Purchases of Shares During Open Periods

RNS Number : 9966M
WH Smith PLC
20 October 2016
 

WH SMITH PLC - PURCHASES OF SHARES DURING OPEN PERIODS

 

WH Smith PLC (the "Company") announces that it has entered into an arrangement with Barclays Bank PLC, acting through its investment bank ("Barclays"). The arrangement allows Barclays to purchase, together with any other ordinary shares in the Company (the "Shares") purchased on the Company's behalf pursuant to its buyback programme, up to 11,477,980 ordinary shares in the Company during open period of the Company arising between the date hereof and 2 December 2016. These share purchases will be made on the Company's behalf and in accordance with the arrangement.

 

Any share purchases effected pursuant to the arrangement will be subject to the terms of the arrangement with Barclays and in any case will be effected in a manner consistent with both the general authority vested in the Company to repurchase shares and Chapter 12 of the United Kingdom Listing Rules, which require that the maximum price paid be limited to be no more than the higher of (i) 105 per cent of the average middle market closing price of the Company's ordinary shares for the five business days before the purchase is made, and (ii) the higher of the price of the last independent trade and the highest current independent bid on the trading venue where the purchase is carried out.  The aggregate purchase price under this arrangement will not exceed £10 million.

 

The sole purpose of these share purchases is to reduce the Company's share capital.  

 

Further information on the Company can be found on our Internet site: www.whsmithplc.co.uk

 

Enquiries:-

 

WH Smith PLC

 

Mark Boyle

 

Investor Relations

 

020 7406 6320


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