Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4007M

Ashtead Group PLC

12 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:                                         12 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1335.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1324.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1329.23 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,799,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,525,712 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:          12 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1329.23	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
107	1333	08:03:18	London Stock Exchange
115	1329	08:05:23	London Stock Exchange
138	1333	08:08:07	London Stock Exchange
120	1331	08:11:15	London Stock Exchange
140	1333	08:14:38	London Stock Exchange
115	1335	08:16:36	London Stock Exchange
126	1333	08:19:53	London Stock Exchange
111	1333	08:21:40	London Stock Exchange
144	1334	08:24:40	London Stock Exchange
164	1330	08:28:10	London Stock Exchange
163	1329	08:32:01	London Stock Exchange
111	1329	08:34:09	London Stock Exchange
110	1329	08:37:38	London Stock Exchange
25	1328	08:39:15	London Stock Exchange
87	1328	08:39:15	London Stock Exchange
124	1329	08:41:57	London Stock Exchange
120	1330	08:44:29	London Stock Exchange
140	1329	08:47:02	London Stock Exchange
172	1330	08:50:21	London Stock Exchange
106	1329	08:52:53	London Stock Exchange
23	1328	08:55:32	London Stock Exchange
89	1328	08:55:32	London Stock Exchange
102	1328	08:57:27	London Stock Exchange
148	1328	09:00:35	London Stock Exchange
128	1329	09:03:10	London Stock Exchange
140	1329	09:05:55	London Stock Exchange
132	1329	09:08:43	London Stock Exchange
92	1328	09:11:40	London Stock Exchange
25	1328	09:11:40	London Stock Exchange
46	1327	09:14:26	London Stock Exchange
46	1327	09:14:26	London Stock Exchange
42	1327	09:14:26	London Stock Exchange
49	1329	09:17:02	London Stock Exchange
100	1329	09:17:02	London Stock Exchange
100	1329	09:19:45	London Stock Exchange
8	1329	09:19:45	London Stock Exchange
108	1330	09:21:55	London Stock Exchange
106	1331	09:24:02	London Stock Exchange
106	1331	09:26:59	London Stock Exchange
154	1331	09:29:18	London Stock Exchange
102	1331	09:32:01	London Stock Exchange
1	1330	09:34:39	London Stock Exchange
143	1330	09:34:39	London Stock Exchange
123	1329	09:37:42	London Stock Exchange
141	1328	09:40:50	London Stock Exchange
124	1330	09:43:53	London Stock Exchange
112	1330	09:45:41	London Stock Exchange
122	1330	09:48:11	London Stock Exchange
134	1331	09:51:14	London Stock Exchange
116	1332	09:53:39	London Stock Exchange
5	1333	09:57:00	London Stock Exchange
96	1333	09:57:00	London Stock Exchange
5	1333	09:57:00	London Stock Exchange
28	1333	09:58:27	London Stock Exchange
78	1333	09:58:27	London Stock Exchange
106	1333	10:00:34	London Stock Exchange
182	1333	10:06:23	London Stock Exchange
51	1331	10:10:09	London Stock Exchange
85	1331	10:10:09	London Stock Exchange
100	1331	10:12:20	London Stock Exchange
59	1331	10:12:20	London Stock Exchange
120	1330	10:14:32	London Stock Exchange
109	1329	10:16:46	London Stock Exchange
114	1329	10:19:42	London Stock Exchange
116	1331	10:22:28	London Stock Exchange
146	1329	10:25:52	London Stock Exchange
131	1331	10:32:29	London Stock Exchange
138	1330	10:32:37	London Stock Exchange
