Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6055X
WH Smith PLC
22 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:                                            22 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   27,500 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1691.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1676.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1684.1855 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,547,442 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:          22 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1677.3261

276

Chi-X Europe

1684.7531

1,126

Turquoise

1686.0000

633

London Stock Exchange

1684.1897

25,465

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

73

16.86

13:23:45

London Stock Exchange

192

16.86

13:23:45

London Stock Exchange

196

16.86

13:23:45

London Stock Exchange

482

16.86

13:23:45

London Stock Exchange

43

16.86

13:23:45

London Stock Exchange

192

16.86

13:23:45

London Stock Exchange

88

16.86

13:23:45

London Stock Exchange

18

16.86

13:23:45

London Stock Exchange

70

16.86

13:23:45

Chi-X Europe

1265

16.88

13:26:35

London Stock Exchange

181

16.88

13:26:35

London Stock Exchange

199

16.88

13:26:35

London Stock Exchange

234

16.88

13:29:48

London Stock Exchange

132

16.88

13:29:48

London Stock Exchange

22

16.91

13:31:03

London Stock Exchange

321

16.91

13:32:32

London Stock Exchange

321

16.89

13:36:01

London Stock Exchange

165

16.88

13:38:46

London Stock Exchange

154

16.88

13:38:46

London Stock Exchange

306

16.87

13:42:40

London Stock Exchange

29

16.87

13:42:40

London Stock Exchange

186

16.85

13:47:48

London Stock Exchange

186

16.86

13:54:49

London Stock Exchange

47

16.86

13:55:14

Chi-X Europe

209

16.86

13:55:14

Turquoise

166

16.86

13:55:14

Chi-X Europe

100

16.86

13:55:14

Chi-X Europe

56

16.86

13:55:14

London Stock Exchange

250

16.86

13:55:14

London Stock Exchange

100

16.86

13:55:14

London Stock Exchange

192

16.86

13:55:14

London Stock Exchange

192

16.86

13:55:14

London Stock Exchange

219

16.86

13:55:14

London Stock Exchange

59

16.86

13:55:14

London Stock Exchange

70

16.88

13:57:52

London Stock Exchange

196

16.88

13:57:52

London Stock Exchange

150

16.88

13:57:52

Chi-X Europe

192

16.88

13:57:52

London Stock Exchange

28

16.88

14:00:14

London Stock Exchange

271

16.88

14:00:14

London Stock Exchange

154

16.87

14:11:38

London Stock Exchange

32

16.87

14:11:38

London Stock Exchange

186

16.87

14:14:49

London Stock Exchange

196

16.87

14:15:16

London Stock Exchange

19

16.88

14:17:52

London Stock Exchange

167

16.88

14:17:52

London Stock Exchange

98

16.86

14:19:53

London Stock Exchange

363

16.86

14:19:53

London Stock Exchange

42

16.86

14:19:53

London Stock Exchange

87

16.86

14:19:53

London Stock Exchange

47

16.86

14:19:53

London Stock Exchange

143

16.86

14:19:53

London Stock Exchange

455

16.87

14:22:43

London Stock Exchange

268

16.87

14:24:30

London Stock Exchange

186

16.88

14:38:18

London Stock Exchange

13

16.88

14:38:57

London Stock Exchange

100

16.88

14:38:57

London Stock Exchange

73

16.88

14:38:57

London Stock Exchange

101

16.88

14:40:42

London Stock Exchange

88

16.88

14:40:42

London Stock Exchange

160

16.88

14:43:39

London Stock Exchange

26

16.88

14:43:39

London Stock Exchange

197

16.89

14:46:14

London Stock Exchange

85

16.90

14:46:32

London Stock Exchange

198

16.90

14:46:32

London Stock Exchange

340

16.90

14:46:32

London Stock Exchange

531

16.89

14:49:39

London Stock Exchange

290

16.89

14:51:56

London Stock Exchange

34

16.86

14:52:16

Chi-X Europe

250

16.86

14:52:16

London Stock Exchange

230

16.86

14:52:16

