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Transaction in Own Shares.

    30 May 2025 23:11:53
  • Source: Sharecast
RNS Number : 8682K
WH Smith PLC
30 May 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

30 May 2025

 








 










 

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 29 January 2025, of 45,662 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 30 May 2025 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 3,504,632 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 127,412,302 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 May 2025


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

45,662

10.5208

10.4700

10.5700






















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

08:40:15

BST

115

10.47

GBP

XLON

592135421266468281

08:40:15

BST

359

10.47

GBP

XLON

606209170102584094

08:40:15

BST

363

10.47

GBP

XLON

606209170102584093

08:40:15

BST

395

10.47

GBP

XLON

592135421266468280

08:40:15

BST

140

10.47

GBP

XLON

606209170102584097

08:40:15

BST

107

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170102584109

08:40:15

BST

9

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421266468302

08:41:06

BST

383

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421266483467

08:41:06

BST

383

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170102598634

08:41:06

BST

161

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421266483470

08:41:12

BST

153

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421266485090

08:41:35

BST

205

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170102605957

08:41:47

BST

327

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170102608474

08:42:00

BST

119

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421266497382

08:42:10

BST

180

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421266500799

08:42:37

BST

133

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421266507462

08:44:26

BST

118

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421266542606

08:45:26

BST

126

10.5

GBP

XLON

606209170102672286

08:46:55

BST

122

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102694237

08:47:26

BST

53

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421266591126

08:47:26

BST

55

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102701496

08:48:57

BST

128

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421266616149

08:51:21

BST

111

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170102770486

08:51:56

BST

34

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170102779213

08:51:56

BST

88

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170102779211

08:53:16

BST

1

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170102799787

08:53:16

BST

114

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170102799788

08:54:30

BST

74

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421266713020

08:56:25

BST

35

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102861850

08:56:31

BST

52

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102863699

08:56:31

BST

97

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421266761048

08:57:46

BST

110

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421266782564

08:59:06

BST

52

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421266811388

08:59:06

BST

31

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102910772

08:59:06

BST

26

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102910773

09:00:30

BST

44

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102941421

09:00:30

BST

69

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102941420

09:00:52

BST

335

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421266856398

09:01:00

BST

15

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102958179

09:01:00

BST

111

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102958178

09:01:00

BST

127

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421266860800

09:01:00

BST

334

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421266860812

09:01:00

BST

156

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170102958191

09:19:59

BST

122

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170103309210

09:21:48

BST

4

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421267261151

09:21:48

BST

122

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421267261153

09:21:48

BST

122

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421267261154

09:21:48

BST

122

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421267261155

09:21:48

BST

122

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170103341051

09:21:48

BST

122

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170103341052

09:21:48

BST

122

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170103341053

09:21:48

BST

366

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421267261152

09:40:27

BST

118

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421267595101

09:40:47

BST

30

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421267599839

09:42:38

BST

116

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170103695984

09:44:08

BST

6

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170103717702

09:44:08

BST

7

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170103717700

09:44:08

BST

100

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170103717701

09:45:45

BST

122

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170103740563

09:49:27

BST

114

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421267738201

09:50:12

BST

118

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421267751585

09:51:21

BST

168

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421267770975

09:51:21

BST

241

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421267770976

09:51:21

BST

100

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170103830007

09:51:21

BST

304

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170103830008

09:51:21

BST

347

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421267770983

10:09:17

BST

124

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170104124406

10:09:25

BST

165

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170104128160

10:09:25

BST

124

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421268080408

10:09:25

BST

124

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421268080409

10:09:25

BST

124

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170104128162

10:09:25

BST

124

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170104128163

10:09:25

BST

297

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170104128161

10:27:01

BST

57

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170104412468

10:27:01

BST

374

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170104412467

10:35:15

BST

58

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170104543955

10:35:15

BST

115

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421268514687

10:35:15

BST

115

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421268514688

10:35:15

BST

115

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421268514689

10:35:15

BST

115

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421268514691

10:35:15

BST

115

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170104543956

10:35:15

BST

115

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170104543957

10:35:15

BST

387

10.51

GBP

XLON

592135421268514690

10:53:44

BST

123

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421268818979

10:53:44

BST

334

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421268818978

10:53:44

BST

55

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421268818980

10:53:44

BST

123

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421268818981

10:53:44

BST

123

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421268818982

10:53:44

BST

123

10.5

GBP

XLON

606209170104835914

10:53:44

BST

123

10.5

GBP

XLON

606209170104835915

10:53:44

BST

2

10.5

GBP

XLON

606209170104835922

11:00:12

BST

52

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421268945564

11:00:12

BST

67

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421268945565

11:00:12

BST

361

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170104956766

