Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 6969L

Ashtead Group PLC

04 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:                                         04 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1314.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1300.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1310.44 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,630,491 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,695,063 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:          04 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1310.44	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading Venue
127	1304	08:07:49	London Stock Exchange
98	1302	08:10:31	London Stock Exchange
31	1302	08:10:31	London Stock Exchange
164	1301	08:14:20	London Stock Exchange
120	1304	08:17:00	London Stock Exchange
108	1308	08:19:05	London Stock Exchange
108	1309	08:22:16	London Stock Exchange
45	1311	08:24:49	London Stock Exchange
102	1311	08:24:49	London Stock Exchange
25	1313	08:27:17	London Stock Exchange
57	1313	08:27:17	London Stock Exchange
25	1313	08:27:17	London Stock Exchange
42	1312	08:29:55	London Stock Exchange
11	1312	08:29:55	London Stock Exchange
59	1312	08:29:55	London Stock Exchange
154	1311	08:32:39	London Stock Exchange
116	1310	08:34:53	London Stock Exchange
156	1313	08:38:38	London Stock Exchange
129	1310	08:41:06	London Stock Exchange
129	1306	08:43:28	London Stock Exchange
113	1307	08:46:35	London Stock Exchange
133	1305	08:48:35	London Stock Exchange
114	1301	08:51:13	London Stock Exchange
134	1303	08:53:44	London Stock Exchange
115	1305	08:56:36	London Stock Exchange
110	1307	08:59:28	London Stock Exchange
33	1306	09:01:06	London Stock Exchange
133	1306	09:02:08	London Stock Exchange
117	1308	09:04:23	London Stock Exchange
104	1310	09:07:20	London Stock Exchange
23	1311	09:10:24	London Stock Exchange
145	1311	09:10:24	London Stock Exchange
110	1314	09:12:32	London Stock Exchange
110	1314	09:15:42	London Stock Exchange
120	1313	09:17:11	London Stock Exchange
116	1314	09:27:13	London Stock Exchange
109	1314	09:27:13	London Stock Exchange
124	1314	09:27:13	London Stock Exchange
131	1313	09:27:19	London Stock Exchange
132	1312	09:29:53	London Stock Exchange
110	1312	09:32:47	London Stock Exchange
142	1312	09:35:26	London Stock Exchange
144	1312	09:38:45	London Stock Exchange
130	1314	09:41:26	London Stock Exchange
173	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
279	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
230	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
72	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
5	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
93	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
109	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
500	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
31	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
400	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
116	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
367	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
76	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
483	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
40	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
128	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
200	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
82	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
185	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
170	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
58	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
69	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
58	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
154	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
237	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
59	1314	12:02:03	London Stock Exchange
540	1314	12:02:05	London Stock Exchange
299	1314	14:19:24	London Stock Exchange
13	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
124	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
108	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
109	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
119	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
108	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
106	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
100	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
102	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
100	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
10	1314	14:20:57	London Stock Exchange
90	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
28	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
74	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
102	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
100	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
100	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
102	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
98	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
2	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
100	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
100	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
101	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
109	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
110	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
101	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
110	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
108	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
102	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
1526	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
506	1314	14:21:09	London Stock Exchange
94	1313	14:21:10	London Stock Exchange
129	1313	14:21:10	London Stock Exchange
106	1312	14:21:21	London Stock Exchange
108	1309	14:21:49	London Stock Exchange
102	1310	14:24:28	London Stock Exchange
122	1310	14:29:02	London Stock Exchange
103	1310	14:29:04	London Stock Exchange
115	1309	14:29:48	London Stock Exchange
140	1310	14:32:43	London Stock Exchange
118	1311	14:33:41	London Stock Exchange
131	1313	14:36:13	London Stock Exchange
139	1312	14:39:02	London Stock Exchange
125	1314	14:42:44	London Stock Exchange
130	1313	14:44:33	London Stock Exchange
19	1313	14:44:33	London Stock Exchange
122	1311	14:46:56	London Stock Exchange
12	1311	14:46:56	London Stock Exchange
129	1312	14:50:09	London Stock Exchange
207	1312	14:52:54	London Stock Exchange
130	1312	14:55:04	London Stock Exchange
84	1312	14:57:15	London Stock Exchange
50	1312	14:57:15	London Stock Exchange
129	1312	14:59:24	London Stock Exchange
66	1311	15:02:30	London Stock Exchange
52	1311	15:02:30	London Stock Exchange
119	1310	15:06:21	London Stock Exchange
118	1310	15:06:21	London Stock Exchange
104	1310	15:09:50	London Stock Exchange
102	1310	15:09:50	London Stock Exchange
111	1309	15:10:25	London Stock Exchange
129	1307	15:12:21	London Stock Exchange
144	1306	15:14:15	London Stock Exchange
151	1306	15:16:36	London Stock Exchange
101	1305	15:18:32	London Stock Exchange
120	1304	15:20:01	London Stock Exchange
95	1303	15:22:16	London Stock Exchange
81	1303	15:22:16	London Stock Exchange
124	1303	15:24:08	London Stock Exchange
66	1302	15:27:08	London Stock Exchange
1	1302	15:27:08	London Stock Exchange
54	1302	15:27:08	London Stock Exchange
103	1301	15:28:41	London Stock Exchange
107	1300	15:29:40	London Stock Exchange
114	1302	15:31:40	London Stock Exchange
104	1304	15:34:02	London Stock Exchange
109	1305	15:36:34	London Stock Exchange
107	1305	15:36:34	London Stock Exchange
122	1305	15:36:34	London Stock Exchange
112	1305	15:39:12	London Stock Exchange
112	1305	15:39:12	London Stock Exchange
117	1306	15:41:27	London Stock Exchange
179	1308	15:45:47	London Stock Exchange
165	1308	15:47:38	London Stock Exchange
254	1310	15:49:38	London Stock Exchange
125	1310	15:49:38	London Stock Exchange
112	1310	15:50:40	London Stock Exchange
113	1310	15:52:38	London Stock Exchange
93	1310	15:52:45	London Stock Exchange
15	1310	15:52:45	London Stock Exchange
101	1310	15:53:14	London Stock Exchange
130	1309	15:54:23	London Stock Exchange
118	1307	15:56:01	London Stock Exchange
112	1308	15:58:15	London Stock Exchange
122	1307	15:59:20	London Stock Exchange
157	1307	15:59:33	London Stock Exchange
110	1306	16:01:16	London Stock Exchange
105	1305	16:01:55	London Stock Exchange
54	1304	16:04:13	London Stock Exchange
69	1304	16:04:16	London Stock Exchange
18	1303	16:04:34	London Stock Exchange
97	1303	16:04:34	London Stock Exchange
101	1305	16:07:02	London Stock Exchange
111	1305	16:08:46	London Stock Exchange
118	1307	16:11:04	London Stock Exchange
354	1307	16:11:04	London Stock Exchange
119	1307	16:12:03	London Stock Exchange
110	1305	16:12:52	London Stock Exchange
100	1305	16:14:03	London Stock Exchange
23	1305	16:15:36	London Stock Exchange
225	1305	16:15:36	London Stock Exchange
203	1304	16:16:13	London Stock Exchange
173	1304	16:16:13	London Stock Exchange
133	1304	16:17:38	London Stock Exchange
154	1304	16:19:59	London Stock Exchange
241	1306	16:22:15	London Stock Exchange
284	1308	16:24:51	London Stock Exchange
470	1308	16:27:07	London Stock Exchange
4	1308	16:27:10	London Stock Exchange

 

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