Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 7263N

Ashtead Group PLC

10 May 2018

 

Transaction in own shares

Ashtead Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 10 May 2018 it purchased for Treasury the following number of its ordinary shares of 10 pence each pursuant to its £1 billion share repurchase programme, details of which were announced on 14 December 2017.

Description of shares: Ashtead Group plc - ordinary shares of 10 pence

Number of shares repurchased: 24,371 shares

Date of transaction: 10 May 2018

Average price paid per share: 2,214.1300 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 2,204.0000 pence

Highest price paid per share: 2,217.0000 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 490,952,891 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 8,272,821 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 490,952,891 may be used by shareholders (and others with notification obligations) as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in, the Company under the Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

In accordance with Article 5(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 (the Market Abuse Regulation), detailed information about the individual purchases is available below:

For further information, please contact:

Ashtead Group plc

Will Shaw, Director of Investor Relations						[phone]
Transaction date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform	Transaction Reference Number
10/05/2018	08:01:08	64	2210	XLON	00157184418TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:02:17	76	2207	XLON	00157184569TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:04:17	126	2210	XLON	00157184804TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:04:17	112	2209	XLON	00157184805TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:04:17	42	2209	XLON	00157184806TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:05:11	112	2214	XLON	00157184879TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:06:23	89	2217	XLON	00157185137TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:07:40	105	2216	XLON	00157185276TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:07:49	78	2215	XLON	00157185304TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:08:22	67	2211	XLON	00157185389TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:10:09	79	2212	XLON	00157185744TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:10:47	86	2211	XLON	00157185837TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:10:47	103	2211	XLON	00157185838TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:12:13	67	2209	XLON	00157186000TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:12:29	67	2208	XLON	00157186040TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:12:58	71	2207	XLON	00157186116TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:14:20	44	2207	XLON	00157186408TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:15:11	72	2207	XLON	00157186529TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:15:11	100	2207	XLON	00157186530TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:15:25	60	2206	XLON	00157186595TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:16:31	84	2204	XLON	00157186824TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:19:19	94	2208	XLON	00157187353TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:19:19	89	2208	XLON	00157187354TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:19:24	157	2207	XLON	00157187365TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:22:19	204	2209	XLON	00157187693TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:24:00	44	2210	XLON	00157188014TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:24:00	84	2210	XLON	00157188015TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:24:00	108	2210	XLON	00157188016TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:24:18	106	2209	XLON	00157188074TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:25:12	105	2209	XLON	00157188180TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:27:09	124	2209	XLON	00157188513TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:27:09	24	2209	XLON	00157188514TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:27:17	81	2208	XLON	00157188546TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:29:48	124	2209	XLON	00157188987TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:30:17	140	2209	XLON	00157189067TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:30:29	124	2209	XLON	00157189101TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:32:42	145	2209	XLON	00157189471TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:35:21	255	2212	XLON	00157190019TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:37:38	231	2212	XLON	00157190308TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:38:21	175	2211	XLON	00157190388TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:40:15	184	2211	XLON	00157190616TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:41:36	118	2210	XLON	00157190826TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:41:36	116	2210	XLON	00157190827TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:44:08	177	2212	XLON	00157191057TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:44:18	171	2211	XLON	00157191077TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:48:18	180	2213	XLON	00157191566TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:48:18	108	2213	XLON	00157191567TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:50:12	197	2214	XLON	00157191797TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:52:17	256	2215	XLON	00157192263TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:52:17	171	2214	XLON	00157192264TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:53:39	81	2215	XLON	00157192489TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:56:56	266	2217	XLON	00157193118TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	08:58:53	245	2217	XLON	00157193500TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:01:15	229	2217	XLON	00157194025TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:03:37	241	2215	XLON	00157194389TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:05:51	260	2214	XLON	00157194745TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:07:03	232	2213	XLON	00157194934TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:10:43	302	2215	XLON	00157195487TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:11:11	220	2214	XLON	00157195559TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:11:11	108	2214	XLON	00157195560TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:13:16	99	2213	XLON	00157195782TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:13:52	86	2212	XLON	00157195869TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:16:39	28	2212	XLON	00157196308TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:16:39	162	2212	XLON	00157196309TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:18:32	261	2212	XLON	00157196661TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:20:23	196	2212	XLON	00157196946TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:22:22	197	2214	XLON	00157197180TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:27:32	350	2217	XLON	00157197989TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:27:32	97	2217	XLON	00157197990TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:28:45	38	2217	XLON	00157198057TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:28:45	229	2217	XLON	00157198058TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:30:47	38	2217	XLON	00157198205TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:30:47	192	2217	XLON	00157198206TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	09:33:00	232	2217	XLON	00157198414TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	211	2217	XLON	00157203176TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	61	2217	XLON	00157203177TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	75	2217	XLON	00157203178TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	74	2217	XLON	00157203179TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	73	2217	XLON	00157203180TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	61	2217	XLON	00157203181TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	76	2217	XLON	00157203182TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	68	2217	XLON	00157203183TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	63	2217	XLON	00157203184TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	61	2217	XLON	00157203185TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	51	2217	XLON	00157203186TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	