11:13:15

BST

109

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421269163648

11:13:15

BST

109

10.49

GBP

XLON

606209170105166154

11:13:15

BST

109

10.49

GBP

XLON

606209170105166155

11:13:15

BST

282

10.49

GBP

XLON

606209170105166153

11:13:15

BST

78

10.49

GBP

XLON

606209170105166163

11:29:04

BST

109

10.47

GBP

XLON

592135421269418631

11:29:04

BST

109

10.47

GBP

XLON

606209170105408331

11:29:04

BST

468

10.47

GBP

XLON

592135421269418632

11:29:04

BST

137

10.47

GBP

XLON

592135421269418638

11:48:47

BST

124

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170105731262

11:50:23

BST

118

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170105758469

11:52:55

BST

126

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170105798455

11:54:44

BST

128

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170105829656

11:56:20

BST

117

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421269890259

11:58:00

BST

125

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170105888719

11:59:45

BST

122

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421269954295

12:05:59

BST

118

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170106037948

12:05:59

BST

207

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421270079972

12:05:59

BST

412

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421270079971

12:06:23

BST

28

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170106044234

12:06:23

BST

63

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170106044235

12:06:23

BST

194

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170106044233

12:06:23

BST

310

10.48

GBP

XLON

592135421270086645

12:06:23

BST

116

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170106044242

12:26:15

BST

120

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421270446961

12:28:02

BST

121

10.49

GBP

XLON

606209170106416253

12:33:34

BST

122

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421270594045

12:33:34

BST

135

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421270594046

12:33:34

BST

286

10.49

GBP

XLON

606209170106526482

12:33:34

BST

200

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421270594054

12:34:57

BST

380

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421270621554

12:34:57

BST

100

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421270621558

12:50:05

BST

115

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170106839494

12:50:06

BST

154

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170106839955

12:51:37

BST

12

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170106870985

12:51:37

BST

105

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170106870986

12:53:24

BST

127

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421270994851

12:55:03

BST

37

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170106939467

12:55:03

BST

88

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170106939466

12:56:41

BST

124

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170106973556

12:58:11

BST

117

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170107010066

12:59:51

BST

127

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170107047122

13:00:47

BST

226

10.51

GBP

XLON

606209170107071809

13:04:55

BST

54

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170107155384

13:04:55

BST

72

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421271257907

13:05:36

BST

120

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421271271332

13:05:36

BST

355

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170107168157

13:05:36

BST

155

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170107168158

13:09:18

BST

128

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170107245189

13:09:18

BST

366

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170107245190

13:09:18

BST

250

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170107245235

13:09:30

BST

128

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421271372007

13:20:01

BST

63

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421271658761

13:20:01

BST

107

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421271658763

13:20:01

BST

107

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421271658764

13:20:01

BST

107

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421271658765

13:20:01

BST

107

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421271658766

13:20:01

BST

107

10.5

GBP

XLON

606209170107534591

13:20:01

BST

297

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421271658762

13:24:11

BST

324

10.48

GBP

XLON

606209170107632551

13:39:33

BST

127

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170107981390

13:39:59

BST

110

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170107989544

13:42:36

BST

1

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421272201638

13:47:11

BST

126

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421272306786

13:47:11

BST

127

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421272306788

13:47:11

BST

151

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170108147892

13:47:11

BST

404

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421272306787

13:47:11

BST

100

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170108147901

13:47:11

BST

360

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170108147900

13:47:11

BST

19

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421272306793

13:47:11

BST

65

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421272306795

13:47:11

BST

281

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421272306794

13:59:07

BST

121

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170108410497

14:01:18

BST

123

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421272643272

14:02:40

BST

28

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170108501347

14:02:40

BST

97

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170108501346

14:07:16

BST

118

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421272797219

14:07:16

BST

118

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421272797221

14:07:16

BST

398

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421272797220

14:07:17

BST

176

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421272797375

14:07:41

BST

103

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421272806563

14:07:41

BST

113

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170108623703

14:08:22

BST

164

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421272823447

14:09:16

BST

117

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170108662150

14:09:16

BST

296

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421272847145

14:09:16

BST

113

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421272847151

14:22:14

BST

118

10.57

GBP

XLON

592135421273185498

14:23:41

BST

112

10.57

GBP

XLON

606209170109017670

14:24:29

BST

124

10.57

GBP

XLON

592135421273240407

14:25:25

BST

176

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273271266

14:25:25

BST

118

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170109066725

14:25:25

BST

292

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273271267

14:28:30

BST

168

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273359382

14:29:13

BST

171

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273382180

14:32:26

BST

57

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273505572

14:32:26

BST

109

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273505574

14:32:26

BST

109

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273505575

14:32:26

BST

109

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273505577

14:32:26

BST

109

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170109293438

14:32:26

BST

109

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170109293439

14:32:26

BST

109

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170109293440

14:32:26

BST

110

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273505576

14:32:26

BST

134

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273505573

14:32:45

BST

216

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421273515285

14:47:01

BST

100

