Last checked at 5 Jul 2017 17:51
Transactions 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 3 July 2017:
Date of purchase: 5 July 2017
Number of Shares purchased: 20,000 Shares
Highest price paid per Share: 1711.0000 pence
Lowest price paid per Share: 1695.000 pence
Average price paid per Share: 1701.3775 pence
The Company intends to cancel these Shares.
The Company has 111,363,147 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 J.P. Morgan Cazenove on behalf of the Company as part of the buyback programme.
Schedule of Purchases
Shares purchased: WH Smith PLC (ISIN CODE: GB00B2PDGW16)
Date of purchases: 5 July 2017
Investment firm: J.P. Morgan Securities plc
Aggregate information:
Venue | Volume-weighted average price, pence | Aggregated volume |
London Stock Exchange | 1701.3775 | 20,000 |
Individual transactions:
Number of shares purchased | Transaction price(pence per share) | Time of transaction | Trading venue |
144 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:07:15 | London Stock Exchange |
97 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:08:39 | London Stock Exchange |
107 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:13:55 | London Stock Exchange |
251 | 1703.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:14:39 | London Stock Exchange |
168 | 1703.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:20:19 | London Stock Exchange |
65 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:27:58 | London Stock Exchange |
176 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:28:02 | London Stock Exchange |
314 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:30:13 | London Stock Exchange |
3 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:30:19 | London Stock Exchange |
79 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:30:19 | London Stock Exchange |
42 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:31:04 | London Stock Exchange |
93 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:31:51 | London Stock Exchange |
197 | 1703.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:38:28 | London Stock Exchange |
13 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:38:28 | London Stock Exchange |
77 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:38:43 | London Stock Exchange |
135 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:38:44 | London Stock Exchange |
296 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:48:11 | London Stock Exchange |
5 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:48:11 | London Stock Exchange |
207 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:48:11 | London Stock Exchange |
213 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 09:48:11 | London Stock Exchange |
149 | 1703.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:04:09 | London Stock Exchange |
173 | 1701.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:06:03 | London Stock Exchange |
13 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:09:21 | London Stock Exchange |
160 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:09:21 | London Stock Exchange |
173 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:16:47 | London Stock Exchange |
30 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:20:13 | London Stock Exchange |
114 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:20:13 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:28:14 | London Stock Exchange |
461 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:33:42 | London Stock Exchange |
308 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:33:42 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 10:51:20 | London Stock Exchange |
154 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:00:19 | London Stock Exchange |
3 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:00:19 | London Stock Exchange |
12 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:02:09 | London Stock Exchange |
112 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:02:09 | London Stock Exchange |
171 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:02:09 | London Stock Exchange |
173 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:09:13 | London Stock Exchange |
110 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:16:46 | London Stock Exchange |
39 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:17:15 | London Stock Exchange |
187 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:17:15 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:25:54 | London Stock Exchange |
188 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:25:54 | London Stock Exchange |
97 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:35:08 | London Stock Exchange |
116 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:35:08 | London Stock Exchange |
326 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:46:07 | London Stock Exchange |
106 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:46:07 | London Stock Exchange |
374 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:46:07 | London Stock Exchange |
153 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 11:59:29 | London Stock Exchange |
51 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:13:29 | London Stock Exchange |
98 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:13:29 | London Stock Exchange |
195 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:15:42 | London Stock Exchange |
105 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:24:22 | London Stock Exchange |
127 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:24:22 | London Stock Exchange |
152 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:31:49 | London Stock Exchange |
44 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:36:26 | London Stock Exchange |
155 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:36:26 | London Stock Exchange |
35 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:44:11 | London Stock Exchange |
110 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:44:11 | London Stock Exchange |
96 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:45:21 | London Stock Exchange |
3 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:45:21 | London Stock Exchange |
45 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:45:21 | London Stock Exchange |
13 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:51:17 | London Stock Exchange |
16 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:51:17 | London Stock Exchange |
144 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 12:51:17 | London Stock Exchange |
157 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:00:42 | London Stock Exchange |
127 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:03:02 | London Stock Exchange |
1 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:03:02 | London Stock Exchange |
286 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:03:02 | London Stock Exchange |
135 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:03:02 | London Stock Exchange |
177 | 1695.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:20:57 | London Stock Exchange |
163 | 1695.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:20:57 | London Stock Exchange |
204 | 1695.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:22:01 | London Stock Exchange |
222 | 1695.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:29:45 | London Stock Exchange |
