Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 8866M

Ashtead Group PLC

18 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:                                         18 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1323.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1310.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1316.52 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,899,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,425,712 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:          18 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1316.52	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
41	1315	09:20:28	London Stock Exchange
59	1315	09:20:28	London Stock Exchange
85	1315	09:23:42	London Stock Exchange
133	1317	09:25:39	London Stock Exchange
110	1316	09:26:53	London Stock Exchange
137	1316	09:29:11	London Stock Exchange
149	1320	09:31:39	London Stock Exchange
126	1321	09:35:04	London Stock Exchange
128	1319	09:36:58	London Stock Exchange
112	1319	09:38:31	London Stock Exchange
119	1320	09:40:40	London Stock Exchange
101	1319	09:45:32	London Stock Exchange
13	1319	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
156	1319	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
176	1319	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
101	1319	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
101	1319	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
87	1319	09:54:03	London Stock Exchange
106	1321	09:57:04	London Stock Exchange
102	1320	10:02:01	London Stock Exchange
158	1319	10:02:42	London Stock Exchange
142	1320	10:04:39	London Stock Exchange
111	1320	10:06:41	London Stock Exchange
131	1320	10:09:09	London Stock Exchange
159	1319	10:16:51	London Stock Exchange
144	1319	10:16:51	London Stock Exchange
129	1319	10:30:05	London Stock Exchange
104	1319	10:30:05	London Stock Exchange
167	1319	10:30:05	London Stock Exchange
161	1319	10:30:05	London Stock Exchange
116	1319	10:30:05	London Stock Exchange
102	1319	10:32:21	London Stock Exchange
110	1318	10:32:48	London Stock Exchange
152	1318	10:35:51	London Stock Exchange
106	1319	10:39:19	London Stock Exchange
106	1318	10:40:50	London Stock Exchange
152	1319	10:43:15	London Stock Exchange
205	1319	10:52:00	London Stock Exchange
122	1319	10:52:00	London Stock Exchange
119	1317	10:53:14	London Stock Exchange
92	1316	10:57:33	London Stock Exchange
19	1316	10:57:33	London Stock Exchange
127	1314	10:58:47	London Stock Exchange
118	1315	11:00:52	London Stock Exchange
106	1315	11:03:33	London Stock Exchange
21	1315	11:05:48	London Stock Exchange
41	1315	11:05:48	London Stock Exchange
38	1315	11:05:48	London Stock Exchange
100	1315	11:07:57	London Stock Exchange
51	1315	11:10:22	London Stock Exchange
39	1315	11:10:22	London Stock Exchange
20	1315	11:10:22	London Stock Exchange
140	1315	11:15:21	London Stock Exchange
11	1315	11:18:46	London Stock Exchange
119	1315	11:20:09	London Stock Exchange
112	1315	11:22:15	London Stock Exchange
128	1315	11:24:07	London Stock Exchange
102	1315	11:25:30	London Stock Exchange
102	1315	11:27:58	London Stock Exchange
102	1315	11:30:31	London Stock Exchange
114	1316	11:32:37	London Stock Exchange
169	1315	11:41:54	London Stock Exchange
116	1315	11:41:54	London Stock Exchange
2	1318	11:43:55	London Stock Exchange
141	1318	11:43:55	London Stock Exchange
114	1318	11:50:32	London Stock Exchange
46	1318	11:53:13	London Stock Exchange
39	1318	11:53:13	London Stock Exchange
95	1318	11:53:13	London Stock Exchange
171	1319	11:58:38	London Stock Exchange
115	1322	12:02:09	London Stock Exchange
80	1319	12:03:00	London Stock Exchange
22	1319	12:03:00	London Stock Exchange
102	1318	12:05:21	London Stock Exchange
154	1320	12:11:50	London Stock Exchange
118	1318	12:13:14	London Stock Exchange
152	1319	12:27:15	London Stock Exchange
208	1319	12:30:29	London Stock Exchange
35	1319	12:32:19	London Stock Exchange
39	1319	12:32:19	London Stock Exchange
38	1319	12:32:19	London Stock Exchange
108	1319	12:34:20	London Stock Exchange
118	1320	12:36:12	London Stock Exchange
122	1320	12:39:43	London Stock Exchange
120	1321	12:43:36	London Stock Exchange
104	1323	12:45:46	London Stock Exchange
100	1322	12:47:14	London Stock Exchange
228	1322	12:49:40	London Stock Exchange
108	1322	12:52:54	London Stock Exchange
128	1322	13:00:00	London Stock Exchange
126	1321	13:00:04	London Stock Exchange
40	1320	13:10:41	London Stock Exchange
82	1320	13:11:51	London Stock Exchange
111	1320	13:14:25	London Stock Exchange
195	1320	13:14:25	London Stock Exchange
104	1320	13:14:25	London Stock Exchange
105	1319	13:16:34	London Stock Exchange
111	1318	13:19:37	London Stock Exchange
5	1317	13:22:38	London Stock Exchange
98	1317	13:22:38	London Stock Exchange
103	1316	13:29:44	London Stock Exchange
160	1316	13:29:44	London Stock Exchange
101	1317	13:36:33	London Stock Exchange
131	1317	13:36:33	London Stock Exchange
