Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5935T
WH Smith PLC
06 January 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 27 January 2016, the following number of its ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme announced on 5 December 2016:

 

Date of purchase:                                            6 January 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   26,900 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1588.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1556.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1573.4610 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,059,995 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:          6 January 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1582.0000

183

Chi-X Europe

1567.6586

6,075

Turquoise

1564.0000

1

London Stock Exchange

1575.0935

20,641

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

34

15.88

08:00:29

London Stock Exchange

196

15.81

08:07:18

London Stock Exchange

69

15.81

08:07:18

London Stock Exchange

178

15.81

08:07:18

London Stock Exchange

339

15.73

08:22:10

London Stock Exchange

71

15.74

08:35:29

London Stock Exchange

420

15.74

08:35:29

London Stock Exchange

121

15.68

08:45:22

London Stock Exchange

146

15.68

08:45:22

London Stock Exchange

267

15.71

08:58:33

London Stock Exchange

300

15.69

09:12:21

London Stock Exchange

312

15.69

09:16:00

London Stock Exchange

410

15.67

09:26:25

London Stock Exchange

153

15.63

09:33:36

London Stock Exchange

113

15.63

09:33:36

London Stock Exchange

266

15.60

09:43:43

London Stock Exchange

268

15.58

09:52:28

Chi-X Europe

448

15.62

10:06:53

Chi-X Europe

204

15.68

10:30:47

London Stock Exchange

68

15.68

10:30:47

London Stock Exchange

93

15.68

10:30:47

Chi-X Europe

187

15.68

10:30:47

Chi-X Europe

239

15.68

10:36:29

London Stock Exchange

2

15.66

10:44:32

London Stock Exchange

264

15.66

10:44:32

London Stock Exchange

267

15.67

10:58:03

Chi-X Europe

239

15.66

11:06:06

Chi-X Europe

341

15.64

11:19:33

Chi-X Europe

266

15.61

11:26:16

London Stock Exchange

266

15.56

11:36:29

London Stock Exchange

441

15.58

11:56:47

London Stock Exchange

287

15.63

12:10:55

Chi-X Europe

186

15.63

12:10:55

Chi-X Europe

267

15.65

12:25:00

Chi-X Europe

239

15.65

12:28:26

Chi-X Europe

266

15.63

12:45:52

Chi-X Europe

239

15.63

12:45:52

Chi-X Europe

239

15.63

12:59:49

London Stock Exchange

214

15.63

12:59:49

London Stock Exchange

25

15.63

12:59:49

London Stock Exchange

239

15.63

12:59:49

Chi-X Europe

117

15.59

13:24:00

Chi-X Europe

163

15.59

13:24:00

London Stock Exchange

185

15.59

13:24:00

London Stock Exchange

347

15.61

13:29:56

London Stock Exchange

287

15.63

13:33:03

London Stock Exchange

266

15.62

13:40:01

London Stock Exchange

254

15.71

14:01:51

Chi-X Europe

178

15.71

14:01:51

London Stock Exchange

71

15.71

14:01:51

London Stock Exchange

135

15.71

14:01:51

London Stock Exchange

239

15.68

14:03:05

London Stock Exchange

266

15.63

14:10:58

London Stock Exchange

412

15.64

14:26:42

Chi-X Europe

302

15.64

14:26:42

London Stock Exchange

1

15.64

14:26:42

Turquoise

108

15.62

14:33:19

London Stock Exchange

158

15.62

14:33:19

London Stock Exchange

80

15.66

14:54:52

London Stock Exchange

159

15.66

14:54:52

London Stock Exchange

36

15.66

14:54:52

London Stock Exchange

250

15.67

14:59:11

London Stock Exchange

158

15.67

14:59:11

London Stock Exchange

30

15.67

14:59:11

London Stock Exchange

122

15.67

14:59:11

Chi-X Europe

210

15.70

15:04:01

Chi-X Europe

184

15.70

15:04:01

Chi-X Europe

94

15.71

15:04:05

London Stock Exchange

41

15.71

15:04:05

London Stock Exchange

104

15.71

15:04:05

London Stock Exchange

128

15.76

15:08:12

London Stock Exchange

61

15.76

15:08:12

London Stock Exchange

77

15.76

15:08:12

London Stock Exchange

512

15.73

15:19:34

London Stock Exchange

13

15.75

15:23:48

London Stock Exchange

253

15.75

15:23:48

London Stock Exchange

266

15.78

15:31:17

Chi-X Europe

239

15.77

15:33:59

London Stock Exchange

378

15.80

15:45:15

London Stock Exchange

287

15.80

15:45:15

Chi-X Europe

265

15.82

15:50:38

Chi-X Europe

153

15.80

15:54:20

Chi-X Europe

493

15.84

16:01:42

London Stock Exchange

337

15.84

16:06:21

London Stock Exchange

266

15.81

16:07:49

London Stock Exchange

92

15.78

16:13:38

London Stock Exchange

43

15.78

16:13:42

London Stock Exchange

131

15.78

16:13:42

London Stock Exchange

33

15.79

16:14:41

Chi-X Europe

206

15.79

16:15:08

Chi-X Europe

183

15.82

16:24:09

BATS Europe

293

15.82

16:24:09

London Stock Exchange

100

15.81

16:24:24

London Stock Exchange

9

15.81

16:24:41

London Stock Exchange

400

15.81

16:25:45

London Stock Exchange

6

15.81

16:26:18

London Stock Exchange

56

15.81

16:26:18

London Stock Exchange

335

15.81

16:27:05

London Stock Exchange

239

15.81

16:27:05

London Stock Exchange

1575

15.84

16:35:23

London Stock Exchange

2555

15.84

16:35:23

London Stock Exchange

1

15.84

16:35:23

London Stock Exchange

49

15.84

16:35:23

London Stock Exchange

1213

15.84

16:35:23

London Stock Exchange

1043

15.84

16:35:23

London Stock Exchange

464

15.84

16:35:23

London Stock Exchange

 


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