Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4146L

Ashtead Group PLC

30 September 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:                                        30 September 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   51,675 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1250.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1230.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1238.06 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,555,491 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,770,063 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:          30 September 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1238.06	51,675

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading Venue
133	1236	08:06:40	London Stock Exchange
227	1234	08:08:14	London Stock Exchange
176	1234	08:10:05	London Stock Exchange
312	1236	08:12:13	London Stock Exchange
236	1235	08:12:15	London Stock Exchange
116	1235	08:12:15	London Stock Exchange
320	1235	08:15:10	London Stock Exchange
43	1235	08:16:13	London Stock Exchange
70	1235	08:16:13	London Stock Exchange
227	1235	08:17:03	London Stock Exchange
180	1234	08:17:20	London Stock Exchange
1	1234	08:17:54	London Stock Exchange
66	1234	08:17:54	London Stock Exchange
53	1234	08:17:54	London Stock Exchange
349	1235	08:20:28	London Stock Exchange
205	1234	08:21:18	London Stock Exchange
67	1234	08:23:56	London Stock Exchange
319	1234	08:23:56	London Stock Exchange
228	1233	08:24:12	London Stock Exchange
123	1232	08:24:32	London Stock Exchange
72	1233	08:25:38	London Stock Exchange
102	1233	08:25:38	London Stock Exchange
216	1232	08:27:08	London Stock Exchange
119	1232	08:27:08	London Stock Exchange
158	1231	08:27:57	London Stock Exchange
137	1230	08:28:43	London Stock Exchange
273	1233	08:31:16	London Stock Exchange
181	1232	08:32:15	London Stock Exchange
191	1232	08:32:15	London Stock Exchange
131	1231	08:33:23	London Stock Exchange
205	1233	08:34:05	London Stock Exchange
94	1232	08:35:02	London Stock Exchange
60	1232	08:35:02	London Stock Exchange
156	1232	08:35:33	London Stock Exchange
115	1232	08:36:51	London Stock Exchange
169	1231	08:36:55	London Stock Exchange
285	1234	08:40:28	London Stock Exchange
120	1234	08:41:03	London Stock Exchange
11	1234	08:41:03	London Stock Exchange
206	1233	08:41:18	London Stock Exchange
196	1233	08:42:08	London Stock Exchange
154	1234	08:43:38	London Stock Exchange
90	1235	08:46:13	London Stock Exchange
76	1235	08:46:13	London Stock Exchange
360	1235	08:46:13	London Stock Exchange
121	1235	08:47:45	London Stock Exchange
195	1235	08:49:06	London Stock Exchange
174	1234	08:49:32	London Stock Exchange
121	1234	08:49:32	London Stock Exchange
332	1233	08:51:03	London Stock Exchange
204	1232	08:51:23	London Stock Exchange
223	1231	08:53:37	London Stock Exchange
526	1232	08:56:20	London Stock Exchange
12	1233	08:58:50	London Stock Exchange
398	1233	08:58:50	London Stock Exchange
186	1233	09:00:13	London Stock Exchange
144	1233	09:01:53	London Stock Exchange
293	1233	09:01:53	London Stock Exchange
17	1233	09:04:09	London Stock Exchange
260	1233	09:04:09	London Stock Exchange
200	1233	09:04:09	London Stock Exchange
494	1236	09:06:26	London Stock Exchange
244	1236	09:07:54	London Stock Exchange
341	1236	09:09:16	London Stock Exchange