10	2217	XLON	00157203187TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	63	2217	XLON	00157203188TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	61	2217	XLON	00157203189TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	64	2217	XLON	00157203190TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	62	2217	XLON	00157203191TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	64	2217	XLON	00157203192TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	62	2217	XLON	00157203193TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	65	2217	XLON	00157203194TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	65	2217	XLON	00157203195TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	65	2217	XLON	00157203196TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	62	2217	XLON	00157203197TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	61	2217	XLON	00157203198TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	70	2217	XLON	00157203199TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	64	2217	XLON	00157203200TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	64	2217	XLON	00157203201TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	67	2217	XLON	00157203202TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	63	2217	XLON	00157203203TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	210	2217	XLON	00157203204TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	67	2217	XLON	00157203205TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	62	2217	XLON	00157203206TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	415	2217	XLON	00157203207TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	1748	2217	XLON	00157203208TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	269	2217	XLON	00157203209TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:57	63	2217	XLON	00157203210TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:20:59	272	2217	XLON	00157203212TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	74	2217	XLON	00157205156TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	63	2217	XLON	00157205157TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	57	2217	XLON	00157205158TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	13	2217	XLON	00157205159TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	64	2217	XLON	00157205160TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	304	2217	XLON	00157205161TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	70	2217	XLON	00157205162TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	64	2217	XLON	00157205163TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	60	2217	XLON	00157205164TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	64	2217	XLON	00157205165TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:37:26	61	2217	XLON	00157205166TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:38:04	66	2217	XLON	00157205238TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:38:38	124	2216	XLON	00157205303TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:38:38	232	2216	XLON	00157205304TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:38:38	48	2216	XLON	00157205305TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:38:38	249	2216	XLON	00157205306TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:38:49	332	2216	XLON	00157205323TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:39:00	179	2215	XLON	00157205373TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:39:38	64	2213	XLON	00157205452TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:41:23	87	2212	XLON	00157205741TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:41:23	123	2212	XLON	00157205742TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:43:57	109	2211	XLON	00157206006TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:46:28	166	2211	XLON	00157206475TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:46:28	51	2211	XLON	00157206476TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:50:51	71	2213	XLON	00157206887TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:51:05	65	2213	XLON	00157206895TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:51:36	95	2214	XLON	00157206962TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:53:22	70	2215	XLON	00157207116TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:53:22	62	2215	XLON	00157207119TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:53:22	157	2215	XLON	00157207120TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:53:22	51	2215	XLON	00157207121TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:54:25	185	2215	XLON	00157207176TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:56:12	179	2215	XLON	00157207317TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:57:52	165	2215	XLON	00157207558TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:57:52	6	2215	XLON	00157207559TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:59:15	125	2214	XLON	00157207680TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	10:59:15	120	2214	XLON	00157207681TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:00:32	78	2213	XLON	00157207870TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:02:41	129	2213	XLON	00157208034TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:04:53	185	2213	XLON	00157208201TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:07:08	163	2215	XLON	00157208427TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:08:57	64	2215	XLON	00157208525TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:08:57	133	2215	XLON	00157208526TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:10:40	193	2215	XLON	00157208608TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:13:00	174	2215	XLON	00157208776TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:15:18	214	2215	XLON	00157208939TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:17:22	119	2215	XLON	00157209037TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:17:22	40	2215	XLON	00157209038TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:18:04	166	2214	XLON	00157209078TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:18:54	82	2214	XLON	00157209144TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:20:38	93	2213	XLON	00157209340TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:22:54	195	2213	XLON	00157209615TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:24:24	120	2212	XLON	00157209768TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:24:24	108	2212	XLON	00157209769TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:25:28	81	2210	XLON	00157209915TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:26:27	73	2209	XLON	00157209990TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:30:06	155	2209	XLON	00157210377TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:31:48	179	2211	XLON	00157210565TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:33:40	152	2213	XLON	00157210785TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:35:39	157	2213	XLON	00157210970TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:35:40	165	2212	XLON	00157210971TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:41:03	182	2212	XLON	00157211354TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:41:03	46	2212	XLON	00157211355TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:41:03	16	2212	XLON	00157211356TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:43:15	223	2213	XLON	00157211465TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:45:50	206	2215	XLON	00157211656TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:48:10	74	2214	XLON	00157211879TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:50:07	186	2216	XLON	00157212106TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:54:13	170	2216	XLON	00157212397TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:54:13	64	2216	XLON	00157212398TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:54:13	62	2216	XLON	00157212399TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:54:13	5	2216	XLON	00157212400TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:54:13	66	2216	XLON	00157212401TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:54:22	29	2215	XLON	00157212437TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:54:22	81	2215	XLON	00157212438TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:54:37	73	2214	XLON	00157212449TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:56:42	125	2214	XLON	00157212669TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	11:59:12	126	2216	XLON	00157212857TRLO1.1.1
10/05/2018	12:04:04	147	2217	XLON	00157213773TRLO1.1.1

 

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