Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6702N

Ashtead Group PLC

27 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:                                         27 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   50,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1284.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1266.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1273.56 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 54,099,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,225,712 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:          27 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1273.56	50,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price	Time of transaction	Trading venue
79	1274	08:01:55	London Stock Exchange
60	1274	08:01:55	London Stock Exchange
224	1273	08:04:20	London Stock Exchange
181	1270	08:06:35	London Stock Exchange
41	1268	08:09:16	London Stock Exchange
95	1268	08:09:16	London Stock Exchange
200	1267	08:11:04	London Stock Exchange
9	1267	08:11:11	London Stock Exchange
202	1268	08:14:45	London Stock Exchange
142	1267	08:14:45	London Stock Exchange
131	1267	08:15:40	London Stock Exchange
100	1270	08:18:12	London Stock Exchange
189	1271	08:20:19	London Stock Exchange
117	1270	08:20:27	London Stock Exchange
134	1270	08:21:35	London Stock Exchange
153	1271	08:23:02	London Stock Exchange
203	1271	08:25:20	London Stock Exchange
210	1272	08:27:59	London Stock Exchange
80	1272	08:30:18	London Stock Exchange
148	1272	08:30:18	London Stock Exchange
113	1272	08:32:22	London Stock Exchange
17	1272	08:34:42	London Stock Exchange
171	1272	08:35:21	London Stock Exchange
253	1273	08:37:45	London Stock Exchange
237	1273	08:40:43	London Stock Exchange
241	1275	08:42:56	London Stock Exchange
194	1277	08:45:14	London Stock Exchange
180	1276	08:45:53	London Stock Exchange
174	1276	08:47:48	London Stock Exchange
162	1276	08:50:06	London Stock Exchange
182	1277	08:53:16	London Stock Exchange
164	1277	08:54:28	London Stock Exchange
41	1278	08:56:16	London Stock Exchange
100	1278	08:58:05	London Stock Exchange
414	1283	09:00:31	London Stock Exchange
116	1284	09:01:05	London Stock Exchange
143	1283	09:01:18	London Stock Exchange
163	1283	09:02:09	London Stock Exchange
165	1282	09:03:46	London Stock Exchange
216	1283	09:05:55	London Stock Exchange
120	1282	09:08:28	London Stock Exchange
116	1281	09:08:59	London Stock Exchange
172	1281	09:10:53	London Stock Exchange
168	1280	09:12:12	London Stock Exchange
144	1280	09:14:01	London Stock Exchange
162	1280	09:17:48	London Stock Exchange
7	1280	09:17:48	London Stock Exchange
212	1280	09:17:48	London Stock Exchange
111	1280	09:19:58	London Stock Exchange
81	1280	09:19:58	London Stock Exchange
74	1280	09:22:03	London Stock Exchange
100	1280	09:22:03	London Stock Exchange
78	1280	09:24:12	London Stock Exchange
113	1280	09:24:12	London Stock Exchange
10	1280	09:24:12	London Stock Exchange
159	1280	09:26:15	London Stock Exchange
63	1279	09:28:53	London Stock Exchange
87	1279	09:28:53	London Stock Exchange
147	1279	09:28:53	London Stock Exchange
132	1279	09:30:10	London Stock Exchange
100	1279	09:31:06	London Stock Exchange
