Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9506T
WH Smith PLC
11 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:                                            11 January 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   26,650 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1609.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1599.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1602.2256 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,978,295 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:          11 January 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1603.2151

465

Chi-X Europe

1601.2235

2,676

Turquoise

1601.4723

705

London Stock Exchange

1602.3463

22,804

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

22

16.04

08:04:47

Turquoise

400

16.01

08:07:14

Turquoise

200

16.01

08:17:20

London Stock Exchange

163

16.01

08:17:20

London Stock Exchange

239

16.01

08:26:04

London Stock Exchange

288

16.00

08:34:11

London Stock Exchange

443

16.00

08:55:13

Chi-X Europe

31

16.01

09:15:10

London Stock Exchange

18

16.01

09:15:10

Chi-X Europe

16

16.01

09:15:10

Turquoise

166

16.01

09:15:44

London Stock Exchange

302

16.00

09:27:10

London Stock Exchange

231

16.00

09:27:10

London Stock Exchange

292

16.00

09:28:41

London Stock Exchange

10

16.00

09:29:08

London Stock Exchange

221

16.00

09:29:08

London Stock Exchange

387

16.00

09:41:57

London Stock Exchange

69

16.00

09:41:57

London Stock Exchange

100

16.03

10:05:00

London Stock Exchange

223

16.03

10:08:32

London Stock Exchange

112

16.02

10:12:29

Chi-X Europe

353

16.02

10:16:04

London Stock Exchange

119

16.02

10:16:04

Chi-X Europe

267

16.02

10:16:04

Turquoise

288

16.01

10:29:41

London Stock Exchange

231

16.01

10:34:37

London Stock Exchange

218

15.99

10:50:12

London Stock Exchange

13

15.99

10:50:27

London Stock Exchange

231

15.99

11:15:14

London Stock Exchange

91

15.99

11:19:21

London Stock Exchange

140

15.99

11:19:21

London Stock Exchange

231

16.03

11:32:34

London Stock Exchange

535

16.03

11:32:34

London Stock Exchange

98

16.03

11:38:57

London Stock Exchange

58

16.03

11:38:57

London Stock Exchange

90

16.03

11:38:57

BATS Europe

31

16.02

11:42:14

London Stock Exchange

258

16.02

11:42:14

London Stock Exchange

3

16.08

11:57:48

London Stock Exchange

456

16.08

11:57:48

London Stock Exchange

112

16.06

12:04:01

London Stock Exchange

176

16.06

12:04:01

London Stock Exchange

118

16.01

12:13:46

London Stock Exchange

427

16.02

12:27:06

London Stock Exchange

192

16.04

12:35:50

London Stock Exchange

215

16.04

12:35:57

London Stock Exchange

435

16.02

12:43:23

London Stock Exchange

494

16.01

13:03:42

London Stock Exchange

289

16.01

13:10:35

London Stock Exchange

9

16.03

13:32:48

London Stock Exchange

100

16.03

13:32:48

BATS Europe

90

16.03

13:32:48

BATS Europe

32

16.03

13:32:48

BATS Europe

138

16.02

13:39:35

Chi-X Europe

214

16.02

13:39:35

Chi-X Europe

348

16.02

13:39:35

London Stock Exchange

128

16.01

13:47:03

Chi-X Europe

139

16.01

13:47:40

Chi-X Europe

2

16.01

14:00:00

Chi-X Europe

11

16.01

14:00:00

Chi-X Europe

240

16.01

14:00:00

London Stock Exchange

231

16.01

14:00:00

London Stock Exchange

232

16.01

14:00:00

Chi-X Europe

30

16.03

14:03:44

BATS Europe

23

16.03

14:03:44

BATS Europe

178

16.02

14:03:44

London Stock Exchange

222

16.01

14:17:11

London Stock Exchange

212

16.01

14:18:01

London Stock Exchange

9

16.01

14:18:52

London Stock Exchange

231

16.01

14:18:52

London Stock Exchange

127

16.01

14:30:36

London Stock Exchange

162

16.01

14:30:36

London Stock Exchange

231

16.01

14:30:36

London Stock Exchange

148

16.01

14:42:39

Chi-X Europe

83

16.01

14:42:39

Chi-X Europe

82

16.01

14:47:25

Chi-X Europe

133

16.01

14:48:40

Chi-X Europe

16

16.01

14:48:40

Chi-X Europe

289

16.01

14:48:40

London Stock Exchange

231

16.01

14:48:40

London Stock Exchange

231

16.00

14:57:38

Chi-X Europe

289

16.00

14:57:38

London Stock Exchange

368

16.06

15:03:12

London Stock Exchange

288

16.03

15:09:05

London Stock Exchange

532

16.05

15:24:01

London Stock Exchange

82

16.05

15:24:01

London Stock Exchange

231

16.05

15:29:51

London Stock Exchange

122

16.05

15:29:51

London Stock Exchange

530

16.09

15:37:55

London Stock Exchange

231

16.08

15:40:44

London Stock Exchange

61

16.08

15:50:40

London Stock Exchange

226

16.08

15:50:43

London Stock Exchange

231

16.08

15:51:03

London Stock Exchange

231

16.08

15:51:03

London Stock Exchange

286

16.04

15:56:04

London Stock Exchange

287

16.04

15:57:10

London Stock Exchange

343

16.04

16:04:09

London Stock Exchange

290

16.02

16:10:55

London Stock Exchange

231

16.02

16:10:55

London Stock Exchange

16

16.02

16:12:01

London Stock Exchange

271

16.02

16:12:01

London Stock Exchange

100

16.04

16:22:43

BATS Europe

261

16.04

16:22:43

London Stock Exchange

490

16.04

16:22:43

London Stock Exchange

131

16.04

16:22:43

Chi-X Europe

296

16.02

16:26:40

Chi-X Europe

572

16.02

16:26:40

London Stock Exchange

4560

16.01

16:35:13

London Stock Exchange

440

16.01

16:35:13

London Stock Exchange

 


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