Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8447X
WH Smith PLC
24 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:                                            24 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   27,500 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1679.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1660.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1670.0703 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,492,442 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:          24 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1666.7226

1,049

Chi-X Europe

1670.5330

1,908

Turquoise

1672.0000

27

London Stock Exchange

1670.1754

24,516

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

42

16.79

08:00:31

BATS Europe

161

16.68

08:03:20

BATS Europe

19

16.68

08:03:23

BATS Europe

184

16.66

08:03:42

London Stock Exchange

156

16.66

08:03:42

London Stock Exchange

564

16.66

08:14:41

London Stock Exchange

197

16.66

08:14:41

BATS Europe

180

16.66

08:14:41

BATS Europe

97

16.65

08:14:41

London Stock Exchange

180

16.67

08:14:41

London Stock Exchange

180

16.62

08:20:52

BATS Europe

338

16.62

08:20:52

London Stock Exchange

131

16.70

08:42:47

London Stock Exchange

49

16.70

08:42:47

London Stock Exchange

74

16.70

08:47:42

BATS Europe

120

16.70

08:47:42

London Stock Exchange

6

16.68

08:48:08

London Stock Exchange

178

16.68

08:48:08

London Stock Exchange

671

16.68

08:50:47

London Stock Exchange

442

16.68

08:50:47

London Stock Exchange

40

16.68

08:50:47

London Stock Exchange

156

16.65

08:57:55

London Stock Exchange

131

16.65

08:57:55

London Stock Exchange

180

16.65

08:57:55

London Stock Exchange

405

16.65

08:57:55

London Stock Exchange

181

16.62

09:00:41

London Stock Exchange

152

16.62

09:00:41

London Stock Exchange

4

16.62

09:01:29

London Stock Exchange

200

16.61

09:04:31

London Stock Exchange

140

16.61

09:04:31

London Stock Exchange

339

16.60

09:06:08

London Stock Exchange

180

16.63

09:18:02

London Stock Exchange

244

16.62

09:18:37

London Stock Exchange

399

16.62

09:18:37

London Stock Exchange

202

16.65

09:22:45

London Stock Exchange

38

16.61

09:25:34

Chi-X Europe

338

16.61

09:26:14

London Stock Exchange

142

16.61

09:26:23

Chi-X Europe

317

16.68

09:41:03

Chi-X Europe

388

16.68

09:41:03

London Stock Exchange

300

16.67

09:41:10

London Stock Exchange

191

16.68

09:42:57

Chi-X Europe

649

16.78

09:59:49

London Stock Exchange

99

16.79

10:00:59

London Stock Exchange

81

16.79

10:00:59

London Stock Exchange

180

16.78

10:10:14

London Stock Exchange

180

16.78

10:10:14

London Stock Exchange

62

16.78

10:10:14

London Stock Exchange

118

16.78

10:10:14

London Stock Exchange

360

16.77

10:10:14

London Stock Exchange

124

16.75

10:14:33

London Stock Exchange

337

16.75

10:14:33

London Stock Exchange

695

16.75

10:30:30

London Stock Exchange

102

16.75

10:30:30

London Stock Exchange

31

16.75

10:30:30

Chi-X Europe

48

16.74

10:35:08

London Stock Exchange

35

16.74

10:35:08

London Stock Exchange

200

16.74

10:35:08

London Stock Exchange

58

16.74

10:35:08

London Stock Exchange

339

16.72

10:43:04

London Stock Exchange

74

16.72

11:06:04

London Stock Exchange

124

16.72

11:06:04

London Stock Exchange

184

16.72

11:11:18

London Stock Exchange

810

16.72

11:11:18

London Stock Exchange

