Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9198B

Ashtead Group PLC

25 September 2018

 

Transaction in own shares

Ashtead Group plc (the "Company") announces that on 25 September 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: 80,000 shares

Date of transaction: 25 September 2018

Average price paid per share: 2,344.6800 pence

Lowest price paid per share: 2,344.000 pence

Highest price paid per share: 2,363.0000 pence

Broker: Jefferies International Limited

Following the purchase of these shares, the remaining number of ordinary shares in issue will be 484,408,055 (excluding Treasury shares), and the company will hold 14,817,657 ordinary shares in Treasury.

The figure of 484,408,055 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

Transaction date	Transaction Time	Volume	Price (GBp)	Platform	Transaction Reference Number
25/09/2018	16:20:02	177	2362	XLON	00164170900TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:20:02	58	2362	XLON	00164170901TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:20:54	277	2363	XLON	00164171242TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:20:54	115	2363	XLON	00164171243TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:20:54	95	2363	XLON	00164171244TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:21:23	136	2363	XLON	00164171419TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:21:49	284	2363	XLON	00164171528TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:21:49	122	2363	XLON	00164171529TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:21:52	438	2363	XLON	00164171536TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:22:55	497	2363	XLON	00164171892TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:22:55	3	2363	XLON	00164171893TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:23:00	68	2363	XLON	00164171901TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:23:00	66	2363	XLON	00164171902TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:23:06	100	2363	XLON	00164171918TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:23:06	323	2363	XLON	00164171919TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:23:06	102	2363	XLON	00164171920TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:23:06	15	2363	XLON	00164171921TRLO0.1.1
25/09/2018	16:35:10	77124	2344	XLON	00164175331TRLO0.1.1

 

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