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WH Smith PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

Source: RNS
RNS Number : 6381O
WH Smith PLC
26 June 2025
 

WH Smith PLC - Transaction in Own Shares

 

26 June 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 45,578 ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ('Shares') on 26 June 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 4,375,291 Ordinary Shares.

The Company has 126,541,643 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:

26 June 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

45,578

10.9891

10.9300

11.1100






















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

 

08:01:49

BST

161

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144976420574504

 

08:01:49

BST

411

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144976420574505

 

08:01:49

BST

209

11.05

GBP

XLON

606218725256170129

 

08:15:35

BST

133

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144976420830412

 

08:17:39

BST

133

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144976420871683

 

08:19:15

BST

140

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144976420898564

 

08:20:30

BST

128

11.08

GBP

XLON

592144976420921434

 

08:21:00

BST

1

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144976420931993

 

08:21:00

BST

132

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144976420931994

 

08:21:00

BST

362

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218725256506458

 

08:21:00

BST

334

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144976420932003

 

08:21:02

BST

103

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218725256507305

 

08:21:02

BST

231

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218725256507304

 

08:21:02

BST

263

11.06

GBP

XLON

606218725256507310

 

08:37:51

BST

135

11.06

GBP

XLON

592144976421273878

 

08:37:51

BST

135

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144976421273879

 

08:37:51

BST

135

11.05

GBP

XLON

592144976421273880

 

08:37:51

BST

135

11.05

GBP

XLON

606218725256826518

 

08:37:51

BST

135

11.05

GBP

XLON

606218725256826519

 

08:37:51

BST

560

11.05

GBP

XLON

606218725256826517

 

08:37:51

BST

307

11.05

GBP

XLON

606218725256826530

 

08:55:46

BST

127

11.07

GBP

XLON

606218725257160592

 

08:57:40

BST

138

11.07

GBP

XLON

606218725257190679

 

09:00:39

BST

36

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144976421723795

 

09:00:39

BST

141

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144976421723794

 

09:00:39

BST

543

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144976421723796

 

09:00:39

BST

539

11.07

GBP

XLON

606218725257247805

 

09:00:40

BST

269

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144976421724226

 

09:17:02

BST

186

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144976422048313

 

09:18:16

BST

130

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218725257573315

 

09:20:07

BST

146

11.11

GBP

XLON

592144976422103953

 

09:22:00

BST

141

11.11

GBP

XLON

606218725257646590

 

09:22:00

BST

562

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218725257646591

 

09:22:00

BST

561

11.09

GBP

XLON

592144976422146359

 

09:22:01

BST

92

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218725257647140

 

09:22:01

BST

164

11.09

GBP

XLON

606218725257647137

 

09:31:16

BST

394

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144976422349602

 

09:31:16

BST

173

11.07

GBP

XLON

592144976422349605

 

09:41:28

BST

93

11.04

GBP

XLON

606218725258012868

 

09:41:28

BST

446

11.04

GBP

XLON

592144976422535887

 

09:41:28

BST

55

11.04

GBP

XLON

606218725258012965

 

09:47:53

BST

66

11

GBP

XLON

606218725258132323

 

09:47:53

BST

379

11

GBP

XLON

606218725258132324

 

10:06:37

BST

11

11

GBP

XLON

606218725258457258

 

10:06:37

BST

100

11

GBP

XLON

606218725258457259

 

10:06:37

BST

16

11

GBP

XLON

592144976423008977

 

10:08:29

BST

4

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976423042340

 

10:08:29

BST

126

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976423042342

 

10:08:29

BST

126

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976423042343

 

10:08:29

BST

126

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725258488723

 

10:08:29

BST

126

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725258488724

 

10:08:29

BST

126

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725258488725

 

10:08:29

BST

135

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725258488722

 

10:08:29

BST

306

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976423042341

 

10:20:29

BST

140

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976423262152

 

10:20:29

BST

140

10.96

GBP

XLON

606218725258694944

 

10:20:29

BST

145

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976423262153

 

10:20:29

BST

301

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976423262154

 

10:47:00

BST

2

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976423738662

 

10:47:00

BST

142

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976423738663

 

10:47:31

BST

278

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725259150444

 

11:12:05

BST

214

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725259574887

 

11:12:05

BST

136

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976424200400

 

11:12:05

BST

264

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725259574891

 

11:12:12

BST

136

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976424202412

 

11:14:37

BST

305

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976424243879

 

11:14:50

BST

144

10.96

GBP

XLON

606218725259619232

 

11:17:28

BST

73

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976424290608

 

11:17:28

BST

81

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976424290609

 

11:19:29

BST

17

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976424324505

 

11:19:29

BST

50

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976424324504

 

11:21:15

BST

31

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725259721023

 

11:21:15

BST

111

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725259721022

 

