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RNS Number : 1130H

WH Smith PLC

12 November 2018

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 24 January 2018, the following number of its ordinary shares of 22 6/67 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme announced on 11 October 2018:

 
 Date of purchase:              12 November 2018 
 Number of Shares purchased:    20,000 
 Highest price paid per 
  Share:                        2124.0000 
 Lowest price paid per          2030.0000 
  Share: 
 Average price paid per         2062.4647 
  Share: 
 

The Company intends to cancel these Shares.

The Company has 108,789,486 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:   12 November 2018 
 Investment firm:     J.P. Morgan Securities plc 
 

Aggregate information:

 
        Venue           Volume-weighted average   Aggregated volume 
                              price, pence 
London Stock Exchange          2062.4647               20,000 
 

Individual transactions:

 
 Number of shares    Transaction    Time of transaction        Trading venue 
     purchased       price (pence 
                      per share) 
       202            2114.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:01:31   London Stock Exchange 
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        1             2100.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:04:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       153            2100.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:04:15   London Stock Exchange 
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        48            2100.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:04:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2092.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:09:10   London Stock Exchange 
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       145            2088.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:12:11   London Stock Exchange 
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        73            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:14:38   London Stock Exchange 
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        77            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:14:38   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2074.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:16:18   London Stock Exchange 
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        24            2068.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:28:11   London Stock Exchange 
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       153            2068.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:28:11   London Stock Exchange 
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        4             2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:39:33   London Stock Exchange 
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       200            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:39:33   London Stock Exchange 
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        99            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:39:33   London Stock Exchange 
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       231            2072.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:40:56   London Stock Exchange 
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        75            2082.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:52:56   London Stock Exchange 
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       152            2082.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:52:56   London Stock Exchange 
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       200            2094.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:58:21   London Stock Exchange 
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        25            2094.0000     12-Nov-2018 08:58:21   London Stock Exchange 
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        78            2090.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:01:05   London Stock Exchange 
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        97            2088.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:04:54   London Stock Exchange 
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       200            2088.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:04:54   London Stock Exchange 
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       173            2094.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:06:16   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2092.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:06:42   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:08:40   London Stock Exchange 
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        22            2124.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:23:50   London Stock Exchange 
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       200            2124.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:23:50   London Stock Exchange 
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       174            2098.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:29:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       113            2098.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:29:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       244            2098.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:29:15   London Stock Exchange 
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        41            2090.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:31:48   London Stock Exchange 
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       143            2090.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:31:48   London Stock Exchange 
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       202            2098.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:44:06   London Stock Exchange 
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       100            2100.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:44:30   London Stock Exchange 
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        73            2100.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:45:00   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2098.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:45:22   London Stock Exchange 
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       100            2100.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:51:15   London Stock Exchange 
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        87            2100.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:51:15   London Stock Exchange 
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        17            2092.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:54:35   London Stock Exchange 
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       170            2092.0000     12-Nov-2018 09:54:35   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2086.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:02:37   London Stock Exchange 
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       173            2088.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:08:48   London Stock Exchange 
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       161            2078.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:11:23   London Stock Exchange 
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        63            2078.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:11:23   London Stock Exchange 
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       246            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:11:23   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2074.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:14:52   London Stock Exchange 
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       156            2070.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:14:54   London Stock Exchange 
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       149            2066.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:22:54   London Stock Exchange 
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       152            2068.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:26:50   London Stock Exchange 
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       105            2070.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:42:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       155            2070.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:43:34   London Stock Exchange 
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       145            2068.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:47:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       173            2066.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:49:44   London Stock Exchange 
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       170            2064.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:49:44   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2060.0000     12-Nov-2018 10:53:56   London Stock Exchange 
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       173            2064.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:12:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       202            2062.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:13:28   London Stock Exchange 
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       184            2060.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:22:41   London Stock Exchange 
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       161            2060.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:22:41   London Stock Exchange 
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       196            2058.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:22:41   London Stock Exchange 
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       145            2060.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:28:40   London Stock Exchange 
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        33            2058.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:34:11   London Stock Exchange 
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       111            2058.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:34:11   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2074.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:47:51   London Stock Exchange 
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       120            2066.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:52:11   London Stock Exchange 
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       145            2066.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:52:11   London Stock Exchange 
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       210            2064.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:55:39   London Stock Exchange 
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        92            2064.0000     12-Nov-2018 11:55:39   London Stock Exchange 
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       197            2064.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:12:19   London Stock Exchange 
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       145            2064.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:12:19   London Stock Exchange 
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       184            2074.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:26:46   London Stock Exchange 
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        9             2074.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:26:46   London Stock Exchange 
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       201            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:31:33   London Stock Exchange 
