Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 0769U
WH Smith PLC
12 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:                                            12 January 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   26,900 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1587.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1567.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1575.9639 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,953,616 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:          12 January 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1580.5131

612

Chi-X Europe

1575.8154

2,254

Turquoise

1576.2740

2,077

London Stock Exchange

1575.8230

21,957

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

21

15.84

08:00:28

BATS Europe

245

15.87

08:08:15

London Stock Exchange

64

15.87

08:08:15

London Stock Exchange

425

15.72

08:19:21

London Stock Exchange

256

15.70

08:27:27

London Stock Exchange

287

15.69

08:32:49

London Stock Exchange

56

15.69

08:44:30

London Stock Exchange

230

15.69

08:44:30

London Stock Exchange

12

15.67

08:57:48

London Stock Exchange

278

15.67

09:00:23

London Stock Exchange

230

15.67

09:00:23

London Stock Exchange

230

15.73

09:16:35

London Stock Exchange

299

15.73

09:16:35

London Stock Exchange

285

15.69

09:23:19

London Stock Exchange

230

15.71

09:45:02

London Stock Exchange

267

15.70

09:46:27

Turquoise

235

15.70

09:46:27

London Stock Exchange

287

15.70

09:54:27

London Stock Exchange

450

15.70

10:11:37

London Stock Exchange

230

15.69

10:14:47

London Stock Exchange

286

15.72

10:26:15

London Stock Exchange

139

15.71

10:37:24

Chi-X Europe

147

15.71

10:37:24

Chi-X Europe

15

15.68

10:46:22

London Stock Exchange

271

15.68

10:46:22

London Stock Exchange

408

15.70

11:03:19

London Stock Exchange

230

15.71

11:23:17

London Stock Exchange

69

15.70

11:25:35

London Stock Exchange

217

15.70

11:25:35

London Stock Exchange

73

15.71

11:34:36

London Stock Exchange

303

15.71

11:34:36

London Stock Exchange

233

15.74

12:09:14

Turquoise

319

15.74

12:09:14

London Stock Exchange

78

15.74

12:09:14

London Stock Exchange

165

15.74

12:12:56

Chi-X Europe

11

15.74

12:12:56

London Stock Exchange

41

15.74

12:12:56

London Stock Exchange

13

15.74

12:12:58

London Stock Exchange

53

15.73

12:18:56

London Stock Exchange

384

15.73

12:18:56

London Stock Exchange

22

15.72

12:30:01

London Stock Exchange

36

15.72

12:30:01

London Stock Exchange

400

15.72

12:30:01

London Stock Exchange

445

15.71

12:48:18

London Stock Exchange

231

15.72

12:58:44

Chi-X Europe

230

15.72

12:58:44

London Stock Exchange

131

15.75

13:20:59

London Stock Exchange

158

15.75

13:20:59

London Stock Exchange

238

15.75

13:20:59

Turquoise

142

15.75

13:20:59

Chi-X Europe

88

15.75

13:20:59

Chi-X Europe

230

15.77

13:31:03

London Stock Exchange

412

15.77

13:35:13

London Stock Exchange

286

15.75

13:38:15

Chi-X Europe

33

15.76

13:44:54

London Stock Exchange

285

15.76

13:52:11

London Stock Exchange

126

15.76

13:56:38

London Stock Exchange

249

15.76

13:59:03

London Stock Exchange

141

15.76

13:59:21

London Stock Exchange

55

15.76

13:59:46

London Stock Exchange

162

15.76

14:02:09

London Stock Exchange

90

15.76

14:02:09

London Stock Exchange

323

15.75

14:17:13

London Stock Exchange

236

15.73

14:17:24

London Stock Exchange

296

15.72

14:24:52

London Stock Exchange

315

15.75

14:31:37

Turquoise

281

15.74

14:35:21

London Stock Exchange

13

15.74

14:35:21

London Stock Exchange

277

15.73

14:40:25

London Stock Exchange

298

15.77

14:41:45

London Stock Exchange

288

15.75

14:47:01

Chi-X Europe

202

15.76

14:55:11

London Stock Exchange

42

15.76

14:55:11

London Stock Exchange

307

15.76

14:55:11

London Stock Exchange

305

15.76

14:57:42

London Stock Exchange

288

15.77

15:02:59

London Stock Exchange

280

15.76

15:08:12

London Stock Exchange

277

15.75

15:13:21

London Stock Exchange

220

15.76

15:18:45

Turquoise

40

15.76

15:18:45

Turquoise

230

15.79

15:24:52

London Stock Exchange

230

15.79

15:24:52

Turquoise

289

15.78

15:28:11

London Stock Exchange

191

15.81

15:35:06

Turquoise

173

15.81

15:35:06

Turquoise

284

15.80

15:41:33

London Stock Exchange

1

15.80

15:41:33

London Stock Exchange

86

15.80

15:46:20

Chi-X Europe

203

15.80

15:46:20

BATS Europe

255

15.80

15:56:11

London Stock Exchange

40

15.80

15:56:11

London Stock Exchange

109

15.80

15:56:11

London Stock Exchange

121

15.80

15:56:11

London Stock Exchange

265

15.81

16:01:20

London Stock Exchange

230

15.81

16:01:25

London Stock Exchange

30

15.81

16:01:25

London Stock Exchange

88

15.80

16:05:33

London Stock Exchange

199

15.80

16:05:33

London Stock Exchange

431

15.80

16:13:13

London Stock Exchange

266

15.80

16:13:13

Chi-X Europe

28

15.80

16:13:13

Chi-X Europe

230

15.80

16:13:13

London Stock Exchange

295

15.80

16:18:23

Chi-X Europe

74

15.80

16:22:09

London Stock Exchange

200

15.80

16:22:40

London Stock Exchange

1

15.80

16:24:51

London Stock Exchange

145

15.80

16:24:51

Turquoise

158

15.80

16:24:51

BATS Europe

120

15.81

16:28:55

BATS Europe

90

15.81

16:28:55

BATS Europe

20

15.81

16:28:55

BATS Europe

93

15.80

16:29:00

Chi-X Europe

25

15.80

16:29:00

Turquoise

150

15.80

16:29:17

London Stock Exchange

1005

15.81

16:35:28

London Stock Exchange

24

15.81

16:35:28

London Stock Exchange

1658

15.81

16:35:28

London Stock Exchange

205

15.81

16:35:28

London Stock Exchange

482

15.81

16:35:28

London Stock Exchange

1626

15.81

16:35:28

London Stock Exchange

 


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