11:22:58

BST

248

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725259745895

 

11:29:49

BST

64

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976424505249

 

11:29:49

BST

83

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976424505250

 

11:32:28

BST

12

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725259910183

 

11:32:28

BST

29

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725259910185

 

11:32:28

BST

94

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725259910184

 

11:35:33

BST

14

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725259960580

 

11:35:33

BST

134

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725259960581

 

11:36:15

BST

147

10.97

GBP

XLON

592144976424618685

 

11:36:15

BST

147

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725259971514

 

11:36:15

BST

263

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725259971513

 

11:36:15

BST

401

10.97

GBP

XLON

592144976424618684

 

11:39:22

BST

560

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976424666671

 

11:39:29

BST

5

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976424668958

 

11:39:29

BST

134

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976424668957

 

12:01:56

BST

11

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976425046966

 

12:01:56

BST

122

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976425046976

 

12:04:59

BST

1

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976425102761

 

12:05:00

BST

133

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725260430032

 

12:08:31

BST

146

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976425164767

 

12:08:31

BST

561

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976425164768

 

12:08:31

BST

576

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725260488763

 

12:08:32

BST

197

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725260489388

 

12:08:32

BST

136

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725260489394

 

12:57:53

BST

11

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976426036962

 

12:57:53

BST

234

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725261312172

 

12:57:53

BST

324

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976426036965

 

12:57:53

BST

355

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976426036963

 

12:57:53

BST

522

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976426036964

 

12:57:54

BST

383

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725261312567

 

12:58:02

BST

65

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725261315337

 

12:59:57

BST

183

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426089904

 

12:59:57

BST

365

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426089905

 

12:59:57

BST

164

11

GBP

XLON

606218725261362210

 

12:59:57

BST

330

11

GBP

XLON

606218725261362209

 

12:59:57

BST

152

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426089922

 

13:30:12

BST

200

11

GBP

XLON

606218725261941976

 

13:30:12

BST

231

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426706981

 

13:30:12

BST

366

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426706979

 

13:32:06

BST

134

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426753786

 

13:32:06

BST

475

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426753788

 

13:32:06

BST

518

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426753787

 

13:32:06

BST

594

11

GBP

XLON

592144976426753792

 

13:32:06

BST

170

11

GBP

XLON

606218725261985852

 

13:32:06

BST

154

11

GBP

XLON

606218725261985853

 

13:47:40

BST

142

10.98

GBP

XLON

592144976427102702

 

13:49:08

BST

50

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976427133947

 

13:49:08

BST

90

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976427133946

 

13:49:51

BST

142

10.97

GBP

XLON

592144976427147508

 

13:49:51

BST

142

10.97

GBP

XLON

592144976427147510

 

13:49:51

BST

142

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725262356808

 

13:49:51

BST

142

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725262356810

 

13:49:51

BST

565

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725262356807

 

13:49:51

BST

254

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725262356815

 

14:02:45

BST

125

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976427443001

 

14:02:45

BST

125

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976427443002

 

14:02:45

BST

125

10.96

GBP

XLON

606218725262636618

 

14:02:45

BST

125

10.96

GBP

XLON

606218725262636619

 

14:02:45

BST

372

10.96

GBP

XLON

606218725262636617

 

14:03:01

BST

77

10.96

GBP

XLON

606218725262641850

 

14:07:50

BST

447

10.97

GBP

XLON

592144976427559164

 

14:21:56

BST

138

10.97

GBP

XLON

592144976427881535

 

14:21:56

BST

138

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725263052964

 

14:21:56

BST

138

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725263052966

 

14:21:56

BST

138

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725263052967

 

14:21:56

BST

379

10.97

GBP

XLON

592144976427881534

 

14:21:56

BST

405

10.97

GBP

XLON

606218725263052974

 

14:28:29

BST

144

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976428052852

 

14:28:29

BST

144

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976428052853

 

14:28:29

BST

145

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976428052850

 

14:28:29

BST

302

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976428052851

 

14:36:02

BST

131

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976428333980

 

14:36:02

BST

131

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976428333981

 

14:36:02

BST

131

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725263484639

 

14:36:02

BST

131

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725263484640

 

14:44:08

BST

132

10.96

GBP

XLON

606218725263744834

 

14:44:32

BST

31

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976428618245

 

14:44:32

BST

98

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976428618249

 

14:44:32

BST

11

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976428618260

 

14:45:20

BST

127

10.96

GBP

XLON

592144976428646153

 

14:45:56

BST

132

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976428674086

 

14:45:56

BST

455

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725263809546

 

14:45:56

BST

575

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725263809553

 

14:45:56

BST

230

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976428674092

 

14:57:22

BST

56

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725264233666

 

14:57:22

BST

81

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725264233669

 

14:58:17

BST

131

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725264276906

 

