		120		13.85	GBP		XLON		592185316631233375
	11:48:09	BST		60		13.85	GBP		XLON		592185316631876757
	11:48:09	BST		128		13.85	GBP		XLON		592185316631876758
	12:03:19	BST		178		13.84	GBP		XLON		606259067064797296
	12:03:19	BST		665		13.84	GBP		XLON		606259067064797297
	12:04:37	BST		208		13.84	GBP		XLON		606259067064831857
	12:04:37	BST		119		13.84	GBP		XLON		592185316632263937
	12:04:38	BST		109		13.84	GBP		XLON		592185316632264081
	12:11:17	BST		305		13.84	GBP		XLON		606259067064965116
	12:34:13	BST		296		13.86	GBP		XLON		606259067065467580
	13:15:03	BST		421		13.84	GBP		XLON		592185316633840136
	13:19:14	BST		230		13.84	GBP		XLON		592185316633952225
	13:47:26	BST		207		13.83	GBP		XLON		592185316634702575
	14:07:37	BST		191		13.84	GBP		XLON		592185316635248500
	14:16:09	BST		101		13.84	GBP		XLON		606259067067884051
	14:16:09	BST		72		13.84	GBP		XLON		606259067067884057
	14:16:10	BST		191		13.83	GBP		XLON		606259067067884543
	14:16:10	BST		257		13.83	GBP		XLON		592185316635518079
	14:32:22	BST		152		13.83	GBP		XLON		592185316636005982
	14:32:23	BST		197		13.83	GBP		XLON		606259067068341132
	14:32:23	BST		224		13.83	GBP		XLON		606259067068341226
	14:53:39	BST		73		13.82	GBP		XLON		592185316636751535
	14:53:39	BST		377		13.82	GBP		XLON		592185316636751536
	14:57:16	BST		173		13.81	GBP		XLON		592185316636884314
	14:57:16	BST		188		13.81	GBP		XLON		592185316636884313
	15:05:07	BST		240		13.79	GBP		XLON		592185316637196093
	15:19:41	BST		206		13.78	GBP		XLON		606259067069981281
	15:19:41	BST		241		13.78	GBP		XLON		606259067069981282
	15:27:33	BST		7		13.78	GBP		XLON		592185316638004042
	15:27:33	BST		193		13.78	GBP		XLON		592185316638004041
	15:35:01	BST		124		13.77	GBP		XLON		606259067070485456
	15:35:01	BST		222		13.77	GBP		XLON		606259067070485457
	15:58:51	BST		206		13.8	GBP		XLON		606259067071257416
	16:03:13	BST		836		13.81	GBP		XLON		592185316639272971
	16:03:13	BST		62		13.81	GBP		XLON		606259067071433010
	16:11:46	BST		89		13.82	GBP		XLON		592185316639657490
	16:12:28	BST		7		13.82	GBP		XLON		592185316639693908
	16:14:00	BST		161		13.82	GBP		XLON		592185316639770249
	16:14:00	BST		191		13.82	GBP		XLON		592185316639770251
	16:14:00	BST		369		13.82	GBP		XLON		592185316639770250


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