180

16.72

11:11:18

London Stock Exchange

16

16.72

11:13:10

BATS Europe

124

16.72

11:13:10

London Stock Exchange

27

16.72

11:13:10

Turquoise

50

16.72

11:13:10

Chi-X Europe

40

16.74

11:29:08

Chi-X Europe

169

16.74

11:29:08

Chi-X Europe

506

16.74

11:29:08

London Stock Exchange

136

16.74

11:32:32

London Stock Exchange

180

16.75

11:38:55

London Stock Exchange

293

16.75

11:48:52

London Stock Exchange

188

16.75

11:52:15

London Stock Exchange

21

16.73

11:55:27

London Stock Exchange

496

16.73

11:55:27

London Stock Exchange

10

16.73

11:55:27

London Stock Exchange

98

16.74

11:56:10

London Stock Exchange

82

16.74

11:56:10

London Stock Exchange

234

16.73

11:59:58

Chi-X Europe

440

16.73

11:59:58

London Stock Exchange

63

16.75

12:20:02

London Stock Exchange

76

16.75

12:20:02

London Stock Exchange

11

16.75

12:20:02

London Stock Exchange

30

16.75

12:20:02

London Stock Exchange

77

16.75

12:22:02

London Stock Exchange

128

16.75

12:22:02

London Stock Exchange

94

16.75

12:24:44

Chi-X Europe

126

16.75

12:24:44

Chi-X Europe

74

16.75

12:24:44

London Stock Exchange

18

16.76

12:30:58

London Stock Exchange

162

16.76

12:30:58

London Stock Exchange

78

16.76

12:32:27

London Stock Exchange

75

16.76

12:32:27

London Stock Exchange

27

16.76

12:32:27

London Stock Exchange

49

16.76

12:35:18

London Stock Exchange

131

16.76

12:35:18

London Stock Exchange

296

16.75

12:35:42

Chi-X Europe

23

16.75

12:35:42

London Stock Exchange

336

16.75

12:35:42

London Stock Exchange

370

16.75

12:35:42

London Stock Exchange

208

16.74

12:45:08

London Stock Exchange

13

16.74

12:47:14

London Stock Exchange

118

16.74

12:50:16

London Stock Exchange

505

16.74

12:59:42

London Stock Exchange

75

16.75

13:06:14

London Stock Exchange

108

16.75

13:06:14

London Stock Exchange

851

16.74

13:08:54

London Stock Exchange

19

16.74

13:08:54

London Stock Exchange

180

16.74

13:10:13

London Stock Exchange

340

16.73

13:13:21

London Stock Exchange

585

16.72

13:26:03

London Stock Exchange

5

16.72

13:26:03

London Stock Exchange

175

16.72

13:26:03

London Stock Exchange

22

16.72

13:26:03

London Stock Exchange

158

16.72

13:26:03

London Stock Exchange

336

16.71

13:31:34

London Stock Exchange

180

16.70

13:32:00

London Stock Exchange

180

16.68

13:40:20

London Stock Exchange

429

16.68

13:40:20

London Stock Exchange

397

16.67

13:52:06

London Stock Exchange

322

16.67

13:52:06

London Stock Exchange

131

16.67

13:52:06

London Stock Exchange

130

16.67

13:53:13

BATS Europe

50

16.67

13:53:13

BATS Europe

7

16.66

13:59:20

Chi-X Europe

40

16.66

14:00:01

London Stock Exchange

299

16.66

14:00:01

London Stock Exchange

68

16.66

14:00:01

Chi-X Europe

97

16.66

14:00:01

Chi-X Europe

8

16.66

14:00:01

Chi-X Europe

436

16.65

14:08:19

London Stock Exchange

180

16.65

14:08:19

London Stock Exchange

74

16.65

14:16:28

London Stock Exchange

55

16.66

14:21:36

London Stock Exchange

350

16.66

14:21:36

London Stock Exchange

130

16.66

14:22:15

London Stock Exchange

171

16.66

14:22:15

London Stock Exchange

61

16.66

14:22:15

London Stock Exchange

147

16.66

14:22:15

London Stock Exchange

343

16.66

14:22:15

London Stock Exchange

106

16.66

14:22:15

London Stock Exchange

351

16.66

14:22:15

London Stock Exchange

 


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