Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7959O
WH Smith PLC
09 November 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:                                            09 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   43,800 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1493.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1446.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1482.6308 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,776,421 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:          09 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1488.7677

1,089

Chi-X Europe

1481.8163

1,274

Turquoise

1484.1394

1,922

London Stock Exchange

1482.4145

39,515

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

6

14.51

08:01:34

London Stock Exchange

12

14.51

08:01:34

London Stock Exchange

9

14.56

08:01:44

London Stock Exchange

446

14.51

08:05:20

London Stock Exchange

28

14.51

08:05:20

London Stock Exchange

210

14.46

08:06:17

London Stock Exchange

562

14.74

08:16:08

London Stock Exchange

146

14.74

08:16:08

London Stock Exchange

161

14.75

08:19:12

London Stock Exchange

49

14.75

08:19:12

London Stock Exchange

65

14.74

08:27:09

London Stock Exchange

145

14.74

08:27:14

London Stock Exchange

1

14.77

08:30:08

London Stock Exchange

207

14.77

08:30:08

London Stock Exchange

2

14.77

08:30:08

London Stock Exchange

500

14.75

08:32:45

London Stock Exchange

12

14.75

08:32:45

London Stock Exchange

210

14.70

08:34:44

London Stock Exchange

262

14.69

08:36:10

London Stock Exchange

185

14.65

08:39:44

London Stock Exchange

25

14.65

08:39:44

London Stock Exchange

376

14.68

08:43:08

London Stock Exchange

210

14.68

08:45:32

London Stock Exchange

400

14.82

09:08:24

London Stock Exchange

71

14.82

09:08:24

London Stock Exchange

179

14.81

09:09:11

London Stock Exchange

447

14.81

09:10:16

London Stock Exchange

245

14.81

09:10:16

Turquoise

680

14.81

09:10:16

London Stock Exchange

41

14.79

09:23:49

London Stock Exchange

169

14.79

09:23:49

London Stock Exchange

787

14.79

09:23:49

London Stock Exchange

211

14.78

09:35:11

London Stock Exchange

684

14.78

09:41:51

London Stock Exchange

233

14.78

09:42:06

London Stock Exchange

500

14.74

09:50:14

London Stock Exchange

85

14.74

09:50:14

London Stock Exchange

210

14.73

09:53:30

London Stock Exchange

125

14.68

09:57:05

London Stock Exchange

125

14.68

09:57:05

London Stock Exchange

125

14.68

09:57:05

London Stock Exchange

371

14.69

10:05:09

London Stock Exchange

214

14.69

10:05:09

Turquoise

175

14.69

10:09:14

London Stock Exchange

35

14.69

10:09:14

London Stock Exchange

148

14.69

10:20:59

Chi-X Europe

62

14.69

10:20:59

Chi-X Europe

635

14.68

10:22:20

London Stock Exchange

210

14.68

10:25:33

London Stock Exchange

120

14.76

10:47:15

London Stock Exchange

90

14.76

10:47:15

London Stock Exchange

286

14.76

10:48:39

London Stock Exchange

10

14.76

10:51:03

London Stock Exchange

469

14.76

10:51:05

London Stock Exchange

10

14.76

10:51:05

Chi-X Europe

107

14.76

10:51:05

Chi-X Europe

500

14.77

11:00:45

London Stock Exchange

87

14.77

11:00:45

London Stock Exchange

208

14.74

11:08:59

London Stock Exchange

2

14.74

11:08:59

London Stock Exchange

66

14.74

11:11:16

London Stock Exchange

133

14.74

11:11:16

London Stock Exchange

176

14.74

11:11:16

London Stock Exchange

212

14.73

11:16:05

London Stock Exchange

212

14.78

11:38:33

London Stock Exchange

94

14.79

11:53:14

London Stock Exchange

135

14.79

11:53:14

London Stock Exchange

100

14.82

12:03:06

BATS Europe

135

14.82

12:03:06

London Stock Exchange

203

14.82

12:03:06

London Stock Exchange

324

14.81

12:04:16

London Stock Exchange

249

14.80

12:12:20

London Stock Exchange

210

14.80

12:17:55

London Stock Exchange

210

14.82

12:24:16

London Stock Exchange

105

14.81

12:25:00

London Stock Exchange

105

14.81

12:25:00

London Stock Exchange

261

14.80

12:27:57

London Stock Exchange

180

14.81

12:36:06

Chi-X Europe

38

14.82

12:36:34

London Stock Exchange

252

14.83

12:39:35

London Stock Exchange

272

14.87

12:49:50

London Stock Exchange

167

14.88

12:51:40

London Stock Exchange

43

14.88

12:52:02

London Stock Exchange

210

14.88

12:52:02

London Stock Exchange

144

14.89

13:04:45

London Stock Exchange

106

14.89

13:04:45

London Stock Exchange

210

14.89

13:07:22

London Stock Exchange

210

14.85

13:10:27

London Stock Exchange

110

14.83

13:12:34

Turquoise

100

14.83

13:12:34

London Stock Exchange

24

14.83

13:12:47

London Stock Exchange

105

14.86

13:17:31

London Stock Exchange

166

14.86

13:17:31

London Stock Exchange

250

14.85

13:17:53

London Stock Exchange

21

14.86

13:18:10

London Stock Exchange

64

14.86

13:18:10

London Stock Exchange

327

14.86

13:18:10

London Stock Exchange

267

