Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 2282N

Ashtead Group PLC

21 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:                                            21 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1341.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1320.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1328.63 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,974,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,350,712 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:          21 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1328.63	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
104	1340	08:12:16	London Stock Exchange
108	1340	08:14:22	London Stock Exchange
121	1341	08:17:41	London Stock Exchange
18	1338	08:19:55	London Stock Exchange
109	1338	08:19:56	London Stock Exchange
150	1337	08:23:02	London Stock Exchange
76	1335	08:25:58	London Stock Exchange
114	1336	08:27:40	London Stock Exchange
136	1334	08:30:53	London Stock Exchange
114	1334	08:33:19	London Stock Exchange
26	1334	08:35:14	London Stock Exchange
160	1334	08:37:27	London Stock Exchange
139	1334	08:39:33	London Stock Exchange
13	1333	08:42:27	London Stock Exchange
153	1335	08:45:06	London Stock Exchange
167	1335	08:47:46	London Stock Exchange
94	1334	08:49:21	London Stock Exchange
204	1334	08:52:23	London Stock Exchange
141	1334	08:54:55	London Stock Exchange
133	1335	08:59:06	London Stock Exchange
184	1335	09:02:07	London Stock Exchange
176	1336	09:05:14	London Stock Exchange
144	1336	09:08:49	London Stock Exchange
144	1336	09:10:55	London Stock Exchange
102	1336	09:13:21	London Stock Exchange
220	1336	09:18:09	London Stock Exchange
173	1337	09:25:18	London Stock Exchange
171	1337	09:31:14	London Stock Exchange
107	1337	09:31:14	London Stock Exchange
10	1338	09:33:04	London Stock Exchange
158	1338	09:33:05	London Stock Exchange
109	1337	09:35:48	London Stock Exchange
117	1336	09:37:26	London Stock Exchange
128	1337	09:39:45	London Stock Exchange
103	1337	09:42:57	London Stock Exchange
174	1338	09:45:24	London Stock Exchange
141	1337	09:47:54	London Stock Exchange
159	1337	09:50:42	London Stock Exchange
144	1337	09:54:07	London Stock Exchange
106	1337	09:59:58	London Stock Exchange
193	1337	09:59:58	London Stock Exchange
115	1336	10:02:47	London Stock Exchange
118	1337	10:15:26	London Stock Exchange
194	1337	10:17:20	London Stock Exchange
130	1336	10:20:01	London Stock Exchange
167	1336	10:22:39	London Stock Exchange
129	1335	10:24:50	London Stock Exchange
110	1335	10:26:55	London Stock Exchange
78	1335	10:29:27	London Stock Exchange
43	1335	10:29:27	London Stock Exchange
137	1335	10:32:28	London Stock Exchange
86	1335	10:35:33	London Stock Exchange
15	1335	10:35:33	London Stock Exchange
131	1334	10:40:26	London Stock Exchange
124	1334	10:42:19	London Stock Exchange
116	1334	10:44:14	London Stock Exchange
8	1334	10:46:32	London Stock Exchange
116	1334	10:46:32	London Stock Exchange
2	1334	10:46:32	London Stock Exchange
120	1334	10:49:42	London Stock Exchange
138	1334	10:52:56	London Stock Exchange
117	1334	10:55:40	London Stock Exchange
127	1334	10:58:53	London Stock Exchange
44	1333	11:02:16	London Stock Exchange
78	1333	11:02:16	London Stock Exchange
111	1333	11:05:12	London Stock Exchange
15	1333	11:05:12	London Stock Exchange
95	1333	11:08:24	London Stock Exchange
24	1333	11:08:24	London Stock Exchange
32	1331	11:11:40	London Stock Exchange
56	1331	11:11:40	London Stock Exchange
47	1331	11:11:40	London Stock Exchange
109	1331	11:15:28	London Stock Exchange
107	1331	11:19:28	London Stock Exchange
143	1331	11:21:32	London Stock Exchange
7	1331	11:21:32	London Stock Exchange
110	1331	11:24:27	London Stock Exchange
5	1331	11:24:27	London Stock Exchange
111	1331	11:28:02	London Stock Exchange
116	1330	11:30:37	London Stock Exchange
86	1331	11:34:06	London Stock Exchange
32	1331	11:34:06	London Stock Exchange
117	1334	11:40:07	London Stock Exchange
2	1334	11:42:27	London Stock Exchange
141	1334	11:42:27	London Stock Exchange
136	1334	11:45:13	London Stock Exchange
150	1335	11:49:30	London Stock Exchange
130	1335	11:53:19	London Stock Exchange
133	1335	11:56:54	London Stock Exchange
19	1335	12:04:18	London Stock Exchange
138	1335	12:04:18	London Stock Exchange
142	1335	12:06:35	London Stock Exchange
125	1335	12:09:37	London Stock Exchange
7	1335	12:14:24	London Stock Exchange
114	1335	12:14:24	London Stock Exchange
77	1334	12:17:06	London Stock Exchange
45	1334	12:17:06	London Stock Exchange
118	1334	12:20:53	London Stock Exchange
114	1334	12:23:59	London Stock Exchange
109	1334	12:27:29	London Stock Exchange
3	1334	12:27:29	London Stock Exchange
143	1335	12:32:24	London Stock Exchange
3	1335	12:32:24	London Stock Exchange
54	1335	12:36:19	London Stock Exchange
86	1335	12:36:19	London Stock Exchange
115	1335	12:40:14	London Stock Exchange
