Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9960M

Ashtead Group PLC

19 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:                                         19 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1328.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1311.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1323.34 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,924,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,400,712 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:          19 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1323.34	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
101	1315	08:02:40	London Stock Exchange
105	1314	08:04:59	London Stock Exchange
103	1311	08:07:19	London Stock Exchange
175	1312	08:11:22	London Stock Exchange
176	1316	08:15:50	London Stock Exchange
11	1319	08:18:41	London Stock Exchange
127	1319	08:18:41	London Stock Exchange
138	1315	08:20:44	London Stock Exchange
134	1317	08:24:55	London Stock Exchange
107	1319	08:27:18	London Stock Exchange
107	1319	08:29:19	London Stock Exchange
133	1318	08:31:33	London Stock Exchange
165	1321	08:34:52	London Stock Exchange
113	1321	08:37:49	London Stock Exchange
124	1323	08:39:44	London Stock Exchange
133	1324	08:42:27	London Stock Exchange
119	1323	08:45:42	London Stock Exchange
109	1323	08:48:22	London Stock Exchange
143	1322	08:50:24	London Stock Exchange
115	1323	08:53:59	London Stock Exchange
142	1324	08:56:25	London Stock Exchange
148	1323	08:58:45	London Stock Exchange
128	1321	09:02:40	London Stock Exchange
17	1324	09:05:50	London Stock Exchange
195	1324	09:05:50	London Stock Exchange
124	1327	09:08:48	London Stock Exchange
97	1327	09:12:54	London Stock Exchange
110	1326	09:13:05	London Stock Exchange
135	1325	09:17:20	London Stock Exchange
106	1325	09:18:28	London Stock Exchange
104	1325	09:21:01	London Stock Exchange
131	1323	09:23:40	London Stock Exchange
137	1323	09:25:41	London Stock Exchange
129	1323	09:28:25	London Stock Exchange
164	1321	09:32:00	London Stock Exchange
24	1321	09:34:29	London Stock Exchange
81	1321	09:34:29	London Stock Exchange
105	1321	09:36:52	London Stock Exchange
131	1322	09:39:46	London Stock Exchange
138	1322	09:42:11	London Stock Exchange
118	1321	09:48:20	London Stock Exchange
158	1322	09:50:40	London Stock Exchange
115	1321	09:51:02	London Stock Exchange
106	1324	09:57:03	London Stock Exchange
193	1325	09:59:21	London Stock Exchange
126	1324	10:00:55	London Stock Exchange
120	1325	10:03:11	London Stock Exchange
180	1323	10:07:10	London Stock Exchange
100	1323	10:12:20	London Stock Exchange
215	1325	10:15:36	London Stock Exchange
3	1326	10:23:23	London Stock Exchange
220	1326	10:23:23	London Stock Exchange
162	1325	10:24:30	London Stock Exchange
100	1325	10:26:10	London Stock Exchange
125	1325	10:28:41	London Stock Exchange
105	1323	10:31:07	London Stock Exchange
105	1321	10:35:44	London Stock Exchange
133	1323	10:39:50	London Stock Exchange
128	1324	10:41:58	London Stock Exchange
144	1324	10:44:24	London Stock Exchange
108	1324	10:46:26	London Stock Exchange
102	1324	10:48:55	London Stock Exchange
120	1324	10:52:40	London Stock Exchange
91	1325	10:57:22	London Stock Exchange
57	1325	10:57:22	London Stock Exchange
132	1325	10:59:43	London Stock Exchange
112	1325	11:03:02	London Stock Exchange
120	1325	11:05:25	London Stock Exchange
111	1325	11:09:03	London Stock Exchange
109	1324	11:11:17	London Stock Exchange
94	1324	11:14:19	London Stock Exchange
14	1324	11:14:19	London Stock Exchange
105	1324	11:17:36	London Stock Exchange
2	1324	11:21:37	London Stock Exchange
163	1324	11:21:37	London Stock Exchange
104	1324	11:26:28	London Stock Exchange
116	1323	11:27:58	London Stock Exchange
100	1323	11:39:46	London Stock Exchange
160	1323	11:39:46	London Stock Exchange
113	1323	11:39:46	London Stock Exchange
122	1323	11:42:18	London Stock Exchange
105	1322	11:46:00	London Stock Exchange
131	1322	11:49:25	London Stock Exchange
120	1324	12:05:44	London Stock Exchange
126	1324	12:05:44	London Stock Exchange
126	1324	12:05:44	London Stock Exchange
120	1324	12:07:27	London Stock Exchange
117	1324	12:10:00	London Stock Exchange
116	1324	12:13:21	London Stock Exchange
114	1323	12:16:47	London Stock Exchange
110	1322	12:22:57	London Stock Exchange
168	1322	12:27:30	London Stock Exchange
