Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1586W
WH Smith PLC
06 February 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:                                            06 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   20,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1636.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1618.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1624.7136 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,809,942 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:          06 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1626.2168

715

Chi-X Europe

1624.4700

3,236

Turquoise

1626.1372

1,924

London Stock Exchange

1624.4994

14,125

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

40

16.36

08:00:11

BATS Europe

101

16.33

08:08:54

Turquoise

94

16.33

08:08:54

Turquoise

29

16.33

08:08:56

Turquoise

108

16.33

08:08:56

Turquoise

97

16.33

08:09:17

Turquoise

229

16.29

08:10:37

Turquoise

42

16.29

08:12:06

Turquoise

94

16.29

08:21:07

London Stock Exchange

219

16.29

08:21:07

London Stock Exchange

63

16.27

08:33:19

London Stock Exchange

56

16.27

08:33:19

London Stock Exchange

142

16.27

08:33:19

London Stock Exchange

50

16.27

08:33:19

London Stock Exchange

53

16.27

08:33:19

London Stock Exchange

206

16.26

08:38:46

London Stock Exchange

266

16.24

08:51:55

London Stock Exchange

7

16.24

09:24:31

London Stock Exchange

198

16.24

09:24:31

London Stock Exchange

44

16.23

09:31:01

London Stock Exchange

15

16.23

09:31:01

London Stock Exchange

146

16.23

09:31:01

London Stock Exchange

119

16.21

09:40:43

London Stock Exchange

86

16.21

09:40:43

London Stock Exchange

205

16.24

09:44:07

London Stock Exchange

7

16.24

09:54:40

London Stock Exchange

191

16.24

09:54:40

London Stock Exchange

7

16.24

09:54:40

London Stock Exchange

129

16.26

10:06:42

London Stock Exchange

145

16.26

10:06:42

London Stock Exchange

250

16.26

10:09:42

London Stock Exchange

99

16.26

10:09:42

London Stock Exchange

118

16.26

10:09:42

BATS Europe

83

16.26

10:10:28

London Stock Exchange

45

16.26

10:10:28

London Stock Exchange

411

16.25

10:21:17

Chi-X Europe

293

16.25

10:21:17

London Stock Exchange

205

16.25

10:21:17

Turquoise

234

16.25

10:21:17

Chi-X Europe

205

16.24

11:00:38

London Stock Exchange

1

16.23

11:04:54

London Stock Exchange

6

16.25

11:19:26

London Stock Exchange

53

16.25

11:19:26

London Stock Exchange

37

16.25

11:19:26

London Stock Exchange

483

16.25

11:19:26

London Stock Exchange

87

16.24

11:19:26

London Stock Exchange

118

16.24

11:19:26

London Stock Exchange

269

16.21

11:26:01

London Stock Exchange

5

16.25

11:55:39

London Stock Exchange

30

16.25

11:55:39

London Stock Exchange

170

16.25

11:55:39

BATS Europe

536

16.27

12:04:13

London Stock Exchange

55

16.26

12:04:13

London Stock Exchange

306

16.27

12:04:13

Chi-X Europe

244

16.25

12:17:41

Chi-X Europe

17

16.25

12:18:09

Chi-X Europe

266

16.24

12:25:33

London Stock Exchange

266

16.23

12:56:09

Chi-X Europe

410

16.23

12:56:09

London Stock Exchange

205

16.23

12:56:09

Chi-X Europe

37

16.19

13:01:59

London Stock Exchange

229

16.19

13:01:59

London Stock Exchange

51

16.21

13:10:56

London Stock Exchange

231

16.21

13:10:56

London Stock Exchange

267

16.20

13:17:52

London Stock Exchange

124

16.18

13:30:06

Turquoise

110

16.18

13:35:32

Turquoise

32

16.18

13:35:32

Turquoise

95

16.18

13:35:32

London Stock Exchange

110

16.18

13:35:32

London Stock Exchange

248

16.25

13:45:29

London Stock Exchange

287

16.25

13:45:29

Turquoise

266

16.24

13:53:00

Chi-X Europe

266

16.24

14:02:16

London Stock Exchange

267

16.25

14:08:56

London Stock Exchange

219

16.24

14:13:53

London Stock Exchange

48

16.24

14:13:53

London Stock Exchange

216

16.24

14:36:12

London Stock Exchange

68

16.24

14:36:12

Turquoise

137

16.24

14:36:12

Turquoise

205

16.24

14:36:12

London Stock Exchange

243

16.24

14:36:12

Chi-X Europe

370

16.25

14:50:51

London Stock Exchange

320

16.25

14:50:51

London Stock Exchange

92

16.24

14:55:14

London Stock Exchange

113

16.25

14:55:19

BATS Europe

387

16.23

15:07:23

London Stock Exchange

435

16.23

15:07:23

Chi-X Europe

66

16.22

15:12:47

London Stock Exchange

123

16.22

15:12:47

London Stock Exchange

116

16.22

15:12:47

London Stock Exchange

50

16.22

15:12:47

London Stock Exchange

6

16.22

15:12:47

London Stock Exchange

261

16.24

15:32:07

Turquoise

7

16.24

15:32:07

London Stock Exchange

48

16.24

15:32:07

London Stock Exchange

218

16.24

15:32:07

London Stock Exchange

61

16.26

15:32:33

London Stock Exchange

205

16.25

15:35:30

London Stock Exchange

277

16.26

15:43:12

London Stock Exchange

63

16.26

15:43:12

Chi-X Europe

192

16.26

15:43:12

Chi-X Europe

149

16.26

15:52:29

Chi-X Europe

205

16.26

15:52:29

London Stock Exchange

216

16.26

15:52:29

London Stock Exchange

194

16.26

15:52:29

London Stock Exchange

90

16.25

15:54:57

BATS Europe

80

16.25

15:54:57

BATS Europe

35

16.25

15:54:57

London Stock Exchange

267

16.23

15:57:18

London Stock Exchange

205

16.23

16:07:07

Chi-X Europe

266

16.23

16:07:08

London Stock Exchange

205

16.23

16:07:08

London Stock Exchange

388

16.25

16:16:11

London Stock Exchange

204

16.25

16:16:11

London Stock Exchange

594

16.26

16:20:30

London Stock Exchange

51

16.27

16:26:19

London Stock Exchange

57

16.27

16:26:19

London Stock Exchange

102

16.27

16:26:19

London Stock Exchange

99

16.27

16:26:19

London Stock Exchange

61

16.27

16:26:19

London Stock Exchange

123

16.27

16:26:19

London Stock Exchange

80

16.27

16:26:19

London Stock Exchange

89

16.27

16:26:30

London Stock Exchange

224

16.28

16:26:55

London Stock Exchange

51

16.28

16:26:55

London Stock Exchange

14

16.28

16:26:55

BATS Europe

90

16.28

16:26:55

BATS Europe

 


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