Transaction in Own Shares, 24 Oct 2024 17:12

24 October 2024, 17:12

Source - LSE Regulatory

RNS Number : 5393J

WH Smith PLC

24 October 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
24 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 24 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 263,197 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,653,095 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:			24 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			13.9613		13.8900	14.0300


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
08:10:31	BST	82	14	GBP		XLON	592187793887370794
08:18:31	BST	249	14.02	GBP		XLON	606261544326879520
08:18:31	BST	337	14.02	GBP		XLON	606261544326879519
08:29:32	BST	49	13.99	GBP		XLON	592187793887864804
08:29:32	BST	160	13.99	GBP		XLON	592187793887864805
09:07:52	BST	254	13.99	GBP		XLON	606261544327974484
09:07:52	BST	266	13.99	GBP		XLON	606261544327974483
09:24:18	BST	273	14.03	GBP		XLON	592187793889207294
09:30:29	BST	44	14.03	GBP		XLON	592187793889370028
09:30:29	BST	168	14.03	GBP		XLON	592187793889370029
09:49:01	BST	281	14.02	GBP		XLON	592187793889875954
10:49:01	BST	503	14	GBP		XLON	606261544330267138
10:55:17	BST	91	13.99	GBP		XLON	592187793891400513
10:55:17	BST	94	13.99	GBP		XLON	592187793891400512
11:22:19	BST	131	13.96	GBP		XLON	606261544330951960
11:22:19	BST	139	13.96	GBP		XLON	606261544330951959
11:52:02	BST	331	13.97	GBP		XLON	606261544331498490
12:19:13	BST	180	14	GBP		XLON	592187793893073348
12:20:41	BST	197	13.99	GBP		XLON	606261544332003673
12:20:41	BST	234	13.99	GBP		XLON	606261544332003672
12:53:00	BST	59	13.96	GBP		XLON	592187793893696318
12:53:00	BST	128	13.96	GBP		XLON	592187793893696317
12:57:26	BST	68	13.95	GBP		XLON	606261544332632285
13:02:19	BST	133	13.95	GBP		XLON	606261544332734339
13:04:40	BST	174	13.95	GBP		XLON	592187793893931592
13:18:53	BST	299	13.96	GBP		XLON	606261544333053770
13:30:29	BST	220	13.97	GBP		XLON	606261544333309058
13:50:36	BST	173	13.95	GBP		XLON	592187793895040306
13:50:36	BST	221	13.95	GBP		XLON	592187793895040305
14:30:06	BST	195	14	GBP		XLON	592187793896089833
14:30:06	BST	673	14	GBP		XLON	606261544334795301
14:38:11	BST	136	13.96	GBP		XLON	606261544335075871
14:45:21	BST	40	13.97	GBP		XLON	592187793896660031
14:45:21	BST	123	13.97	GBP		XLON	592187793896660029
14:45:21	BST	200	13.97	GBP		XLON	592187793896660030
14:50:28	BST	219	13.95	GBP		XLON	606261544335512051
14:59:28	BST	220	13.93	GBP		XLON	606261544335854324
15:05:53	BST	256	13.94	GBP		XLON	592187793897459205
15:09:58	BST	89	13.93	GBP		XLON	606261544336205890
15:09:58	BST	131	13.93	GBP		XLON	606261544336205889
15:16:14	BST	220	13.91	GBP		XLON	606261544336420557
15:21:01	BST	80	13.91	GBP		XLON	606261544336571908
15:21:01	BST	140	13.91	GBP		XLON	606261544336571907
15:28:52	BST	250	13.91	GBP		XLON	592187793898249674
15:41:22	BST	193	13.89	GBP		XLON	606261544337236176
15:41:22	BST	271	13.89	GBP		XLON	592187793898691831
15:50:49	BST	196	13.92	GBP		XLON	606261544337597901
15:50:49	BST	220	13.92	GBP		XLON	592187793899075226
16:02:19	BST	190	13.91	GBP		XLON	606261544338016753
16:09:13	BST	201	13.91	GBP		XLON	592187793899803611
16:09:13	BST	348	13.91	GBP		XLON	606261544338281402
16:21:26	BST	22	13.92	GBP		XLON	606261544338794895
16:21:26	BST	554	13.92	GBP		XLON	606261544338795358
16:22:26	BST	295	13.91	GBP		XLON	606261544338838563


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