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        58            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:31:33   London Stock Exchange 
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       270            2074.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:39:04   London Stock Exchange 
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       169            2078.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:49:03   London Stock Exchange 
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        14            2078.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:49:03   London Stock Exchange 
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       255            2076.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:49:24   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2072.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:53:57   London Stock Exchange 
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        14            2066.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:56:07   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2066.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:56:07   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2064.0000     12-Nov-2018 12:58:31   London Stock Exchange 
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       156            2060.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:05:42   London Stock Exchange 
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       155            2052.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:14:31   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2046.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:20:11   London Stock Exchange 
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        98            2044.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:26:03   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:26:07   London Stock Exchange 
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       187            2038.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:30:47   London Stock Exchange 
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        32            2050.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:42:17   London Stock Exchange 
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       112            2050.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:42:17   London Stock Exchange 
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       145            2048.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:42:56   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2046.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:51:01   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2044.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:51:14   London Stock Exchange 
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       190            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 13:55:20   London Stock Exchange 
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       123            2054.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:09:01   London Stock Exchange 
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        56            2054.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:09:01   London Stock Exchange 
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       175            2054.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:10:45   London Stock Exchange 
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       159            2054.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:12:21   London Stock Exchange 
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       173            2054.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:15:08   London Stock Exchange 
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       136            2052.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:20:21   London Stock Exchange 
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        22            2052.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:20:21   London Stock Exchange 
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        75            2052.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:23:56   London Stock Exchange 
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        83            2052.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:23:56   London Stock Exchange 
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        83            2052.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:27:01   London Stock Exchange 
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        58            2052.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:27:01   London Stock Exchange 
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        4             2052.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:27:01   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2050.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:29:55   London Stock Exchange 
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       147            2054.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:31:33   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2048.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:34:00   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2040.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:37:10   London Stock Exchange 
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       157            2040.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:39:05   London Stock Exchange 
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       187            2044.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:49:48   London Stock Exchange 
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        5             2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:50:10   London Stock Exchange 
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       139            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 14:50:10   London Stock Exchange 
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       320            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:05:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2044.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:07:33   London Stock Exchange 
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        1             2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:08:03   London Stock Exchange 
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       172            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:08:03   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:11:01   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2040.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:12:21   London Stock Exchange 
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       173            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:19:13   London Stock Exchange 
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       186            2044.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:21:26   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2044.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:22:33   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:25:11   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:27:09   London Stock Exchange 
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        40            2044.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:32:10   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2044.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:32:10   London Stock Exchange 
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        45            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:32:44   London Stock Exchange 
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       113            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:32:44   London Stock Exchange 
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        41            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:37:32   London Stock Exchange 
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       104            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:37:32   London Stock Exchange 
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       154            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:37:35   London Stock Exchange 
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        19            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:37:35   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2040.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:38:10   London Stock Exchange 
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       132            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:46:50   London Stock Exchange 
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        12            2042.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:46:50   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2038.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:48:43   London Stock Exchange 
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       202            2036.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:49:00   London Stock Exchange 
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        92            2032.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:50:18   London Stock Exchange 
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        56            2032.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:50:18   London Stock Exchange 
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       158            2036.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:57:15   London Stock Exchange 
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       155            2036.0000     12-Nov-2018 15:57:36   London Stock Exchange 
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       328            2030.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:08:41   London Stock Exchange 
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        83            2032.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:10:02   London Stock Exchange 
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        14            2032.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:10:02   London Stock Exchange 
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        69            2032.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:10:02   London Stock Exchange 
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        62            2032.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:14:33   London Stock Exchange 
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       202            2030.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:14:35   London Stock Exchange 
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        81            2034.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:21:37   London Stock Exchange 
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        69            2034.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:21:37   London Stock Exchange 
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       225            2034.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:24:04   London Stock Exchange 
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       144            2032.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:26:34   London Stock Exchange 
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       104            2030.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:26:55   London Stock Exchange 
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        61            2030.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:26:55   London Stock Exchange 
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        80            2032.0000     12-Nov-2018 16:27:26   London Stock Exchange 
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