Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3526Y

WH Smith PLC

04 December 2017

 

Transactions 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 12 October 2017:

Date of purchase:                                  04 December 2017

Number of Shares purchased:                20,000

Highest price paid per Share:                  2122.0000

Lowest price paid per Share:                  2091.0000

Average price paid per Share:                2105.1220

The Company intends to cancel these Shares. 

The Company has 110,159,022 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 J.P. Morgan Cazenove on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.

Schedule of Purchases

Shares purchased:                     WH Smith PLC (ISIN CODE: GB00B2PDGW16)

Date of purchases:                    04 December 2017

Investment firm:                        J.P. Morgan Securities plc

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	2105.1220	20,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
156	2100.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:02:48	London Stock Exchange
148	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:12:47	London Stock Exchange
182	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:14:57	London Stock Exchange
243	2091.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:18:21	London Stock Exchange
141	2092.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:27:16	London Stock Exchange
142	2091.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:27:56	London Stock Exchange
141	2098.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:38:13	London Stock Exchange
149	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:39:46	London Stock Exchange
97	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:41:44	London Stock Exchange
94	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:46:24	London Stock Exchange
64	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:46:24	London Stock Exchange
203	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:46:54	London Stock Exchange
118	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:54:37	London Stock Exchange
142	2101.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:54:40	London Stock Exchange
142	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 08:56:51	London Stock Exchange
131	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:15:10	London Stock Exchange
100	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:15:10	London Stock Exchange
31	2114.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:21:24	London Stock Exchange
166	2114.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:21:24	London Stock Exchange
155	2115.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:21:24	London Stock Exchange
14	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:30:01	London Stock Exchange
170	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:30:01	London Stock Exchange
124	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:30:02	London Stock Exchange
45	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:30:02	London Stock Exchange
7	2111.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:31:01	London Stock Exchange
141	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:31:56	London Stock Exchange
187	2111.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:34:21	London Stock Exchange
149	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:38:21	London Stock Exchange
43	2111.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:44:21	London Stock Exchange
148	2111.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:45:06	London Stock Exchange
100	2111.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:46:01	London Stock Exchange
52	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:52:12	London Stock Exchange
102	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:52:12	London Stock Exchange
60	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:52:59	London Stock Exchange
169	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 09:58:35	London Stock Exchange
155	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:07:06	London Stock Exchange
184	2112.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:14:15	London Stock Exchange
141	2114.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:18:28	London Stock Exchange
88	2115.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:20:23	London Stock Exchange
14	2115.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:20:23	London Stock Exchange
156	2118.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:25:07	London Stock Exchange
146	2122.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:33:16	London Stock Exchange
200	2120.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:36:01	London Stock Exchange
57	2120.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:36:01	London Stock Exchange
110	2118.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:36:06	London Stock Exchange
148	2118.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:36:06	London Stock Exchange
251	2117.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:36:19	London Stock Exchange
145	2112.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:46:37	London Stock Exchange
169	2115.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:56:43	London Stock Exchange
169	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 10:59:37	London Stock Exchange
203	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:01:03	London Stock Exchange
144	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:11:04	London Stock Exchange
143	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:14:34	London Stock Exchange
183	2104.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:16:28	London Stock Exchange
147	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:19:49	London Stock Exchange
51	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:31:46	London Stock Exchange
103	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:31:46	London Stock Exchange
141	2100.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:37:29	London Stock Exchange
7	2099.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:43:24	London Stock Exchange
34	2099.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:43:24	London Stock Exchange
5	2099.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:44:21	London Stock Exchange
50	2098.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:47:07	London Stock Exchange
113	2098.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:47:07	London Stock Exchange
156	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:47:09	London Stock Exchange
212	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 11:56:43	London Stock Exchange
66	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:03:23	London Stock Exchange
18	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:05:30	London Stock Exchange
90	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:05:30	London Stock Exchange
62	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:05:30	London Stock Exchange
14	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:11:01	London Stock Exchange
147	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:12:26	London Stock Exchange
1	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:16:43	London Stock Exchange
19	2098.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:19:38	London Stock Exchange
145	2098.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:19:38	London Stock Exchange
6	2100.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:23:30	London Stock Exchange
145	2100.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:23:30	London Stock Exchange
16	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:29:21	London Stock Exchange
12	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:29:21	London Stock Exchange
7	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:29:30	London Stock Exchange
137	2101.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:32:17	London Stock Exchange
69	2101.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:32:17	London Stock Exchange
93	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:39:08	London Stock Exchange
