Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9939P
WH Smith PLC
23 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:                                            23 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   35,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1517.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1494.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1504.3738 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,420,444 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:          23 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1500.0999

1,691

Chi-X Europe

1504.1730

6,167

Turquoise

1502.0947

6,124

London Stock Exchange

1505.4406

21,018

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

86

15.06

08:04:11

London Stock Exchange

222

15.11

08:15:19

London Stock Exchange

43

15.11

08:15:19

London Stock Exchange

401

15.11

08:15:19

London Stock Exchange

210

15.13

08:24:20

London Stock Exchange

231

15.13

08:24:20

London Stock Exchange

8

15.08

09:42:39

London Stock Exchange

11

15.08

09:42:39

London Stock Exchange

9

15.08

09:42:39

London Stock Exchange

335

15.07

09:43:52

London Stock Exchange

262

15.05

10:00:07

London Stock Exchange

73

15.05

10:00:07

London Stock Exchange

222

15.05

10:00:07

London Stock Exchange

205

15.05

10:00:07

London Stock Exchange

17

15.05

10:00:07

London Stock Exchange

206

15.06

10:10:05

London Stock Exchange

84

15.06

10:10:05

London Stock Exchange

32

15.06

10:20:25

Turquoise

190

15.06

10:20:25

Turquoise

45

15.05

10:21:14

Turquoise

368

15.07

10:30:21

London Stock Exchange

419

15.07

10:30:21

Turquoise

449

15.06

10:30:23

Turquoise

376

15.06

10:38:27

London Stock Exchange

353

15.06

10:50:01

London Stock Exchange

17

15.06

10:50:01

Turquoise

250

15.06

10:50:01

Turquoise

40

15.06

10:50:01

Turquoise

335

15.06

10:57:47

Turquoise

203

15.07

11:17:11

London Stock Exchange

20

15.07

11:17:11

London Stock Exchange

215

15.06

11:19:04

Chi-X Europe

50

15.06

11:19:04

Chi-X Europe

340

15.06

11:19:04

London Stock Exchange

222

15.06

11:19:04

Turquoise

241

15.03

11:24:27

London Stock Exchange

96

15.03

11:24:27

London Stock Exchange

20

15.02

11:30:07

London Stock Exchange

53

15.02

11:30:07

London Stock Exchange

101

15.02

11:30:07

London Stock Exchange

17

15.02

11:30:07

Chi-X Europe

172

15.02

11:33:47

Chi-X Europe

200

15.02

11:33:47

Chi-X Europe

22

15.02

11:33:47

Chi-X Europe

222

15.10

11:59:01

London Stock Exchange

250

15.11

12:02:01

London Stock Exchange

1

15.11

12:02:01

London Stock Exchange

155

15.11

12:02:01

London Stock Exchange

109

15.11

12:02:01

London Stock Exchange

61

15.11

12:02:01

London Stock Exchange

236

15.10

12:11:01

London Stock Exchange

883

15.10

12:11:01

London Stock Exchange

4

15.11

12:11:14

London Stock Exchange

15

15.11

12:11:14

London Stock Exchange

233

15.11

12:11:14

London Stock Exchange

223

15.10

12:35:30

Chi-X Europe

444

15.10

12:35:30

London Stock Exchange

202

15.10

12:35:30

Chi-X Europe

20

15.10

12:35:30

Chi-X Europe

557

15.09

12:47:32

London Stock Exchange

223

15.09

12:47:32

London Stock Exchange

332

15.10

12:52:48

London Stock Exchange

5

15.10

12:52:48

London Stock Exchange

46

15.17

12:58:47

London Stock Exchange

432

15.17

12:58:47

London Stock Exchange

4

15.13

13:05:49

London Stock Exchange

331

15.13

13:05:49

London Stock Exchange

337

15.10

13:17:13

