Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8819P
WH Smith PLC
22 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:                                            22 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   35,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1514.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1492.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1507.0566 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,455,444 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:          22 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1504.1471

2,960

Chi-X Europe

1505.4338

6,625

Turquoise

1506.4313

1,391

London Stock Exchange

1507.8988

24,024

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

37

14.92

08:00:05

BATS Europe

713

15.13

08:12:39

London Stock Exchange

298

15.09

08:18:58

London Stock Exchange

114

15.14

08:33:45

London Stock Exchange

255

15.14

08:33:45

London Stock Exchange

342

15.13

08:34:26

London Stock Exchange

399

15.13

08:49:47

London Stock Exchange

222

15.13

08:49:47

London Stock Exchange

99

15.12

08:58:56

London Stock Exchange

301

15.12

08:58:56

London Stock Exchange

4

15.08

09:05:00

London Stock Exchange

408

15.08

09:05:00

London Stock Exchange

34

15.04

09:14:19

London Stock Exchange

366

15.04

09:14:19

London Stock Exchange

222

15.05

09:24:55

Chi-X Europe

399

15.04

09:25:31

Chi-X Europe

39

15.06

09:40:23

London Stock Exchange

183

15.06

09:40:23

London Stock Exchange

222

15.05

09:42:19

London Stock Exchange

21

15.05

09:42:19

London Stock Exchange

254

15.05

09:42:19

London Stock Exchange

271

15.09

09:49:15

London Stock Exchange

128

15.09

09:49:15

London Stock Exchange

97

15.04

09:57:39

London Stock Exchange

304

15.04

09:57:39

London Stock Exchange

637

15.04

10:17:05

London Stock Exchange

173

15.04

10:33:14

London Stock Exchange

222

15.07

10:42:44

London Stock Exchange

556

15.06

10:43:20

London Stock Exchange

528

15.06

10:45:13

Chi-X Europe

222

15.08

11:05:44

London Stock Exchange

114

15.09

11:12:21

London Stock Exchange

108

15.09

11:12:21

London Stock Exchange

362

15.08

11:14:20

London Stock Exchange

284

15.08

11:14:20

Turquoise

100

15.09

11:23:24

London Stock Exchange

244

15.09

11:23:24

London Stock Exchange

56

15.09

11:23:24

London Stock Exchange

99

15.10

11:56:15

London Stock Exchange

440

15.10

11:56:15

London Stock Exchange

222

15.10

11:56:15

London Stock Exchange

402

15.10

11:56:15

Chi-X Europe

230

15.09

11:56:15

London Stock Exchange

396

15.10

12:17:53

London Stock Exchange

250

15.10

12:17:53

London Stock Exchange

73

15.10

12:17:53

London Stock Exchange

222

15.10

12:26:13

London Stock Exchange

72

15.10

12:28:51

London Stock Exchange

150

15.10

12:28:51

London Stock Exchange

222

15.09

12:44:46

London Stock Exchange

83

15.08

12:53:28

London Stock Exchange

500

15.08

12:53:28

London Stock Exchange

121

15.08

12:53:28

London Stock Exchange

594

15.08

13:18:13

London Stock Exchange

331

15.08

13:18:13

Turquoise

548

15.07

13:31:51

London Stock Exchange

783

15.08

13:43:21

London Stock Exchange

111

15.11

14:07:01

London Stock Exchange

191

15.11

14:07:01

London Stock Exchange

184

15.11

14:07:01

London Stock Exchange

100

15.11

14:07:01

London Stock Exchange

304

15.11

14:07:01

London Stock Exchange

250

15.11

14:07:01

London Stock Exchange

100

15.11

14:07:01

London Stock Exchange

118

15.11

14:07:02

London Stock Exchange

433

15.09

14:19:46

London Stock Exchange

87

15.10

14:20:36

London Stock Exchange

218

15.10

14:20:36

London Stock Exchange

15

15.10

14:20:36

London Stock Exchange

401

15.09

14:27:27

London Stock Exchange

26

15.08

14:32:07

London Stock Exchange

197

15.08

14:32:07

London Stock Exchange

29

15.09

14:41:29

London Stock Exchange

85

15.09

14:47:08

London Stock Exchange

258

15.09

14:47:09

London Stock Exchange

136

15.09

14:47:09

London Stock Exchange

98

15.10

14:53:41

Chi-X Europe

225

15.10

14:53:41

Chi-X Europe

444

15.10