2	1279	09:33:43	London Stock Exchange
176	1279	09:33:43	London Stock Exchange
97	1279	09:33:43	London Stock Exchange
125	1277	09:35:30	London Stock Exchange
204	1277	09:37:25	London Stock Exchange
21	1277	09:37:25	London Stock Exchange
145	1276	09:39:16	London Stock Exchange
1	1274	09:41:30	London Stock Exchange
100	1274	09:41:30	London Stock Exchange
45	1274	09:41:30	London Stock Exchange
142	1273	09:42:34	London Stock Exchange
122	1272	09:45:05	London Stock Exchange
145	1271	09:45:34	London Stock Exchange
151	1271	09:48:04	London Stock Exchange
144	1270	09:48:42	London Stock Exchange
140	1270	09:50:19	London Stock Exchange
77	1270	09:52:45	London Stock Exchange
77	1270	09:52:45	London Stock Exchange
133	1270	09:55:06	London Stock Exchange
100	1270	09:55:06	London Stock Exchange
108	1270	09:57:11	London Stock Exchange
95	1271	09:59:33	London Stock Exchange
100	1271	09:59:33	London Stock Exchange
183	1271	10:03:18	London Stock Exchange
206	1271	10:04:50	London Stock Exchange
189	1270	10:05:23	London Stock Exchange
127	1270	10:05:58	London Stock Exchange
160	1268	10:07:26	London Stock Exchange
145	1268	10:10:11	London Stock Exchange
139	1267	10:11:06	London Stock Exchange
1	1269	10:15:17	London Stock Exchange
24	1273	10:21:22	London Stock Exchange
315	1274	10:21:59	London Stock Exchange
98	1274	10:22:17	London Stock Exchange
100	1274	10:22:17	London Stock Exchange
312	1274	10:23:52	London Stock Exchange
181	1273	10:26:06	London Stock Exchange
301	1273	10:26:06	London Stock Exchange
194	1273	10:28:37	London Stock Exchange
161	1274	10:30:39	London Stock Exchange
150	1272	10:32:53	London Stock Exchange
260	1274	10:39:07	London Stock Exchange
318	1273	10:40:01	London Stock Exchange
100	1273	10:41:00	London Stock Exchange
27	1273	10:43:13	London Stock Exchange
121	1273	10:43:13	London Stock Exchange
213	1273	10:45:03	London Stock Exchange
5	1273	10:45:03	London Stock Exchange
263	1275	10:54:42	London Stock Exchange
54	1275	10:54:42	London Stock Exchange
275	1276	10:55:09	London Stock Exchange
114	1278	10:59:50	London Stock Exchange
155	1278	10:59:50	London Stock Exchange
170	1277	11:00:31	London Stock Exchange
159	1277	11:00:31	London Stock Exchange
57	1277	11:03:01	London Stock Exchange
76	1277	11:03:01	London Stock Exchange
129	1277	11:04:28	London Stock Exchange
104	1276	11:05:54	London Stock Exchange
195	1275	11:08:04	London Stock Exchange
153	1273	11:10:27	London Stock Exchange
84	1273	11:17:45	London Stock Exchange
132	1273	11:17:45	London Stock Exchange
203	1273	11:17:45	London Stock Exchange
181	1273	11:17:45	London Stock Exchange
56	1273	11:17:45	London Stock Exchange
141	1274	11:23:28	London Stock Exchange
142	1274	11:25:44	London Stock Exchange
129	1274	11:25:44	London Stock Exchange
184	1276	11:28:53	London Stock Exchange
1	1277	11:31:45	London Stock Exchange
159	1277	11:32:34	London Stock Exchange
31	1277	11:34:27	London Stock Exchange
134	1277	11:34:27	London Stock Exchange
115	1276	11:35:26	London Stock Exchange
121	1279	11:38:22	London Stock Exchange
159	1280	11:40:54	London Stock Exchange
153	1279	11:42:10	London Stock Exchange
47	1279	11:44:18	London Stock Exchange
152	1279	11:44:18	London Stock Exchange
