Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1397V

WH Smith PLC

25 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 25 January 2017, the following number of its ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme announced on 25 January 2017:

Date of purchase:                                            25 January 2017

Number of Shares purchased:                   10,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1580.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1579.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1579.9961 pence

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

The Company has 111,902,432 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:          25 January 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
BATS Europe	1580.0000	150
Chi-X Europe	1580.0000	526
Turquoise	1580.0000	322
London Stock Exchange	1579.9957	9,002

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
39	15.79	13:32:01	London Stock Exchange
60	15.80	13:32:16	BATS Europe
90	15.80	13:32:16	BATS Europe
436	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
1760	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
70	15.80	13:32:16	Turquoise
252	15.80	13:32:16	Turquoise
605	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
186	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
193	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
196	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
600	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
250	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
197	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
4267	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
273	15.80	13:32:16	London Stock Exchange
207	15.80	13:32:16	Chi-X Europe
57	15.80	13:32:16	Chi-X Europe
100	15.80	13:32:16	Chi-X Europe
162	15.80	13:32:16	Chi-X Europe

 

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