Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5617N

Ashtead Group PLC

26 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:                                         26 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1298.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1269.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1279.86 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 54,049,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,275,712 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:          26 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1279.86	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price	Time of transaction	Trading venue
108	1298	08:16:41	London Stock Exchange
114	1298	08:19:28	London Stock Exchange
129	1298	08:21:45	London Stock Exchange
117	1298	08:23:46	London Stock Exchange
138	1295	08:26:29	London Stock Exchange
122	1295	08:29:41	London Stock Exchange
84	1294	08:31:51	London Stock Exchange
42	1294	08:31:51	London Stock Exchange
145	1295	08:34:34	London Stock Exchange
126	1297	08:38:59	London Stock Exchange
145	1297	08:40:30	London Stock Exchange
121	1297	08:42:46	London Stock Exchange
124	1298	08:45:19	London Stock Exchange
68	1297	08:48:31	London Stock Exchange
37	1297	08:48:31	London Stock Exchange
165	1297	08:50:45	London Stock Exchange
119	1295	08:53:42	London Stock Exchange
112	1294	08:56:22	London Stock Exchange
144	1293	08:58:34	London Stock Exchange
108	1293	09:00:29	London Stock Exchange
130	1291	09:03:17	London Stock Exchange
109	1288	09:06:35	London Stock Exchange
197	1290	09:11:01	London Stock Exchange
104	1289	09:12:07	London Stock Exchange
108	1285	09:14:30	London Stock Exchange
136	1285	09:16:57	London Stock Exchange
167	1285	09:19:59	London Stock Exchange
114	1281	09:22:42	London Stock Exchange
167	1280	09:25:51	London Stock Exchange
130	1279	09:28:58	London Stock Exchange
110	1278	09:31:23	London Stock Exchange
136	1279	09:33:53	London Stock Exchange
114	1281	09:36:46	London Stock Exchange
114	1280	09:39:01	London Stock Exchange
138	1280	09:41:26	London Stock Exchange
82	1281	09:43:34	London Stock Exchange
19	1281	09:43:34	London Stock Exchange
30	1282	09:53:42	London Stock Exchange
118	1282	09:53:42	London Stock Exchange
100	1281	09:55:50	London Stock Exchange
93	1281	09:56:35	London Stock Exchange
48	1281	09:58:53	London Stock Exchange
118	1281	09:58:53	London Stock Exchange
107	1282	10:06:21	London Stock Exchange
164	1282	10:06:21	London Stock Exchange
112	1283	10:13:05	London Stock Exchange
53	1283	10:13:05	London Stock Exchange
6	1283	10:15:01	London Stock Exchange
166	1283	10:15:01	London Stock Exchange
6	1283	10:15:01	London Stock Exchange
103	1282	10:15:20	London Stock Exchange
109	1282	10:15:20	London Stock Exchange
195	1281	10:17:28	London Stock Exchange
114	1281	10:19:43	London Stock Exchange
135	1281	10:22:41	London Stock Exchange
130	1279	10:27:12	London Stock Exchange
136	1280	10:39:56	London Stock Exchange
148	1280	10:39:56	London Stock Exchange
103	1280	10:40:00	London Stock Exchange
106	1280	10:40:00	London Stock Exchange
70	1280	10:40:00	London Stock Exchange
141	1281	10:43:10	London Stock Exchange
116	1281	10:45:41	London Stock Exchange
101	1281	10:48:04	London Stock Exchange
129	1281	10:51:05	London Stock Exchange
112	1285	10:54:28	London Stock Exchange
107	1285	10:56:30	London Stock Exchange
84	1285	10:59:08	London Stock Exchange
19	1285	10:59:08	London Stock Exchange
130	1285	11:02:32	London Stock Exchange
123	1285	11:05:43	London Stock Exchange
19	1285	11:09:50	London Stock Exchange
85	1285	11:09:50	London Stock Exchange
2	1285	11:12:06	London Stock Exchange
99	1285	11:12:06	London Stock Exchange
148	1286	11:14:54	London Stock Exchange
115	1285	11:17:55	London Stock Exchange
100	1285	11:21:16	London Stock Exchange
3	1285	11:21:16	London Stock Exchange
122	1285	11:25:02	London Stock Exchange
126	1285	11:27:29	London Stock Exchange
146	1284	11:34:20	London Stock Exchange
128	1284	11:36:36	London Stock Exchange
118	1284	11:38:36	London Stock Exchange
118	1283	11:41:59	London Stock Exchange
22	1281	11:46:02	London Stock Exchange
118	1281	11:46:02	London Stock Exchange
106	1281	11:50:00	London Stock Exchange
105	1281	11:55:20	London Stock Exchange
145	1281	11:57:33	London Stock Exchange
12	1279	12:02:13	London Stock Exchange
119	1279	12:02:13	London Stock Exchange
79	1282	12:08:20	London Stock Exchange
118	1282	12:08:20	London Stock Exchange
184	1282	12:14:35	London Stock Exchange
111	1282	12:18:24	London Stock Exchange
142	1282	12:21:49	London Stock Exchange
115	1282	12:25:25	London Stock Exchange
130	1276	12:29:36	London Stock Exchange
120	1276	12:32:53	London Stock Exchange
150	1281	12:37:35	London Stock Exchange
120	1280	12:41:19	London Stock Exchange