112	1278	11:45:27	London Stock Exchange
35	1279	11:47:39	London Stock Exchange
145	1279	11:47:39	London Stock Exchange
2	1278	11:49:23	London Stock Exchange
98	1278	11:49:23	London Stock Exchange
9	1278	11:51:07	London Stock Exchange
103	1278	11:51:07	London Stock Exchange
75	1278	11:53:15	London Stock Exchange
110	1278	11:53:15	London Stock Exchange
199	1276	11:57:01	London Stock Exchange
104	1276	12:02:38	London Stock Exchange
30	1276	12:02:38	London Stock Exchange
26	1276	12:02:38	London Stock Exchange
179	1277	12:06:02	London Stock Exchange
141	1277	12:08:03	London Stock Exchange
221	1277	12:10:41	London Stock Exchange
119	1276	12:12:31	London Stock Exchange
122	1276	12:15:02	London Stock Exchange
133	1276	12:18:04	London Stock Exchange
60	1276	12:18:04	London Stock Exchange
52	1276	12:20:41	London Stock Exchange
119	1276	12:20:41	London Stock Exchange
13	1277	12:34:02	London Stock Exchange
96	1277	12:34:02	London Stock Exchange
139	1277	12:34:02	London Stock Exchange
132	1277	12:34:29	London Stock Exchange
118	1277	12:36:36	London Stock Exchange
153	1276	12:37:24	London Stock Exchange
79	1276	12:37:24	London Stock Exchange
114	1276	12:37:24	London Stock Exchange
101	1276	12:37:24	London Stock Exchange
225	1276	12:37:24	London Stock Exchange
153	1276	12:39:18	London Stock Exchange
127	1276	12:41:37	London Stock Exchange
138	1275	12:45:01	London Stock Exchange
69	1275	12:46:38	London Stock Exchange
160	1275	12:48:49	London Stock Exchange
107	1274	12:49:56	London Stock Exchange
144	1274	12:52:03	London Stock Exchange
78	1274	12:52:03	London Stock Exchange
184	1275	12:55:33	London Stock Exchange
58	1275	12:55:33	London Stock Exchange
106	1276	12:57:46	London Stock Exchange
103	1276	12:59:21	London Stock Exchange
129	1275	13:03:01	London Stock Exchange
63	1275	13:04:57	London Stock Exchange
127	1275	13:04:57	London Stock Exchange
46	1275	13:07:44	London Stock Exchange
37	1275	13:07:44	London Stock Exchange
140	1275	13:09:48	London Stock Exchange
221	1276	13:19:14	London Stock Exchange
101	1278	13:24:01	London Stock Exchange
144	1278	13:24:01	London Stock Exchange
488	1278	13:24:01	London Stock Exchange
126	1278	13:26:38	London Stock Exchange
93	1277	13:26:57	London Stock Exchange
82	1277	13:26:57	London Stock Exchange
126	1278	13:28:59	London Stock Exchange
52	1278	13:28:59	London Stock Exchange
138	1278	13:31:38	London Stock Exchange
151	1277	13:33:38	London Stock Exchange
2	1277	13:33:38	London Stock Exchange
164	1277	13:36:05	London Stock Exchange
115	1277	13:37:57	London Stock Exchange
136	1275	13:40:07	London Stock Exchange
114	1278	13:46:28	London Stock Exchange
123	1278	13:46:28	London Stock Exchange
105	1278	13:46:28	London Stock Exchange
117	1279	13:51:41	London Stock Exchange
141	1279	13:53:11	London Stock Exchange
49	1279	13:53:11	London Stock Exchange
104	1278	13:53:37	London Stock Exchange
104	1278	13:53:37	London Stock Exchange
102	1278	13:53:37	London Stock Exchange
72	1278	13:55:45	London Stock Exchange
119	1278	13:55:45	London Stock Exchange
115	1278	13:57:22	London Stock Exchange
126	1278	13:59:29	London Stock Exchange
104	1278	14:02:17	London Stock Exchange
68	1278	14:04:29	London Stock Exchange
33	1278	14:04:29	London Stock Exchange
