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Transaction in Own Shares

15 Feb 2017 18:01

RNS Number : 0149X
WH Smith PLC
15 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: 15 February 2017

Number of Shares purchased: 20,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share: 1632.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share: 1611.0 pence

Average price paid per Share: 1621.3675 pence

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

The Company has 111,669,942 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: 15 February 2017

Investment firm: Barclays Capital Securities Limited

 

Aggregate information:

Venue

Volume-weighted

average price, pence

Aggregated volume

BATS Europe

1621.1628

774

Chi-X Europe

1615.6401

1,634

Turquoise

1622.3035

2,069

London Stock Exchange

1621.8558

15,523

 

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased

Transaction price(pence per share)

Time of transaction

Trading venue

43

16.24

08:05:56

London Stock Exchange

10

16.23

08:09:28

Turquoise

343

16.23

08:10:00

Turquoise

113

16.29

08:32:15

London Stock Exchange

100

16.29

08:32:15

BATS Europe

60

16.30

08:38:17

London Stock Exchange

84

16.30

08:38:17

London Stock Exchange

443

16.30

08:38:17

London Stock Exchange

2

16.28

08:39:28

Turquoise

2

16.28

08:39:28

Turquoise

448

16.28

08:46:08

London Stock Exchange

163

16.28

08:46:08

London Stock Exchange

13

16.28

08:46:08

Turquoise

232

16.28

08:46:08

Turquoise

15

16.28

08:46:08

Chi-X Europe

28

16.28

08:46:08

Chi-X Europe

266

16.17

09:07:12

London Stock Exchange

463

16.19

09:30:37

London Stock Exchange

123

16.18

09:31:39

London Stock Exchange

90

16.18

09:31:39

London Stock Exchange

267

16.17

09:42:47

London Stock Exchange

113

16.14

09:51:12

London Stock Exchange

57

16.14

09:54:14

London Stock Exchange

96

16.14

09:54:14

London Stock Exchange

405

16.13

10:10:53

London Stock Exchange

213

16.17

10:37:32

London Stock Exchange

435

16.17

10:37:32

London Stock Exchange

213

16.14

10:41:17

London Stock Exchange

267

16.14

10:47:42

Chi-X Europe

63

16.18

11:29:22

London Stock Exchange

144

16.18

11:29:22

London Stock Exchange

200

16.18

11:29:22

London Stock Exchange

41

16.18

11:29:22

London Stock Exchange

14

16.20

11:33:19

London Stock Exchange

122

16.20

11:33:19

London Stock Exchange

336

16.19

11:33:22

London Stock Exchange

1

16.19

11:33:22

London Stock Exchange

532

16.19

11:47:46

London Stock Exchange

89

16.19

11:47:46

London Stock Exchange

267

16.17

11:57:55

London Stock Exchange

549

16.18

12:17:43

London Stock Exchange

77

16.22

12:48:53

London Stock Exchange

150

16.22

12:48:53

London Stock Exchange

572

16.21

12:51:29

London Stock Exchange

48

16.26

13:04:28

London Stock Exchange

229

16.26

13:04:36

London Stock Exchange

300

16.26

13:04:36

London Stock Exchange

37

16.26

13:04:36

London Stock Exchange

267

16.27

13:11:46

London Stock Exchange

375

16.32

13:36:32

Turquoise

420

16.32

13:36:32

London Stock Exchange

503

16.30

13:47:13

London Stock Exchange

409

16.29

14:01:51

London Stock Exchange

97

16.23

14:07:31

London Stock Exchange

47

16.23

14:07:31

London Stock Exchange

69

16.23

14:07:31

London Stock Exchange

304

16.21

14:13:44

London Stock Exchange

63

16.21

14:21:35

London Stock Exchange

561

16.24

14:32:14

London Stock Exchange

624

16.26

14:41:19

London Stock Exchange

213

16.26

14:53:52

London Stock Exchange

299

16.26

14:53:52

London Stock Exchange

222

16.26

15:05:17

Turquoise

11

16.26

15:06:57

Turquoise

404

16.26

15:06:57

London Stock Exchange

213

16.26

15:06:57

London Stock Exchange

68

16.23

15:10:22

London Stock Exchange

213

16.22

15:18:31

London Stock Exchange

261

16.22

15:18:31

London Stock Exchange

128

16.22

15:18:31

London Stock Exchange

266

16.23

15:24:14

London Stock Exchange

265

16.21

15:28:53

London Stock Exchange

267

16.19

15:32:05

London Stock Exchange

240

16.19

15:37:05

Chi-X Europe

25

16.19

15:39:01

Chi-X Europe

82

16.15

15:49:55

Chi-X Europe

300

16.15

15:49:55

Chi-X Europe

29

16.15

15:49:55

Chi-X Europe

276

16.15

15:49:55

London Stock Exchange

77

16.15

15:49:55

London Stock Exchange

331

16.17

15:57:36

Chi-X Europe

50

16.17

15:57:36

Chi-X Europe

213

16.17

16:04:22

Turquoise

380

16.17

16:05:18

London Stock Exchange

171

16.15

16:07:51

London Stock Exchange

97

16.15

16:07:51

London Stock Exchange

212

16.14

16:12:20

Turquoise

52

16.14

16:12:20

Turquoise

265

16.14

16:15:45

Turquoise

217

16.14

16:16:08

London Stock Exchange

68

16.11

16:18:39

Chi-X Europe

199

16.11

16:19:04

Chi-X Europe

34

16.14

16:25:12

Turquoise

61

16.18

16:26:13

Turquoise

11

16.18

16:26:14

Turquoise

11

16.18

16:26:14

Turquoise

197

16.20

16:26:58

BATS Europe

20

16.20

16:26:58

BATS Europe

158

16.20

16:27:00

London Stock Exchange

80

16.20

16:27:00

BATS Europe

90

16.20

16:27:00

BATS Europe

52

16.20

16:27:54

London Stock Exchange

161

16.20

16:27:55

London Stock Exchange

107

16.20

16:28:45

London Stock Exchange

90

16.20

16:28:45

BATS Europe

197

16.20

16:28:45

BATS Europe

 

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