Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9210O
WH Smith PLC
10 November 2016
 

 

WH Smith PLC

Transaction in Own Shares

 

WH Smith PLC (the "Company") announces that it has purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 27 January 2016, the following number of its ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme initially announced on 24 August 2016:

 

Date of purchase:                                            10 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   35,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1515.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1477.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1493.4368 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,744,244 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 and Transparency Rules.

 

The schedule below contains detailed information about the purchases made by Barclays on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

 

 

 

For further information, please contact:

 

WH Smith PLC

Mark Boyle

Investor Relations

020 7406 6320

 

 

 

 

Schedule of Purchases

 

Shares purchased:           WH Smith PLC (ISIN CODE: GB00B2PDGW16)

Date of purchases:          10 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1484.8205

1,248

Chi-X Europe

1484.1481

2,424

Turquoise

1490.1759

3,695

London Stock Exchange

1495.0768

27,633

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

40

14.89

08:04:13

London Stock Exchange

359

14.89

08:07:55

BATS Europe

19

14.89

08:07:55

BATS Europe

109

14.91

08:22:07

London Stock Exchange

197

14.91

08:22:07

London Stock Exchange

200

14.92

08:40:06

London Stock Exchange

144

14.92

08:40:06

London Stock Exchange

214

14.94

08:47:49

London Stock Exchange

29

15.04

09:00:20

London Stock Exchange

383

15.02

09:05:04

London Stock Exchange

134

15.05

09:07:55

London Stock Exchange

63

15.05

09:07:55

London Stock Exchange

12

15.05

09:07:55

London Stock Exchange

382

15.09

09:16:09

London Stock Exchange

209

15.09

09:19:50

London Stock Exchange

209

15.04

09:21:56

London Stock Exchange

382

15.00

09:28:21

London Stock Exchange

383

15.02

09:38:46

London Stock Exchange

209

15.00

09:40:49

London Stock Exchange

209

14.98

09:44:32

London Stock Exchange

212

15.06

10:05:18

London Stock Exchange

740

15.04

10:09:02

London Stock Exchange

2

15.04

10:09:02

London Stock Exchange

196

15.04

10:09:02

London Stock Exchange

124

15.04

10:09:02

London Stock Exchange

209

15.03

10:12:54

London Stock Exchange

17

15.04

10:25:14

London Stock Exchange

192

15.04

10:25:14

London Stock Exchange

209

15.04

10:36:33

London Stock Exchange

209

15.03

10:43:32

Chi-X Europe

387

15.03

10:43:32

London Stock Exchange

209

15.03

10:43:32

London Stock Exchange

209

15.02

10:45:09

Chi-X Europe

209

15.07

10:59:42

London Stock Exchange

209

15.06

11:04:35

London Stock Exchange

312

15.06

11:04:35

London Stock Exchange

209

15.06

11:04:35

London Stock Exchange

382

15.04

11:12:17

London Stock Exchange

382

15.01

11:25:49

London Stock Exchange

209

15.01

11:25:49

London Stock Exchange

528

15.01

11:40:22

Turquoise

130

15.02

11:47:31

London Stock Exchange

95

15.02

11:47:31

London Stock Exchange

46

15.02

11:47:31

London Stock Exchange

43

15.02

11:47:31

London Stock Exchange

120

15.02

11:47:31

London Stock Exchange

118

15.02

11:56:50

London Stock Exchange

44

15.02

11:56:50

London Stock Exchange

220

15.02

11:56:50

London Stock Exchange

160

15.02

12:09:06

London Stock Exchange

223

15.02

12:09:06

London Stock Exchange

179

15.04

12:12:44

London Stock Exchange

30

15.04

12:12:44

London Stock Exchange

374

15.01

12:24:20

London Stock Exchange

8

15.01

12:24:20

London Stock Exchange

209

14.99

12:27:43

London Stock Exchange

411

15.04

12:49:24

London Stock Exchange

91

15.04

12:49:24

London Stock Exchange

233

15.04

12:49:24

Turquoise

200

15.03

12:53:38

London Stock Exchange

9

15.03

12:53:38

London Stock Exchange

209

15.06

12:59:27

