Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9212V
WH Smith PLC
02 February 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:                                            02 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   20,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1640.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1624.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1630.3464 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,849,942 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:          02 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1624.0000

439

Chi-X Europe

1629.2330

3,790

Turquoise

1631.8192

1,615

London Stock Exchange

1630.6732

14,156

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

26

16.33

08:05:12

London Stock Exchange

220

16.28

08:06:32

Chi-X Europe

204

16.30

08:07:22

Chi-X Europe

343

16.28

08:14:01

Chi-X Europe

14

16.28

08:14:01

Chi-X Europe

204

16.34

08:26:49

London Stock Exchange

204

16.35

08:49:28

London Stock Exchange

125

16.40

09:10:34

London Stock Exchange

168

16.40

09:10:34

London Stock Exchange

39

16.40

09:10:34

London Stock Exchange

208

16.38

09:10:36

London Stock Exchange

139

16.38

09:10:36

London Stock Exchange

77

16.38

09:10:36

Turquoise

250

16.38

09:10:36

Turquoise

27

16.38

09:10:36

Turquoise

358

16.39

09:32:02

London Stock Exchange

201

16.39

09:32:02

Chi-X Europe

4

16.39

09:32:02

Chi-X Europe

204

16.37

09:37:04

London Stock Exchange

212

16.36

09:41:42

London Stock Exchange

9

16.36

09:41:42

London Stock Exchange

266

16.33

09:48:18

London Stock Exchange

219

16.33

10:05:45

London Stock Exchange

263

16.32

10:06:23

London Stock Exchange

3

16.32

10:06:23

London Stock Exchange

351

16.33

10:29:54

London Stock Exchange

204

16.33

10:29:54

London Stock Exchange

266

16.31

10:38:20

London Stock Exchange

196

16.31

11:02:18

London Stock Exchange

213

16.31

11:02:18

London Stock Exchange

204

16.31

11:02:18

London Stock Exchange

268

16.29

11:12:16

London Stock Exchange

266

16.31

11:30:21

London Stock Exchange

204

16.30

11:35:02

London Stock Exchange

200

16.27

11:41:40

London Stock Exchange

66

16.27

11:41:40

London Stock Exchange

266

16.26

11:58:25

London Stock Exchange

204

16.26

11:58:25

London Stock Exchange

179

16.28

12:29:50

Turquoise

97

16.28

12:29:50

Turquoise

85

16.30

12:29:50

London Stock Exchange

235

16.28

12:29:50

Chi-X Europe

204

16.32

12:37:24

London Stock Exchange

200

16.31

12:48:48

London Stock Exchange

4

16.31

12:48:48

London Stock Exchange

14

16.30

12:59:00

Chi-X Europe

312

16.30

12:59:03

London Stock Exchange

236

16.30

12:59:03

Chi-X Europe

233

16.27

13:17:17

London Stock Exchange

241

16.26

13:23:50

Chi-X Europe

4

16.26

13:23:50

Chi-X Europe

222

16.32

13:33:57

London Stock Exchange

222

16.32

13:33:57

London Stock Exchange

152

16.32

13:33:57

London Stock Exchange

22

16.30

13:43:12

London Stock Exchange

182

16.30

13:43:12

London Stock Exchange

218

16.30

13:43:12

Chi-X Europe

388

16.30

13:43:12

London Stock Exchange

214

16.30

13:53:42

London Stock Exchange

53

16.30

13:53:42

London Stock Exchange

358

16.32

14:02:44

London Stock Exchange

488

16.32

14:22:11

London Stock Exchange

245

16.32

14:22:11

Chi-X Europe

5

16.32

14:22:11

Chi-X Europe

1

16.35

14:25:01

Turquoise

203

16.35

14:25:01

Turquoise

265

16.34

14:32:27

London Stock Exchange

204

16.33

14:33:56

Turquoise

265

16.33

14:40:31

London Stock Exchange

147

16.30

14:46:46

London Stock Exchange

57

16.30

14:46:46

London Stock Exchange

315

16.29

14:53:48

London Stock Exchange

83

16.29

14:53:48

London Stock Exchange

173

16.27

15:00:12

London Stock Exchange

31

16.27

15:00:12

London Stock Exchange

248

16.27

15:00:12

London Stock Exchange

358

16.26

15:05:44

London Stock Exchange

182

16.26

15:16:31

London Stock Exchange

231

16.27

15:20:23

Chi-X Europe

62

16.27

15:20:23

London Stock Exchange

269

16.27

15:22:31

Chi-X Europe

177

16.27

15:23:31

London Stock Exchange

17

16.27

15:23:43

London Stock Exchange

267

16.29

15:32:43

London Stock Exchange

204

16.29

15:32:43

London Stock Exchange

167

16.32

15:53:59

Chi-X Europe

120

16.32

15:53:59

Chi-X Europe

348

16.32

15:53:59

Chi-X Europe

311

16.32

15:53:59

Turquoise

137

16.32

15:53:59

London Stock Exchange

309

16.32

15:53:59

London Stock Exchange

482

16.32

15:53:59

London Stock Exchange

164

16.26

16:13:01

London Stock Exchange

250

16.26

16:13:01

London Stock Exchange

204

16.26

16:13:01

London Stock Exchange

197

16.26

16:13:01

Chi-X Europe

7

16.26

16:13:01

Chi-X Europe

10

16.24

16:14:55

London Stock Exchange

257

16.24

16:14:55

London Stock Exchange

22

16.24

16:17:53

Chi-X Europe

204

16.24

16:19:46

London Stock Exchange

245

16.24

16:19:46

Chi-X Europe

15

16.24

16:24:10

London Stock Exchange

90

16.24

16:24:10

BATS Europe

90

16.24

16:24:10

BATS Europe

259

16.24

16:24:10

BATS Europe

149

16.24

16:24:10

London Stock Exchange

185

16.24

16:24:10

London Stock Exchange

187

16.24

16:24:10

Turquoise

79

16.24

16:24:10

Turquoise

45

16.24

16:24:10

London Stock Exchange

 


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