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170109783809

14:47:01

BST

119

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170109783807

14:47:01

BST

167

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421274015918

14:47:01

BST

185

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170109783808

14:47:01

BST

315

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170109783810

14:47:01

BST

488

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421274015924

14:47:02

BST

467

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170109784564

14:50:00

BST

78

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421274119949

14:50:00

BST

240

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421274119948

14:50:00

BST

43

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170109884192

14:59:55

BST

116

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421274478388

14:59:55

BST

116

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170110228603

14:59:55

BST

116

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170110228604

14:59:55

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116

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170110228605

14:59:55

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349

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170110228602

15:04:56

BST

127

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421274665718

15:04:56

BST

127

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421274665720

15:04:56

BST

127

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170110409025

15:04:56

BST

127

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170110409026

15:04:56

BST

357

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421274665719

15:04:56

BST

91

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170110409034

15:09:48

BST

119

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421274870028

15:09:48

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119

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421274870029

15:09:48

BST

359

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421274870031

15:22:06

BST

109

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421275353078

15:22:06

BST

455

10.5

GBP

XLON

606209170111068648

15:22:06

BST

360

10.5

GBP

XLON

592135421275353081

15:22:06

BST

358

10.5

GBP

XLON

606209170111068654

15:29:07

BST

37

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421275584168

15:29:07

BST

114

10.49

GBP

XLON

606209170111291094

15:29:07

BST

361

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421275584166

15:30:25

BST

14

10.49

GBP

XLON

592135421275636736

15:33:47

BST

123

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170111444307

15:33:47

BST

444

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421275742601

15:33:47

BST

310

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421275742605

15:41:24

BST

109

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421275995515

15:42:14

BST

111

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421276018307

15:42:50

BST

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421276034715

15:42:50

BST

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421276034716

15:42:50

BST

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421276034717

15:42:50

BST

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421276034718

15:42:50

BST

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170111726015

15:42:50

BST

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170111726016

15:42:50

BST

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170111726017

15:42:50

BST

127

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170111726014

15:42:50

BST

232

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421276034713

15:48:44

BST

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421276229001

15:48:44

BST

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170111913154

15:48:44

BST

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170111913155

15:48:44

BST

112

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170111913157

15:48:44

BST

293

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421276229000

15:51:41

BST

68

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421276337597

15:51:41

BST

74

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170112018611

15:51:41

BST

217

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170112018612

15:59:12

BST

109

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421276587752

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109

10.52

GBP

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592135421276587753

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109

10.52

GBP

XLON

592135421276587755

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109

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GBP

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592135421276587756

15:59:12

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109

10.52

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592135421276587757

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109

10.52

GBP

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592135421276587760

15:59:12

BST

109

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170112260010

15:59:12

BST

109

10.53

GBP

XLON

592135421276587751

15:59:12

BST

363

10.52

GBP

XLON

606209170112260009

16:06:52

BST

17

10.53

GBP

XLON

606209170112521312

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108

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170112562228

16:08:02

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158

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421276902386

16:08:46

BST

146

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170112588517

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BST

112

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421276940494

16:12:00

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109

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170112705186

16:12:00

BST

156

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421277049715

16:12:26

BST

107

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170112721132

16:12:27

BST

2

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421277066656

16:12:27

BST

136

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170112721592

16:12:58

BST

109

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170112739919

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118

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421277115948

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124

10.56

GBP

XLON

592135421277146495

16:14:55

BST

122

10.56

GBP

XLON

606209170112816381

16:15:27

BST

515

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170112838164

16:15:27

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516

10.55

GBP

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592135421277187610

16:15:27

BST

122

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170112838167

16:19:06

BST

44

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421277338879

16:19:06

BST

76

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421277338878

16:21:17

BST

110

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421277446871

16:21:32

BST

127

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170113098564

16:21:44

BST

110

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170113105751

16:21:44

BST

110

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170113105752

16:21:44

BST

110

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170113105753

16:21:44

BST

120

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421277465138

16:21:44

BST

364

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170113105750

16:21:44

BST

284

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170113105760

16:28:41

BST

324

10.55

GBP

XLON

592135421277746954

16:28:41

BST

178

10.55

GBP

XLON

606209170113378710

16:29:00

BST

479

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170113387985

16:29:36

BST

300

10.54

GBP

XLON

606209170113411811

16:29:36

BST

153

10.54

GBP

XLON

592135421277781485

 



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