40	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:42:41	London Stock Exchange
143	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:42:41	London Stock Exchange
142	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:48:24	London Stock Exchange
8	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:49:21	London Stock Exchange
6	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:49:21	London Stock Exchange
5	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:49:21	London Stock Exchange
10	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:49:21	London Stock Exchange
47	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:49:21	London Stock Exchange
142	2104.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:53:37	London Stock Exchange
106	2107.0000	04-Dec-2017 12:54:55	London Stock Exchange
6	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:01:04	London Stock Exchange
149	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:01:04	London Stock Exchange
162	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:02:41	London Stock Exchange
169	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:09:21	London Stock Exchange
152	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:13:20	London Stock Exchange
155	2107.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:13:20	London Stock Exchange
145	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:20:28	London Stock Exchange
43	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:24:47	London Stock Exchange
112	2102.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:24:47	London Stock Exchange
212	2101.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:32:11	London Stock Exchange
38	2100.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:33:18	London Stock Exchange
84	2099.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:37:20	London Stock Exchange
1	2099.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:39:00	London Stock Exchange
57	2099.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:39:00	London Stock Exchange
156	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:39:05	London Stock Exchange
13	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:39:05	London Stock Exchange
141	2098.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:40:12	London Stock Exchange
150	2094.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:45:14	London Stock Exchange
151	2094.0000	04-Dec-2017 13:56:22	London Stock Exchange
142	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:00:51	London Stock Exchange
97	2095.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:01:18	London Stock Exchange
58	2095.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:01:18	London Stock Exchange
141	2096.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:09:32	London Stock Exchange
155	2095.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:09:32	London Stock Exchange
145	2093.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:13:38	London Stock Exchange
152	2093.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:21:14	London Stock Exchange
117	2095.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:26:50	London Stock Exchange
169	2094.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:26:50	London Stock Exchange
142	2097.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:30:36	London Stock Exchange
141	2099.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:31:13	London Stock Exchange
86	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:43:41	London Stock Exchange
69	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:43:41	London Stock Exchange
224	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:50:48	London Stock Exchange
156	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:56:38	London Stock Exchange
30	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:56:38	London Stock Exchange
195	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 14:58:53	London Stock Exchange
212	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:00:03	London Stock Exchange
31	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:00:36	London Stock Exchange
139	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:00:36	London Stock Exchange
161	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:02:50	London Stock Exchange
145	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:06:29	London Stock Exchange
10	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:06:29	London Stock Exchange
178	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:06:49	London Stock Exchange
141	2111.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:11:39	London Stock Exchange
141	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:13:42	London Stock Exchange
141	2113.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:14:31	London Stock Exchange
141	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:19:05	London Stock Exchange
155	2112.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:21:30	London Stock Exchange
146	2111.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:27:25	London Stock Exchange
85	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:27:25	London Stock Exchange
40	2110.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:27:25	London Stock Exchange
13	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:29:21	London Stock Exchange
42	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:29:21	London Stock Exchange
97	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:29:21	London Stock Exchange
76	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:29:45	London Stock Exchange
121	2109.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:29:45	London Stock Exchange
147	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:33:09	London Stock Exchange
176	2107.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:38:19	London Stock Exchange
125	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:43:28	London Stock Exchange
145	2105.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:44:49	London Stock Exchange
30	2105.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:44:49	London Stock Exchange
150	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:46:39	London Stock Exchange
141	2105.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:48:05	London Stock Exchange
184	2104.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:50:32	London Stock Exchange
28	2104.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:50:32	London Stock Exchange
21	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:51:32	London Stock Exchange
142	2103.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:51:32	London Stock Exchange
142	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:53:17	London Stock Exchange
142	2105.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:55:06	London Stock Exchange
90	2105.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:59:49	London Stock Exchange
106	2105.0000	04-Dec-2017 15:59:49	London Stock Exchange
142	2104.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:00:34	London Stock Exchange
145	2107.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:01:50	London Stock Exchange
155	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:08:26	London Stock Exchange
155	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:10:13	London Stock Exchange
83	2107.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:14:01	London Stock Exchange
156	2107.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:14:01	London Stock Exchange
185	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:14:58	London Stock Exchange
12	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:15:29	London Stock Exchange
214	2108.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:19:41	London Stock Exchange
141	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:20:08	London Stock Exchange
141	2107.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:21:55	London Stock Exchange
183	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:24:38	London Stock Exchange
76	2106.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:24:38	London Stock Exchange
136	2105.0000	04-Dec-2017 16:26:01	London Stock Exchange

 

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