Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1083N

Ashtead Group PLC

20 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:                                         20 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1346.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1326.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1338.08 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,949,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,375,712 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:          20 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1338.08	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
114	1333	08:02:50	London Stock Exchange
116	1328	08:05:27	London Stock Exchange
115	1330	08:07:50	London Stock Exchange
139	1331	08:11:10	London Stock Exchange
122	1331	08:13:49	London Stock Exchange
143	1326	08:17:00	London Stock Exchange
123	1327	08:21:05	London Stock Exchange
127	1327	08:22:59	London Stock Exchange
123	1331	08:25:35	London Stock Exchange
138	1334	08:27:54	London Stock Exchange
22	1333	08:30:17	London Stock Exchange
98	1333	08:30:17	London Stock Exchange
135	1336	08:33:50	London Stock Exchange
162	1339	08:37:35	London Stock Exchange
108	1337	08:39:27	London Stock Exchange
105	1337	08:42:05	London Stock Exchange
105	1338	08:44:22	London Stock Exchange
107	1338	08:46:24	London Stock Exchange
120	1337	08:48:21	London Stock Exchange
118	1337	08:52:05	London Stock Exchange
185	1337	08:54:27	London Stock Exchange
127	1336	08:57:03	London Stock Exchange
63	1336	08:59:18	London Stock Exchange
39	1336	08:59:18	London Stock Exchange
175	1339	09:04:44	London Stock Exchange
131	1341	09:07:02	London Stock Exchange
154	1341	09:09:46	London Stock Exchange
11	1341	09:09:46	London Stock Exchange
117	1339	09:11:58	London Stock Exchange
12	1339	09:11:58	London Stock Exchange
111	1341	09:14:21	London Stock Exchange
100	1341	09:16:54	London Stock Exchange
35	1341	09:16:54	London Stock Exchange
110	1340	09:19:23	London Stock Exchange
118	1339	09:22:03	London Stock Exchange
111	1337	09:24:10	London Stock Exchange
101	1337	09:27:19	London Stock Exchange
120	1335	09:29:58	London Stock Exchange
140	1336	09:33:55	London Stock Exchange
145	1337	09:35:40	London Stock Exchange
131	1337	09:38:05	London Stock Exchange
124	1338	09:40:47	London Stock Exchange
100	1338	09:43:29	London Stock Exchange
100	1339	09:46:20	London Stock Exchange
100	1338	09:48:29	London Stock Exchange
130	1337	09:50:17	London Stock Exchange
134	1339	09:53:28	London Stock Exchange
112	1337	09:56:24	London Stock Exchange
136	1337	09:58:53	London Stock Exchange
8	1337	09:58:53	London Stock Exchange
148	1336	10:04:08	London Stock Exchange
182	1336	10:06:25	London Stock Exchange
130	1336	10:11:48	London Stock Exchange
212	1336	10:14:02	London Stock Exchange
126	1336	10:17:10	London Stock Exchange
130	1335	10:19:36	London Stock Exchange
140	1336	10:23:04	London Stock Exchange
122	1336	10:26:01	London Stock Exchange
122	1340	10:28:42	London Stock Exchange
92	1340	10:31:52	London Stock Exchange
38	1340	10:31:52	London Stock Exchange
58	1339	10:35:21	London Stock Exchange
120	1338	10:37:10	London Stock Exchange
168	1338	10:40:24	London Stock Exchange
180	1338	10:44:47	London Stock Exchange
104	1337	10:49:32	London Stock Exchange
147	1337	10:52:36	London Stock Exchange
126	1337	10:54:44	London Stock Exchange
127	1337	10:57:55	London Stock Exchange
100	1337	11:01:15	London Stock Exchange
36	1337	11:01:15	London Stock Exchange
121	1339	11:04:44	London Stock Exchange
112	1340	11:07:51	London Stock Exchange
1	1340	11:07:51	London Stock Exchange
113	1340	11:10:32	London Stock Exchange
110	1339	11:17:04	London Stock Exchange
107	1339	11:19:38	London Stock Exchange
200	1340	11:22:42	London Stock Exchange
108	1340	11:24:57	London Stock Exchange
125	1340	11:28:38	London Stock Exchange
115	1340	11:31:57	London Stock Exchange
120	1339	11:35:44	London Stock Exchange
104	1340	11:39:10	London Stock Exchange
115	1340	11:41:46	London Stock Exchange
103	1339	11:45:31	London Stock Exchange
118	1339	11:48:45	London Stock Exchange
118	1339	11:52:34	London Stock Exchange
126	1339	11:55:40	London Stock Exchange
121	1340	11:59:47	London Stock Exchange
107	1339	12:05:02	London Stock Exchange
116	1338	12:08:20	London Stock Exchange
112	1336	12:11:35	London Stock Exchange
109	1336	12:15:07	London Stock Exchange
129	1334	12:20:01	London Stock Exchange
126	1335	12:23:02	London Stock Exchange
112	1335	12:26:55	London Stock Exchange
134	1335	12:30:41	London Stock Exchange
101	1336	12:38:02	London Stock Exchange
111	1335	12:38:26	London Stock Exchange
204	1337	12:44:30	London Stock Exchange
129	1335	12:48:06	London Stock Exchange
126	1336	12:52:25	London Stock Exchange
