Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3518Q
WH Smith PLC
28 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 13 October 2016:

 

Date of purchase:                                            28 November 2016

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   40,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1492.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1477.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1483.5541 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 112,319,222 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:          28 November 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1483.2973

1,746

Chi-X Europe

1483.2266

1,955

Turquoise

1483.8949

2,388

London Stock Exchange

1483.5622

33,911

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

44

14.92

08:06:22

London Stock Exchange

222

14.92

08:18:36

London Stock Exchange

255

14.92

08:20:28

Turquoise

222

14.91

08:27:05

London Stock Exchange

444

14.91

08:27:05

London Stock Exchange

302

14.91

08:27:05

London Stock Exchange

98

14.87

08:40:35

London Stock Exchange

160

14.87

08:40:35

London Stock Exchange

48

14.87

08:40:35

London Stock Exchange

242

14.87

08:40:35

London Stock Exchange

120

14.86

09:00:13

London Stock Exchange

61

14.86

09:01:21

London Stock Exchange

120

14.86

09:02:30

London Stock Exchange

104

14.86

09:02:30

London Stock Exchange

222

14.86

09:02:30

London Stock Exchange

224

14.86

09:02:30

London Stock Exchange

31

14.83

09:17:09

London Stock Exchange

184

14.83

09:21:42

London Stock Exchange

62

14.83

09:21:42

London Stock Exchange

531

14.83

09:21:42

London Stock Exchange

52

14.85

09:36:08

London Stock Exchange

170

14.85

09:37:05

London Stock Exchange

661

14.84

09:39:06

London Stock Exchange

222

14.83

09:40:12

London Stock Exchange

222

14.82

09:58:32

London Stock Exchange

222

14.86

10:04:20

London Stock Exchange

90

14.88

10:13:33

BATS Europe

93

14.88

10:13:33

BATS Europe

39

14.88

10:13:33

BATS Europe

222

14.88

10:28:25

London Stock Exchange

120

14.88

10:28:25

London Stock Exchange

102

14.88

10:28:25

London Stock Exchange

222

14.88

10:28:38

London Stock Exchange

187

14.87

10:31:12

London Stock Exchange

124

14.88

10:35:45

London Stock Exchange

98

14.88

10:35:45

London Stock Exchange

316

14.88

10:42:05

London Stock Exchange

659

14.88

10:42:05

London Stock Exchange

280

14.87

10:42:22

London Stock Exchange

23

14.88

11:09:37

London Stock Exchange

213

14.88

11:09:37

London Stock Exchange

63

14.87

11:10:55

London Stock Exchange

250

14.87

11:10:55

London Stock Exchange

223

14.87

11:10:55

London Stock Exchange

250

14.87

11:10:55

London Stock Exchange

83

14.87

11:10:55

London Stock Exchange

230

14.87

11:10:55

Chi-X Europe

222

14.86

11:11:42

London Stock Exchange

277

14.85

11:25:32

London Stock Exchange

134

14.85

11:25:35

London Stock Exchange

16

14.85

11:25:35

London Stock Exchange

222

14.85

11:25:35

London Stock Exchange

427

14.84

11:34:07

London Stock Exchange

176

14.83

11:46:24

London Stock Exchange

251

14.83

11:46:24

London Stock Exchange

231

14.79

12:20:29

London Stock Exchange

3

14.79

12:21:02

London Stock Exchange

915

14.81

12:37:03

London Stock Exchange

292

14.81

12:37:03

London Stock Exchange

545

14.81

12:37:03

London Stock Exchange

222

14.83

12:43:32

London Stock Exchange

68

14.78

13:05:46

London Stock Exchange

164

14.78

13:05:46

London Stock Exchange

244

14.78

13:05:46

Chi-X Europe

159

14.78

13:05:46

London Stock Exchange

260

14.78

13:05:46

London Stock Exchange

182

14.78

13:05:46

London Stock Exchange

222

14.77

13:33:04

London Stock Exchange

444

14.77

13:33:04

London Stock Exchange

222

14.77

13:33:04

London Stock Exchange