London Stock Exchange

209

15.09

13:01:11

London Stock Exchange

39

15.14

13:13:31

London Stock Exchange

125

15.14

13:13:31

London Stock Exchange

239

15.14

13:13:31

London Stock Exchange

216

15.14

13:13:31

London Stock Exchange

382

15.13

13:21:56

London Stock Exchange

209

15.15

13:24:58

London Stock Exchange

101

15.09

13:33:51

London Stock Exchange

232

15.09

13:33:51

London Stock Exchange

238

15.09

13:33:51

Turquoise

181

15.03

13:39:44

London Stock Exchange

201

15.03

13:39:44

London Stock Exchange

381

15.05

13:48:58

London Stock Exchange

545

15.04

13:56:13

London Stock Exchange

209

15.05

14:02:26

London Stock Exchange

209

15.04

14:02:35

London Stock Exchange

382

15.04

14:24:25

London Stock Exchange

358

15.03

14:25:14

London Stock Exchange

505

15.03

14:25:14

London Stock Exchange

64

15.03

14:25:14

London Stock Exchange

17

15.03

14:25:14

London Stock Exchange

11

15.02

14:32:15

Turquoise

370

15.02

14:32:15

Turquoise

119

14.99

14:41:15

Turquoise

121

14.99

14:42:13

Turquoise

257

14.99

14:42:13

London Stock Exchange

251

14.99

14:42:13

London Stock Exchange

45

14.97

14:44:15

London Stock Exchange

164

14.97

14:46:00

London Stock Exchange

221

14.97

14:47:28

London Stock Exchange

142

14.97

14:49:34

London Stock Exchange

67

14.97

14:49:34

London Stock Exchange

385

14.93

14:55:27

London Stock Exchange

209

14.92

14:56:58

London Stock Exchange

385

14.93

15:01:54

London Stock Exchange

383

14.91

15:05:45

London Stock Exchange

209

14.91

15:05:45

London Stock Exchange

119

14.86

15:12:53

London Stock Exchange

250

14.86

15:12:53

London Stock Exchange

14

14.86

15:12:53

London Stock Exchange

412

14.84

15:17:40

Turquoise

109

14.81

15:20:20

London Stock Exchange

100

14.81

15:20:20

BATS Europe

200

14.81

15:26:21

London Stock Exchange

111

14.81

15:26:21

London Stock Exchange

268

14.81

15:26:21

Turquoise

199

14.78

15:28:15

Turquoise

10

14.78

15:28:15

Turquoise

193

14.77

15:29:43

London Stock Exchange

16

14.77

15:29:43

London Stock Exchange

79

14.77

15:33:53

London Stock Exchange

92

14.77

15:34:33

London Stock Exchange

211

14.77

15:34:33

London Stock Exchange

211

14.78

15:36:52

Turquoise

206

14.79

15:49:09

London Stock Exchange

632

14.79

15:49:09

London Stock Exchange

150

14.80

15:51:57

Chi-X Europe

150

14.80

15:51:57

Chi-X Europe

250

14.80

15:51:57

London Stock Exchange

285

14.80

15:51:57

Chi-X Europe

150

14.80

15:51:57

Chi-X Europe

100

14.80

15:51:57

BATS Europe

150

14.80

15:51:57

Chi-X Europe

150

14.80

15:51:57

Chi-X Europe

460

14.80

15:51:57

London Stock Exchange

250

14.80

15:51:57

London Stock Exchange

460

14.80

15:51:57

London Stock Exchange

954

14.80

15:51:57

London Stock Exchange

166

14.80

15:51:57

London Stock Exchange

679

14.80

15:51:57

Turquoise

236

14.80

15:51:57

Chi-X Europe

410

14.80

15:51:57

Chi-X Europe

695

14.78

15:54:58

London Stock Exchange

428

14.80

15:57:05

London Stock Exchange

209

14.80

15:58:51

London Stock Exchange

385

14.82

16:02:13

London Stock Exchange

209

14.81

16:11:08

London Stock Exchange

713

14.80

16:11:20

London Stock Exchange

37

14.80

16:11:20

Turquoise

259

14.80

16:11:20

Turquoise

65

14.81

16:17:57

BATS Europe

100

14.81

16:17:57

BATS Europe

44

14.81

16:17:57

BATS Europe

199

14.82

16:20:00

Chi-X Europe

126

14.82

16:20:00

Chi-X Europe

102

14.82

16:20:00

London Stock Exchange

463

14.82

16:20:00

London Stock Exchange

45

14.83

16:21:18

London Stock Exchange

46

14.83

16:21:18

London Stock Exchange

325

14.83

16:21:18

London Stock Exchange

386

14.83

16:24:10

London Stock Exchange

209

14.82

16:24:57

London Stock Exchange

200

14.85

16:28:02

BATS Europe

63

14.85

16:28:02

London Stock Exchange

209

14.85

16:28:44

London Stock Exchange

16

14.85

16:29:15

London Stock Exchange

90

14.85

16:29:15

BATS Europe

171

14.85

16:29:15

BATS Europe

 


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