Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7538M

Ashtead Group PLC

17 October 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 7 September 2016, 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:                                         17 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1314.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1288.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1302.49 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,874,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,450,712 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 Jefferies 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:          17 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1302.49	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
73	1310	08:02:27	London Stock Exchange
29	1310	08:02:27	London Stock Exchange
124	1310	08:05:11	London Stock Exchange
134	1311	08:08:27	London Stock Exchange
86	1307	08:11:10	London Stock Exchange
114	1308	08:13:29	London Stock Exchange
97	1307	08:16:09	London Stock Exchange
50	1307	08:16:09	London Stock Exchange
117	1306	08:18:29	London Stock Exchange
121	1308	08:21:22	London Stock Exchange
105	1308	08:23:34	London Stock Exchange
127	1308	08:26:04	London Stock Exchange
121	1308	08:28:44	London Stock Exchange
102	1308	08:31:18	London Stock Exchange
120	1309	08:35:14	London Stock Exchange
202	1312	08:38:22	London Stock Exchange
123	1313	08:40:14	London Stock Exchange
189	1311	08:45:20	London Stock Exchange
151	1311	08:48:17	London Stock Exchange
125	1310	08:50:37	London Stock Exchange
128	1310	08:53:34	London Stock Exchange
161	1311	08:56:01	London Stock Exchange
101	1311	08:58:15	London Stock Exchange
134	1313	09:02:07	London Stock Exchange
124	1314	09:05:20	London Stock Exchange
102	1313	09:05:44	London Stock Exchange
132	1311	09:09:29	London Stock Exchange
237	1312	09:13:33	London Stock Exchange
101	1311	09:16:35	London Stock Exchange
100	1312	09:19:14	London Stock Exchange
66	1312	09:19:20	London Stock Exchange
115	1311	09:21:52	London Stock Exchange
113	1311	09:23:58	London Stock Exchange
97	1310	09:26:59	London Stock Exchange
12	1310	09:26:59	London Stock Exchange
127	1310	09:29:00	London Stock Exchange
134	1310	09:31:41	London Stock Exchange
113	1308	09:34:56	London Stock Exchange
125	1309	09:37:29	London Stock Exchange
142	1307	09:40:26	London Stock Exchange
120	1305	09:43:32	London Stock Exchange
128	1304	09:45:35	London Stock Exchange
125	1304	09:48:21	London Stock Exchange
104	1300	09:51:09	London Stock Exchange
101	1297	09:53:29	London Stock Exchange
252	1300	09:59:28	London Stock Exchange
152	1300	10:01:37	London Stock Exchange
149	1297	10:05:36	London Stock Exchange
144	1298	10:10:26	London Stock Exchange
101	1297	10:13:39	London Stock Exchange
145	1297	10:14:04	London Stock Exchange
130	1298	10:16:54	London Stock Exchange
152	1298	10:20:30	London Stock Exchange
115	1298	10:23:23	London Stock Exchange
118	1297	10:25:59	London Stock Exchange
124	1295	10:29:07	London Stock Exchange
102	1294	10:33:29	London Stock Exchange
120	1294	10:35:37	London Stock Exchange
178	1297	10:45:11	London Stock Exchange
144	1297	10:47:40	London Stock Exchange
101	1296	10:49:43	London Stock Exchange
96	1296	10:49:44	London Stock Exchange
121	1292	10:50:39	London Stock Exchange
103	1292	10:54:22	London Stock Exchange
181	1296	10:57:33	London Stock Exchange
152	1300	11:02:27	London Stock Exchange
108	1299	11:04:27	London Stock Exchange
120	1300	11:09:43	London Stock Exchange
127	1300	11:12:03	London Stock Exchange
127	1300	11:14:36	London Stock Exchange
78	1300	11:18:02	London Stock Exchange
48	1300	11:18:02	London Stock Exchange
115	1300	11:20:59	London Stock Exchange
187	1301	11:26:16	London Stock Exchange
6	1301	11:26:16	London Stock Exchange
120	1302	11:35:34	London Stock Exchange
104	1301	11:35:59	London Stock Exchange
22	1301	11:38:06	London Stock Exchange
86	1301	11:38:06	London Stock Exchange
14	1301	11:38:06	London Stock Exchange
49	1301	11:40:29	London Stock Exchange
61	1301	11:40:29	London Stock Exchange
126	1299	11:44:43	London Stock Exchange
107	1299	11:56:08	London Stock Exchange
118	1302	11:59:31	London Stock Exchange
189	1301	11:59:49	London Stock Exchange
129	1301	11:59:49	London Stock Exchange
127	1302	12:08:15	London Stock Exchange
10	1303	12:10:03	London Stock Exchange
90	1303	12:10:04	London Stock Exchange
177	1304	12:14:35	London Stock Exchange
1	1304	12:14:35	London Stock Exchange
106	1307	12:25:21	London Stock Exchange
100	1307	12:25:21	London Stock Exchange
109	1308	12:33:24	London Stock Exchange
107	1308	12:33:24	London Stock Exchange
121	1307	12:34:09	London Stock Exchange
38	1305	12:35:14	London Stock Exchange
