Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7587P
WH Smith PLC
21 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:                                            21 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   35,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1528.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1491.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1503.5591 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,490,444 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:          21 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1515.8089

1,444

Chi-X Europe

1502.1020

3,325

Turquoise

1503.7111

3,846

London Stock Exchange

1503.0502

26,385

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

54

15.28

08:07:32

BATS Europe

492

15.23

08:11:00

BATS Europe

132

15.21

08:15:24

BATS Europe

90

15.21

08:15:24

BATS Europe

100

15.20

08:25:04

London Stock Exchange

122

15.20

08:25:04

London Stock Exchange

172

15.20

08:25:04

BATS Europe

50

15.20

08:25:04

BATS Europe

242

15.14

08:29:02

Turquoise

18

15.14

08:29:02

Turquoise

42

15.14

08:29:02

Turquoise

222

15.13

08:47:43

London Stock Exchange

61

15.10

08:58:54

London Stock Exchange

254

15.10

08:58:54

Turquoise

382

15.10

08:58:54

London Stock Exchange

222

15.10

08:58:54

London Stock Exchange

400

15.06

09:04:23

London Stock Exchange

397

14.96

09:10:02

London Stock Exchange

3

14.96

09:11:52

London Stock Exchange

229

14.96

09:22:11

Turquoise

400

14.96

09:22:11

London Stock Exchange

222

14.92

09:39:45

London Stock Exchange

474

14.92

09:39:45

London Stock Exchange

247

14.93

09:46:20

London Stock Exchange

222

14.93

09:46:20

London Stock Exchange

938

14.91

10:06:29

London Stock Exchange

49

14.91

10:07:16

London Stock Exchange

224

14.91

10:07:16

Turquoise

22

14.91

10:07:16

Chi-X Europe

12

14.91

10:07:16

Chi-X Europe

402

14.94

10:14:31

London Stock Exchange

222

14.93

10:32:06

Chi-X Europe

145

14.93

10:32:06

London Stock Exchange

134

14.93

10:32:06

London Stock Exchange

232

14.93

10:32:06

Chi-X Europe

127

14.93

10:40:19

Turquoise

61

14.93

10:40:19

London Stock Exchange

16

14.93

10:40:28

London Stock Exchange

7

14.93

10:40:28

London Stock Exchange

16

14.93

10:40:28

London Stock Exchange

212

14.94

10:52:48

Chi-X Europe

10

14.94

10:52:48

Chi-X Europe

240

14.94

10:52:48

Chi-X Europe

159

14.94

10:52:48

Chi-X Europe

461

14.97

11:19:35

London Stock Exchange

368

14.97

11:19:35

Chi-X Europe

82

15.01

11:25:15

London Stock Exchange

140

15.01

11:25:15

London Stock Exchange

222

15.03

11:37:33

London Stock Exchange

444

15.03

11:37:33

London Stock Exchange

320

15.05

12:11:00

London Stock Exchange

10

15.05

12:11:00

London Stock Exchange

49

15.05

12:11:00

London Stock Exchange

138

15.07

12:29:59

London Stock Exchange

28

15.07

12:29:59

London Stock Exchange

143

15.07

12:29:59

London Stock Exchange

688

15.07

12:34:14

London Stock Exchange

281

15.07

12:34:14

Chi-X Europe

235

15.07

12:47:55

Chi-X Europe

35

15.07

12:47:55

Chi-X Europe

92

15.07

12:47:55

London Stock Exchange

256

15.07

12:47:55

London Stock Exchange

222

15.07

12:48:04

London Stock Exchange

200

15.08

13:00:26

London Stock Exchange

73

15.08

13:00:26

London Stock Exchange

138

15.10

13:18:47

London Stock Exchange

115

15.10

13:18:47

London Stock Exchange

417

15.10

13:26:37

London Stock Exchange

419

15.10

13:26:37

Chi-X Europe

135

15.10

13:26:37

London Stock Exchange

249

15.10

13:26:37

London Stock Exchange

222

15.11

13:32:15

London Stock Exchange

400

15.10

13:39:15

London Stock Exchange

10

15.09

13:42:52

Chi-X Europe

212

15.09

13:42:52

Chi-X Europe

222

15.10

13:44:55

Chi-X Europe

500

15.07

14:06:41

London Stock Exchange

421

15.07

14:06:41

London Stock Exchange

166

15.07

14:07:39

London Stock Exchange

202

15.07

14:07:39

London Stock Exchange

34

15.07

14:22:57

London Stock Exchange

100

15.07

14:22:57

London Stock Exchange

88

15.07

14:22:57

London Stock Exchange

822

15.06

14:28:08

London Stock Exchange

400

15.05

14:31:31

London Stock Exchange

51

15.08

14:43:35

London Stock Exchange

171

15.08

14:43:35

London Stock Exchange

535

15.08

14:43:35

London Stock Exchange

87

15.08

14:43:35

London Stock Exchange

56

15.08

14:48:17

London Stock Exchange

138

15.08

14:48:52

London Stock Exchange

207

15.08

14:48:52

London Stock Exchange

397

15.10

14:54:54

London Stock Exchange

222

15.09

14:56:21

London Stock Exchange

284

15.08

15:02:49

London Stock Exchange

280

15.08

15:02:52

London Stock Exchange

209

15.08

15:15:52

Turquoise

13

15.08

15:17:00

Turquoise

138

15.08

15:17:00

Turquoise

236

15.08

15:18:27

London Stock Exchange

222

15.08

15:18:27

London Stock Exchange

151

15.08

15:18:27

Turquoise

140

15.08

15:18:27

Turquoise

142

15.08

15:19:34

London Stock Exchange

80

15.08

15:19:34

London Stock Exchange

86

15.07

15:24:17

Turquoise

34

15.07

15:24:17

Turquoise

280

15.07

15:24:38

Turquoise

222

15.07

15:26:17

London Stock Exchange

133

15.09

15:30:17

London Stock Exchange

265

15.09

15:30:17

London Stock Exchange

422

15.07

15:42:19

London Stock Exchange

434

15.07

15:42:19

Chi-X Europe

222

15.07

15:45:42

London Stock Exchange

19

15.07

15:45:42

London Stock Exchange

223

15.07

15:45:42

London Stock Exchange

1

15.03

15:50:44

London Stock Exchange

267

15.03

15:50:44

London Stock Exchange

131

15.03

15:50:44

London Stock Exchange

222

15.02

15:59:37

Turquoise

331

15.02

15:59:37

London Stock Exchange

275

15.02

15:59:37

Turquoise

373

15.02

16:09:42

London Stock Exchange

31

15.02

16:09:42

BATS Europe

191

15.02

16:09:42

BATS Europe

301

15.02

16:09:42

Turquoise

18

15.02

16:09:42

Turquoise

222

15.02

16:09:42

Turquoise

222

15.02

16:14:09

BATS Europe

621

15.02

16:14:09

Turquoise

397

15.02

16:17:51

London Stock Exchange

209

15.02

16:17:51

London Stock Exchange

13

15.02

16:17:51

London Stock Exchange

114

15.03

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

250

15.03

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

158

15.03

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

396

15.03

16:24:03

London Stock Exchange

10

15.01

16:26:11

BATS Europe

912

15.01

16:26:11

London Stock Exchange

176

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

1100

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

39

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

130

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

527

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

503

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

153

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

143

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

2229

14.99

16:35:20

London Stock Exchange

 


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