59

14.77

13:33:04

London Stock Exchange

573

14.77

13:33:04

London Stock Exchange

37

14.77

13:43:25

London Stock Exchange

500

14.77

13:43:25

London Stock Exchange

111

14.77

13:43:25

London Stock Exchange

32

14.77

13:44:44

London Stock Exchange

190

14.77

13:45:37

London Stock Exchange

222

14.78

14:06:20

London Stock Exchange

266

14.78

14:06:21

BATS Europe

797

14.79

14:11:23

London Stock Exchange

101

14.79

14:11:23

BATS Europe

70

14.79

14:11:23

BATS Europe

64

14.79

14:11:23

London Stock Exchange

186

14.81

14:24:25

London Stock Exchange

224

14.86

14:37:04

London Stock Exchange

222

14.85

14:39:45

BATS Europe

123

14.84

14:41:56

Chi-X Europe

215

14.84

14:41:56

Chi-X Europe

240

14.84

14:41:56

London Stock Exchange

549

14.84

14:41:56

London Stock Exchange

231

14.84

14:44:07

London Stock Exchange

7

14.84

14:45:02

London Stock Exchange

252

14.84

14:45:02

London Stock Exchange

428

14.83

14:51:47

London Stock Exchange

222

14.83

14:51:47

London Stock Exchange

222

14.82

14:52:30

London Stock Exchange

74

14.81

15:00:00

London Stock Exchange

148

14.81

15:00:00

London Stock Exchange

264

14.81

15:00:00

London Stock Exchange

165

14.81

15:00:00

London Stock Exchange

400

14.84

15:05:30

London Stock Exchange

344

14.84

15:05:30

London Stock Exchange

90

14.84

15:05:30

Chi-X Europe

250

14.84

15:05:30

London Stock Exchange

11

14.84

15:05:30

Chi-X Europe

14

14.84

15:05:30

London Stock Exchange

120

14.84

15:05:30

Chi-X Europe

330

14.84

15:05:30

London Stock Exchange

181

14.84

15:05:30

Chi-X Europe

90

14.84

15:05:30

BATS Europe

70

14.84

15:05:30

BATS Europe

100

14.84

15:05:30

BATS Europe

500

14.83

15:12:28

London Stock Exchange

109

14.83

15:12:28

London Stock Exchange

222

14.83

15:12:28

London Stock Exchange

70

14.83

15:12:28

London Stock Exchange

152

14.83

15:12:28

London Stock Exchange

112

14.82

15:24:30

Chi-X Europe

35

14.82

15:24:30

Chi-X Europe

75

14.82

15:24:30

London Stock Exchange

149

14.85

15:31:02

London Stock Exchange

73

14.85

15:31:02

London Stock Exchange

222

14.85

15:34:04

London Stock Exchange

144

14.85

15:34:04

BATS Europe

80

14.85

15:34:04

BATS Europe

80

14.85

15:34:04

BATS Europe

32

14.85

15:34:04

BATS Europe

421

14.85

15:34:04

London Stock Exchange

445

14.85

15:34:04

London Stock Exchange

222

14.83

15:42:26

Chi-X Europe

329

14.83

15:42:26

London Stock Exchange

20

14.83

15:42:26

London Stock Exchange

222

14.83

15:42:26

Turquoise

77

14.83

15:42:26

London Stock Exchange

222

14.83

15:54:36

Chi-X Europe

297

14.83

15:54:36

London Stock Exchange

335

14.83

15:54:36

London Stock Exchange

293

14.83

15:54:36

Turquoise

103

14.83

16:00:44

London Stock Exchange

596

14.83

16:00:44

London Stock Exchange

100

14.83

16:13:40

BATS Europe

90

14.83

16:13:40

BATS Europe

32

14.83

16:13:40

BATS Europe

111

14.83

16:14:38

London Stock Exchange

111

14.83

16:14:38

London Stock Exchange

342

14.82

16:15:28

Turquoise

102

14.82

16:15:28

Turquoise

444

14.82

16:15:28

Turquoise

425

14.82

16:15:28

London Stock Exchange

7

14.84

16:16:53

London Stock Exchange

67

14.84

16:16:53

Turquoise

150

14.84

16:16:53

Chi-X Europe

363

14.84

16:20:46

Turquoise

626

14.84

16:20:46

London Stock Exchange

47

14.84

16:20:46

BATS Europe

533

14.85

16:26:33

London Stock Exchange

162

14.84

16:27:00

London Stock Exchange

527

14.84

16:27:00

London Stock Exchange

300

14.84

16:27:00

Turquoise

13

14.84

16:35:06

London Stock Exchange

8

14.84

16:35:06

London Stock Exchange

1

14.84

16:35:06

London Stock Exchange

466

14.84

16:35:06

London Stock Exchange

5512

14.84

16:35:06

London Stock Exchange

 


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