Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3865W
WH Smith PLC
08 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:                                            08 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   20,000 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1660.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1632.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1648.9530 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,769,942 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:          08 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1637.0000

455

Chi-X Europe

1646.0104

3,561

Turquoise

1648.1505

691

London Stock Exchange

1650.0300

15,293

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

25

16.33

08:00:12

London Stock Exchange

272

16.37

08:11:23

BATS Europe

183

16.37

08:11:23

BATS Europe

34

16.32

08:15:04

Chi-X Europe

172

16.32

08:15:04

Chi-X Europe

283

16.38

08:23:07

Chi-X Europe

172

16.35

08:37:28

London Stock Exchange

94

16.35

08:37:28

London Stock Exchange

13

16.33

08:50:09

London Stock Exchange

409

16.33

08:50:09

London Stock Exchange

205

16.37

09:35:15

London Stock Exchange

1

16.36

09:35:15

Turquoise

31

16.42

09:40:30

London Stock Exchange

177

16.42

09:40:30

London Stock Exchange

191

16.40

09:42:54

London Stock Exchange

287

16.40

09:42:54

London Stock Exchange

108

16.40

09:42:54

London Stock Exchange

245

16.40

09:42:54

Chi-X Europe

134

16.40

09:44:25

Turquoise

46

16.40

09:44:25

London Stock Exchange

26

16.40

09:44:25

London Stock Exchange

390

16.41

09:53:39

London Stock Exchange

267

16.47

10:04:46

London Stock Exchange

266

16.47

10:17:29

London Stock Exchange

29

16.45

10:20:57

London Stock Exchange

213

16.46

10:42:50

Chi-X Europe

206

16.46

10:51:23

Chi-X Europe

223

16.45

10:55:11

Chi-X Europe

74

16.46

11:12:40

London Stock Exchange

132

16.46

11:12:40

London Stock Exchange

295

16.47

11:23:58

Chi-X Europe

81

16.47

11:23:58

London Stock Exchange

216

16.47

11:23:58

London Stock Exchange

2

16.46

11:40:39

London Stock Exchange

286

16.46

11:41:13

London Stock Exchange

208

16.46

11:41:13

Chi-X Europe

158

16.45

11:41:13

London Stock Exchange

444

16.46

11:41:13

Chi-X Europe

6

16.47

11:59:32

London Stock Exchange

8

16.47

12:02:48

Chi-X Europe

9

16.47

12:03:35

Chi-X Europe

197

16.47

12:03:36

Chi-X Europe

301

16.47

12:03:36

London Stock Exchange

309

16.51

12:23:06

London Stock Exchange

188

16.51

12:23:06

London Stock Exchange

115

16.54

12:48:09

London Stock Exchange

91

16.54

12:48:09

London Stock Exchange

9

16.53

12:51:19

Turquoise

193

16.56

13:02:46

Chi-X Europe

42

16.56

13:02:46

Chi-X Europe

21

16.56

13:02:46

London Stock Exchange

338

16.56

13:02:53

London Stock Exchange

206

16.55

13:06:35

London Stock Exchange

325

16.54

13:08:43

London Stock Exchange

206

16.55

13:20:52

London Stock Exchange

451

16.54

13:24:52

London Stock Exchange

266

16.53

13:34:51

London Stock Exchange

110

16.52

13:36:54

London Stock Exchange

96

16.52

13:36:54

London Stock Exchange

266

16.52

13:44:54

London Stock Exchange

222

16.57

14:09:01

London Stock Exchange

400

16.57

14:09:01

London Stock Exchange

331

16.57

14:09:01

London Stock Exchange

69

16.57

14:09:01

London Stock Exchange

525

16.57

14:09:01

London Stock Exchange

206

16.60

14:36:49

London Stock Exchange

386

16.60

14:36:49

London Stock Exchange

49

16.57

14:53:30

Chi-X Europe

130

16.57

14:55:41

Chi-X Europe

98

16.57

14:56:04

London Stock Exchange

292

16.58

15:00:12

London Stock Exchange

412

16.58

15:00:12

London Stock Exchange

93

16.57

15:01:52

London Stock Exchange

131

16.57

15:01:52

London Stock Exchange

266

16.55

15:04:00

London Stock Exchange

600

16.53

15:14:38

London Stock Exchange

130

16.52

15:26:33

Turquoise

421

16.53

15:31:49

London Stock Exchange

240

16.53

15:31:49

Chi-X Europe

176

16.51

15:32:30

London Stock Exchange

30

16.51

15:32:30

London Stock Exchange

209

16.49

15:39:42

London Stock Exchange

211

16.49

15:39:42

Turquoise

206

16.50

15:51:53

Turquoise

429

16.50

15:51:53

London Stock Exchange

522

16.48

16:00:13

London Stock Exchange

206

16.48

16:11:36

London Stock Exchange

541

16.48

16:11:36

London Stock Exchange

372

16.47

16:17:41

London Stock Exchange

5

16.47

16:17:41

London Stock Exchange

370

16.47

16:17:41

Chi-X Europe

344

16.48

16:28:56

London Stock Exchange

615

16.48

16:29:07

London Stock Exchange

206

16.48

16:29:07

London Stock Exchange

206

16.47

16:29:33

London Stock Exchange

 


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