238	1235	09:09:55	London Stock Exchange
200	1235	09:11:20	London Stock Exchange
139	1235	09:11:20	London Stock Exchange
145	1233	09:12:06	London Stock Exchange
161	1233	09:12:55	London Stock Exchange
234	1233	09:15:21	London Stock Exchange
43	1233	09:15:21	London Stock Exchange
339	1233	09:17:26	London Stock Exchange
165	1235	09:19:38	London Stock Exchange
200	1235	09:19:38	London Stock Exchange
74	1235	09:19:38	London Stock Exchange
197	1237	09:21:51	London Stock Exchange
209	1237	09:21:51	London Stock Exchange
54	1236	09:22:13	London Stock Exchange
279	1236	09:22:13	London Stock Exchange
150	1235	09:22:55	London Stock Exchange
221	1235	09:25:00	London Stock Exchange
363	1237	09:27:19	London Stock Exchange
285	1237	09:29:34	London Stock Exchange
39	1237	09:29:34	London Stock Exchange
228	1236	09:30:28	London Stock Exchange
324	1236	09:30:28	London Stock Exchange
239	1235	09:32:54	London Stock Exchange
400	1234	09:35:11	London Stock Exchange
278	1233	09:35:49	London Stock Exchange
143	1233	09:36:39	London Stock Exchange
95	1234	09:39:11	London Stock Exchange
236	1234	09:39:11	London Stock Exchange
319	1234	09:41:11	London Stock Exchange
334	1233	09:42:07	London Stock Exchange
296	1234	09:44:18	London Stock Exchange
273	1235	09:46:19	London Stock Exchange
255	1236	09:47:40	London Stock Exchange
266	1235	09:47:56	London Stock Exchange
200	1234	09:48:46	London Stock Exchange
150	1234	09:49:26	London Stock Exchange
174	1233	09:50:51	London Stock Exchange
132	1233	09:50:51	London Stock Exchange
300	1238	09:54:16	London Stock Exchange
391	1239	09:55:39	London Stock Exchange
180	1239	09:57:00	London Stock Exchange
434	1242	10:00:23	London Stock Exchange
192	1242	10:01:22	London Stock Exchange
404	1241	10:01:23	London Stock Exchange
49	1241	10:01:23	London Stock Exchange
28	1240	10:03:51	London Stock Exchange
112	1240	10:03:56	London Stock Exchange
42	1240	10:03:56	London Stock Exchange
15	1240	10:03:56	London Stock Exchange
27	1240	10:03:56	London Stock Exchange
35	1241	10:04:50	London Stock Exchange
80	1241	10:04:50	London Stock Exchange
121	1240	10:04:53	London Stock Exchange
144	1239	10:05:47	London Stock Exchange
46	1239	10:07:20	London Stock Exchange
167	1239	10:07:20	London Stock Exchange
1	1238	10:07:38	London Stock Exchange
394	1240	10:09:48	London Stock Exchange
354	1241	10:11:31	London Stock Exchange
237	1240	10:11:41	London Stock Exchange
184	1239	10:13:36	London Stock Exchange
188	1238	10:15:13	London Stock Exchange
113	1238	10:15:13	London Stock Exchange
176	1237	10:15:37	London Stock Exchange
191	1239	10:17:08	London Stock Exchange
216	1241	10:19:38	London Stock Exchange
243	1241	10:20:48	London Stock Exchange
253	1241	10:22:26	London Stock Exchange
245	1240	10:22:37	London Stock Exchange
42	1240	10:23:36	London Stock Exchange
121	1240	10:23:36	London Stock Exchange
107	1241	10:26:37	London Stock Exchange
68	1240	10:31:00	London Stock Exchange
75	1240	10:31:00	London Stock Exchange
68	1240	10:31:00	London Stock Exchange
6	1242	10:33:20	London Stock Exchange
292	1242	10:33:20	London Stock Exchange
6	1242	10:33:20	London Stock Exchange
17	1242	10:33:20	London Stock Exchange
167	1241	10:33:34	London Stock Exchange
393	1241	10:33:34	London Stock Exchange
140	1240	10:34:34	London Stock Exchange
176	1239	10:35:29	London Stock Exchange