127	1281	12:45:03	London Stock Exchange
113	1281	12:48:37	London Stock Exchange
180	1282	12:55:09	London Stock Exchange
135	1282	12:58:12	London Stock Exchange
105	1282	13:01:51	London Stock Exchange
61	1282	13:05:10	London Stock Exchange
51	1282	13:05:10	London Stock Exchange
118	1285	13:08:31	London Stock Exchange
135	1282	13:12:41	London Stock Exchange
112	1285	13:16:33	London Stock Exchange
20	1285	13:16:33	London Stock Exchange
103	1280	13:20:02	London Stock Exchange
17	1282	13:23:48	London Stock Exchange
118	1282	13:23:48	London Stock Exchange
110	1283	13:27:23	London Stock Exchange
21	1283	13:27:23	London Stock Exchange
124	1283	13:31:02	London Stock Exchange
80	1283	13:34:00	London Stock Exchange
22	1283	13:34:00	London Stock Exchange
119	1283	13:37:59	London Stock Exchange
119	1282	13:40:33	London Stock Exchange
17	1283	13:44:37	London Stock Exchange
118	1283	13:44:37	London Stock Exchange
137	1283	13:47:45	London Stock Exchange
102	1282	13:51:20	London Stock Exchange
103	1283	13:53:49	London Stock Exchange
118	1283	13:56:35	London Stock Exchange
119	1283	13:59:02	London Stock Exchange
119	1283	14:01:53	London Stock Exchange
117	1283	14:04:39	London Stock Exchange
120	1281	14:08:11	London Stock Exchange
119	1281	14:10:36	London Stock Exchange
166	1282	14:15:00	London Stock Exchange
132	1281	14:20:26	London Stock Exchange
152	1279	14:22:13	London Stock Exchange
49	1279	14:26:59	London Stock Exchange
106	1279	14:28:55	London Stock Exchange
81	1279	14:28:55	London Stock Exchange
155	1278	14:30:40	London Stock Exchange
2	1278	14:32:51	London Stock Exchange
139	1278	14:32:51	London Stock Exchange
77	1277	14:33:18	London Stock Exchange
130	1276	14:35:47	London Stock Exchange
126	1275	14:37:11	London Stock Exchange
154	1273	14:39:52	London Stock Exchange
115	1273	14:45:12	London Stock Exchange
127	1273	14:45:12	London Stock Exchange
134	1274	14:47:08	London Stock Exchange
127	1274	14:49:50	London Stock Exchange
129	1273	14:51:56	London Stock Exchange
117	1274	14:54:14	London Stock Exchange
130	1274	14:56:47	London Stock Exchange
12	1274	14:59:27	London Stock Exchange
118	1274	14:59:27	London Stock Exchange
141	1271	15:00:22	London Stock Exchange
131	1272	15:11:14	London Stock Exchange
120	1272	15:11:14	London Stock Exchange
119	1272	15:11:14	London Stock Exchange
115	1272	15:11:14	London Stock Exchange
238	1272	15:11:14	London Stock Exchange
1	1273	15:15:52	London Stock Exchange
114	1273	15:15:52	London Stock Exchange
112	1273	15:18:01	London Stock Exchange
116	1272	15:18:09	London Stock Exchange
76	1273	15:20:11	London Stock Exchange
184	1273	15:20:11	London Stock Exchange
120	1272	15:23:19	London Stock Exchange
151	1271	15:24:19	London Stock Exchange
112	1271	15:26:51	London Stock Exchange
140	1272	15:29:10	London Stock Exchange
126	1270	15:29:26	London Stock Exchange
207	1271	15:31:29	London Stock Exchange
130	1271	15:33:49	London Stock Exchange
112	1270	15:35:37	London Stock Exchange
113	1271	15:37:36	London Stock Exchange
22	1271	15:38:11	London Stock Exchange
57	1271	15:38:11	London Stock Exchange
41	1271	15:38:11	London Stock Exchange
125	1270	15:39:31	London Stock Exchange
140	1272	15:42:00	London Stock Exchange
114	1272	15:43:48	London Stock Exchange
114	1272	15:43:48	London Stock Exchange
70	1271	15:54:24	London Stock Exchange
260	1271	15:54:24	London Stock Exchange
124	1271	15:54:39	London Stock Exchange
45	1271	15:54:39	London Stock Exchange
115	1271	15:54:53	London Stock Exchange
119	1271	15:57:43	London Stock Exchange
119	1271	15:57:43	London Stock Exchange
176	1271	15:57:43	London Stock Exchange
137	1271	15:57:43	London Stock Exchange
139	1271	15:57:43	London Stock Exchange
117	1269	15:59:30	London Stock Exchange
131	1272	16:01:24	London Stock Exchange
129	1271	16:02:45	London Stock Exchange
122	1274	16:04:54	London Stock Exchange
136	1273	16:04:54	London Stock Exchange
110	1272	16:05:26	London Stock Exchange
130	1272	16:08:00	London Stock Exchange
114	1272	16:08:00	London Stock Exchange
357	1276	16:11:55	London Stock Exchange
112	1277	16:13:18	London Stock Exchange
109	1277	16:13:18	London Stock Exchange
101	1278	16:14:48	London Stock Exchange
120	1278	16:14:48	London Stock Exchange
218	1276	16:16:00	London Stock Exchange
159	1276	16:16:53	London Stock Exchange
80	1276	16:17:33	London Stock Exchange
49	1276	16:17:33	London Stock Exchange
267	1276	16:19:57	London Stock Exchange
186	1275	16:20:12	London Stock Exchange
132	1275	16:20:53	London Stock Exchange
218	1275	16:23:38	London Stock Exchange
124	1274	16:23:53	London Stock Exchange
141	1273	16:24:47	London Stock Exchange
147	1275	16:26:47	London Stock Exchange
94	1274	16:27:22	London Stock Exchange
45	1274	16:27:53	London Stock Exchange

 

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