Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5099P
WH Smith PLC
17 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:                                            17 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   35,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1515.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1484.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1504.8485 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,560,444 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:          17 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1505.3990

1,010

Chi-X Europe

1503.5061

3,659

Turquoise

1503.3591

10,178

London Stock Exchange

1505.8169

20,153

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

28

14.85

08:04:03

London Stock Exchange

305

14.84

08:04:11

London Stock Exchange

279

14.91

08:15:31

Chi-X Europe

39

14.90

08:16:59

Chi-X Europe

317

14.90

08:16:59

Chi-X Europe

221

14.93

08:32:31

London Stock Exchange

1

14.93

08:32:31

London Stock Exchange

63

14.99

08:46:01

London Stock Exchange

159

14.99

08:46:01

London Stock Exchange

270

14.98

08:46:31

London Stock Exchange

346

14.98

08:48:49

London Stock Exchange

250

14.98

08:48:49

London Stock Exchange

18

14.98

08:48:49

London Stock Exchange

83

14.98

08:48:49

London Stock Exchange

401

14.98

08:48:49

Turquoise

137

14.98

08:48:49

London Stock Exchange

206

15.01

08:57:54

Chi-X Europe

15

15.01

08:58:13

Chi-X Europe

18

15.01

08:58:13

Chi-X Europe

226

15.01

08:58:13

London Stock Exchange

236

15.01

09:01:06

London Stock Exchange

465

14.98

09:12:10

London Stock Exchange

220

14.99

09:12:28

London Stock Exchange

2

14.99

09:12:28

London Stock Exchange

25

15.00

09:23:34

London Stock Exchange

75

15.06

09:46:41

London Stock Exchange

212

15.06

09:46:41

London Stock Exchange

140

15.06

09:46:41

London Stock Exchange

347

15.06

09:46:41

Turquoise

132

15.06

09:49:11

London Stock Exchange

90

15.06

09:49:11

BATS Europe

84

15.05

09:52:20

Turquoise

229

15.05

09:52:20

London Stock Exchange

145

15.05

09:52:20

Turquoise

566

15.05

09:56:25

Turquoise

340

15.02

10:03:53

Chi-X Europe

317

15.01

10:10:51

Turquoise

23

15.01

10:10:51

Turquoise

341

15.00

10:15:30

London Stock Exchange

101

14.99

10:30:42

Turquoise

39

15.04

10:48:38

London Stock Exchange

183

15.04

10:48:38

London Stock Exchange

764

15.03

10:51:39

London Stock Exchange

52

15.03

10:51:39

London Stock Exchange

255

15.03

10:51:39

Turquoise

222

15.04

11:03:08

Chi-X Europe

349

15.04

11:03:08

London Stock Exchange

4

15.04

11:03:08

London Stock Exchange

119

15.05

11:23:33

Turquoise

103

15.05

11:23:33

Turquoise

134

15.07

11:44:49

BATS Europe

88

15.07

11:44:49

London Stock Exchange

220

15.06

11:47:00

Chi-X Europe

13

15.06

11:47:00

Chi-X Europe

283

15.05

11:47:00

Chi-X Europe

100

15.05

11:47:00

Chi-X Europe

222

15.05

11:47:00

London Stock Exchange

222

15.06

11:47:00

Chi-X Europe

176

15.05

11:51:40

Turquoise

46

15.05

11:51:40

Turquoise

66

15.05

11:51:40

London Stock Exchange

275

15.05

11:51:40

London Stock Exchange

179

15.01

11:59:37

Chi-X Europe

175

15.01

11:59:37

Chi-X Europe

340

14.99

12:08:55

London Stock Exchange

340

15.00

12:18:15

London Stock Exchange

460

14.97

12:31:13

London Stock Exchange

96

14.98

12:44:24

London Stock Exchange

166

14.98

12:44:24

London Stock Exchange

