Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2237X
WH Smith PLC
17 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:                                            17 February 2017

               

Number of Shares purchased:                   27,500 Shares

               

Highest price paid per Share:                     1642.0 pence

               

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1621.0 pence

               

Average price paid per Share:                    1631.9864 pence

               

               

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.  

               

The Company has 111,629,942 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:          17 February 2017

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1635.3694

628

Chi-X Europe

1628.7451

6,410

Turquoise

1627.6711

1,192

London Stock Exchange

1633.2212

19,270

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price
(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

29

16.39

08:00:14

BATS Europe

347

16.42

08:04:16

London Stock Exchange

245

16.42

08:04:16

BATS Europe

80

16.36

08:10:45

Turquoise

158

16.36

08:10:45

London Stock Exchange

80

16.36

08:10:45

London Stock Exchange

35

16.36

08:10:45

Turquoise

107

16.36

08:10:45

Turquoise

13

16.36

08:10:45

Turquoise

213

16.35

08:14:35

London Stock Exchange

5

16.35

08:14:35

London Stock Exchange

276

16.34

08:15:15

London Stock Exchange

5

16.34

08:15:15

London Stock Exchange

86

16.35

08:19:34

London Stock Exchange

153

16.35

08:23:53

London Stock Exchange

66

16.35

08:23:53

London Stock Exchange

14

16.35

08:23:53

London Stock Exchange

422

16.35

08:23:53

London Stock Exchange

132

16.35

08:23:53

London Stock Exchange

339

16.40

08:31:46

London Stock Exchange

16

16.40

08:31:46

London Stock Exchange

206

16.40

08:31:46

London Stock Exchange

539

16.39

08:50:50

London Stock Exchange

274

16.39

08:50:50

Chi-X Europe

65

16.39

08:52:21

London Stock Exchange

153

16.39

08:52:21

BATS Europe

336

16.41

09:00:09

London Stock Exchange

218

16.41

09:00:09

London Stock Exchange

42

16.36

09:05:17

London Stock Exchange

42

16.36

09:05:17

London Stock Exchange

253

16.36

09:05:17

London Stock Exchange

58

16.37

09:22:22

London Stock Exchange

17

16.37

09:24:19

London Stock Exchange

89

16.37

09:24:23

London Stock Exchange

54

16.37

09:24:29

London Stock Exchange

57

16.38

09:25:31

London Stock Exchange

200

16.38

09:25:31

London Stock Exchange

380

16.37

09:30:33

London Stock Exchange

221

16.37

09:30:33

London Stock Exchange

289

16.37

09:30:33

London Stock Exchange

179

16.36

09:32:34

London Stock Exchange

57

16.36

09:32:34

London Stock Exchange

336

16.35

09:35:02

London Stock Exchange

347

16.34

09:55:43

London Stock Exchange

218

16.34

09:55:43

London Stock Exchange

122

16.34

09:55:43

Chi-X Europe

57

16.34

09:55:43

Chi-X Europe

257

16.34

09:55:43

Chi-X Europe

40

16.34

09:56:48

Turquoise

22

16.34

09:56:48

Chi-X Europe

156

16.34

09:56:48

Chi-X Europe

1

16.34

09:58:52

London Stock Exchange

272

16.34

09:58:52

London Stock Exchange

291

16.33

10:10:00

London Stock Exchange

218

16.33

10:10:10

London Stock Exchange

35

16.33

10:10:10

London Stock Exchange

47

16.33

10:10:10

London Stock Exchange

30

16.33

10:11:18

London Stock Exchange

16

16.33

10:12:00

London Stock Exchange

250

16.33

10:14:30

Chi-X Europe

137

16.33

10:14:30

London Stock Exchange

275

16.33

10:14:30

London Stock Exchange

459

16.33

10:22:07

London Stock Exchange

90

16.31

10:30:24

London Stock Exchange

246

16.31

10:30:24

London Stock Exchange

218

16.31

10:51:48

London Stock Exchange

178

16.31

10:57:12

Chi-X Europe

218

16.31

10:57:42

London Stock Exchange

72

16.31

10:57:42

London Stock Exchange

102

16.32

11:01:07

London Stock Exchange

116

16.32

11:01:07

London Stock Exchange

218

16.33

11:08:35

London Stock Exchange

160

16.33

11:14:30

London Stock Exchange

32

16.34

11:20:12

London Stock Exchange

26

16.38

11:21:33

London Stock Exchange

52

16.38

11:21:33

London Stock Exchange

220

16.38

11:21:33

London Stock Exchange

236

16.38

11:21:33

London Stock Exchange

382

16.37

11:22:06

London Stock Exchange

218

16.38

11:26:16