150	1335	12:57:01	London Stock Exchange
133	1335	13:01:13	London Stock Exchange
126	1338	13:05:10	London Stock Exchange
115	1339	13:12:11	London Stock Exchange
115	1338	13:13:12	London Stock Exchange
153	1337	13:20:10	London Stock Exchange
127	1337	13:23:59	London Stock Exchange
176	1337	13:26:15	London Stock Exchange
124	1336	13:29:55	London Stock Exchange
161	1334	13:34:15	London Stock Exchange
123	1336	13:37:42	London Stock Exchange
116	1337	13:41:08	London Stock Exchange
116	1336	13:44:02	London Stock Exchange
109	1335	13:47:17	London Stock Exchange
125	1334	13:50:43	London Stock Exchange
103	1333	13:55:56	London Stock Exchange
102	1333	13:58:01	London Stock Exchange
105	1333	14:00:21	London Stock Exchange
102	1337	14:03:15	London Stock Exchange
176	1335	14:06:27	London Stock Exchange
140	1335	14:08:56	London Stock Exchange
98	1334	14:11:39	London Stock Exchange
100	1332	14:14:42	London Stock Exchange
44	1332	14:14:42	London Stock Exchange
115	1334	14:18:57	London Stock Exchange
8	1332	14:21:20	London Stock Exchange
93	1332	14:21:20	London Stock Exchange
144	1333	14:23:19	London Stock Exchange
114	1334	14:25:39	London Stock Exchange
106	1334	14:27:56	London Stock Exchange
107	1333	14:30:42	London Stock Exchange
211	1335	14:33:27	London Stock Exchange
132	1338	14:36:24	London Stock Exchange
102	1338	14:38:37	London Stock Exchange
10	1338	14:38:37	London Stock Exchange
11	1338	14:38:37	London Stock Exchange
127	1338	14:41:05	London Stock Exchange
128	1339	14:43:31	London Stock Exchange
144	1338	14:45:53	London Stock Exchange
101	1339	14:50:55	London Stock Exchange
167	1341	14:52:56	London Stock Exchange
110	1340	14:53:43	London Stock Exchange
169	1340	14:55:43	London Stock Exchange
121	1340	14:58:05	London Stock Exchange
110	1339	14:59:51	London Stock Exchange
126	1341	15:01:46	London Stock Exchange
140	1341	15:04:07	London Stock Exchange
111	1342	15:05:49	London Stock Exchange
114	1345	15:08:04	London Stock Exchange
126	1346	15:11:57	London Stock Exchange
101	1346	15:11:57	London Stock Exchange
108	1345	15:12:39	London Stock Exchange
104	1343	15:15:00	London Stock Exchange
121	1342	15:17:28	London Stock Exchange
106	1342	15:19:02	London Stock Exchange
153	1341	15:20:23	London Stock Exchange
10	1341	15:23:08	London Stock Exchange
14	1341	15:23:08	London Stock Exchange
82	1341	15:23:08	London Stock Exchange
159	1340	15:23:47	London Stock Exchange
137	1338	15:26:25	London Stock Exchange
106	1338	15:26:53	London Stock Exchange
9	1338	15:29:00	London Stock Exchange
92	1338	15:29:00	London Stock Exchange
102	1337	15:29:51	London Stock Exchange
115	1336	15:31:56	London Stock Exchange
119	1335	15:33:00	London Stock Exchange
85	1335	15:35:22	London Stock Exchange
15	1335	15:35:22	London Stock Exchange
13	1335	15:35:22	London Stock Exchange
52	1334	15:36:07	London Stock Exchange
100	1334	15:38:09	London Stock Exchange
100	1333	15:38:46	London Stock Exchange
1	1333	15:39:06	London Stock Exchange
106	1333	15:39:56	London Stock Exchange
126	1332	15:40:18	London Stock Exchange
252	1336	15:45:37	London Stock Exchange
126	1336	15:45:37	London Stock Exchange
106	1339	15:46:54	London Stock Exchange
106	1341	15:50:07	London Stock Exchange
108	1341	15:50:07	London Stock Exchange
108	1341	15:50:07	London Stock Exchange
128	1340	15:51:37	London Stock Exchange
115	1339	15:53:55	London Stock Exchange
110	1339	15:55:17	London Stock Exchange
105	1339	15:56:36	London Stock Exchange
110	1339	15:56:36	London Stock Exchange
125	1339	15:57:07	London Stock Exchange
102	1342	15:59:05	London Stock Exchange
101	1341	16:00:34	London Stock Exchange
107	1341	16:01:22	London Stock Exchange
115	1341	16:02:04	London Stock Exchange
62	1341	16:04:24	London Stock Exchange
48	1341	16:04:24	London Stock Exchange
119	1341	16:05:13	London Stock Exchange
112	1341	16:05:13	London Stock Exchange
105	1344	16:07:50	London Stock Exchange
126	1343	16:07:54	London Stock Exchange
9	1345	16:12:41	London Stock Exchange
45	1345	16:12:41	London Stock Exchange
73	1345	16:12:41	London Stock Exchange
104	1346	16:13:23	London Stock Exchange
71	1345	16:13:43	London Stock Exchange
153	1345	16:13:43	London Stock Exchange
102	1345	16:13:43	London Stock Exchange
103	1345	16:16:15	London Stock Exchange
257	1345	16:16:15	London Stock Exchange
103	1345	16:16:15	London Stock Exchange
269	1344	16:16:17	London Stock Exchange
170	1345	16:18:41	London Stock Exchange
197	1345	16:20:19	London Stock Exchange
127	1344	16:20:51	London Stock Exchange
126	1344	16:21:18	London Stock Exchange
89	1344	16:23:38	London Stock Exchange
63	1344	16:23:38	London Stock Exchange
131	1343	16:24:46	London Stock Exchange
409	1344	16:27:15	London Stock Exchange

 

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