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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