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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