212	1281	14:11:50	London Stock Exchange
29	1280	14:12:01	London Stock Exchange
102	1280	14:12:01	London Stock Exchange
541	1280	14:12:01	London Stock Exchange
100	1279	14:14:03	London Stock Exchange
58	1279	14:14:03	London Stock Exchange
202	1279	14:16:06	London Stock Exchange
123	1279	14:17:21	London Stock Exchange
132	1279	14:19:40	London Stock Exchange
114	1278	14:21:18	London Stock Exchange
210	1277	14:22:31	London Stock Exchange
111	1276	14:23:46	London Stock Exchange
41	1276	14:25:30	London Stock Exchange
109	1276	14:25:30	London Stock Exchange
126	1276	14:27:29	London Stock Exchange
118	1276	14:29:30	London Stock Exchange
126	1275	14:30:02	London Stock Exchange
119	1275	14:31:10	London Stock Exchange
168	1275	14:36:19	London Stock Exchange
25	1275	14:36:19	London Stock Exchange
122	1274	14:36:27	London Stock Exchange
125	1274	14:36:27	London Stock Exchange
112	1274	14:36:27	London Stock Exchange
126	1274	14:36:27	London Stock Exchange
132	1272	14:38:31	London Stock Exchange
118	1272	14:40:12	London Stock Exchange
131	1272	14:42:14	London Stock Exchange
112	1272	14:44:16	London Stock Exchange
136	1272	14:44:16	London Stock Exchange
12	1271	14:45:35	London Stock Exchange
117	1271	14:49:39	London Stock Exchange
120	1271	14:49:39	London Stock Exchange
138	1271	14:49:39	London Stock Exchange
115	1271	14:49:39	London Stock Exchange
102	1271	14:49:39	London Stock Exchange
130	1271	14:49:39	London Stock Exchange
22	1271	14:51:38	London Stock Exchange
119	1271	14:51:38	London Stock Exchange
118	1271	14:53:22	London Stock Exchange
112	1271	14:53:22	London Stock Exchange
118	1273	14:56:10	London Stock Exchange
116	1273	14:56:10	London Stock Exchange
150	1273	14:56:10	London Stock Exchange
138	1273	14:57:48	London Stock Exchange
120	1273	14:59:38	London Stock Exchange
111	1274	15:01:24	London Stock Exchange
136	1274	15:01:24	London Stock Exchange
120	1273	15:03:14	London Stock Exchange
127	1273	15:03:14	London Stock Exchange
126	1272	15:03:25	London Stock Exchange
85	1271	15:04:32	London Stock Exchange
78	1271	15:04:32	London Stock Exchange
123	1271	15:06:46	London Stock Exchange
68	1270	15:09:07	London Stock Exchange
61	1270	15:09:07	London Stock Exchange
141	1270	15:09:07	London Stock Exchange
135	1270	15:09:07	London Stock Exchange
119	1269	15:11:03	London Stock Exchange
116	1269	15:11:03	London Stock Exchange
122	1269	15:13:01	London Stock Exchange
133	1268	15:13:44	London Stock Exchange
117	1268	15:13:44	London Stock Exchange
336	1268	15:16:57	London Stock Exchange
188	1268	15:18:53	London Stock Exchange
138	1267	15:20:10	London Stock Exchange
111	1267	15:20:10	London Stock Exchange
126	1267	15:20:10	London Stock Exchange
180	1266	15:21:18	London Stock Exchange
122	1267	15:23:23	London Stock Exchange
122	1267	15:23:23	London Stock Exchange
113	1267	15:26:34	London Stock Exchange
113	1267	15:26:34	London Stock Exchange
236	1267	15:26:34	London Stock Exchange
100	1269	15:31:50	London Stock Exchange
500	1269	15:31:50	London Stock Exchange
120	1269	15:31:50	London Stock Exchange
140	1270	15:33:41	London Stock Exchange
113	1270	15:33:41	London Stock Exchange
118	1270	15:33:41	London Stock Exchange
129	1270	15:35:08	London Stock Exchange
