Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1222Q
WH Smith PLC
24 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:                                            24 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   35,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1502.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1490.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1497.0793 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,389,222 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:          24 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1500.0744

699

Chi-X Europe

1497.2232

4,753

Turquoise

1496.9948

3,656

London Stock Exchange

1496.9839

25,892

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

41

14.99

08:00:54

London Stock Exchange

109

14.99

08:09:55

London Stock Exchange

324

14.99

08:09:55

London Stock Exchange

222

14.99

08:22:19

Chi-X Europe

200

14.99

08:22:19

London Stock Exchange

79

14.99

08:22:19

London Stock Exchange

49

14.98

08:23:06

London Stock Exchange

173

14.98

08:23:06

London Stock Exchange

187

14.95

08:32:23

London Stock Exchange

143

14.95

08:32:23

London Stock Exchange

550

14.90

08:44:23

London Stock Exchange

117

14.92

09:13:47

London Stock Exchange

107

14.92

09:13:47

London Stock Exchange

222

14.93

09:32:33

London Stock Exchange

227

14.93

09:33:30

London Stock Exchange

20

14.92

09:43:08

London Stock Exchange

918

14.92

09:43:08

London Stock Exchange

299

14.91

09:44:25

London Stock Exchange

284

14.91

09:49:37

London Stock Exchange

458

14.90

09:50:10

London Stock Exchange

1

14.90

09:50:10

London Stock Exchange

266

14.94

10:06:34

London Stock Exchange

95

14.94

10:06:34

London Stock Exchange

127

14.94

10:06:34

London Stock Exchange

210

14.93

10:08:07

London Stock Exchange

132

14.93

10:12:52

London Stock Exchange

224

14.93

10:12:52

London Stock Exchange

174

14.92

10:26:19

London Stock Exchange

48

14.92

10:26:19

London Stock Exchange

345

14.95

10:51:16

London Stock Exchange

448

14.95

10:51:16

Chi-X Europe

277

14.95

10:51:16

London Stock Exchange

310

14.96

10:55:01

London Stock Exchange

305

14.96

10:55:01

Turquoise

247

14.96

11:18:44

London Stock Exchange

104

14.96

11:29:14

Turquoise

76

14.96

11:29:35

London Stock Exchange

123

14.96

11:29:35

Turquoise

54

14.96

11:31:50

London Stock Exchange

391

14.96

11:40:21

Chi-X Europe

92

14.96

11:40:21

London Stock Exchange

264

14.96

11:40:21

Turquoise

222

14.96

11:40:21

Turquoise

222

14.95

11:41:10

Turquoise

455

14.96

11:48:18

London Stock Exchange

501

14.96

12:21:41

Turquoise

3

14.96

12:21:41

Turquoise

40

14.96

12:21:41

Turquoise

182

14.96

12:21:41

Turquoise

114

14.96

12:21:41

London Stock Exchange

242

14.96

12:21:41

London Stock Exchange

264

14.96

12:51:23

London Stock Exchange

366

14.96

12:51:23

London Stock Exchange

93

14.96

12:51:23

Turquoise

253

14.96

12:51:23

Turquoise

159

14.96

12:51:23

Turquoise

114

14.97

12:59:07

London Stock Exchange

81

14.97

12:59:07

London Stock Exchange

27

14.97

12:59:07

London Stock Exchange

222

14.97

13:36:05

Chi-X Europe

230

14.97

13:36:05

Chi-X Europe

130

14.97

13:37:08

London Stock Exchange

137

14.97

13:42:18

Chi-X Europe

582

14.97

13:42:18

London Stock Exchange

638

14.97

13:42:18

Chi-X Europe

7

14.97

13:42:18

London Stock Exchange

20

14.97

13:42:18

London Stock Exchange

50

14.97

13:42:18

London Stock Exchange

218

14.97

13:42:18

London Stock Exchange

48

14.97

13:42:18

London Stock Exchange

401

14.96

13:44:50

Chi-X Europe

288

14.96

14:04:52

Chi-X Europe

112

14.96

14:04:52

Chi-X Europe

386

14.98

14:08:17

Chi-X Europe

215

14.98

14:08:17

Chi-X Europe

481

14.98

14:08:17

London Stock Exchange

42

14.98

14:17:00

Chi-X Europe

242