14:53:41

London Stock Exchange

609

15.10

14:53:41

London Stock Exchange

224

15.07

15:06:06

London Stock Exchange

239

15.07

15:06:06

London Stock Exchange

258

15.07

15:06:06

Turquoise

222

15.07

15:06:06

London Stock Exchange

222

15.09

15:21:35

London Stock Exchange

62

15.09

15:24:31

London Stock Exchange

84

15.09

15:24:31

London Stock Exchange

76

15.09

15:24:31

Chi-X Europe

36

15.08

15:27:57

London Stock Exchange

25

15.08

15:27:58

London Stock Exchange

107

15.08

15:29:33

London Stock Exchange

52

15.08

15:29:33

London Stock Exchange

125

15.08

15:29:33

London Stock Exchange

235

15.08

15:29:33

London Stock Exchange

20

15.08

15:29:33

London Stock Exchange

202

15.08

15:29:33

London Stock Exchange

222

15.09

15:38:13

BATS Europe

302

15.08

15:40:35

London Stock Exchange

377

15.08

15:40:35

London Stock Exchange

298

15.08

15:40:35

Chi-X Europe

173

15.08

15:40:35

Chi-X Europe

17

15.08

15:40:52

London Stock Exchange

90

15.08

15:40:52

BATS Europe

189

15.08

15:40:52

BATS Europe

100

15.08

15:52:00

BATS Europe

90

15.08

15:52:00

BATS Europe

32

15.08

15:52:00

BATS Europe

219

15.07

15:52:22

Chi-X Europe

192

15.07

15:52:22

Chi-X Europe

222

15.07

15:52:22

Chi-X Europe

444

15.07

15:52:22

London Stock Exchange

397

15.06

15:59:35

Chi-X Europe

222

15.06

15:59:35

London Stock Exchange

385

15.06

16:02:42

London Stock Exchange

11

15.06

16:03:44

London Stock Exchange

222

15.05

16:08:30

Turquoise

134

15.05

16:08:30

Chi-X Europe

250

15.05

16:08:30

Chi-X Europe

15

15.05

16:08:30

Chi-X Europe

222

15.05

16:08:30

Chi-X Europe

31

15.05

16:18:49

London Stock Exchange

46

15.05

16:18:49

BATS Europe

145

15.05

16:18:49

BATS Europe

444

15.04

16:19:01

Chi-X Europe

222

15.04

16:19:01

Turquoise

95

15.04

16:19:01

Chi-X Europe

307

15.04

16:19:01

Chi-X Europe

285

15.03

16:19:34

BATS Europe

12

15.03

16:19:34

BATS Europe

74

15.03

16:25:38

Turquoise

208

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

106

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

8

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

171

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

189

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

134

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

78

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

89

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

536

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

30

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

15

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

89

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

284

15.03

16:25:38

BATS Europe

341

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

571

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

133

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

62

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

50

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

31

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

117

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

152

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

131

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

46

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

833

15.03

16:25:38

BATS Europe

50

15.03

16:25:38

Chi-X Europe

417

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

55

15.03

16:25:38

London Stock Exchange

205

15.03

16:25:41

London Stock Exchange

101

15.03

16:25:41

London Stock Exchange

109

15.03

16:25:41

London Stock Exchange

100

15.03

16:25:41

BATS Europe

110

15.03

16:25:41

BATS Europe

285

15.03

16:27:39

BATS Europe

93

15.03

16:27:39

London Stock Exchange

100

15.03

16:28:18

BATS Europe

16

15.03

16:28:18

London Stock Exchange

130

15.03

16:28:18

London Stock Exchange

120

15.03

16:28:55

London Stock Exchange

102

15.03

16:28:55

London Stock Exchange

210

15.03

16:29:53

London Stock Exchange

23

15.03

16:29:53

Chi-X Europe

 


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