London Stock Exchange

91

16.86

14:55:59

London Stock Exchange

192

16.86

14:55:59

London Stock Exchange

192

16.86

14:55:59

London Stock Exchange

210

16.86

14:55:59

London Stock Exchange

250

16.86

14:55:59

London Stock Exchange

200

16.86

14:55:59

London Stock Exchange

191

16.86

14:55:59

London Stock Exchange

100

16.86

14:55:59

London Stock Exchange

58

16.86

14:55:59

Chi-X Europe

100

16.86

14:55:59

Chi-X Europe

117

16.86

14:55:59

Chi-X Europe

14

16.86

14:55:59

Turquoise

410

16.86

14:55:59

Turquoise

31

16.87

14:56:57

London Stock Exchange

337

16.86

14:59:38

London Stock Exchange

136

16.85

15:00:09

London Stock Exchange

213

16.85

15:00:09

London Stock Exchange

337

16.81

15:05:14

London Stock Exchange

251

16.80

15:09:39

London Stock Exchange

200

16.80

15:09:39

London Stock Exchange

96

16.80

15:09:39

London Stock Exchange

56

16.80

15:09:39

London Stock Exchange

243

16.80

15:09:39

London Stock Exchange

760

16.80

15:09:39

London Stock Exchange

481

16.80

15:09:39

London Stock Exchange

229

16.80

15:09:39

London Stock Exchange

195

16.80

15:09:39

Chi-X Europe

53

16.80

15:09:39

Chi-X Europe

36

16.80

15:09:39

Chi-X Europe

36

16.81

15:10:51

London Stock Exchange

186

16.82

15:14:57

London Stock Exchange

187

16.82

15:19:11

London Stock Exchange

173

16.82

15:19:11

London Stock Exchange

190

16.82

15:24:49

London Stock Exchange

37

16.82

15:26:30

London Stock Exchange

177

16.82

15:26:30

London Stock Exchange

18

16.83

15:30:49

London Stock Exchange

41

16.84

15:30:54

London Stock Exchange

135

16.84

15:30:54

London Stock Exchange

212

16.85

15:32:24

London Stock Exchange

186

16.85

15:32:24

London Stock Exchange

56

16.85

15:33:54

London Stock Exchange

191

16.85

15:33:54

London Stock Exchange

41

16.85

15:33:54

London Stock Exchange

238

16.85

15:38:31

London Stock Exchange

103

16.84

15:38:42

London Stock Exchange

175

16.84

15:38:42

London Stock Exchange

94

16.84

15:47:02

London Stock Exchange

275

16.84

15:47:02

London Stock Exchange

226

16.84

15:47:05

London Stock Exchange

236

16.83

15:47:13

London Stock Exchange

244

16.82

15:48:19

London Stock Exchange

9

16.82

15:54:29

London Stock Exchange

177

16.82

15:54:29

London Stock Exchange

251

16.81

15:55:30

London Stock Exchange

248

16.81

15:55:30

London Stock Exchange

197

16.80

16:01:22

London Stock Exchange

163

16.80

16:01:22

London Stock Exchange

245

16.77

16:03:04

London Stock Exchange

165

16.78

16:07:01

London Stock Exchange

105

16.78

16:07:01

London Stock Exchange

90

16.78

16:07:01

BATS Europe

39

16.77

16:11:13

London Stock Exchange

261

16.77

16:11:13

London Stock Exchange

60

16.77

16:11:13

London Stock Exchange

432

16.76

16:11:15

London Stock Exchange

149

16.78

16:15:44

London Stock Exchange

37

16.78

16:15:44

London Stock Exchange

360

16.78

16:17:10

London Stock Exchange

2

16.78

16:19:14

London Stock Exchange

192

16.78

16:19:14

London Stock Exchange

166

16.78

16:19:14

London Stock Exchange

307

16.81

16:20:54

London Stock Exchange

186

16.81

16:22:42

London Stock Exchange

186

16.81

16:23:36

London Stock Exchange

77

16.80

16:24:11

London Stock Exchange

37

16.80

16:24:11

London Stock Exchange

128

16.80

16:24:11

London Stock Exchange

25

16.78

16:24:14

London Stock Exchange

264

16.78

16:24:14

London Stock Exchange

100

16.77

16:27:30

BATS Europe

86

16.77

16:27:30

BATS Europe

284

16.77

16:28:04

London Stock Exchange

61

16.78

16:29:17

London Stock Exchange

125

16.78

16:29:17

London Stock Exchange

89

16.76

16:35:28

London Stock Exchange

250

16.76

16:35:28

London Stock Exchange

 


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