14.98

14:32:28

London Stock Exchange

257

14.97

14:32:42

Chi-X Europe

27

14.97

14:32:42

Chi-X Europe

36

14.97

14:32:42

London Stock Exchange

223

14.97

14:32:42

London Stock Exchange

381

14.97

14:32:42

London Stock Exchange

133

14.97

14:32:42

London Stock Exchange

95

14.98

14:44:49

London Stock Exchange

127

14.98

14:44:49

London Stock Exchange

443

14.99

14:50:02

Chi-X Europe

408

14.99

14:50:02

London Stock Exchange

310

14.99

14:50:02

London Stock Exchange

90

14.98

14:50:35

BATS Europe

80

14.98

14:50:35

BATS Europe

52

14.98

14:50:35

London Stock Exchange

7

14.97

14:59:25

London Stock Exchange

137

14.97

15:00:00

London Stock Exchange

966

14.98

15:04:41

London Stock Exchange

53

14.99

15:07:44

London Stock Exchange

169

14.99

15:07:44

London Stock Exchange

180

14.99

15:21:19

BATS Europe

42

14.99

15:21:19

BATS Europe

58

14.99

15:25:14

London Stock Exchange

164

14.99

15:25:14

London Stock Exchange

222

15.00

15:30:55

London Stock Exchange

222

15.02

15:36:30

London Stock Exchange

90

15.02

15:36:48

BATS Europe

83

15.02

15:36:48

BATS Europe

300

15.02

15:36:48

London Stock Exchange

250

15.02

15:36:48

London Stock Exchange

192

15.02

15:36:48

London Stock Exchange

190

15.02

15:44:33

London Stock Exchange

120

15.02

15:44:33

London Stock Exchange

93

15.02

15:47:19

London Stock Exchange

129

15.02

15:47:19

London Stock Exchange

21

15.02

15:51:12

London Stock Exchange

28

15.02

15:51:12

London Stock Exchange

90

15.02

15:51:12

London Stock Exchange

134

15.02

15:51:12

BATS Europe

34

15.02

15:53:20

London Stock Exchange

11

15.02

15:53:20

London Stock Exchange

128

15.02

15:53:20

London Stock Exchange

224

15.02

15:53:20

London Stock Exchange

759

15.01

15:54:21

London Stock Exchange

212

15.01

15:54:21

Chi-X Europe

82

15.01

15:54:21

Chi-X Europe

304

15.00

16:01:10

Turquoise

652

15.00

16:01:10

London Stock Exchange

222

14.99

16:08:32

London Stock Exchange

308

14.99

16:08:32

London Stock Exchange

164

14.99

16:08:32

Turquoise

32

14.99

16:08:32

London Stock Exchange

135

14.99

16:08:32

Turquoise

360

14.99

16:14:01

Turquoise

410

14.99

16:14:01

London Stock Exchange

237

14.98

16:18:57

London Stock Exchange

159

14.98

16:18:57

London Stock Exchange

74

14.98

16:18:57

London Stock Exchange

153

14.98

16:18:57

London Stock Exchange

114

14.99

16:20:23

London Stock Exchange

34

14.99

16:21:32

London Stock Exchange

44

14.99

16:22:40

London Stock Exchange

95

14.99

16:22:40

Turquoise

35

14.99

16:23:02

London Stock Exchange

123

14.99

16:23:02

Turquoise

35

14.99

16:23:23

London Stock Exchange

124

14.99

16:23:28

London Stock Exchange

17

14.99

16:23:28

London Stock Exchange

46

14.99

16:23:28

London Stock Exchange

4

14.99

16:23:28

Turquoise

38

14.99

16:23:47

London Stock Exchange

138

14.99

16:23:47

London Stock Exchange

733

14.98

16:26:23

London Stock Exchange

244

14.98

16:26:23

London Stock Exchange

85

14.98

16:26:23

London Stock Exchange

40

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

8

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

778

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

12

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

15

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

3084

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

47

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

40

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

560

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

222

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

4

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

7

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

183

14.97

16:35:25

London Stock Exchange

 


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