Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2649P
WH Smith PLC
15 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:                                            15 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   35,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1513.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1492.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1497.3898 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,630,444 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:          15 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1492.3117

1,309

Chi-X Europe

1493.1229

643

Turquoise

1498.5595

6,708

London Stock Exchange

1497.4484

26,340

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

7

15.05

08:02:39

Turquoise

755

15.09

08:15:39

London Stock Exchange

222

15.09

08:16:21

London Stock Exchange

200

15.11

08:23:24

London Stock Exchange

41

15.11

08:23:24

London Stock Exchange

205

15.13

08:46:25

Turquoise

72

15.13

08:46:25

Turquoise

221

15.13

08:46:25

London Stock Exchange

289

15.13

08:46:25

London Stock Exchange

25

15.13

08:46:25

London Stock Exchange

231

15.12

08:47:34

Turquoise

339

15.10

08:59:09

Turquoise

291

15.10

08:59:09

London Stock Exchange

522

15.11

09:08:42

London Stock Exchange

201

15.09

09:18:35

London Stock Exchange

198

15.09

09:18:35

London Stock Exchange

248

15.09

09:29:00

Turquoise

221

15.09

09:29:00

Turquoise

347

15.09

09:29:00

London Stock Exchange

195

15.08

09:41:19

London Stock Exchange

354

15.08

09:41:19

London Stock Exchange

608

15.04

09:56:32

London Stock Exchange

221

15.01

09:59:50

London Stock Exchange

103

15.00

10:05:01

London Stock Exchange

118

15.00

10:05:01

London Stock Exchange

221

14.99

10:07:44

Turquoise

221

14.99

10:11:34

Turquoise

399

15.00

10:20:28

London Stock Exchange

399

15.00

10:28:52

London Stock Exchange

114

15.00

10:55:01

London Stock Exchange

107

15.00

10:55:01

London Stock Exchange

221

14.99

11:05:57

Turquoise

333

14.98

11:16:34

Turquoise

436

14.98

11:16:34

London Stock Exchange

221

14.98

11:16:34

London Stock Exchange

221

14.97

11:16:34

London Stock Exchange

221

14.98

11:21:17

London Stock Exchange

106

14.98

11:33:00

London Stock Exchange

115

14.98

11:33:00

London Stock Exchange

221

14.99

11:43:46

London Stock Exchange

523

14.99

11:51:41

London Stock Exchange

320

14.99

11:51:41

Turquoise

221

14.98

11:59:31

London Stock Exchange

221

14.97

12:19:37

London Stock Exchange

236

14.96

12:34:55

London Stock Exchange

411

14.96

12:34:55

Turquoise

500

14.96

12:34:55

London Stock Exchange

66

14.96

12:34:55

London Stock Exchange

265

14.94

12:46:40

London Stock Exchange

134

14.94

12:46:40

London Stock Exchange

248

14.94

13:02:38

London Stock Exchange

221

14.94

13:02:38

London Stock Exchange

167

14.94

13:02:38

London Stock Exchange

54

14.94

13:02:38

London Stock Exchange

100

14.96

13:33:55

London Stock Exchange

145

14.96

13:33:55

London Stock Exchange

56

14.96

13:36:41

London Stock Exchange

146

14.96

13:36:41

London Stock Exchange

19

14.96

13:36:41

London Stock Exchange

175

14.97

13:45:08

Turquoise

287

14.97

13:45:08

London Stock Exchange

192

14.97

13:45:08

Turquoise

376

14.97

13:45:08

London Stock Exchange

143

14.97

13:56:32

London Stock Exchange

78

14.97

13:56:32

London Stock Exchange

104

14.97

14:04:39

Turquoise

174

14.97

14:04:54

London Stock Exchange

16

14.96

14:08:21

London Stock Exchange

275

14.96

14:08:21

London Stock Exchange

250

14.96

14:08:21

London Stock Exchange

150

14.96

14:08:21

London Stock Exchange

40

14.96

14:08:21

London Stock Exchange

163

14.96

14:08:21

London Stock Exchange

100

14.96

14:11:40

London Stock Exchange

121

14.96

14:11:40

London Stock Exchange

158

14.96

14:14:02

London Stock Exchange

221

14.96

14:21:53

London Stock Exchange

221

14.96

14:25:54

London Stock Exchange

221

14.96

14:28:52

London Stock Exchange

40

14.96

14:32:50

Turquoise

121

