Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7733W
WH Smith PLC
13 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:                                            13 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   20,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1657.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1635.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1644.2964 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,709,942 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:          13 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1647.6311

656

Chi-X Europe

1645.0623

2,021

Turquoise

1644.6275

2,161

London Stock Exchange

1644.0028

15,162

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

26

16.57

08:00:31

BATS Europe

243

16.53

08:06:07

London Stock Exchange

212

16.51

08:18:57

London Stock Exchange

476

16.50

08:30:21

London Stock Exchange

125

16.50

08:30:21

London Stock Exchange

407

16.51

08:39:47

London Stock Exchange

189

16.50

08:53:43

London Stock Exchange

68

16.50

08:53:43

London Stock Exchange

282

16.48

08:57:50

London Stock Exchange

6

16.47

09:24:11

London Stock Exchange

183

16.47

09:27:06

London Stock Exchange

100

16.47

09:27:06

London Stock Exchange

281

16.47

09:27:06

London Stock Exchange

212

16.47

09:27:06

London Stock Exchange

590

16.45

09:51:26

London Stock Exchange

212

16.45

09:56:46

London Stock Exchange

266

16.43

10:04:07

London Stock Exchange

84

16.44

10:41:11

London Stock Exchange

227

16.44

10:42:19

London Stock Exchange

497

16.44

10:45:16

London Stock Exchange

37

16.43

10:58:56

London Stock Exchange

442

16.43

10:58:56

London Stock Exchange

212

16.42

11:22:20

London Stock Exchange

327

16.42

11:22:20

Chi-X Europe

62

16.42

11:22:20

Chi-X Europe

53

16.40

11:29:50

London Stock Exchange

213

16.40

11:30:32

London Stock Exchange

5

16.39

11:40:08

London Stock Exchange

261

16.39

11:40:08

London Stock Exchange

212

16.45

12:06:24

London Stock Exchange

442

16.44

12:07:35

London Stock Exchange

221

16.44

12:07:35

Turquoise

382

16.42

12:27:16

London Stock Exchange

212

16.41

12:32:48

London Stock Exchange

551

16.40

12:50:42

London Stock Exchange

315

16.37

12:59:20

London Stock Exchange

212

16.37

13:06:02

London Stock Exchange

177

16.44

13:29:30

Chi-X Europe

240

16.44

13:29:30

Turquoise

31

16.44

13:29:30

Turquoise

140

16.44

13:29:30

London Stock Exchange

212

16.42

13:34:39

London Stock Exchange

816

16.42

13:34:39

London Stock Exchange

229

16.42

13:34:39

London Stock Exchange

86

16.37

14:01:56

London Stock Exchange

151

16.37

14:01:56

London Stock Exchange

111

16.37

14:01:56

London Stock Exchange

22

16.37

14:01:56

London Stock Exchange

50

16.35

14:09:51

London Stock Exchange

147

16.35

14:10:06

London Stock Exchange

70

16.35

14:10:48

London Stock Exchange

409

16.41

14:34:37

London Stock Exchange

266

16.41

14:34:37

Chi-X Europe

1

16.42

14:40:54

Turquoise

211

16.42

14:42:32

London Stock Exchange

567

16.42

14:42:32

London Stock Exchange

265

16.43

14:55:34

London Stock Exchange

212

16.43

14:55:34

London Stock Exchange

102

16.43

15:02:05

London Stock Exchange

1

16.43

15:09:13

London Stock Exchange

15

16.44

15:13:57

London Stock Exchange

573

16.44

15:13:57

London Stock Exchange

154

16.48

15:25:54

BATS Europe

12

16.47

15:25:54

London Stock Exchange

46

16.48

15:25:54

London Stock Exchange

424

16.48

15:26:17

Chi-X Europe

32

16.48

15:26:17

London Stock Exchange

32

16.48

15:26:17

London Stock Exchange

100

16.48

15:26:17

London Stock Exchange

212

16.47

15:27:19

Chi-X Europe

272

16.47

15:29:53

London Stock Exchange

166

16.47

15:42:14

BATS Europe

46

16.47

15:42:14

BATS Europe

1

16.47

15:48:43

Turquoise

160

16.47

15:48:43

Turquoise

51

16.47

15:48:45

London Stock Exchange

440

16.47

15:50:54

London Stock Exchange

148

16.47

15:50:54

London Stock Exchange

257

16.47

15:59:59

BATS Europe

7

16.47

15:59:59

BATS Europe

170

16.47

15:59:59

London Stock Exchange

38

16.47

15:59:59

London Stock Exchange

231

16.47

15:59:59

London Stock Exchange

4

16.47

15:59:59

London Stock Exchange

1

16.47

16:03:53

Chi-X Europe

212

16.47

16:03:59

London Stock Exchange

284

16.47

16:03:59

Chi-X Europe

270

16.47

16:07:05

Turquoise

45

16.46

16:14:41

Turquoise

167

16.46

16:14:43

Turquoise

212

16.46

16:14:43

Turquoise

268

16.46

16:14:43

Chi-X Europe

225

16.42

16:18:01

Turquoise

39

16.42

16:18:51

Turquoise

189

16.42

16:20:15

Turquoise

57

16.42

16:20:25

Turquoise

22

16.42

16:22:06

Turquoise

246

16.42

16:23:35

London Stock Exchange

212

16.45

16:28:39

London Stock Exchange

288

16.45

16:28:39

London Stock Exchange

281

16.45

16:28:39

Turquoise

30

16.45

16:28:39

London Stock Exchange

 


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