Transaction in Own Shares, 21 Oct 2024 17:41

21 October 2024, 17:41

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 0218J

WH Smith PLC

21 October 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
21 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 21 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 230,197 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,686,095 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:			21 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			14.0706		14.0000	14.1500


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
08:21:13	BST	634	14.14	GBP		XLON	606260482638409790
08:21:13	BST	73	14.14	GBP		XLON	592186732202630756
08:21:18	BST	2	14.14	GBP		XLON	592186732202632134
08:29:43	BST	77	14.15	GBP		XLON	592186732202816439
08:29:43	BST	150	14.15	GBP		XLON	592186732202816440
08:52:08	BST	5	14.12	GBP		XLON	606260482639026914
08:52:08	BST	100	14.12	GBP		XLON	606260482639026912
08:52:08	BST	100	14.12	GBP		XLON	606260482639026913
09:15:59	BST	214	14.1	GBP		XLON	606260482639491505
09:21:15	BST	460	14.13	GBP		XLON	606260482639599268
09:30:17	BST	65	14.13	GBP		XLON	592186732204116870
09:35:21	BST	238	14.13	GBP		XLON	592186732204231615
09:58:59	BST	288	14.09	GBP		XLON	592186732204728140
10:16:43	BST	88	14.07	GBP		XLON	592186732205118584
10:16:43	BST	273	14.07	GBP		XLON	592186732205118585
10:52:55	BST	261	14.05	GBP		XLON	606260482641575948
11:38:07	BST	180	14.03	GBP		XLON	592186732206941906
11:38:07	BST	265	14.03	GBP		XLON	606260482642480342
11:58:19	BST	202	14.02	GBP		XLON	606260482642891559
12:12:04	BST	295	14.04	GBP		XLON	592186732207671521
12:37:11	BST	181	14	GBP		XLON	592186732208172912
12:37:11	BST	283	14	GBP		XLON	606260482643639126
13:25:24	BST	85	14.03	GBP		XLON	592186732209145725
13:25:24	BST	218	14.03	GBP		XLON	606260482644562426
13:25:24	BST	439	14.03	GBP		XLON	592186732209145726
13:35:09	BST	291	14.02	GBP		XLON	606260482644778626
14:01:16	BST	175	14.01	GBP		XLON	592186732210037429
14:01:16	BST	243	14.01	GBP		XLON	606260482645400879
14:34:57	BST	15	14.08	GBP		XLON	606260482646306133
14:34:57	BST	107	14.08	GBP		XLON	606260482646306137
14:34:57	BST	179	14.08	GBP		XLON	606260482646306136
14:34:57	BST	512	14.08	GBP		XLON	606260482646306135
14:34:57	BST	149	14.08	GBP		XLON	592186732210994332
14:53:53	BST	133	14.09	GBP		XLON	592186732211708972
14:53:53	BST	144	14.09	GBP		XLON	592186732211708971
14:53:53	BST	288	14.09	GBP		XLON	592186732211708970
15:12:46	BST	189	14.08	GBP		XLON	606260482647737902
15:19:16	BST	195	14.09	GBP		XLON	592186732212732847
15:19:16	BST	640	14.09	GBP		XLON	606260482647953880
15:19:16	BST	15	14.08	GBP		XLON	592186732212732853
15:46:01	BST	110	14.06	GBP		XLON	592186732213687090
15:46:01	BST	121	14.06	GBP		XLON	592186732213687091
15:46:01	BST	201	14.06	GBP		XLON	592186732213687088
15:46:01	BST	201	14.06	GBP		XLON	606260482648861173
15:46:01	BST	243	14.06	GBP		XLON	606260482648861172
16:02:04	BST	42	14.06	GBP		XLON	606260482649449537
16:02:28	BST	140	14.06	GBP		XLON	606260482649465719
16:02:28	BST	182	14.06	GBP		XLON	592186732214323451
16:02:28	BST	245	14.06	GBP		XLON	592186732214323450
16:19:52	BST	665	14.06	GBP		XLON	592186732215125737
16:19:52	BST	135	14.06	GBP		XLON	592186732215125749
16:22:22	BST	31	14.06	GBP		XLON	606260482650388683
16:22:22	BST	100	14.06	GBP		XLON	606260482650388684
16:22:22	BST	133	14.06	GBP		XLON	606260482650388685


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