144	1238	10:36:06	London Stock Exchange
288	1242	10:38:14	London Stock Exchange
198	1241	10:39:58	London Stock Exchange
177	1241	10:39:58	London Stock Exchange
207	1243	10:42:27	London Stock Exchange
208	1242	10:42:49	London Stock Exchange
349	1243	10:46:04	London Stock Exchange
31	1242	10:46:31	London Stock Exchange
183	1242	10:46:45	London Stock Exchange
57	1242	10:48:26	London Stock Exchange
149	1242	10:48:26	London Stock Exchange
36	1241	10:50:06	London Stock Exchange
218	1241	10:50:08	London Stock Exchange
215	1241	10:50:08	London Stock Exchange
85	1241	10:50:08	London Stock Exchange
158	1241	10:51:30	London Stock Exchange
174	1242	10:56:23	London Stock Exchange
334	1242	10:56:23	London Stock Exchange
274	1241	10:56:47	London Stock Exchange
198	1242	10:58:12	London Stock Exchange
157	1241	10:58:31	London Stock Exchange
150	1241	11:00:04	London Stock Exchange
15	1241	11:00:04	London Stock Exchange
20	1242	11:02:21	London Stock Exchange
256	1242	11:02:21	London Stock Exchange
178	1241	11:02:31	London Stock Exchange
103	1240	11:03:33	London Stock Exchange
189	1241	11:05:53	London Stock Exchange
224	1240	11:06:40	London Stock Exchange
135	1240	11:07:22	London Stock Exchange
236	1242	11:09:48	London Stock Exchange
179	1241	11:10:00	London Stock Exchange
88	1241	11:12:03	London Stock Exchange
75	1241	11:12:03	London Stock Exchange
2	1241	11:12:03	London Stock Exchange
5	1241	11:12:03	London Stock Exchange
163	1241	11:12:03	London Stock Exchange
83	1240	11:12:39	London Stock Exchange
41	1240	11:12:39	London Stock Exchange
126	1240	11:14:51	London Stock Exchange
137	1239	11:15:12	London Stock Exchange
12	1239	11:15:12	London Stock Exchange
166	1238	11:16:13	London Stock Exchange
110	1238	11:17:25	London Stock Exchange
52	1238	11:17:25	London Stock Exchange
155	1237	11:17:40	London Stock Exchange
130	1238	11:18:40	London Stock Exchange
152	1238	11:20:20	London Stock Exchange
288	1239	11:23:01	London Stock Exchange
88	1238	11:24:10	London Stock Exchange
169	1238	11:24:10	London Stock Exchange
131	1238	11:24:10	London Stock Exchange
137	1238	11:25:24	London Stock Exchange
31	1239	11:28:12	London Stock Exchange
135	1239	11:28:12	London Stock Exchange
204	1238	11:28:12	London Stock Exchange
190	1238	11:30:40	London Stock Exchange
133	1239	11:33:29	London Stock Exchange
222	1239	11:33:29	London Stock Exchange
21	1239	11:33:29	London Stock Exchange
182	1239	11:35:44	London Stock Exchange
178	1239	11:35:44	London Stock Exchange
146	1239	11:36:57	London Stock Exchange
41	1239	11:38:01	London Stock Exchange
175	1239	11:38:02	London Stock Exchange
96	1239	11:40:04	London Stock Exchange
140	1239	11:40:04	London Stock Exchange
220	1238	11:41:35	London Stock Exchange
164	1238	11:41:35	London Stock Exchange
113	1238	11:43:30	London Stock Exchange
17	1238	11:43:30	London Stock Exchange
107	1237	11:43:53	London Stock Exchange
192	1238	11:47:08	London Stock Exchange
367	1238	11:48:42	London Stock Exchange
62	1238	11:50:36	London Stock Exchange
121	1238	11:50:36	London Stock Exchange
300	1239	11:52:20	London Stock Exchange
159	1239	11:54:32	London Stock Exchange
117	1239	11:54:32	London Stock Exchange
173	1240	11:56:38	London Stock Exchange
277	1240	11:58:02	London Stock Exchange
210	1239	11:58:38	London Stock Exchange
143	1239	11:59:47	London Stock Exchange
110	1239	12:02:21	London Stock Exchange