14:58:28

BST

33

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264283656

 

14:58:28

BST

137

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429167497

 

14:58:28

BST

137

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429167498

 

14:58:28

BST

137

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429167499

 

14:58:28

BST

137

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264283657

 

14:58:28

BST

137

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264283658

 

14:58:28

BST

137

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264283659

 

14:58:28

BST

137

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264283660

 

14:58:28

BST

416

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264283655

 

15:02:24

BST

447

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725264450841

 

15:16:01

BST

18

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264835823

 

15:16:01

BST

63

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429741870

 

15:16:01

BST

63

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429741871

 

15:16:28

BST

47

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429755128

 

15:16:28

BST

47

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264848651

 

15:16:28

BST

47

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429755134

 

15:16:28

BST

5

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264848655

 

15:17:53

BST

132

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429802984

 

15:19:03

BST

41

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429838683

 

15:19:03

BST

41

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429838689

 

15:19:03

BST

41

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429838694

 

15:19:03

BST

3

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725264928854

 

15:21:53

BST

146

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976429993667

 

15:23:07

BST

138

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976430042241

 

15:23:51

BST

146

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725265155518

 

15:23:51

BST

400

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725265155517

 

15:24:29

BST

479

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725265182097

 

15:24:29

BST

200

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725265182104

 

15:24:29

BST

32

10.93

GBP

XLON

592144976430100024

 

15:24:29

BST

225

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725265182108

 

15:35:01

BST

141

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976430479671

 

15:35:55

BST

63

10.94

GBP

XLON

592144976430511509

 

15:35:55

BST

66

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725265579275

 

15:36:26

BST

325

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725265596189

 

15:37:30

BST

237

10.93

GBP

XLON

606218725265630792

 

15:41:15

BST

127

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725265763596

 

15:42:10

BST

126

10.95

GBP

XLON

592144976430731204

 

15:44:29

BST

143

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725265861895

 

15:44:29

BST

529

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725265861896

 

15:44:29

BST

536

10.95

GBP

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592144976430804564

 

15:44:29

BST

356

10.95

GBP

XLON

606218725265861900

 

15:55:43

BST

28

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725266239977

 

15:56:56

BST

109

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725266279737

 

15:56:56

BST

511

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725266279738

 

15:56:56

BST

247

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725266279742

 

15:57:00

BST

230

10.94

GBP

XLON

606218725266281374

 

16:06:56

BST

135

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GBP

XLON

606218725266591239

 

16:06:56

BST

135

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725266591242

 

16:06:56

BST

192

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976431558489

 

16:07:03

BST

126

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725266595017

 

16:07:10

BST

172

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976431566422

 

16:08:07

BST

141

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725266627483

 

16:09:02

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10

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GBP

XLON

606218725266654202

 

16:09:02

BST

42

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725266654203

 

16:09:02

BST

82

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725266654204

 

16:09:53

BST

29

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725266677034

 

16:09:53

BST

116

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976431647260

 

16:10:35

BST

23

10.99

GBP

XLON

592144976431673211

 

16:10:35

BST

105

10.99

GBP

XLON

606218725266701839

 

16:11:27

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2

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GBP

XLON

606218725266726656

 

16:11:27

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22

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XLON

606218725266726657

 

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99

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592144976431699056

 

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606218725266726664

 

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13

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XLON

592144976431720507

 

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73

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XLON

592144976431720506

 

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52

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XLON

606218725266747239

 

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35

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45

10.99

GBP

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592144976431739483

 

16:12:44

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66

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GBP

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592144976431739482

 

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330

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GBP

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592144976431742770

 

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203

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GBP

XLON

606218725266768620

 

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332

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606218725266768621

 

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606218725266768624

 

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592144976431742790

 

16:12:50

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80

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592144976431742793

 

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435

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592144976431823481

 

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17

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592144976431823547

 

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BST

139

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606218725267086903

 

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17

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43

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592144976432099790

 

16:23:20

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70

10.98

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XLON

592144976432099791

 

16:23:20

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19

10.98

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XLON

606218725267113117

 

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26

10.98

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606218725267132419

 

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117

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592144976432119621

 

16:24:37

BST

23

10.98

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606218725267153991

 

16:24:37

BST

105

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GBP

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592144976432141573

 

16:25:05

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30

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606218725267178433

 

16:25:05

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118

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XLON

592144976432166824

 

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60

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75

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135

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606218725267202692

 

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147

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XLON

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303

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592144976432293397

 

16:28:33

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228

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725267300894

 

16:29:25

BST

328

10.98

GBP

XLON

606218725267325229

 

16:29:51

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44

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XLON

592144976432358555

 

16:29:51

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89

10.99

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XLON

592144976432358558

 

16:29:51

BST

100

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592144976432358560

 

16:29:51

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323

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592144976432358561

 




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