Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1285X
WH Smith PLC
16 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 and as detailed further in an announcement dated 15 February 2017:

 

Date of purchase:                                            16 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   27,500 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1634.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1620.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1627.6068 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,649,942 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:          16 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1625.0000

25

Chi-X Europe

1626.7396

3,191

Turquoise

1626.8886

8,537

London Stock Exchange

1628.1760

15,747

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

25

16.25

08:00:11

BATS Europe

218

16.28

08:20:05

London Stock Exchange

140

16.29

08:27:53

London Stock Exchange

78

16.29

08:27:53

London Stock Exchange

286

16.30

08:30:25

London Stock Exchange

218

16.31

08:40:52

London Stock Exchange

24

16.30

08:48:37

Chi-X Europe

559

16.30

08:48:37

Chi-X Europe

218

16.30

08:48:37

Chi-X Europe

218

16.29

08:56:15

London Stock Exchange

266

16.26

09:05:49

Chi-X Europe

147

16.24

09:19:34

Chi-X Europe

71

16.24

09:19:34

Chi-X Europe

218

16.24

09:19:34

Turquoise

267

16.21

09:25:16

London Stock Exchange

218

16.22

09:48:56

London Stock Exchange

218

16.23

09:50:40

London Stock Exchange

321

16.22

09:58:30

Turquoise

218

16.21

09:59:40

London Stock Exchange

25

16.20

10:07:57

Turquoise

3

16.20

10:07:57

Turquoise

3

16.20

10:07:57

Turquoise

161

16.21

10:16:50

London Stock Exchange

132

16.21

10:17:55

London Stock Exchange

72

16.21

10:17:55

London Stock Exchange

116

16.21

10:17:55

London Stock Exchange

145

16.24

10:32:06

London Stock Exchange

121

16.24

10:33:33

London Stock Exchange

218

16.24

10:38:56

London Stock Exchange

266

16.23

10:48:29

Turquoise

239

16.23

11:08:02

Turquoise

237

16.25

11:27:42

London Stock Exchange

218

16.25

11:29:54

Turquoise

268

16.25

11:29:54

Turquoise

1

16.28

11:41:28

Turquoise

352

16.28

11:41:48

Turquoise

42

16.28

11:53:02

Turquoise

132

16.28

11:53:02

Turquoise

92

16.28

11:55:14

Turquoise

218

16.29

12:12:47

London Stock Exchange

39

16.28

12:26:19

Turquoise

218

16.28

12:34:14

Turquoise

436

16.27

12:46:13

London Stock Exchange

272

16.27

12:46:13

Turquoise

218

16.27

12:46:13

Turquoise

271

16.29

12:46:42

Turquoise

272

16.28

12:54:25

London Stock Exchange

218

16.30

13:15:13

London Stock Exchange

246

16.30

13:18:12

Turquoise

352

16.30

13:18:12

London Stock Exchange

218

16.29

13:25:02

London Stock Exchange

218

16.29

13:25:02

London Stock Exchange

406

16.29

13:25:02

London Stock Exchange

303

16.29

13:25:02

Turquoise

185

16.27

13:32:05

Turquoise

90

16.27

13:32:05

Turquoise

424

16.30

13:42:05

London Stock Exchange

1

16.30

13:42:05

Turquoise

361

16.30

13:42:05

Turquoise

272

16.28

13:47:14

London Stock Exchange

9

16.27

13:58:24

London Stock Exchange

263

16.27

14:02:13

London Stock Exchange

218

16.27

14:02:13

London Stock Exchange

285

16.26

14:03:23

Turquoise

272

16.24

14:09:12

Turquoise

271

16.23

14:12:21

Chi-X Europe

218

16.21

14:19:23

London Stock Exchange

271

16.21

14:19:23

Turquoise

120

16.24

14:20:35

Chi-X Europe

100

16.24

14:20:35

Chi-X Europe

218

16.23

14:20:39

Turquoise

72

16.23

