Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5170V
WH Smith PLC
30 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:                                            30 January 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   20,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1638.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1614.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1625.9350 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,888,894 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:          30 January 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1638.0000

347

Chi-X Europe

1620.5281

2,352

Turquoise

1626.5481

675

London Stock Exchange

1626.4232

16,626

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

327

16.15

08:24:16

Chi-X Europe

223

16.17

08:24:53

Chi-X Europe

450

16.17

08:24:53

London Stock Exchange

37

16.15

08:25:26

London Stock Exchange

253

16.16

08:29:36

Chi-X Europe

255

16.14

08:36:01

London Stock Exchange

45

16.20

09:01:59

London Stock Exchange

123

16.20

09:04:42

London Stock Exchange

115

16.20

09:04:44

London Stock Exchange

8

16.20

09:12:17

London Stock Exchange

484

16.21

09:32:34

London Stock Exchange

88

16.21

09:32:37

Chi-X Europe

43

16.23

09:38:54

London Stock Exchange

107

16.20

09:46:20

London Stock Exchange

108

16.20

09:46:20

London Stock Exchange

276

16.20

09:46:29

London Stock Exchange

259

16.20

09:46:29

London Stock Exchange

200

16.20

09:46:29

London Stock Exchange

250

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

57

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

35

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

150

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

99

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

13

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

240

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

150

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

150

16.20

09:46:30

London Stock Exchange

100

16.20

09:46:30

Chi-X Europe

130

16.20

09:46:30

Chi-X Europe

130

16.20

09:46:30

Chi-X Europe

50

16.20

09:46:30

Chi-X Europe

130

16.20

09:46:30

Chi-X Europe

366

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

354

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

9

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

99

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

214

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

99

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

150

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

99

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

99

16.20

09:48:51

London Stock Exchange

82

16.20

09:48:51

Chi-X Europe

97

16.20

09:48:51

Chi-X Europe

303

16.20

09:53:58

London Stock Exchange

211

16.20

09:58:19

London Stock Exchange

94

16.20

09:58:19

London Stock Exchange

239

16.20

09:58:19

London Stock Exchange

7

16.20

10:05:16

London Stock Exchange

207

16.20

10:05:16

Chi-X Europe

234

16.21

10:05:16

London Stock Exchange

219

16.19

10:15:44

London Stock Exchange

15

16.19

10:15:44

London Stock Exchange

382

16.19

10:36:53

London Stock Exchange

234

16.18

10:56:00

London Stock Exchange

40

16.18

11:13:40

London Stock Exchange

27

16.22

11:37:05

London Stock Exchange

125

16.21

11:42:11

London Stock Exchange

176

16.21

11:42:11

London Stock Exchange

36

16.21

11:42:16

London Stock Exchange

295

16.23

11:58:04

London Stock Exchange

364

16.22

12:16:20

London Stock Exchange

33

16.22

12:26:50

London Stock Exchange

54

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

128

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

100

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

58

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

223

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

130

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

150

16.20

12:31:37

Turquoise

132

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

151

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

134

16.20

12:31:37

Turquoise

99

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

134

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

100

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

188

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

27

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

130

16.20

12:31:37

London Stock Exchange

120

16.20

12:31:37

Chi-X Europe

130

16.20

12:31:37

Chi-X Europe

19

16.20

12:32:15

London Stock Exchange

26

16.23

12:52:09

London Stock Exchange

187

16.24

13:14:25

Turquoise

210

16.24

13:14:25

London Stock Exchange

311

16.24

13:14:25

London Stock Exchange

20

16.31

13:33:44

London Stock Exchange

261

16.31

13:33:44

London Stock Exchange

30

16.31

13:33:44

London Stock Exchange

110

16.32

13:38:04

Chi-X Europe

147

16.32

13:38:38

London Stock Exchange

208

16.32

13:44:56

London Stock Exchange

44

16.37

13:50:50

London Stock Exchange

201

16.36

13:57:03

London Stock Exchange

48

16.36

13:57:03

London Stock Exchange

100

16.35

13:57:08

London Stock Exchange

181

16.35

13:57:08

London Stock Exchange

100

16.35

13:57:14

London Stock Exchange

28

16.38

14:03:07

London Stock Exchange

29

16.38

14:07:44

London Stock Exchange

1

16.37

14:11:00

London Stock Exchange

187

16.37

14:12:00

London Stock Exchange

11

16.38

14:13:10

London Stock Exchange

197

16.38

14:13:10

London Stock Exchange

79

16.38

14:13:10

London Stock Exchange

100

16.38

14:13:10

London Stock Exchange

56

16.38

14:13:10

London Stock Exchange

214

16.38

14:13:11

London Stock Exchange

128

16.38

14:13:11

London Stock Exchange

307

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

8

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

100

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

112

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

98

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

38

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

135

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

156

16.38

14:13:33

Chi-X Europe

154

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

124

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

60

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

98

16.38

14:13:33

London Stock Exchange

165

16.38

14:26:36

London Stock Exchange

63

16.38

14:26:36

London Stock Exchange

214

16.38

14:27:32

London Stock Exchange

57

16.38

14:27:32

London Stock Exchange

265

16.38

14:32:52

London Stock Exchange

16

16.38

14:32:52

London Stock Exchange

160

16.38

14:32:52

Turquoise

250

16.38

14:32:52

London Stock Exchange

280

16.38

14:32:52

London Stock Exchange

49

16.38

14:32:52

London Stock Exchange

307

16.38

14:32:52

London Stock Exchange

297

16.38

14:33:08

London Stock Exchange

310

16.38

14:33:08

London Stock Exchange

230

16.38

14:33:08

London Stock Exchange

19

16.38

14:33:08

Chi-X Europe

24

16.38

14:33:08

London Stock Exchange

44

16.38

14:33:08

Turquoise

98

16.38

14:33:08

London Stock Exchange

347

16.38

14:33:08

BATS Europe

 


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