131	1317	13:38:40	London Stock Exchange
11	1319	13:43:58	London Stock Exchange
94	1319	13:43:58	London Stock Exchange
102	1319	13:46:29	London Stock Exchange
102	1318	13:48:42	London Stock Exchange
172	1317	13:49:27	London Stock Exchange
128	1316	13:52:36	London Stock Exchange
144	1316	13:54:49	London Stock Exchange
111	1315	13:57:17	London Stock Exchange
141	1315	14:01:31	London Stock Exchange
218	1317	14:11:09	London Stock Exchange
128	1317	14:12:54	London Stock Exchange
76	1316	14:14:04	London Stock Exchange
103	1316	14:14:04	London Stock Exchange
128	1315	14:16:46	London Stock Exchange
105	1315	14:19:14	London Stock Exchange
100	1315	14:22:51	London Stock Exchange
104	1314	14:23:58	London Stock Exchange
72	1314	14:23:58	London Stock Exchange
142	1315	14:24:40	London Stock Exchange
120	1316	14:29:29	London Stock Exchange
111	1315	14:31:22	London Stock Exchange
154	1315	14:31:22	London Stock Exchange
102	1315	14:33:34	London Stock Exchange
137	1315	14:34:53	London Stock Exchange
108	1315	14:36:00	London Stock Exchange
108	1315	14:38:03	London Stock Exchange
109	1316	14:40:34	London Stock Exchange
119	1315	14:42:07	London Stock Exchange
124	1315	14:44:40	London Stock Exchange
356	1316	14:54:54	London Stock Exchange
148	1316	14:54:54	London Stock Exchange
126	1316	14:54:54	London Stock Exchange
126	1315	14:54:57	London Stock Exchange
136	1315	14:57:44	London Stock Exchange
74	1315	14:59:56	London Stock Exchange
38	1315	14:59:56	London Stock Exchange
117	1314	15:01:30	London Stock Exchange
107	1313	15:02:42	London Stock Exchange
124	1313	15:04:07	London Stock Exchange
51	1314	15:13:57	London Stock Exchange
130	1314	15:13:57	London Stock Exchange
20	1314	15:13:57	London Stock Exchange
118	1314	15:15:26	London Stock Exchange
125	1315	15:19:19	London Stock Exchange
110	1315	15:19:31	London Stock Exchange
31	1314	15:20:58	London Stock Exchange
93	1314	15:20:58	London Stock Exchange
106	1314	15:20:58	London Stock Exchange
104	1314	15:20:58	London Stock Exchange
105	1314	15:20:58	London Stock Exchange
248	1314	15:20:58	London Stock Exchange
123	1311	15:21:50	London Stock Exchange
104	1310	15:24:28	London Stock Exchange
176	1310	15:24:28	London Stock Exchange
36	1311	15:30:08	London Stock Exchange
206	1311	15:30:08	London Stock Exchange
214	1314	15:36:50	London Stock Exchange
500	1314	15:36:50	London Stock Exchange
119	1314	15:36:50	London Stock Exchange
123	1316	15:39:22	London Stock Exchange
103	1315	15:41:12	London Stock Exchange
100	1315	15:43:09	London Stock Exchange
4	1315	15:43:09	London Stock Exchange
104	1314	15:44:42	London Stock Exchange
130	1314	15:44:42	London Stock Exchange
110	1314	15:44:42	London Stock Exchange
103	1314	15:44:42	London Stock Exchange
127	1315	15:46:49	London Stock Exchange
106	1315	15:48:21	London Stock Exchange
108	1315	15:48:21	London Stock Exchange
87	1315	15:50:42	London Stock Exchange
23	1315	15:50:42	London Stock Exchange
106	1315	15:52:28	London Stock Exchange
40	1316	15:54:37	London Stock Exchange
41	1316	15:54:37	London Stock Exchange
20	1316	15:54:37	London Stock Exchange
132	1316	15:56:13	London Stock Exchange
103	1316	15:57:10	London Stock Exchange
103	1317	15:58:13	London Stock Exchange
127	1316	15:59:10	London Stock Exchange
122	1316	15:59:10	London Stock Exchange
228	1316	15:59:10	London Stock Exchange
109	1315	16:00:46	London Stock Exchange
1	1315	16:00:46	London Stock Exchange
48	1315	16:02:12	London Stock Exchange
104	1315	16:02:57	London Stock Exchange
101	1315	16:02:57	London Stock Exchange
79	1315	16:02:57	London Stock Exchange
116	1315	16:03:30	London Stock Exchange
9	1315	16:03:42	London Stock Exchange
107	1316	16:05:22	London Stock Exchange
107	1316	16:05:22	London Stock Exchange
118	1315	16:07:12	London Stock Exchange
120	1315	16:07:12	London Stock Exchange
59	1315	16:13:43	London Stock Exchange
59	1315	16:14:18	London Stock Exchange
101	1315	16:18:43	London Stock Exchange
118	1315	16:18:43	London Stock Exchange
111	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
100	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
112	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
122	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
104	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
101	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
104	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
110	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
116	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
111	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
210	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
106	1315	16:19:23	London Stock Exchange
150	1316	16:21:24	London Stock Exchange
167	1316	16:21:24	London Stock Exchange
364	1316	16:24:26	London Stock Exchange
128	1316	16:26:09	London Stock Exchange
111	1316	16:26:09	London Stock Exchange
388	1317	16:29:25	London Stock Exchange

 

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