216 | 1695.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:35:44 | London Stock Exchange |
202 | 1695.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:35:44 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:44:56 | London Stock Exchange |
159 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:44:56 | London Stock Exchange |
149 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:53:38 | London Stock Exchange |
9 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:53:38 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:53:38 | London Stock Exchange |
144 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:58:32 | London Stock Exchange |
72 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:59:28 | London Stock Exchange |
93 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 13:59:28 | London Stock Exchange |
61 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:07:30 | London Stock Exchange |
156 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:07:30 | London Stock Exchange |
98 | 1697.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:07:30 | London Stock Exchange |
115 | 1696.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:13:34 | London Stock Exchange |
169 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:15:20 | London Stock Exchange |
200 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:15:20 | London Stock Exchange |
216 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:27:35 | London Stock Exchange |
144 | 1698.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:27:35 | London Stock Exchange |
173 | 1701.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:29:31 | London Stock Exchange |
158 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:30:03 | London Stock Exchange |
168 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:35:48 | London Stock Exchange |
188 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:39:13 | London Stock Exchange |
30 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:40:21 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:44:21 | London Stock Exchange |
159 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:47:31 | London Stock Exchange |
72 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:47:58 | London Stock Exchange |
101 | 1699.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:47:58 | London Stock Exchange |
190 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:55:34 | London Stock Exchange |
157 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:57:14 | London Stock Exchange |
60 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:58:58 | London Stock Exchange |
98 | 1700.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 14:58:58 | London Stock Exchange |
155 | 1702.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:01:04 | London Stock Exchange |
187 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:08:43 | London Stock Exchange |
220 | 1707.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:13:23 | London Stock Exchange |
21 | 1707.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:13:23 | London Stock Exchange |
150 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:18:01 | London Stock Exchange |
63 | 1710.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:19:47 | London Stock Exchange |
81 | 1710.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:19:47 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1711.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:21:03 | London Stock Exchange |
248 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:24:01 | London Stock Exchange |
199 | 1708.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:26:05 | London Stock Exchange |
121 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:26:14 | London Stock Exchange |
97 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:26:14 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1710.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:31:06 | London Stock Exchange |
227 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:33:52 | London Stock Exchange |
108 | 1708.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:35:27 | London Stock Exchange |
50 | 1708.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:35:27 | London Stock Exchange |
46 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:37:03 | London Stock Exchange |
123 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:37:03 | London Stock Exchange |
142 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:38:43 | London Stock Exchange |
16 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:38:43 | London Stock Exchange |
158 | 1709.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:40:23 | London Stock Exchange |
216 | 1707.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:42:03 | London Stock Exchange |
148 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:47:23 | London Stock Exchange |
144 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:50:47 | London Stock Exchange |
110 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:50:59 | London Stock Exchange |
63 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:50:59 | London Stock Exchange |
5 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:55:16 | London Stock Exchange |
211 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:55:16 | London Stock Exchange |
173 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:56:02 | London Stock Exchange |
71 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:57:03 | London Stock Exchange |
66 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:57:03 | London Stock Exchange |
12 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 15:57:03 | London Stock Exchange |
144 | 1707.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:00:26 | London Stock Exchange |
145 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:05:01 | London Stock Exchange |
158 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:05:01 | London Stock Exchange |
171 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:06:03 | London Stock Exchange |
12 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:08:13 | London Stock Exchange |
133 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:08:13 | London Stock Exchange |
102 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:09:11 | London Stock Exchange |
43 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:09:11 | London Stock Exchange |
144 | 1707.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:10:55 | London Stock Exchange |
157 | 1707.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:12:03 | London Stock Exchange |
153 | 1707.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:14:50 | London Stock Exchange |
144 | 1708.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:18:01 | London Stock Exchange |
158 | 1707.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:19:26 | London Stock Exchange |
32 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:21:22 | London Stock Exchange |
35 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:21:23 | London Stock Exchange |
78 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:21:24 | London Stock Exchange |
53 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:22:30 | London Stock Exchange |
55 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:22:31 | London Stock Exchange |
37 | 1705.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:22:36 | London Stock Exchange |
53 | 1706.0000 | 05-Jul-2017 16:23:43 | London Stock Exchange |