Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2569E

Ashtead Group PLC

14 July 2016

 

Transaction in Own Shares

Ashtead Group plc (the "Company") announces that it has purchased, in accordance with the authority granted by shareholders at the Company's Annual General Meeting on 2 September 2015, the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each ("Shares") as part of the buyback programme initially announced on 14 June 2016:

Date of purchase:                                            14 July 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   27,383 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1100.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1098.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1099.0689 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds  51,588,643 Shares in Treasury.   

The Company has  501,736,911 Shares in issue (excluding Shares held in Treasury). 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:

Ashtead Group plc

Will Shaw, Director of Investor Relations, [phone]

Schedule of Purchases

Shares purchased:           Ashtead Group PLC (ISIN CODE: GB000536739)

Date of purchases:          14 July 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
BATS Europe	1099.1745	745
Chi-X Europe	1099.2417	3,236
Turquoise	1099.2854	2,628
London Stock Exchange	1099.0108	20,774

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
146	11.00	12:05:17	London Stock Exchange
99	11.00	12:05:18	London Stock Exchange
500	11.00	12:05:18	London Stock Exchange
250	11.00	12:05:18	Turquoise
500	11.00	12:05:18	Turquoise
312	10.99	12:10:57	London Stock Exchange
409	10.98	12:11:09	London Stock Exchange
363	10.98	12:11:09	London Stock Exchange
1073	10.98	12:11:09	London Stock Exchange
300	10.99	12:12:46	Turquoise
15440	10.99	12:12:46	London Stock Exchange
738	10.99	12:12:46	Turquoise
453	10.99	12:12:46	Turquoise
615	10.99	12:12:46	BATS Europe
2454	10.99	12:12:46	Chi-X Europe
130	11.00	12:13:17	BATS Europe
1015	11.00	14:46:38	London Stock Exchange
289	11.00	14:46:38	Chi-X Europe
309	11.00	14:48:09	London Stock Exchange
493	11.00	14:48:09	Chi-X Europe
904	10.99	14:48:10	London Stock Exchange
387	10.99	14:48:10	Turquoise
35	10.99	14:48:12	London Stock Exchange
169	10.99	14:48:28	London Stock Exchange

 

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