37	1238	12:04:17	London Stock Exchange
195	1238	12:04:17	London Stock Exchange
54	1238	12:07:00	London Stock Exchange
66	1238	12:07:00	London Stock Exchange
5	1238	12:11:22	London Stock Exchange
44	1238	12:11:22	London Stock Exchange
180	1238	12:11:22	London Stock Exchange
14	1238	12:11:28	London Stock Exchange
104	1238	12:11:28	London Stock Exchange
121	1238	12:11:28	London Stock Exchange
110	1238	12:11:43	London Stock Exchange
104	1238	12:11:43	London Stock Exchange
84	1237	12:12:03	London Stock Exchange
156	1237	12:12:03	London Stock Exchange
170	1236	12:12:46	London Stock Exchange
115	1236	12:17:15	London Stock Exchange
80	1236	12:17:15	London Stock Exchange
115	1236	12:17:15	London Stock Exchange
208	1236	12:17:15	London Stock Exchange
191	1236	12:20:21	London Stock Exchange
180	1236	12:20:21	London Stock Exchange
217	1236	12:22:25	London Stock Exchange
180	1236	12:25:55	London Stock Exchange
141	1236	12:25:55	London Stock Exchange
27	1236	12:25:55	London Stock Exchange
153	1236	12:25:55	London Stock Exchange
204	1236	12:27:31	London Stock Exchange
300	1237	12:30:11	London Stock Exchange
303	1237	12:32:12	London Stock Exchange
234	1237	12:34:37	London Stock Exchange
247	1238	12:38:09	London Stock Exchange
237	1238	12:38:53	London Stock Exchange
228	1237	12:39:21	London Stock Exchange
220	1237	12:41:42	London Stock Exchange
245	1237	12:43:54	London Stock Exchange
168	1237	12:45:48	London Stock Exchange
65	1237	12:45:48	London Stock Exchange
219	1237	12:47:31	London Stock Exchange
16	1237	12:49:19	London Stock Exchange
126	1237	12:49:19	London Stock Exchange
162	1237	12:50:35	London Stock Exchange
206	1237	12:52:36	London Stock Exchange
1	1237	12:53:59	London Stock Exchange
301	1237	12:53:59	London Stock Exchange
105	1240	12:57:55	London Stock Exchange
270	1240	12:57:55	London Stock Exchange
100	1240	12:57:55	London Stock Exchange
101	1243	13:00:23	London Stock Exchange
339	1242	13:00:40	London Stock Exchange
264	1243	13:02:46	London Stock Exchange
116	1245	13:05:43	London Stock Exchange
108	1245	13:06:56	London Stock Exchange
259	1245	13:06:56	London Stock Exchange
218	1245	13:08:31	London Stock Exchange
169	1248	13:11:05	London Stock Exchange
27	1248	13:11:05	London Stock Exchange
102	1248	13:12:12	London Stock Exchange
207	1248	13:13:41	London Stock Exchange
57	1248	13:13:41	London Stock Exchange
104	1248	13:13:41	London Stock Exchange
101	1248	13:13:41	London Stock Exchange
182	1248	13:15:46	London Stock Exchange
101	1249	13:17:56	London Stock Exchange
72	1249	13:17:56	London Stock Exchange
117	1249	13:17:56	London Stock Exchange
165	1249	13:19:16	London Stock Exchange
215	1248	13:19:40	London Stock Exchange
48	1250	13:21:26	London Stock Exchange
108	1250	13:21:26	London Stock Exchange
115	1250	13:30:09	London Stock Exchange
103	1250	13:30:09	London Stock Exchange
116	1250	13:30:09	London Stock Exchange
107	1250	13:30:09	London Stock Exchange
111	1250	13:30:09	London Stock Exchange
129	1250	13:30:09	London Stock Exchange
109	1250	13:30:09	London Stock Exchange
169	1249	13:30:09	London Stock Exchange
234	1250	13:36:05	London Stock Exchange
102	1250	13:36:05	London Stock Exchange
112	1250	13:36:05	London Stock Exchange
105	1250	13:36:05	London Stock Exchange
101	1250	13:36:05	London Stock Exchange
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