London Stock Exchange

443

16.38

11:26:16

London Stock Exchange

95

16.38

11:26:16

Chi-X Europe

144

16.38

11:26:16

Chi-X Europe

218

16.39

11:35:55

London Stock Exchange

135

16.39

11:40:12

London Stock Exchange

261

16.39

11:40:12

London Stock Exchange

333

16.40

11:44:53

London Stock Exchange

135

16.39

11:53:34

London Stock Exchange

49

16.40

11:55:41

Chi-X Europe

17

16.40

11:55:47

Chi-X Europe

13

16.40

11:55:58

Chi-X Europe

14

16.40

11:56:09

Chi-X Europe

12

16.40

11:56:13

Chi-X Europe

8

16.40

11:56:27

Chi-X Europe

47

16.40

12:08:18

London Stock Exchange

16

16.40

12:08:18

Chi-X Europe

19

16.40

12:08:18

Chi-X Europe

151

16.40

12:08:18

London Stock Exchange

149

16.40

12:08:18

London Stock Exchange

65

16.40

12:08:18

Turquoise

140

16.40

12:08:18

Chi-X Europe

14

16.40

12:08:36

London Stock Exchange

204

16.40

12:08:36

London Stock Exchange

218

16.40

12:11:05

London Stock Exchange

206

16.37

12:13:20

London Stock Exchange

12

16.37

12:13:20

London Stock Exchange

157

16.33

12:21:42

London Stock Exchange

48

16.33

12:21:42

Chi-X Europe

13

16.33

12:21:42

Chi-X Europe

253

16.32

12:25:44

London Stock Exchange

105

16.32

12:25:44

London Stock Exchange

356

16.32

12:25:44

Chi-X Europe

221

16.32

12:25:44

Chi-X Europe

23

16.31

12:27:54

London Stock Exchange

123

16.31

12:27:58

London Stock Exchange

72

16.31

12:27:58

London Stock Exchange

51

16.29

12:36:08

Chi-X Europe

127

16.29

12:36:14

Chi-X Europe

40

16.29

12:36:21

Chi-X Europe

100

16.26

12:39:38

Chi-X Europe

493

16.26

12:39:38

Chi-X Europe

337

16.24

12:44:08

Chi-X Europe

2

16.26

12:50:43

Chi-X Europe

2

16.26

12:50:56

Chi-X Europe

1

16.26

12:50:59

Chi-X Europe

213

16.26

12:51:01

Chi-X Europe

1

16.25

12:51:39

Chi-X Europe

1

16.25

12:53:04

Chi-X Europe

368

16.25

12:53:04

Chi-X Europe

218

16.24

12:55:35

Chi-X Europe

218

16.26

13:11:09

London Stock Exchange

3

16.26

13:15:11

Chi-X Europe

3

16.26

13:15:18

Chi-X Europe

2

16.26

13:15:53

Chi-X Europe

2

16.26

13:15:53

Chi-X Europe

4

16.26

13:16:13

Chi-X Europe

5

16.26

13:18:35

Chi-X Europe

2

16.26

13:18:38

Chi-X Europe

1

16.26

13:18:47

Chi-X Europe

1

16.26

13:18:58

Chi-X Europe

1

16.26

13:19:02

Chi-X Europe

2

16.26

13:19:06

Chi-X Europe

1

16.26

13:19:39

Chi-X Europe

1

16.26

13:21:03

Chi-X Europe

556

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

301

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

356

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

42

16.26

13:34:25

Chi-X Europe

151

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

202

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

75

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

207

16.26

13:34:25

Chi-X Europe

190

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

114

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

500

16.25

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

188

16.25

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

299

16.26

13:34:25

London Stock Exchange

260

16.26

13:34:25

Turquoise

60

16.26

13:34:25

Turquoise

5

16.26

13:34:25

Chi-X Europe

305

16.26

13:34:25

Chi-X Europe

263

16.26

13:34:25

Chi-X Europe

53

16.21

13:52:03

Chi-X Europe

137

16.24

13:59:35

London Stock Exchange

81

16.24

13:59:35

London Stock Exchange

4

16.25

14:02:29

Turquoise

215

16.25

14:02:29

London Stock Exchange

241

16.21

14:06:58

London Stock Exchange

175

16.23

14:11:26

Turquoise

576

16.23

14:11:26

Chi-X Europe

175

16.23

14:11:26

Turquoise

134

16.23

14:11:26

Turquoise

44

16.23

14:14:25

Turquoise

58

16.23

14:14:25

London Stock Exchange

44

16.23

14:14:25

London Stock Exchange

240

16.23

14:17:31

Chi-X Europe

176

16.23

14:17:31

Chi-X Europe

80

16.23

14:17:31

Chi-X Europe

68

16.24

14:17:31

London Stock Exchange

100

16.24

14:17:31

BATS Europe

337

16.24

14:17:31

London Stock Exchange

70

16.24

14:17:31

BATS Europe

139

16.24

14:17:31

London Stock Exchange

31

16.24

14:17:31

BATS Europe

258

16.24

14:17:31

London Stock Exchange

146

16.24

14:17:31

London Stock Exchange

235

16.24

14:17:31

London Stock Exchange

 


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