Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3344N

WH Smith PLC

24 October 2016

 

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 27 January 2016, the following number of its ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme initially announced on 24 August 2016:

Date of purchase:                                            24 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   15,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1587.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1528.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1557.5045 pence

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

The Company has 112,959,375 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 October 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
BATS Europe	1586.0940	266
Chi-X Europe	1556.4665	3,436
Turquoise	1549.9774	3,274
London Stock Exchange	1560.0724	8,024

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
25	15.870000	08:00:35	BATS Europe
241	15.860000	08:11:14	BATS Europe
233	15.840000	08:29:45	Chi-X Europe
249	15.830000	08:29:45	Turquoise
48	15.830000	08:40:01	Chi-X Europe
84	15.830000	08:40:01	Chi-X Europe
156	15.830000	08:40:01	Chi-X Europe
290	15.780000	09:00:01	Chi-X Europe
143	15.780000	09:07:38	London Stock Exchange
235	15.780000	09:07:38	London Stock Exchange
95	15.760000	09:31:10	London Stock Exchange
249	15.760000	09:31:10	London Stock Exchange
416	15.740000	09:41:20	London Stock Exchange
1	15.740000	09:41:20	London Stock Exchange
396	15.730000	09:59:00	London Stock Exchange
387	15.730000	10:12:40	London Stock Exchange
233	15.730000	10:44:29	Turquoise
339	15.730000	10:57:16	Chi-X Europe
11	15.730000	10:57:16	London Stock Exchange
313	15.730000	10:57:16	London Stock Exchange
427	15.710000	11:13:33	London Stock Exchange
38	15.720000	11:32:52	London Stock Exchange
160	15.720000	11:35:53	London Stock Exchange
154	15.720000	11:35:53	London Stock Exchange
12	15.660000	12:09:08	Chi-X Europe
322	15.660000	12:09:08	Chi-X Europe
127	15.660000	12:10:00	Chi-X Europe
233	15.700000	12:31:55	London Stock Exchange
341	15.690000	12:32:02	London Stock Exchange
276	15.680000	12:50:05	London Stock Exchange
100	15.680000	12:50:05	London Stock Exchange
344	15.660000	13:08:49	London Stock Exchange
84	15.610000	13:21:58	London Stock Exchange
140	15.610000	13:24:00	London Stock Exchange
143	15.610000	13:29:38	London Stock Exchange
480	15.620000	13:48:30	Turquoise
26	15.600000	13:51:35	Turquoise
137	15.600000	13:54:06	Turquoise
70	15.600000	13:54:06	Turquoise
304	15.600000	14:01:47	Turquoise
244	15.540000	14:18:31	London Stock Exchange
319	15.530000	14:26:56	London Stock Exchange
447	15.530000	14:40:19	London Stock Exchange
244	15.510000	14:49:16	Chi-X Europe
250	15.510000	14:49:16	London Stock Exchange
36	15.510000	15:01:40	London Stock Exchange
276	15.510000	15:02:38	London Stock Exchange
109	15.510000	15:02:38	London Stock Exchange
233	15.510000	15:02:38	London Stock Exchange
356	15.420000	15:14:28	Chi-X Europe
233	15.410000	15:15:45	London Stock Exchange
84	15.410000	15:21:00	Turquoise
61	15.410000	15:21:00	Turquoise
255	15.410000	15:22:02	Turquoise
275	15.420000	15:32:58	Chi-X Europe
106	15.420000	15:33:46	Chi-X Europe
82	15.420000	15:34:08	Chi-X Europe
264	15.410000	15:39:34	Turquoise
413	15.400000	15:47:19	London Stock Exchange
113	15.370000	15:55:54	Turquoise
46	15.370000	15:56:53	Turquoise
121	15.370000	15:57:35	Turquoise
120	15.370000	15:57:58	Turquoise
136	15.340000	16:05:30	Chi-X Europe
206	15.340000	16:05:30	Chi-X Europe
125	15.340000	16:08:59	Chi-X Europe
132	15.340000	16:09:31	Chi-X Europe
135	15.340000	16:09:58	Chi-X Europe
28	15.340000	16:10:33	Chi-X Europe
37	15.300000	16:14:18	London Stock Exchange
378	15.300000	16:14:18	London Stock Exchange
308	15.320000	16:21:29	Turquoise
148	15.300000	16:23:37	Turquoise
255	15.300000	16:23:37	Turquoise
363	15.280000	16:26:35	London Stock Exchange

 

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