Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9870X
WH Smith PLC
27 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:                                            27 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   27,500 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1685.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1667.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1674.3782 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:          27 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1679.4852

507

Chi-X Europe

1675.0171

1,871

Turquoise

1674.1980

1,273

London Stock Exchange

1674.2291

23,849

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

23

16.83

08:00:25

BATS Europe

61

16.73

08:04:32

London Stock Exchange

55

16.73

08:04:32

London Stock Exchange

34

16.73

08:04:32

London Stock Exchange

185

16.73

08:04:35

London Stock Exchange

33

16.70

08:05:16

Turquoise

4

16.70

08:05:31

Turquoise

20

16.70

08:05:31

Turquoise

42

16.70

08:05:46

Turquoise

83

16.70

08:06:01

Turquoise

131

16.67

08:16:20

London Stock Exchange

32

16.67

08:16:20

London Stock Exchange

101

16.67

08:16:20

London Stock Exchange

91

16.67

08:16:20

London Stock Exchange

288

16.67

08:16:20

London Stock Exchange

231

16.72

08:40:25

Chi-X Europe

83

16.72

08:40:25

London Stock Exchange

194

16.72

08:40:25

London Stock Exchange

596

16.72

08:40:25

London Stock Exchange

369

16.73

08:53:41

London Stock Exchange

180

16.73

08:53:41

London Stock Exchange

182

16.72

09:13:37

London Stock Exchange

183

16.71

09:13:37

London Stock Exchange

573

16.72

09:13:37

London Stock Exchange

171

16.72

09:18:02

London Stock Exchange

11

16.72

09:18:02

London Stock Exchange

182

16.69

09:30:02

Chi-X Europe

183

16.69

09:30:02

London Stock Exchange

182

16.69

09:30:02

London Stock Exchange

365

16.68

09:37:31

London Stock Exchange

182

16.69

10:05:37

London Stock Exchange

182

16.69

10:05:37

London Stock Exchange

182

16.70

10:13:44

London Stock Exchange

22

16.70

10:23:49

Chi-X Europe

51

16.70

10:23:49

Turquoise

65

16.70

10:23:49

London Stock Exchange

37

16.70

10:23:49

London Stock Exchange

7

16.70

10:23:49

London Stock Exchange

182

16.71

10:32:22

London Stock Exchange

182

16.71

10:32:22

London Stock Exchange

51

16.71

10:35:42

London Stock Exchange

183

16.71

10:35:42

London Stock Exchange

182

16.70

10:47:39

London Stock Exchange

182

16.70

10:47:39

London Stock Exchange

236

16.70

10:54:56

London Stock Exchange

70

16.70

10:56:50

London Stock Exchange

194

16.70

10:58:09

London Stock Exchange

22

16.69

11:04:03

London Stock Exchange

119

16.69

11:04:03

Turquoise

170

16.69

11:04:03

London Stock Exchange

702

16.69

11:04:03

London Stock Exchange

95

16.69

11:04:03

Turquoise

43

16.68

11:33:07

London Stock Exchange

185

16.69

11:35:59

London Stock Exchange

75

16.69

11:43:46

London Stock Exchange

149

16.69

11:43:46

London Stock Exchange

240

16.69

11:47:45

Chi-X Europe

150

16.69

11:47:45

Chi-X Europe

37

16.69

11:47:45

Chi-X Europe

240

16.69

11:47:45

London Stock Exchange

220

16.69

11:47:45

London Stock Exchange

132

16.68

12:07:33

London Stock Exchange

84

16.68

12:07:33

London Stock Exchange

182

16.69

12:08:30

London Stock Exchange

51

16.69

12:18:09

London Stock Exchange

142

16.69

12:18:09

London Stock Exchange

203

16.69

12:25:41

London Stock Exchange

58

16.69

12:29:11

London Stock Exchange

250

16.69

12:29:11

London Stock Exchange

193

16.69

12:39:43

London Stock Exchange

8

16.69

12:39:43

London Stock Exchange

29

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

153

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

19

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

103

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