14.96

14:32:50

London Stock Exchange

106

14.96

14:32:50

London Stock Exchange

135

14.96

14:32:50

London Stock Exchange

296

14.96

14:32:50

Turquoise

19

14.96

14:39:55

Turquoise

147

14.96

14:42:18

Turquoise

27

14.96

14:44:04

London Stock Exchange

107

14.96

14:44:04

London Stock Exchange

47

14.96

14:44:04

London Stock Exchange

227

14.96

14:44:07

Turquoise

233

14.96

14:44:07

London Stock Exchange

221

14.96

14:44:07

London Stock Exchange

221

14.95

14:51:05

London Stock Exchange

221

14.95

14:51:05

London Stock Exchange

221

14.95

14:55:48

London Stock Exchange

221

14.95

14:55:48

London Stock Exchange

118

14.95

14:59:15

London Stock Exchange

53

14.95

14:59:15

London Stock Exchange

248

14.97

15:11:48

London Stock Exchange

732

14.96

15:12:50

London Stock Exchange

309

14.96

15:12:50

Turquoise

131

14.95

15:27:55

Turquoise

150

14.95

15:27:55

Chi-X Europe

10

14.94

15:31:31

London Stock Exchange

250

14.94

15:31:31

London Stock Exchange

292

14.94

15:31:31

Turquoise

13

14.94

15:31:31

London Stock Exchange

485

14.94

15:31:31

London Stock Exchange

296

14.93

15:38:36

London Stock Exchange

95

14.93

15:38:36

London Stock Exchange

221

14.93

15:38:36

London Stock Exchange

231

14.93

15:38:36

Turquoise

545

14.94

15:46:42

London Stock Exchange

52

14.93

15:51:15

Turquoise

114

14.93

15:51:15

London Stock Exchange

107

14.93

15:51:15

London Stock Exchange

250

14.93

15:51:15

Turquoise

96

14.93

15:51:15

Turquoise

820

14.95

16:05:53

London Stock Exchange

138

14.95

16:05:53

London Stock Exchange

221

14.95

16:05:53

London Stock Exchange

254

14.95

16:05:53

Turquoise

230

14.94

16:05:58

London Stock Exchange

238

14.93

16:10:29

London Stock Exchange

257

14.93

16:10:29

Chi-X Europe

15

14.93

16:10:29

Chi-X Europe

397

14.92

16:13:15

London Stock Exchange

221

14.92

16:17:10

Chi-X Europe

327

14.92

16:17:10

London Stock Exchange

402

14.92

16:17:10

London Stock Exchange

350

14.92

16:17:10

London Stock Exchange

90

14.92

16:17:10

BATS Europe

100

14.92

16:17:10

BATS Europe

43

14.92

16:17:10

BATS Europe

250

14.92

16:17:10

London Stock Exchange

155

14.92

16:17:10

London Stock Exchange

22

14.92

16:21:23

London Stock Exchange

105

14.92

16:21:23

London Stock Exchange

250

14.92

16:21:23

London Stock Exchange

198

14.92

16:21:24

Turquoise

8

14.92

16:21:33

London Stock Exchange

34

14.92

16:21:58

Turquoise

110

14.92

16:22:43

Turquoise

250

14.92

16:22:43

London Stock Exchange

35

14.92

16:22:43

London Stock Exchange

263

14.92

16:22:43

London Stock Exchange

98

14.92

16:22:43

Turquoise

90

14.92

16:22:43

BATS Europe

125

14.92

16:22:43

Turquoise

359

14.92

16:22:43

London Stock Exchange

262

14.92

16:22:43

London Stock Exchange

50

14.92

16:25:25

London Stock Exchange

300

14.92

16:26:16

London Stock Exchange

290

14.92

16:26:16

London Stock Exchange

218

14.92

16:26:16

London Stock Exchange

90

14.92

16:26:16

BATS Europe

134

14.92

16:26:16

BATS Europe

224

14.92

16:26:16

BATS Europe

60

14.92

16:26:16

BATS Europe

70

14.92

16:26:16

BATS Europe

30

14.92

16:26:53

London Stock Exchange

4

14.92

16:27:05

London Stock Exchange

111

14.92

16:27:05

London Stock Exchange

127

14.92

16:27:05

London Stock Exchange

1

14.92

16:27:15

London Stock Exchange

174

14.92

16:27:15

London Stock Exchange

100

14.92

16:27:15

London Stock Exchange

136

14.92

16:27:44

Turquoise

136

14.92

16:27:49

Turquoise

6

14.92

16:27:59

Turquoise

123

14.92

16:28:38

London Stock Exchange

66

14.92

16:29:12

London Stock Exchange

29

14.92

16:29:26

London Stock Exchange

35

14.92

16:29:26

London Stock Exchange

56

14.93

16:29:27

BATS Europe

176

14.93

16:29:27

BATS Europe

101

14.93

16:29:27

London Stock Exchange

121

14.93

16:29:27

London Stock Exchange

423

14.93

16:29:27

London Stock Exchange

48

14.93

16:29:27

BATS Europe

128

14.93

16:29:27

BATS Europe

 


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