171	1330	10:36:20	London Stock Exchange
174	1329	10:40:41	London Stock Exchange
79	1329	10:45:51	London Stock Exchange
100	1329	10:45:51	London Stock Exchange
107	1328	10:48:03	London Stock Exchange
93	1329	10:51:53	London Stock Exchange
54	1329	10:51:53	London Stock Exchange
10	1329	10:55:15	London Stock Exchange
118	1329	10:55:15	London Stock Exchange
45	1329	10:58:00	London Stock Exchange
59	1329	10:58:00	London Stock Exchange
101	1329	11:00:17	London Stock Exchange
110	1329	11:03:37	London Stock Exchange
62	1329	11:05:54	London Stock Exchange
106	1329	11:08:29	London Stock Exchange
37	1329	11:08:29	London Stock Exchange
80	1326	11:12:59	London Stock Exchange
11	1326	11:12:59	London Stock Exchange
124	1326	11:14:39	London Stock Exchange
30	1326	11:18:24	London Stock Exchange
100	1326	11:18:24	London Stock Exchange
118	1326	11:21:49	London Stock Exchange
11	1327	11:26:18	London Stock Exchange
179	1327	11:26:18	London Stock Exchange
116	1326	11:29:55	London Stock Exchange
28	1326	11:33:35	London Stock Exchange
100	1326	11:33:35	London Stock Exchange
191	1328	11:40:05	London Stock Exchange
20	1328	11:43:21	London Stock Exchange
89	1328	11:43:21	London Stock Exchange
14	1328	11:45:45	London Stock Exchange
94	1328	11:45:45	London Stock Exchange
128	1328	11:49:19	London Stock Exchange
132	1328	11:53:25	London Stock Exchange
60	1329	11:56:36	London Stock Exchange
60	1329	11:56:36	London Stock Exchange
112	1330	12:02:52	London Stock Exchange
108	1329	12:05:40	London Stock Exchange
103	1329	12:08:29	London Stock Exchange
101	1329	12:12:22	London Stock Exchange
101	1329	12:15:13	London Stock Exchange
101	1329	12:17:55	London Stock Exchange
85	1328	12:22:17	London Stock Exchange
24	1328	12:22:17	London Stock Exchange
105	1329	12:26:51	London Stock Exchange
154	1329	12:29:36	London Stock Exchange
113	1329	12:33:37	London Stock Exchange
149	1328	12:37:58	London Stock Exchange
109	1329	12:42:38	London Stock Exchange
111	1329	12:45:31	London Stock Exchange
128	1329	12:49:17	London Stock Exchange
148	1328	12:53:55	London Stock Exchange
128	1329	13:00:13	London Stock Exchange
124	1329	13:02:20	London Stock Exchange
100	1332	13:07:26	London Stock Exchange
26	1332	13:07:26	London Stock Exchange
112	1331	13:10:34	London Stock Exchange
122	1331	13:13:01	London Stock Exchange
122	1330	13:17:09	London Stock Exchange
103	1330	13:20:35	London Stock Exchange
103	1330	13:23:49	London Stock Exchange
124	1329	13:26:35	London Stock Exchange
124	1328	13:30:33	London Stock Exchange
124	1325	13:34:12	London Stock Exchange
1	1328	13:40:59	London Stock Exchange
55	1329	13:43:19	London Stock Exchange
160	1329	13:43:19	London Stock Exchange
170	1329	13:45:20	London Stock Exchange
134	1329	13:48:20	London Stock Exchange
136	1330	13:53:09	London Stock Exchange
108	1331	14:05:00	London Stock Exchange
170	1331	14:05:00	London Stock Exchange
128	1331	14:05:00	London Stock Exchange
158	1331	14:07:14	London Stock Exchange
126	1331	14:09:18	London Stock Exchange
110	1331	14:12:22	London Stock Exchange
115	1331	14:14:32	London Stock Exchange
318	1332	14:25:31	London Stock Exchange
109	1332	14:30:08	London Stock Exchange
107	1332	14:30:08	London Stock Exchange
101	1332	14:30:08	London Stock Exchange
116	1331	14:32:25	London Stock Exchange
16	1331	14:34:43	London Stock Exchange
100	1331	14:34:43	London Stock Exchange
