Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1029G

WH Smith PLC

27 September 2024

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares
27 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 27 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 54,777 Ordinary Shares. The Company has 130,858,227 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:				27 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			14.8459		14.7500	14.9100


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
08:22:32	BST	244		14.85	GBP		XLON	606251989181582899
08:22:32	BST	295		14.85	GBP		XLON	606251989181582898
08:22:32	BST	337		14.85	GBP		XLON	606251989181582897
08:22:37	BST	197		14.85	GBP		XLON	592178238737131531
09:16:13	BST	176		14.84	GBP		XLON	606251989182902454
09:16:13	BST	330		14.84	GBP		XLON	606251989182902453
09:16:14	BST	194		14.83	GBP		XLON	592178238738391492
09:16:14	BST	207		14.83	GBP		XLON	606251989182902993
09:57:29	BST	335		14.86	GBP		XLON	606251989183924813
11:02:08	BST	194		14.9	GBP		XLON	606251989185538426
11:02:10	BST	37		14.89	GBP		XLON	592178238740955185
11:02:10	BST	193		14.89	GBP		XLON	606251989185538767
11:02:10	BST	398		14.89	GBP		XLON	592178238740955186
11:28:29	BST	285		14.86	GBP		XLON	592178238741569637
11:44:05	BST	195		14.84	GBP		XLON	592178238741924678
11:45:56	BST	76		14.84	GBP		XLON	592178238741963389
11:47:51	BST	52		14.84	GBP		XLON	592178238742006003
12:40:56	BST	96		14.8	GBP		XLON	606251989187819732
12:40:56	BST	163		14.8	GBP		XLON	606251989187819733
12:40:56	BST	200		14.8	GBP		XLON	606251989187819734
12:40:56	BST	200		14.8	GBP		XLON	606251989187819735
12:46:28	BST	74		14.77	GBP		XLON	592178238743280890
12:46:28	BST	181		14.77	GBP		XLON	592178238743280891
13:03:28	BST	115		14.75	GBP		XLON	606251989188295879
13:03:28	BST	209		14.75	GBP		XLON	606251989188295878
13:53:01	BST	42		14.81	GBP		XLON	606251989189507775
13:53:01	BST	45		14.81	GBP		XLON	606251989189507774
13:53:01	BST	125		14.81	GBP		XLON	606251989189507773
13:53:01	BST	556		14.82	GBP		XLON	606251989189507771
14:18:31	BST	187		14.79	GBP		XLON	592178238745528402
14:23:22	BST	88		14.78	GBP		XLON	592178238745674019
14:23:22	BST	103		14.78	GBP		XLON	606251989190382841
14:23:22	BST	105		14.78	GBP		XLON	592178238745674020
14:23:22	BST	113		14.78	GBP		XLON	606251989190382839
14:23:22	BST	125		14.78	GBP		XLON	606251989190382840
14:39:29	BST	223		14.8	GBP		XLON	606251989190981894
14:39:29	BST	282		14.8	GBP		XLON	606251989190981893
14:59:57	BST	111		14.82	GBP		XLON	592178238747053426
14:59:57	BST	114		14.82	GBP		XLON	592178238747053427
14:59:57	BST	452		14.81	GBP		XLON	606251989191788875
15:35:09	BST	102		14.91	GBP		XLON	606251989193231414
15:35:09	BST	375		14.91	GBP		XLON	606251989193231413
15:35:09	BST	424		14.91	GBP		XLON	606251989193231412
15:35:09	BST	101		14.91	GBP		XLON	592178238748469032
15:35:09	BST	140		14.91	GBP		XLON	592178238748469031
15:41:25	BST	295		14.9	GBP		XLON	606251989193470976
15:58:21	BST	72		14.91	GBP		XLON	606251989194137419
15:58:21	BST	123		14.91	GBP		XLON	606251989194137420
15:58:21	BST	195		14.91	GBP		XLON	592178238749358379
15:58:22	BST	148		14.9	GBP		XLON	606251989194137758
15:58:22	BST	152		14.9	GBP		XLON	606251989194137757
16:13:07	BST	236		14.86	GBP		XLON	606251989194801504
16:13:07	BST	49		14.86	GBP		XLON	606251989194801505
16:13:07	BST	193		14.86	GBP		XLON	592178238750010660
16:13:07	BST	193		14.86	GBP		XLON	592178238750010661
16:13:07	BST	226		14.86	GBP		XLON	606251989194801506
16:23:19	BST	81		14.88	GBP		XLON	592178238750555905
16:23:19	BST	241		14.88	GBP		XLON	592178238750555904


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TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	419.20p1.01%
Market Cap	£638.27m

Date	27 Sept 2024
Time	17:29:36
Category	Capital structure
ID	1029G

TIDM	SMWH
Share Price	419.20p1.01%
Market Cap	£638.27m

Date	27 Sept 2024
Time	17:29:36
Category	Capital structure
ID	1029G

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