14.86

13:18:10

Turquoise

202

14.86

13:18:10

London Stock Exchange

264

14.84

13:23:48

London Stock Exchange

241

14.84

13:23:48

Turquoise

400

14.84

13:23:48

London Stock Exchange

323

14.84

13:23:48

London Stock Exchange

210

14.83

13:27:33

London Stock Exchange

185

14.84

13:31:50

London Stock Exchange

25

14.84

13:31:50

London Stock Exchange

210

14.85

13:35:29

London Stock Exchange

45

14.89

13:51:13

Turquoise

187

14.89

13:51:13

London Stock Exchange

3

14.89

13:51:13

London Stock Exchange

90

14.93

13:54:22

BATS Europe

191

14.93

13:54:22

BATS Europe

350

14.91

13:57:53

London Stock Exchange

143

14.91

13:57:53

London Stock Exchange

118

14.91

13:57:53

Turquoise

215

14.91

13:57:53

Turquoise

514

14.91

13:57:53

London Stock Exchange

207

14.91

13:57:53

London Stock Exchange

6

14.91

13:57:53

Turquoise

260

14.88

14:01:43

London Stock Exchange

140

14.88

14:01:43

London Stock Exchange

90

14.88

14:01:43

BATS Europe

210

14.88

14:11:22

London Stock Exchange

239

14.88

14:11:22

London Stock Exchange

101

14.88

14:11:22

London Stock Exchange

245

14.88

14:11:22

London Stock Exchange

210

14.86

14:13:53

London Stock Exchange

210

14.86

14:19:19

Turquoise

103

14.86

14:19:19

London Stock Exchange

127

14.86

14:19:19

London Stock Exchange

145

14.86

14:19:19

London Stock Exchange

417

14.83

14:29:40

London Stock Exchange

50

14.83

14:29:40

London Stock Exchange

327

14.83

14:29:40

London Stock Exchange

5

14.84

14:33:55

London Stock Exchange

372

14.84

14:33:55

London Stock Exchange

40

14.85

14:37:45

London Stock Exchange

170

14.85

14:37:45

London Stock Exchange

210

14.86

14:40:23

London Stock Exchange

599

14.85

14:41:39

London Stock Exchange

210

14.86

14:42:38

London Stock Exchange

210

14.91

14:49:36

London Stock Exchange

17

14.92

14:57:33

London Stock Exchange

215

14.92

14:57:33

London Stock Exchange

210

14.92

14:58:29

London Stock Exchange

194

14.92

15:01:18

London Stock Exchange

49

14.92

15:01:18

London Stock Exchange

65

14.93

15:04:29

Turquoise

167

14.93

15:04:29

BATS Europe

365

14.92

15:09:11

London Stock Exchange

250

14.92

15:09:11

London Stock Exchange

175

14.92

15:09:11

London Stock Exchange

273

14.92

15:09:11

London Stock Exchange

484

14.92

15:09:11

London Stock Exchange

264

14.92

15:10:08

London Stock Exchange

340

14.93

15:10:26

London Stock Exchange

257

14.92

15:12:16

London Stock Exchange

245

14.93

15:18:36

London Stock Exchange

322

14.93

15:18:36

London Stock Exchange

74

14.93

15:18:36

London Stock Exchange

210

14.93

15:18:36

London Stock Exchange

210

14.92

15:20:33

London Stock Exchange

36

14.90

15:26:06

London Stock Exchange

41

14.89

15:27:22

London Stock Exchange

43

14.89

15:27:23

London Stock Exchange

74

14.91

15:29:16

London Stock Exchange

191

14.91

15:29:16

London Stock Exchange

269

14.88

15:32:03

London Stock Exchange

258

14.87

15:35:11

London Stock Exchange

100

14.88

15:39:13

London Stock Exchange

165

14.88

15:39:13

London Stock Exchange

230

14.87

15:43:51

London Stock Exchange

100

14.87

15:48:29

London Stock Exchange

56

14.87

15:48:29

London Stock Exchange

15

14.87

15:48:29

London Stock Exchange

51

14.87

15:48:29

London Stock Exchange

46

14.87

15:48:29

London Stock Exchange

276

14.86

15:48:47

London Stock Exchange

175

14.85

15:55:06

Turquoise

76

14.86

15:57:32

London Stock Exchange

17

14.86

15:57:32

London Stock Exchange

286

14.86

15:57:32

London Stock Exchange

84

14.85

16:01:11

London Stock Exchange

184

14.85

16:01:11

London Stock Exchange

11

14.85

16:03:31

Turquoise

58

14.85

16:03:31

Chi-X Europe

168

14.85

16:03:31

Chi-X Europe

267

14.84

16:04:59

London Stock Exchange

220

14.85

16:08:11

London Stock Exchange

86

14.85

16:10:46

London Stock Exchange

208

14.85

16:10:46

London Stock Exchange

44

14.85

16:13:35

London Stock Exchange

224

14.85

16:13:35

London Stock Exchange

161

14.85

16:14:28

London Stock Exchange

68

14.85

16:14:28

London Stock Exchange

71

14.85

16:14:28

London Stock Exchange

102

14.85

16:16:38

London Stock Exchange

143

14.85

16:16:38

London Stock Exchange

50

14.85

16:19:14

London Stock Exchange

227

14.85

16:19:37

London Stock Exchange

95

14.85

16:19:40

BATS Europe

90

14.85

16:19:40

BATS Europe

83

14.85

16:19:40

BATS Europe

273

14.86

16:22:14

Chi-X Europe

268

14.88

16:24:47

Chi-X Europe

33

14.88

16:24:49

BATS Europe

150

14.88

16:24:49

BATS Europe

69

14.88

16:24:49

London Stock Exchange

39

14.88

16:24:49

London Stock Exchange

281

14.86

16:27:09

London Stock Exchange

210

14.86

16:28:54

London Stock Exchange

242

14.86

16:28:54

London Stock Exchange

562

14.86

16:35:02

London Stock Exchange

4238

14.86

16:35:02

London Stock Exchange

 


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