129	1270	15:35:08	London Stock Exchange
128	1269	15:39:20	London Stock Exchange
7	1269	15:39:20	London Stock Exchange
115	1269	15:39:20	London Stock Exchange
136	1269	15:39:20	London Stock Exchange
115	1269	15:39:20	London Stock Exchange
104	1269	15:39:20	London Stock Exchange
120	1268	15:40:34	London Stock Exchange
172	1268	15:41:16	London Stock Exchange
132	1268	15:41:16	London Stock Exchange
112	1268	15:41:54	London Stock Exchange
152	1267	15:43:17	London Stock Exchange
116	1270	15:49:00	London Stock Exchange
57	1270	15:49:00	London Stock Exchange
871	1270	15:49:01	London Stock Exchange
242	1271	15:52:09	London Stock Exchange
136	1271	15:52:09	London Stock Exchange
110	1270	15:53:24	London Stock Exchange
137	1270	15:53:24	London Stock Exchange
123	1270	15:53:24	London Stock Exchange
137	1269	15:55:05	London Stock Exchange
14	1269	15:55:05	London Stock Exchange
111	1269	15:55:05	London Stock Exchange
100	1269	15:55:50	London Stock Exchange
112	1269	15:56:25	London Stock Exchange
115	1269	15:56:25	London Stock Exchange
80	1268	15:59:15	London Stock Exchange
44	1268	15:59:15	London Stock Exchange
121	1268	15:59:15	London Stock Exchange
130	1268	15:59:15	London Stock Exchange
115	1268	15:59:15	London Stock Exchange
111	1270	16:01:36	London Stock Exchange
127	1270	16:01:36	London Stock Exchange
122	1270	16:01:36	London Stock Exchange
121	1270	16:01:36	London Stock Exchange
81	1269	16:05:13	London Stock Exchange
110	1269	16:05:46	London Stock Exchange
113	1269	16:05:46	London Stock Exchange
114	1269	16:05:46	London Stock Exchange
126	1269	16:05:46	London Stock Exchange
111	1269	16:05:46	London Stock Exchange
124	1269	16:05:46	London Stock Exchange
37	1269	16:05:46	London Stock Exchange
112	1269	16:06:14	London Stock Exchange
121	1269	16:06:32	London Stock Exchange
131	1271	16:12:49	London Stock Exchange
131	1271	16:12:49	London Stock Exchange
126	1271	16:12:49	London Stock Exchange
111	1271	16:12:52	London Stock Exchange
128	1271	16:12:52	London Stock Exchange
134	1271	16:12:52	London Stock Exchange
141	1271	16:12:52	London Stock Exchange
119	1271	16:12:52	London Stock Exchange
128	1271	16:12:52	London Stock Exchange
133	1271	16:12:52	London Stock Exchange
119	1270	16:14:22	London Stock Exchange
116	1270	16:14:22	London Stock Exchange
132	1270	16:14:22	London Stock Exchange
115	1270	16:18:19	London Stock Exchange
114	1270	16:18:19	London Stock Exchange
132	1270	16:18:19	London Stock Exchange
118	1270	16:18:19	London Stock Exchange
123	1270	16:18:19	London Stock Exchange
390	1270	16:18:19	London Stock Exchange
113	1270	16:18:19	London Stock Exchange
245	1270	16:19:55	London Stock Exchange
196	1270	16:19:55	London Stock Exchange
200	1270	16:21:34	London Stock Exchange
226	1270	16:21:42	London Stock Exchange
100	1272	16:23:54	London Stock Exchange
11	1272	16:24:03	London Stock Exchange
128	1271	16:24:47	London Stock Exchange
482	1271	16:24:47	London Stock Exchange
193	1271	16:26:09	London Stock Exchange
190	1271	16:26:22	London Stock Exchange
195	1271	16:28:00	London Stock Exchange
32	1271	16:28:02	London Stock Exchange
399	1273	16:28:31	London Stock Exchange

 

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