12	1335	12:40:14	London Stock Exchange
111	1334	12:44:18	London Stock Exchange
138	1333	12:49:32	London Stock Exchange
180	1333	12:54:38	London Stock Exchange
109	1332	12:57:07	London Stock Exchange
107	1332	13:03:18	London Stock Exchange
116	1333	13:08:02	London Stock Exchange
132	1332	13:09:47	London Stock Exchange
120	1332	13:12:06	London Stock Exchange
134	1332	13:16:10	London Stock Exchange
118	1332	13:18:58	London Stock Exchange
153	1330	13:23:18	London Stock Exchange
105	1330	13:31:33	London Stock Exchange
103	1330	13:33:43	London Stock Exchange
111	1330	13:37:59	London Stock Exchange
127	1329	13:40:21	London Stock Exchange
106	1329	13:42:53	London Stock Exchange
101	1329	13:46:36	London Stock Exchange
144	1328	13:46:48	London Stock Exchange
106	1329	13:54:52	London Stock Exchange
106	1329	13:54:52	London Stock Exchange
176	1329	13:56:47	London Stock Exchange
132	1326	13:59:44	London Stock Exchange
126	1326	14:03:40	London Stock Exchange
112	1325	14:05:21	London Stock Exchange
106	1327	14:08:49	London Stock Exchange
129	1326	14:14:25	London Stock Exchange
103	1326	14:16:56	London Stock Exchange
111	1326	14:19:16	London Stock Exchange
148	1326	14:21:40	London Stock Exchange
104	1326	14:23:36	London Stock Exchange
111	1326	14:26:03	London Stock Exchange
18	1326	14:26:03	London Stock Exchange
101	1325	14:27:50	London Stock Exchange
151	1325	14:30:01	London Stock Exchange
164	1324	14:32:22	London Stock Exchange
112	1323	14:34:22	London Stock Exchange
112	1321	14:38:09	London Stock Exchange
132	1321	14:38:29	London Stock Exchange
140	1320	14:42:41	London Stock Exchange
103	1321	14:44:58	London Stock Exchange
119	1321	14:46:59	London Stock Exchange
121	1321	14:49:04	London Stock Exchange
104	1321	14:52:33	London Stock Exchange
100	1321	14:55:28	London Stock Exchange
85	1320	14:56:28	London Stock Exchange
106	1320	14:56:28	London Stock Exchange
122	1320	14:58:42	London Stock Exchange
100	1320	15:01:17	London Stock Exchange
100	1320	15:02:32	London Stock Exchange
116	1321	15:06:06	London Stock Exchange
122	1320	15:06:20	London Stock Exchange
112	1321	15:08:23	London Stock Exchange
92	1321	15:10:51	London Stock Exchange
104	1320	15:12:35	London Stock Exchange
108	1320	15:12:35	London Stock Exchange
128	1320	15:14:50	London Stock Exchange
114	1320	15:14:50	London Stock Exchange
113	1322	15:19:24	London Stock Exchange
101	1322	15:19:24	London Stock Exchange
108	1322	15:19:24	London Stock Exchange
120	1322	15:22:10	London Stock Exchange
101	1321	15:23:32	London Stock Exchange
102	1321	15:25:19	London Stock Exchange
177	1320	15:25:34	London Stock Exchange
141	1322	15:31:11	London Stock Exchange
81	1322	15:31:11	London Stock Exchange
119	1321	15:31:35	London Stock Exchange
125	1321	15:36:44	London Stock Exchange
102	1321	15:36:44	London Stock Exchange
117	1321	15:36:44	London Stock Exchange
123	1321	15:36:44	London Stock Exchange
111	1321	15:38:40	London Stock Exchange
103	1321	15:40:41	London Stock Exchange
104	1320	15:42:21	London Stock Exchange
104	1320	15:42:21	London Stock Exchange
103	1321	15:46:07	London Stock Exchange
104	1320	15:47:26	London Stock Exchange
103	1320	15:47:26	London Stock Exchange
109	1320	15:47:26	London Stock Exchange
29	1320	15:47:26	London Stock Exchange
87	1320	15:47:26	London Stock Exchange
66	1320	15:49:53	London Stock Exchange
51	1320	15:49:53	London Stock Exchange
4	1320	15:49:53	London Stock Exchange
113	1321	15:54:19	London Stock Exchange
107	1320	15:54:50	London Stock Exchange
101	1320	15:54:50	London Stock Exchange
114	1320	15:54:50	London Stock Exchange
112	1320	15:54:50	London Stock Exchange
149	1320	15:55:58	London Stock Exchange
105	1320	15:57:59	London Stock Exchange
120	1321	16:00:06	London Stock Exchange
6	1321	16:00:06	London Stock Exchange
101	1320	16:01:29	London Stock Exchange
164	1320	16:01:29	London Stock Exchange
107	1321	16:04:09	London Stock Exchange
107	1321	16:04:09	London Stock Exchange
105	1321	16:05:50	London Stock Exchange
101	1321	16:05:50	London Stock Exchange
134	1321	16:06:26	London Stock Exchange
37	1321	16:07:39	London Stock Exchange
100	1321	16:09:16	London Stock Exchange
118	1321	16:09:16	London Stock Exchange
123	1321	16:09:59	London Stock Exchange
103	1321	16:13:00	London Stock Exchange
110	1321	16:13:00	London Stock Exchange
105	1321	16:14:16	London Stock Exchange
127	1321	16:15:15	London Stock Exchange
100	1321	16:15:15	London Stock Exchange
204	1321	16:15:15	London Stock Exchange
203	1322	16:18:03	London Stock Exchange
164	1322	16:18:58	London Stock Exchange
207	1324	16:20:36	London Stock Exchange
245	1323	16:21:17	London Stock Exchange
122	1322	16:21:41	London Stock Exchange
115	1322	16:22:55	London Stock Exchange
110	1323	16:24:31	London Stock Exchange
261	1324	16:26:56	London Stock Exchange
183	1323	16:28:00	London Stock Exchange
13	1323	16:28:07	London Stock Exchange

 

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