Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8649D

Ashtead Group PLC

11 July 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 2 September 2015, 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:                                            11 July 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   18,728 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1100.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1094.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1098.8094 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds  51,561,260 Shares in Treasury.   

The Company has  501,764,294 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 Barclays 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:          11 July 2016

Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
Chi-X Europe	1097.8356	2,050
Turquoise	1098.3747	1,868
London Stock Exchange	1098.9990	14,810

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
128	10.99	08:11:46	London Stock Exchange
282	11.00	08:16:28	London Stock Exchange
7	11.00	08:16:33	London Stock Exchange
356	11.00	08:23:40	London Stock Exchange
363	11.00	08:23:40	London Stock Exchange
837	11.00	08:23:40	London Stock Exchange
1	11.00	08:23:40	London Stock Exchange
363	10.99	08:23:43	London Stock Exchange
731	10.99	08:34:32	London Stock Exchange
290	10.99	08:34:32	London Stock Exchange
402	11.00	08:35:25	Turquoise
101	10.99	08:37:36	London Stock Exchange
314	10.99	08:37:36	London Stock Exchange
300	10.99	08:37:36	London Stock Exchange
327	10.99	08:37:36	London Stock Exchange
289	10.99	08:38:01	London Stock Exchange
128	10.98	08:39:01	London Stock Exchange
1027	10.98	08:39:05	London Stock Exchange
542	11.00	08:44:51	London Stock Exchange
289	11.00	08:46:37	London Stock Exchange
774	10.98	08:47:04	London Stock Exchange
181	10.98	08:47:05	London Stock Exchange
289	10.98	08:48:00	London Stock Exchange
300	10.97	08:55:13	London Stock Exchange
771	10.97	08:55:13	London Stock Exchange
260	10.97	08:55:19	London Stock Exchange
302	10.99	09:02:47	London Stock Exchange
700	11.00	09:13:02	London Stock Exchange
419	11.00	09:13:02	London Stock Exchange
43	11.00	09:13:02	London Stock Exchange
289	11.00	09:13:02	London Stock Exchange
424	11.00	09:13:02	Chi-X Europe
40	10.99	09:13:10	Chi-X Europe
320	11.00	09:56:25	London Stock Exchange
647	11.00	09:56:25	Turquoise
313	11.00	09:56:25	Turquoise
289	11.00	09:56:25	Chi-X Europe
289	11.00	09:56:25	London Stock Exchange
327	10.99	09:56:31	Chi-X Europe
350	10.99	09:56:31	Chi-X Europe
461	10.97	09:59:14	London Stock Exchange
506	10.94	10:01:08	Turquoise
620	10.94	10:01:08	Chi-X Europe
251	10.94	10:01:09	London Stock Exchange
53	11.00	10:14:30	London Stock Exchange
921	11.00	10:49:59	London Stock Exchange
289	11.00	10:49:59	London Stock Exchange
898	11.00	10:49:59	London Stock Exchange
289	11.00	10:49:59	London Stock Exchange
36	11.00	10:50:11	London Stock Exchange

 

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