Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6584V
WH Smith PLC
31 January 2017
 

 

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 25 January 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme announced on 25 January 2017:

 

Date of purchase:                                            31 January 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   20,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1635.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1623.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1631.7755 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,888,894 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:          31 January 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1630.7864

707

Chi-X Europe

1631.8091

4,401

Turquoise

1633.4514

319

London Stock Exchange

1631.7766

14,573

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

42

16.23

08:01:06

BATS Europe

23

16.29

08:17:13

London Stock Exchange

164

16.29

08:17:13

London Stock Exchange

230

16.35

08:25:04

Chi-X Europe

63

16.35

08:25:04

Chi-X Europe

300

16.35

08:25:04

London Stock Exchange

20

16.35

08:25:04

London Stock Exchange

161

16.32

08:42:01

London Stock Exchange

26

16.32

08:42:01

London Stock Exchange

197

16.30

08:45:13

Chi-X Europe

235

16.30

08:45:13

London Stock Exchange

10

16.30

08:45:13

London Stock Exchange

189

16.30

08:45:13

London Stock Exchange

56

16.29

09:06:08

London Stock Exchange

187

16.29

09:06:34

London Stock Exchange

2

16.29

09:06:34

London Stock Exchange

141

16.29

09:06:34

London Stock Exchange

251

16.29

09:06:34

Chi-X Europe

187

16.29

09:27:36

London Stock Exchange

480

16.29

09:27:36

London Stock Exchange

187

16.30

09:42:31

London Stock Exchange

362

16.29

09:43:26

Chi-X Europe

265

16.28

09:51:47

Chi-X Europe

171

16.26

10:01:47

London Stock Exchange

95

16.26

10:01:48

London Stock Exchange

412

16.26

10:10:08

London Stock Exchange

104

16.26

10:33:53

Chi-X Europe

4

16.28

10:42:02

London Stock Exchange

423

16.28

10:42:02

London Stock Exchange

187

16.27

10:42:07

London Stock Exchange

58

16.25

11:01:48

London Stock Exchange

131

16.25

11:01:48

BATS Europe

197

16.28

11:24:46

Chi-X Europe

566

16.28

11:24:46

London Stock Exchange

356

16.30

11:52:25

London Stock Exchange

99

16.30

11:52:25

London Stock Exchange

157

16.30

11:52:25

BATS Europe

883

16.29

11:56:56

London Stock Exchange

52

16.29

11:56:56

London Stock Exchange

13

16.29

11:56:56

London Stock Exchange

188

16.28

11:56:58

Chi-X Europe

187

16.33

12:53:13

Chi-X Europe

227

16.33

12:53:13

Chi-X Europe

174

16.33

12:53:13

London Stock Exchange

102

16.33

12:53:13

London Stock Exchange

100

16.33

12:53:13

Chi-X Europe

187

16.29

12:54:39

London Stock Exchange

6

16.33

13:22:19

London Stock Exchange

2

16.33

13:22:19

London Stock Exchange

123

16.33

13:22:19

London Stock Exchange

90

16.33

13:22:19

BATS Europe

100

16.33

13:22:19

BATS Europe

7

16.33

13:29:34

London Stock Exchange

161

16.33

13:29:34

London Stock Exchange

19

16.33

13:29:34

London Stock Exchange

366

16.32

13:30:10

London Stock Exchange

248

16.32

13:30:10

London Stock Exchange

89

16.32

13:30:10

London Stock Exchange

322

16.32

13:44:38

London Stock Exchange

260

16.32

13:44:38

Chi-X Europe

200

16.34

14:10:15

London Stock Exchange

380

16.34

14:10:15

London Stock Exchange

33

16.34

14:10:15

London Stock Exchange

674

16.33

14:11:14

London Stock Exchange

175

16.33

14:11:14

Turquoise

184

16.33

14:11:14

London Stock Exchange

209

16.34

14:32:42

London Stock Exchange

56

16.34

14:32:42

London Stock Exchange

128

16.34

14:39:06

London Stock Exchange

138

16.34

14:39:06

London Stock Exchange

27

16.34

14:44:23

London Stock Exchange

19

16.34

14:44:23

London Stock Exchange

45

16.34

14:44:23

London Stock Exchange

100

16.34

14:44:23

London Stock Exchange

31

16.34

14:44:23

London Stock Exchange

45

16.34

14:44:23

London Stock Exchange

244

16.34

14:50:34

London Stock Exchange

22

16.34

14:50:34

London Stock Exchange

98

16.34

15:02:56

London Stock Exchange

89

16.34

15:03:13

London Stock Exchange

449

16.34

15:03:13

London Stock Exchange

304

16.34

15:06:45

London Stock Exchange

187

16.34

15:23:10

London Stock Exchange

187

16.34

15:23:10

London Stock Exchange

335

16.34

15:23:10

London Stock Exchange

1

16.35

15:23:21

BATS Europe

186

16.35

15:23:21

BATS Europe

79

16.35

15:36:03

London Stock Exchange

74

16.35

15:36:03

London Stock Exchange

34

16.35

15:36:03

London Stock Exchange

215

16.35

15:40:09

Chi-X Europe

68

16.35

15:40:17

London Stock Exchange

530

16.35

15:40:17

London Stock Exchange

187

16.34

15:49:39

Chi-X Europe

59

16.34

15:49:39

Chi-X Europe

207

16.34

15:49:39

Chi-X Europe

24

16.35

16:03:33

London Stock Exchange

98

16.35

16:03:33

London Stock Exchange

136

16.35

16:03:33

London Stock Exchange

410

16.34

16:07:43

London Stock Exchange

76

16.34

16:07:43

Chi-X Europe

223

16.34

16:07:43

Chi-X Europe

187

16.34

16:08:03

London Stock Exchange

223

16.34

16:11:40

Chi-X Europe

140

16.34

16:11:40

Turquoise

49

16.34

16:11:40

Chi-X Europe

441

16.34

16:19:48

London Stock Exchange

60

16.34

16:19:48

London Stock Exchange

127

16.34

16:19:48

London Stock Exchange

203

16.33

16:27:17

London Stock Exchange

293

16.33

16:27:17

London Stock Exchange

418

16.33

16:27:17

Chi-X Europe

113

16.33

16:27:17

Chi-X Europe

4

16.34

16:27:55

Turquoise

132

16.34

16:27:55

London Stock Exchange

 


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