Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5428W
WH Smith PLC
09 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:                                            09 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   20,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1661.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1637.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1645.3699 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,749,942 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:          09 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1647.7126

254

Chi-X Europe

1648.1687

2,893

Turquoise

1653.0000

304

London Stock Exchange

1644.7045

16,549

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

29

16.61

08:00:12

BATS Europe

56

16.51

08:08:11

Chi-X Europe

84

16.50

08:08:12

Chi-X Europe

156

16.50

08:08:12

Chi-X Europe

152

16.51

08:08:12

Chi-X Europe

31

16.54

08:18:17

Chi-X Europe

303

16.54

08:18:17

Chi-X Europe

76

16.54

08:18:17

Chi-X Europe

88

16.51

08:28:40

London Stock Exchange

170

16.51

08:28:40

London Stock Exchange

8

16.51

08:28:40

London Stock Exchange

93

16.43

08:47:50

London Stock Exchange

262

16.43

08:47:50

London Stock Exchange

320

16.43

08:47:50

London Stock Exchange

100

16.42

09:11:11

London Stock Exchange

100

16.42

09:11:11

London Stock Exchange

178

16.42

09:11:11

London Stock Exchange

85

16.42

09:11:11

London Stock Exchange

3

16.42

09:24:57

London Stock Exchange

106

16.42

09:32:47

London Stock Exchange

26

16.42

09:32:47

London Stock Exchange

73

16.42

09:32:47

London Stock Exchange

334

16.42

09:32:47

London Stock Exchange

596

16.40

09:53:30

London Stock Exchange

206

16.37

09:57:55

Chi-X Europe

2

16.37

09:57:55

London Stock Exchange

619

16.39

10:18:22

London Stock Exchange

208

16.41

10:41:10

London Stock Exchange

72

16.40

10:42:18

London Stock Exchange

364

16.40

10:42:18

London Stock Exchange

35

16.40

10:42:18

London Stock Exchange

52

16.42

10:52:43

Chi-X Europe

214

16.42

10:52:43

Chi-X Europe

200

16.42

11:00:00

London Stock Exchange

699

16.49

11:29:51

London Stock Exchange

385

16.47

11:46:46

London Stock Exchange

292

16.46

11:58:22

London Stock Exchange

45

16.46

11:58:22

BATS Europe

163

16.46

11:58:22

BATS Europe

229

16.46

12:29:05

London Stock Exchange

103

16.47

12:29:05

London Stock Exchange

105

16.47

12:29:05

London Stock Exchange

240

16.46

12:29:05

Chi-X Europe

26

16.46

12:29:05

Chi-X Europe

208

16.46

13:02:00

London Stock Exchange

499

16.46

13:02:00

London Stock Exchange

237

16.46

13:02:00

London Stock Exchange

375

16.45

13:07:14

London Stock Exchange

208

16.46

13:35:42

London Stock Exchange

922

16.45

13:37:59

London Stock Exchange

402

16.45

13:51:56

London Stock Exchange

170

16.49

14:16:17

London Stock Exchange

38

16.49

14:16:17

London Stock Exchange

166

16.49

14:20:16

London Stock Exchange

42

16.49

14:20:16

London Stock Exchange

50

16.49

14:32:58

London Stock Exchange

158

16.49

14:32:58

London Stock Exchange

130

16.49

14:34:57

London Stock Exchange

83

16.49

14:34:57

London Stock Exchange

51

16.49

14:34:57

London Stock Exchange

367

16.49

14:36:14

Chi-X Europe

157

16.49

14:36:14

Chi-X Europe

473

16.49

14:36:14

London Stock Exchange

158

16.51

14:47:47

Chi-X Europe

284

16.51

14:47:47

London Stock Exchange

98

16.51

14:47:47

Chi-X Europe

304

16.53

14:59:05

Turquoise

346

16.53

14:59:05

London Stock Exchange

267

16.53

15:03:03

London Stock Exchange

208

16.50

15:15:25

London Stock Exchange

169

16.50

15:15:25

Chi-X Europe

96

16.50

15:15:25

Chi-X Europe

208

16.49

15:19:35

London Stock Exchange

426

16.48

15:24:01

London Stock Exchange

268

16.46

15:30:56

London Stock Exchange

77

16.46

15:36:55

London Stock Exchange

212

16.46

15:36:55

London Stock Exchange

252

16.46

15:36:55

Chi-X Europe

34

16.43

15:44:06

London Stock Exchange

231

16.43

15:44:06

London Stock Exchange

208

16.43

15:44:06

London Stock Exchange

255

16.43

15:48:18

London Stock Exchange

13

16.43

15:48:28

London Stock Exchange

268

16.41

15:54:29

London Stock Exchange

302

16.41

15:58:35

London Stock Exchange

166

16.40

16:04:28

London Stock Exchange

11

16.40

16:04:46

London Stock Exchange

89

16.40

16:04:46

London Stock Exchange

59

16.40

16:06:53

London Stock Exchange

149

16.40

16:07:46

London Stock Exchange

191

16.38

16:11:53

London Stock Exchange

11

16.38

16:11:53

London Stock Exchange

261

16.38

16:13:10

London Stock Exchange

297

16.40

16:16:42

London Stock Exchange

208

16.40

16:16:42

London Stock Exchange

267

16.40

16:19:11

London Stock Exchange

458

16.45

16:29:25

London Stock Exchange

244

16.45

16:29:25

London Stock Exchange

61

16.45

16:29:25

London Stock Exchange

209

16.45

16:29:25

London Stock Exchange

17

16.46

16:29:27

BATS Europe

191

16.46

16:29:27

London Stock Exchange

3

16.46

16:29:27

London Stock Exchange

 


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