104	1331	14:37:28	London Stock Exchange
104	1331	14:37:28	London Stock Exchange
110	1328	14:38:29	London Stock Exchange
114	1327	14:41:03	London Stock Exchange
146	1327	14:45:59	London Stock Exchange
115	1326	14:46:08	London Stock Exchange
153	1326	14:48:31	London Stock Exchange
164	1328	14:51:30	London Stock Exchange
122	1330	14:53:58	London Stock Exchange
122	1330	14:56:07	London Stock Exchange
147	1330	14:58:23	London Stock Exchange
117	1330	15:00:41	London Stock Exchange
102	1331	15:03:59	London Stock Exchange
109	1331	15:06:28	London Stock Exchange
127	1331	15:06:28	London Stock Exchange
106	1331	15:07:43	London Stock Exchange
166	1330	15:10:13	London Stock Exchange
54	1330	15:13:00	London Stock Exchange
54	1330	15:13:00	London Stock Exchange
129	1330	15:15:35	London Stock Exchange
105	1331	15:17:10	London Stock Exchange
148	1330	15:18:26	London Stock Exchange
58	1330	15:19:59	London Stock Exchange
46	1330	15:19:59	London Stock Exchange
117	1330	15:22:13	London Stock Exchange
13	1330	15:22:13	London Stock Exchange
1	1331	15:27:45	London Stock Exchange
213	1331	15:27:45	London Stock Exchange
102	1331	15:29:14	London Stock Exchange
101	1331	15:29:14	London Stock Exchange
101	1331	15:29:14	London Stock Exchange
128	1331	15:31:25	London Stock Exchange
79	1331	15:33:44	London Stock Exchange
22	1331	15:33:44	London Stock Exchange
120	1331	15:33:44	London Stock Exchange
115	1330	15:34:32	London Stock Exchange
104	1330	15:37:33	London Stock Exchange
109	1331	15:39:37	London Stock Exchange
111	1330	15:40:14	London Stock Exchange
127	1330	15:40:14	London Stock Exchange
112	1330	15:42:14	London Stock Exchange
101	1330	15:45:01	London Stock Exchange
103	1330	15:48:08	London Stock Exchange
102	1330	15:48:08	London Stock Exchange
116	1330	15:48:08	London Stock Exchange
101	1330	15:48:08	London Stock Exchange
102	1330	15:50:42	London Stock Exchange
114	1329	15:50:56	London Stock Exchange
120	1327	15:52:44	London Stock Exchange
42	1327	15:52:44	London Stock Exchange
116	1326	15:53:17	London Stock Exchange
116	1325	15:54:56	London Stock Exchange
123	1326	15:58:57	London Stock Exchange
110	1326	16:00:28	London Stock Exchange
104	1326	16:00:28	London Stock Exchange
208	1326	16:00:28	London Stock Exchange
159	1325	16:01:26	London Stock Exchange
149	1325	16:03:11	London Stock Exchange
124	1327	16:06:41	London Stock Exchange
108	1327	16:08:47	London Stock Exchange
108	1327	16:08:47	London Stock Exchange
104	1327	16:10:37	London Stock Exchange
85	1327	16:10:37	London Stock Exchange
19	1327	16:10:37	London Stock Exchange
100	1326	16:11:35	London Stock Exchange
106	1326	16:11:35	London Stock Exchange
103	1326	16:11:35	London Stock Exchange
125	1326	16:13:52	London Stock Exchange
103	1325	16:14:33	London Stock Exchange
100	1324	16:14:42	London Stock Exchange
116	1328	16:17:34	London Stock Exchange
128	1329	16:19:38	London Stock Exchange
100	1329	16:19:38	London Stock Exchange
299	1329	16:20:31	London Stock Exchange
200	1329	16:20:31	London Stock Exchange
183	1328	16:21:28	London Stock Exchange
52	1328	16:21:28	London Stock Exchange
134	1328	16:22:15	London Stock Exchange
134	1327	16:23:01	London Stock Exchange
108	1327	16:27:55	London Stock Exchange
196	1327	16:27:55	London Stock Exchange
195	1327	16:27:55	London Stock Exchange
5	1327	16:27:59	London Stock Exchange

 

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