London Stock Exchange

222

15.10

13:17:13

Turquoise

34

15.11

13:23:01

Chi-X Europe

250

15.11

13:23:01

Chi-X Europe

172

15.11

13:23:01

Chi-X Europe

307

15.09

13:36:10

Chi-X Europe

224

15.09

13:36:10

London Stock Exchange

53

15.09

13:36:10

London Stock Exchange

364

15.09

13:39:13

Chi-X Europe

311

15.08

13:52:14

London Stock Exchange

397

15.08

13:52:14

Chi-X Europe

146

15.06

13:59:35

London Stock Exchange

317

15.06

13:59:35

London Stock Exchange

222

15.05

14:17:15

London Stock Exchange

379

15.05

14:17:15

Chi-X Europe

500

15.05

14:17:15

London Stock Exchange

6

15.05

14:17:15

London Stock Exchange

342

15.02

14:23:02

London Stock Exchange

337

15.02

14:28:01

Chi-X Europe

335

15.04

14:32:34

London Stock Exchange

342

15.05

14:38:52

London Stock Exchange

222

15.05

14:38:52

London Stock Exchange

161

15.04

14:42:20

London Stock Exchange

174

15.04

14:42:20

London Stock Exchange

476

15.06

14:50:27

London Stock Exchange

668

15.06

15:00:11

London Stock Exchange

353

15.06

15:00:11

Chi-X Europe

222

15.08

15:07:12

London Stock Exchange

9

15.06

15:18:07

London Stock Exchange

213

15.06

15:18:07

BATS Europe

241

15.06

15:18:35

London Stock Exchange

155

15.06

15:21:30

London Stock Exchange

67

15.06

15:21:30

London Stock Exchange

226

15.05

15:21:50

Turquoise

357

15.05

15:21:50

London Stock Exchange

1

15.05

15:21:50

Turquoise

406

15.05

15:21:50

Chi-X Europe

336

15.04

15:25:49

London Stock Exchange

336

14.99

15:28:57

London Stock Exchange

576

14.99

15:37:24

London Stock Exchange

132

15.01

15:52:02

Turquoise

90

15.01

15:52:02

BATS Europe

4

15.01

15:52:09

Turquoise

58

15.01

15:52:09

Turquoise

100

15.01

15:52:09

Turquoise

125

15.01

15:52:09

Turquoise

64

15.01

15:52:09

Turquoise

264

15.01

15:52:09

London Stock Exchange

111

15.01

15:55:15

Chi-X Europe

8

15.01

16:01:30

London Stock Exchange

103

15.01

16:01:55

London Stock Exchange

309

15.01

16:01:55

London Stock Exchange

160

15.01

16:01:55

Chi-X Europe

65

15.01

16:01:55

Chi-X Europe

135

15.01

16:01:55

Turquoise

222

15.01

16:01:55

London Stock Exchange

157

15.01

16:01:55

Turquoise

368

15.01

16:01:55

London Stock Exchange

866

15.00

16:08:42

Turquoise

1198

15.00

16:08:42

BATS Europe

100

15.00

16:08:42

Chi-X Europe

90

15.00

16:08:42

BATS Europe

110

15.00

16:08:42

Turquoise

256

15.00

16:08:42

London Stock Exchange

110

15.00

16:08:42

Turquoise

214

15.00

16:08:42

London Stock Exchange

328

15.00

16:08:42

Turquoise

1198

15.00

16:08:42

Chi-X Europe

264

15.00

16:10:47

Turquoise

330

15.00

16:10:47

Turquoise

266

15.00

16:10:47

London Stock Exchange

389

15.00

16:10:47

London Stock Exchange

444

15.00

16:10:47

London Stock Exchange

252

14.99

16:14:11

London Stock Exchange

8

14.99

16:16:31

London Stock Exchange

223

14.99

16:17:23

London Stock Exchange

228

14.99

16:17:23

London Stock Exchange

222

14.99

16:17:23

London Stock Exchange

335

14.97

16:20:06

Turquoise

222

14.97

16:20:06

Chi-X Europe

332

14.96

16:25:02

Turquoise

229

14.96

16:25:02

London Stock Exchange

226

14.96

16:25:02

Turquoise

108

14.94

16:28:20

Chi-X Europe

83

14.94

16:28:20

Chi-X Europe

100

14.94

16:28:20

BATS Europe

222

14.94

16:28:43

London Stock Exchange

276

14.94

16:29:47

London Stock Exchange

41

14.94

16:29:47

London Stock Exchange

 


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