Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4782X
WH Smith PLC
21 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 and as detailed further in an announcement dated 15 February 2017:

 

Date of purchase:                                            21 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   27,500 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1700.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1657.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1681.0235 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,574,942 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:          21 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1685.0362

387

Chi-X Europe

1680.4785

512

Turquoise

1681.0000

436

London Stock Exchange

1680.9752

26,165

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

37

16.57

08:00:15

BATS Europe

352

16.64

08:02:18

London Stock Exchange

301

16.95

08:10:27

London Stock Exchange

4

17.00

08:15:54

London Stock Exchange

214

17.00

08:15:54

London Stock Exchange

270

16.97

08:16:11

London Stock Exchange

47

16.97

08:16:11

London Stock Exchange

366

16.93

08:23:52

London Stock Exchange

419

16.94

08:33:02

London Stock Exchange

134

16.88

08:40:51

London Stock Exchange

26

16.88

08:41:01

London Stock Exchange

270

16.88

08:41:01

London Stock Exchange

123

16.90

08:47:35

London Stock Exchange

95

16.90

08:47:35

London Stock Exchange

218

16.87

08:52:13

London Stock Exchange

21

16.87

09:21:00

London Stock Exchange

182

16.87

09:21:00

London Stock Exchange

710

16.87

09:21:00

London Stock Exchange

218

16.86

09:22:32

London Stock Exchange

11

16.78

09:31:05

London Stock Exchange

355

16.78

09:31:05

London Stock Exchange

366

16.70

09:40:51

London Stock Exchange

367

16.66

09:51:30

London Stock Exchange

367

16.70

10:01:29

London Stock Exchange

84

16.72

10:09:56

London Stock Exchange

452

16.75

10:18:11

London Stock Exchange

218

16.72

10:22:00

London Stock Exchange

134

16.68

10:35:20

London Stock Exchange

543

16.73

10:50:02

London Stock Exchange

17

16.72

10:58:00

London Stock Exchange

38

16.73

11:07:06

London Stock Exchange

23

16.73

11:07:06

London Stock Exchange

108

16.73

11:10:15

London Stock Exchange

586

16.72

11:18:28

London Stock Exchange

119

16.80

11:39:36

Chi-X Europe

617

16.80

11:39:36

London Stock Exchange

140

16.80

11:39:36

Chi-X Europe

149

16.78

11:49:48

London Stock Exchange

69

16.78

11:49:48

London Stock Exchange

66

16.77

11:57:00

London Stock Exchange

152

16.77

11:57:00

London Stock Exchange

48

16.77

11:57:00

London Stock Exchange

170

16.77

11:57:00

London Stock Exchange

484

16.77

12:06:18

London Stock Exchange

48

16.77

12:20:28

London Stock Exchange

39

16.77

12:20:28

London Stock Exchange

69

16.77

12:20:28

London Stock Exchange

43

16.77

12:20:28

London Stock Exchange

167

16.77

12:20:28

London Stock Exchange

250

16.83

12:52:54

London Stock Exchange

172

16.83

12:52:54

London Stock Exchange

336

16.83

13:00:00

London Stock Exchange

1034

16.83

13:00:00

London Stock Exchange

93

16.83

13:00:00

London Stock Exchange

279

16.80

13:19:38

London Stock Exchange

88

16.80

13:19:38

London Stock Exchange

89

16.80

13:19:38

Turquoise

39

16.80

13:19:38

Turquoise

90

16.80

13:19:38

Turquoise

274

16.80

13:31:50

London Stock Exchange

116

16.80

13:31:50

London Stock Exchange

1034

16.80

13:49:03

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

13:53:22

London Stock Exchange

366

16.78

13:58:35

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

14:27:10

London Stock Exchange

68

16.79

14:29:46

London Stock Exchange

150

16.80

14:31:21

London Stock Exchange

183

16.80

14:32:15

London Stock Exchange

22

16.80

14:32:15

London Stock Exchange

18

16.80

14:32:15

London Stock Exchange

47

16.80

14:34:10

London Stock Exchange

464

16.80

14:34:10

London Stock Exchange

233

16.79

14:36:48

London Stock Exchange

26

16.79

14:36:48

London Stock Exchange

694

16.79

14:36:48

London Stock Exchange

218

16.80

14:40:50

London Stock Exchange

512

16.79

14:57:55

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

14:57:55

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

14:57:55

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

14:57:55

London Stock Exchange

218

16.80

15:07:43

London Stock Exchange

218

16.80

15:07:43

Chi-X Europe

568

16.80

15:07:43

London Stock Exchange

366

16.79

15:18:04

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

15:18:50

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

15:18:50

London Stock Exchange

218

16.80

15:28:01

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

15:32:08

London Stock Exchange

368

16.79

15:32:08

London Stock Exchange

218

16.79

15:32:08

London Stock Exchange

419

16.80

15:42:52

London Stock Exchange

439

16.80

15:42:52

London Stock Exchange

486

16.81

15:47:16

London Stock Exchange

77

16.82

15:59:55

London Stock Exchange

321

16.82

15:59:55

London Stock Exchange

71

16.82

15:59:55

London Stock Exchange

218

16.82

15:59:55

Turquoise

133

16.82

16:00:19

London Stock Exchange

218

16.82

16:00:19

London Stock Exchange

214

16.82

16:00:19

London Stock Exchange

4

16.82

16:00:19

London Stock Exchange

120

16.82

16:04:05

London Stock Exchange

248

16.82

16:04:05

London Stock Exchange

219

16.83

16:09:26

London Stock Exchange

366

16.83

16:09:26

London Stock Exchange

363

16.84

16:13:07

London Stock Exchange

758

16.88

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

218

16.88

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

151

16.88

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

4

16.88

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

77

16.88

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

57

16.88

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

105

16.88

16:21:36

London Stock Exchange

263

16.87

16:29:07

London Stock Exchange

35

16.87

16:29:12

Chi-X Europe

79

16.87

16:29:12

London Stock Exchange

148

16.87

16:29:12

London Stock Exchange

105

16.88

16:29:12

London Stock Exchange

16

16.88

16:29:12

London Stock Exchange

90

16.88

16:29:12

BATS Europe

170

16.88

16:29:12

BATS Europe

90

16.88

16:29:12

BATS Europe

131

16.87

16:29:25

London Stock Exchange

218

16.87

16:29:25

London Stock Exchange

 


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