75

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

258

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

119

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

81

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

182

16.70

13:04:12

London Stock Exchange

296

16.70

13:10:05

London Stock Exchange

379

16.70

13:10:05

London Stock Exchange

224

16.70

13:10:07

London Stock Exchange

250

16.69

13:14:11

London Stock Exchange

307

16.69

13:14:11

London Stock Exchange

234

16.69

13:14:11

Chi-X Europe

132

16.69

13:14:11

London Stock Exchange

89

16.69

13:14:11

London Stock Exchange

365

16.71

13:32:22

London Stock Exchange

246

16.72

13:41:49

London Stock Exchange

256

16.72

13:41:49

London Stock Exchange

365

16.72

13:50:32

London Stock Exchange

182

16.72

13:50:32

London Stock Exchange

263

16.71

14:00:00

London Stock Exchange

102

16.71

14:00:00

London Stock Exchange

182

16.71

14:03:11

London Stock Exchange

144

16.73

14:26:15

London Stock Exchange

353

16.73

14:26:15

London Stock Exchange

205

16.73

14:26:15

London Stock Exchange

116

16.73

14:26:15

London Stock Exchange

183

16.73

14:26:15

London Stock Exchange

182

16.73

14:26:15

Turquoise

271

16.77

14:44:39

BATS Europe

260

16.77

14:45:34

London Stock Exchange

280

16.77

14:45:34

London Stock Exchange

140

16.77

14:45:34

Turquoise

263

16.78

14:48:31

Turquoise

157

16.78

14:48:31

London Stock Exchange

158

16.78

14:48:31

London Stock Exchange

11

16.79

14:55:46

London Stock Exchange

170

16.79

14:55:46

London Stock Exchange

57

16.79

14:55:46

London Stock Exchange

12

16.79

14:55:46

London Stock Exchange

92

16.79

14:55:46

London Stock Exchange

42

16.79

14:55:46

London Stock Exchange

24

16.79

14:55:46

London Stock Exchange

367

16.77

14:59:47

London Stock Exchange

100

16.79

15:17:06

London Stock Exchange

171

16.79

15:17:06

London Stock Exchange

182

16.78

15:23:54

Turquoise

668

16.78

15:23:54

London Stock Exchange

59

16.78

15:23:54

Turquoise

150

16.78

15:23:54

Chi-X Europe

182

16.78

15:24:58

London Stock Exchange

41

16.81

15:27:34

London Stock Exchange

182

16.81

15:27:34

London Stock Exchange

8

16.81

15:27:34

London Stock Exchange

59

16.81

15:43:42

London Stock Exchange

123

16.81

15:43:42

BATS Europe

179

16.82

15:46:21

London Stock Exchange

3

16.82

15:46:21

London Stock Exchange

1070

16.81

15:47:10

London Stock Exchange

244

16.81

15:47:10

London Stock Exchange

399

16.81

15:54:19

London Stock Exchange

148

16.81

15:54:19

London Stock Exchange

364

16.80

16:02:24

London Stock Exchange

182

16.80

16:02:24

London Stock Exchange

182

16.80

16:02:24

London Stock Exchange

182

16.83

16:12:19

Chi-X Europe

182

16.83

16:16:37

London Stock Exchange

182

16.84

16:17:47

London Stock Exchange

100

16.84

16:18:21

Chi-X Europe

45

16.84

16:18:21

Chi-X Europe

45

16.84

16:18:21

Chi-X Europe

182

16.84

16:18:21

London Stock Exchange

275

16.84

16:19:31

London Stock Exchange

15

16.84

16:19:31

London Stock Exchange

90

16.84

16:21:38

BATS Europe

6

16.84

16:21:38

London Stock Exchange

7

16.84

16:21:38

London Stock Exchange

73

16.84

16:21:38

London Stock Exchange

6

16.84

16:21:38

London Stock Exchange

192

16.84

16:22:51

London Stock Exchange

278

16.84

16:25:26

London Stock Exchange

253

16.84

16:25:26

Chi-X Europe

345

16.85

16:27:25

London Stock Exchange

224

16.85

16:27:57

London Stock Exchange

182

16.85

16:27:58

London Stock Exchange

242

16.85

16:28:03

London Stock Exchange

22

16.85

16:28:03

London Stock Exchange

170

16.85

16:29:30

London Stock Exchange

40

16.85

16:29:45

London Stock Exchange

23

16.85

16:29:46

London Stock Exchange

257

16.79

16:35:27

London Stock Exchange

 


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