219

14.98

12:44:24

Turquoise

77

14.98

12:44:24

London Stock Exchange

3

14.98

12:44:24

Turquoise

8

14.97

13:00:29

Turquoise

214

14.97

13:00:29

Turquoise

407

14.97

13:00:29

London Stock Exchange

186

14.97

13:20:01

London Stock Exchange

136

14.97

13:20:01

London Stock Exchange

111

14.97

13:20:01

London Stock Exchange

111

14.97

13:20:01

London Stock Exchange

381

14.97

13:20:01

Turquoise

340

14.96

13:26:58

London Stock Exchange

305

14.93

13:38:07

London Stock Exchange

237

14.93

13:38:07

Turquoise

215

14.93

13:43:27

Turquoise

7

14.93

13:43:27

Turquoise

223

14.93

13:43:27

Turquoise

140

14.91

13:56:08

Turquoise

140

14.91

13:56:08

Turquoise

69

14.91

13:56:08

Turquoise

222

14.91

13:56:08

Turquoise

462

14.92

14:01:38

Turquoise

6

14.92

14:01:38

Turquoise

341

14.93

14:10:30

Turquoise

178

14.95

14:29:23

BATS Europe

87

14.95

14:29:23

BATS Europe

137

14.98

14:37:35

London Stock Exchange

77

14.98

14:37:35

London Stock Exchange

8

14.98

14:37:35

London Stock Exchange

124

14.98

14:37:35

London Stock Exchange

133

14.98

14:37:35

London Stock Exchange

388

15.03

14:41:05

Turquoise

413

15.03

14:41:05

London Stock Exchange

84

15.06

14:45:42

London Stock Exchange

138

15.06

14:45:42

London Stock Exchange

113

15.10

14:53:30

London Stock Exchange

109

15.10

14:53:30

London Stock Exchange

1

15.13

15:00:54

Chi-X Europe

221

15.13

15:01:16

London Stock Exchange

323

15.13

15:01:16

London Stock Exchange

86

15.13

15:01:16

Chi-X Europe

300

15.13

15:01:16

Chi-X Europe

286

15.15

15:07:31

London Stock Exchange

396

15.15

15:07:31

London Stock Exchange

222

15.15

15:07:31

London Stock Exchange

30

15.13

15:08:57

Chi-X Europe

192

15.13

15:09:08

Chi-X Europe

131

15.10

15:17:34

BATS Europe

91

15.10

15:17:34

Turquoise

112

15.11

15:24:38

London Stock Exchange

267

15.11

15:24:38

Chi-X Europe

324

15.11

15:24:38

London Stock Exchange

444

15.10

15:26:51

London Stock Exchange

222

15.10

15:30:38

Turquoise

224

15.09

15:31:49

London Stock Exchange

354

15.12

15:45:05

London Stock Exchange

222

15.12

15:53:49

London Stock Exchange

222

15.12

15:53:49

Turquoise

456

15.12

15:53:49

London Stock Exchange

413

15.12

15:53:49

Turquoise

63

15.11

15:59:01

London Stock Exchange

132

15.11

15:59:01

London Stock Exchange

9

15.11

16:02:32

London Stock Exchange

80

15.11

16:02:32

London Stock Exchange

276

15.11

16:02:32

Turquoise

215

15.11

16:02:32

Turquoise

222

15.11

16:02:32

London Stock Exchange

7

15.11

16:02:32

Turquoise

785

15.11

16:11:38

Turquoise

210

15.11

16:11:38

London Stock Exchange

339

15.09

16:15:31

Turquoise

222

15.09

16:15:31

Turquoise

123

15.08

16:19:36

Turquoise

150

15.08

16:19:36

Turquoise

70

15.08

16:19:36

Turquoise

155

15.08

16:19:36

Chi-X Europe

58

15.08

16:19:36

Turquoise

9

15.08

16:19:36

Turquoise

529

15.09

16:22:33

Turquoise

84

15.10

16:26:55

London Stock Exchange

210

15.10

16:26:55

BATS Europe

90

15.10

16:26:55

BATS Europe

132

15.11

16:27:43

London Stock Exchange

90

15.11

16:27:43

BATS Europe

121

15.10

16:28:00

Turquoise

368

15.10

16:28:00

Turquoise

313

15.13

16:35:01

London Stock Exchange

4687

15.13

16:35:01

London Stock Exchange

 


This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
 
END
 
 
POSMMMMMNNMGVZM

Companies

WH Smith (SMWH)
UK 100

Latest directors dealings