14:25:20

London Stock Exchange

363

16.25

14:32:54

Turquoise

567

16.25

14:32:54

London Stock Exchange

1

16.27

14:37:10

Turquoise

498

16.27

14:37:10

Turquoise

218

16.25

14:44:20

London Stock Exchange

297

16.25

14:44:20

London Stock Exchange

318

16.26

14:46:05

London Stock Exchange

273

16.26

14:52:41

London Stock Exchange

218

16.26

14:52:41

London Stock Exchange

316

16.27

14:57:24

Turquoise

99

16.27

14:59:49

London Stock Exchange

119

16.27

14:59:49

London Stock Exchange

102

16.27

15:01:50

Turquoise

82

16.27

15:01:50

Turquoise

82

16.27

15:01:50

Turquoise

49

16.27

15:01:50

Turquoise

46

16.27

15:01:50

Turquoise

189

16.27

15:14:54

London Stock Exchange

160

16.27

15:14:54

London Stock Exchange

32

16.27

15:15:00

London Stock Exchange

254

16.27

15:16:40

London Stock Exchange

218

16.27

15:16:40

Turquoise

218

16.27

15:16:40

Turquoise

91

16.29

15:22:52

Turquoise

214

16.29

15:27:52

Turquoise

68

16.30

15:29:39

London Stock Exchange

2

16.30

15:29:39

London Stock Exchange

148

16.30

15:29:39

London Stock Exchange

141

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

58

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

135

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

246

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

51

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

54

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

42

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

5

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

42

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

212

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

159

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

218

16.32

15:33:11

London Stock Exchange

28

16.32

15:33:11

Turquoise

236

16.32

15:33:11

Turquoise

260

16.32

15:33:11

Turquoise

286

16.34

15:51:00

London Stock Exchange

214

16.34

15:51:00

London Stock Exchange

98

16.34

15:51:00

London Stock Exchange

413

16.33

15:51:38

London Stock Exchange

297

16.33

15:51:38

Turquoise

218

16.33

15:51:38

Chi-X Europe

218

16.32

15:53:43

London Stock Exchange

164

16.28

16:01:46

London Stock Exchange

42

16.28

16:01:46

London Stock Exchange

83

16.28

16:01:46

London Stock Exchange

40

16.28

16:01:46

London Stock Exchange

45

16.28

16:01:46

London Stock Exchange

112

16.27

16:03:54

London Stock Exchange

157

16.27

16:05:29

London Stock Exchange

2

16.27

16:05:52

London Stock Exchange

151

16.26

16:06:39

Chi-X Europe

241

16.26

16:06:39

Chi-X Europe

273

16.25

16:11:08

London Stock Exchange

122

16.23

16:13:02

Chi-X Europe

90

16.23

16:13:37

Chi-X Europe

61

16.23

16:14:13

Chi-X Europe

81

16.23

16:14:41

Chi-X Europe

156

16.23

16:14:55

Chi-X Europe

6

16.23

16:15:03

Chi-X Europe

6

16.24

16:17:48

Turquoise

309

16.29

16:23:00

London Stock Exchange

2

16.29

16:23:00

Chi-X Europe

200

16.29

16:23:00

Chi-X Europe

77

16.29

16:23:00

Chi-X Europe

10

16.29

16:23:00

Chi-X Europe

218

16.30

16:23:09

London Stock Exchange

218

16.32

16:25:08

London Stock Exchange

218

16.33

16:25:56

London Stock Exchange

499

16.32

16:26:22

London Stock Exchange

7

16.32

16:27:15

London Stock Exchange

118

16.32

16:27:15

London Stock Exchange

93

16.32

16:27:15

London Stock Exchange

282

16.31

16:29:31

London Stock Exchange

76

16.31

16:29:31

London Stock Exchange

142

16.31

16:29:31

London Stock Exchange

 


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