181	1305	12:40:41	London Stock Exchange
126	1305	12:44:20	London Stock Exchange
190	1307	12:48:19	London Stock Exchange
116	1303	12:51:46	London Stock Exchange
119	1306	13:02:50	London Stock Exchange
106	1306	13:02:50	London Stock Exchange
193	1307	13:05:32	London Stock Exchange
14	1307	13:05:32	London Stock Exchange
101	1306	13:20:02	London Stock Exchange
21	1306	13:20:02	London Stock Exchange
87	1306	13:20:02	London Stock Exchange
120	1306	13:20:02	London Stock Exchange
104	1305	13:20:47	London Stock Exchange
113	1305	13:24:28	London Stock Exchange
74	1305	13:26:14	London Stock Exchange
136	1305	13:30:00	London Stock Exchange
11	1303	13:32:53	London Stock Exchange
97	1303	13:33:33	London Stock Exchange
121	1302	13:38:10	London Stock Exchange
121	1301	13:38:42	London Stock Exchange
142	1295	13:42:41	London Stock Exchange
118	1291	13:45:50	London Stock Exchange
164	1289	13:50:58	London Stock Exchange
141	1289	13:54:09	London Stock Exchange
165	1288	13:58:24	London Stock Exchange
135	1293	14:01:31	London Stock Exchange
144	1294	14:05:22	London Stock Exchange
159	1296	14:09:36	London Stock Exchange
128	1299	14:11:59	London Stock Exchange
140	1299	14:17:37	London Stock Exchange
111	1297	14:20:03	London Stock Exchange
76	1297	14:20:03	London Stock Exchange
132	1297	14:22:34	London Stock Exchange
115	1300	14:25:30	London Stock Exchange
115	1300	14:29:40	London Stock Exchange
133	1297	14:30:25	London Stock Exchange
197	1301	14:35:29	London Stock Exchange
105	1300	14:36:28	London Stock Exchange
142	1299	14:38:40	London Stock Exchange
100	1300	14:41:33	London Stock Exchange
120	1301	14:49:55	London Stock Exchange
132	1300	14:54:05	London Stock Exchange
111	1300	14:54:05	London Stock Exchange
104	1300	14:54:05	London Stock Exchange
129	1300	14:54:05	London Stock Exchange
156	1299	14:54:20	London Stock Exchange
300	1301	15:02:28	London Stock Exchange
113	1300	15:02:46	London Stock Exchange
127	1299	15:03:08	London Stock Exchange
106	1303	15:12:52	London Stock Exchange
424	1303	15:12:52	London Stock Exchange
140	1302	15:13:35	London Stock Exchange
93	1302	15:15:59	London Stock Exchange
69	1302	15:15:59	London Stock Exchange
104	1303	15:19:17	London Stock Exchange
100	1302	15:20:48	London Stock Exchange
111	1301	15:21:29	London Stock Exchange
118	1302	15:24:05	London Stock Exchange
123	1304	15:27:03	London Stock Exchange
195	1304	15:29:34	London Stock Exchange
104	1304	15:31:26	London Stock Exchange
129	1304	15:31:26	London Stock Exchange
108	1305	15:34:45	London Stock Exchange
109	1304	15:34:51	London Stock Exchange
101	1304	15:36:49	London Stock Exchange
100	1303	15:37:01	London Stock Exchange
109	1303	15:37:01	London Stock Exchange
210	1303	15:41:26	London Stock Exchange
109	1303	15:43:42	London Stock Exchange
24	1303	15:43:42	London Stock Exchange
85	1303	15:43:42	London Stock Exchange
101	1303	15:46:23	London Stock Exchange
112	1302	15:48:08	London Stock Exchange
112	1302	15:48:08	London Stock Exchange
70	1301	15:48:28	London Stock Exchange
57	1301	15:48:28	London Stock Exchange
111	1300	15:50:43	London Stock Exchange
100	1300	15:50:43	London Stock Exchange
111	1303	15:52:57	London Stock Exchange
109	1302	15:54:06	London Stock Exchange
128	1302	15:54:06	London Stock Exchange
103	1302	15:56:24	London Stock Exchange
112	1302	15:58:07	London Stock Exchange
115	1301	16:00:05	London Stock Exchange
67	1301	16:00:05	London Stock Exchange
40	1301	16:00:05	London Stock Exchange
113	1302	16:02:06	London Stock Exchange
122	1301	16:02:54	London Stock Exchange
101	1301	16:02:54	London Stock Exchange
105	1301	16:02:54	London Stock Exchange
111	1301	16:05:26	London Stock Exchange
100	1300	16:07:16	London Stock Exchange
107	1300	16:07:16	London Stock Exchange
108	1300	16:07:16	London Stock Exchange
116	1303	16:09:25	London Stock Exchange
108	1302	16:10:38	London Stock Exchange
119	1302	16:10:38	London Stock Exchange
100	1302	16:11:32	London Stock Exchange
118	1303	16:14:19	London Stock Exchange
112	1302	16:14:46	London Stock Exchange
102	1302	16:15:30	London Stock Exchange
196	1302	16:15:30	London Stock Exchange
112	1302	16:15:30	London Stock Exchange
181	1301	16:16:00	London Stock Exchange
162	1302	16:19:48	London Stock Exchange
198	1302	16:19:48	London Stock Exchange
156	1302	16:22:40	London Stock Exchange
3	1302	16:22:40	London Stock Exchange
153	1302	16:22:40	London Stock Exchange
66	1301	16:23:19	London Stock Exchange
61	1301	16:23:19	London Stock Exchange
143	1301	16:23:24	London Stock Exchange
122	1301	16:25:04	London Stock Exchange
228	1301	16:27:00	London Stock Exchange
76	1301	16:27:00	London Stock Exchange
11	1301	16:27:04	London Stock Exchange
7	1301	16:27:11	London Stock Exchange

 

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