152	1322	12:35:38	London Stock Exchange
222	1324	12:46:04	London Stock Exchange
198	1323	12:46:23	London Stock Exchange
119	1323	12:53:08	London Stock Exchange
103	1324	12:55:30	London Stock Exchange
39	1324	13:00:09	London Stock Exchange
17	1324	13:00:09	London Stock Exchange
48	1324	13:00:09	London Stock Exchange
75	1325	13:02:21	London Stock Exchange
115	1325	13:02:21	London Stock Exchange
154	1325	13:05:12	London Stock Exchange
81	1325	13:08:50	London Stock Exchange
34	1325	13:08:50	London Stock Exchange
21	1325	13:12:08	London Stock Exchange
100	1325	13:12:08	London Stock Exchange
14	1324	13:16:22	London Stock Exchange
103	1324	13:16:22	London Stock Exchange
113	1324	13:19:38	London Stock Exchange
112	1325	13:27:50	London Stock Exchange
179	1325	13:28:42	London Stock Exchange
109	1325	13:31:13	London Stock Exchange
108	1325	13:41:36	London Stock Exchange
120	1325	13:41:36	London Stock Exchange
156	1325	13:43:38	London Stock Exchange
75	1325	13:48:02	London Stock Exchange
27	1325	13:48:02	London Stock Exchange
76	1325	13:50:14	London Stock Exchange
30	1325	13:50:14	London Stock Exchange
105	1325	13:58:27	London Stock Exchange
210	1325	13:58:27	London Stock Exchange
170	1326	14:03:15	London Stock Exchange
113	1326	14:05:56	London Stock Exchange
105	1325	14:06:20	London Stock Exchange
139	1326	14:09:55	London Stock Exchange
126	1326	14:12:07	London Stock Exchange
116	1326	14:15:05	London Stock Exchange
116	1326	14:17:48	London Stock Exchange
128	1325	14:21:52	London Stock Exchange
120	1324	14:23:23	London Stock Exchange
104	1324	14:34:43	London Stock Exchange
114	1325	14:36:27	London Stock Exchange
192	1325	14:36:27	London Stock Exchange
102	1325	14:36:27	London Stock Exchange
128	1324	14:36:31	London Stock Exchange
139	1323	14:38:35	London Stock Exchange
141	1321	14:40:51	London Stock Exchange
112	1321	14:47:20	London Stock Exchange
104	1321	14:47:20	London Stock Exchange
119	1321	14:49:25	London Stock Exchange
121	1320	14:50:14	London Stock Exchange
113	1319	14:55:36	London Stock Exchange
138	1319	14:55:36	London Stock Exchange
102	1318	14:56:27	London Stock Exchange
122	1318	14:58:49	London Stock Exchange
135	1317	14:59:59	London Stock Exchange
118	1318	15:16:27	London Stock Exchange
128	1318	15:17:13	London Stock Exchange
100	1318	15:17:17	London Stock Exchange
6	1321	15:19:57	London Stock Exchange
104	1325	15:26:22	London Stock Exchange
80	1325	15:26:58	London Stock Exchange
22	1325	15:26:58	London Stock Exchange
110	1324	15:27:14	London Stock Exchange
127	1324	15:27:14	London Stock Exchange
990	1324	15:27:14	London Stock Exchange
179	1323	15:29:15	London Stock Exchange
102	1323	15:31:36	London Stock Exchange
129	1323	15:33:47	London Stock Exchange
113	1323	15:35:50	London Stock Exchange
109	1323	15:39:54	London Stock Exchange
114	1323	15:42:03	London Stock Exchange
105	1323	15:43:16	London Stock Exchange
105	1323	15:44:27	London Stock Exchange
105	1324	15:46:06	London Stock Exchange
244	1324	15:46:29	London Stock Exchange
122	1324	15:46:29	London Stock Exchange
125	1324	15:48:40	London Stock Exchange
110	1324	15:50:59	London Stock Exchange
124	1324	15:52:56	London Stock Exchange
109	1325	15:55:34	London Stock Exchange
324	1327	15:55:57	London Stock Exchange
104	1328	15:58:08	London Stock Exchange
109	1328	15:58:20	London Stock Exchange
100	1327	16:01:08	London Stock Exchange
104	1327	16:01:08	London Stock Exchange
105	1327	16:01:08	London Stock Exchange
105	1327	16:01:08	London Stock Exchange
117	1327	16:03:24	London Stock Exchange
68	1327	16:05:27	London Stock Exchange
34	1327	16:05:27	London Stock Exchange
103	1327	16:05:47	London Stock Exchange
106	1327	16:05:47	London Stock Exchange
5	1327	16:05:47	London Stock Exchange
19	1326	16:07:08	London Stock Exchange
87	1326	16:07:08	London Stock Exchange
113	1326	16:07:08	London Stock Exchange
107	1326	16:09:26	London Stock Exchange
9	1326	16:09:26	London Stock Exchange
126	1326	16:12:05	London Stock Exchange
103	1326	16:13:51	London Stock Exchange
122	1325	16:14:57	London Stock Exchange
116	1325	16:14:57	London Stock Exchange
125	1325	16:14:57	London Stock Exchange
105	1325	16:14:57	London Stock Exchange
112	1324	16:16:39	London Stock Exchange
204	1324	16:16:39	London Stock Exchange
309	1324	16:19:03	London Stock Exchange
190	1323	16:19:07	London Stock Exchange
114	1322	16:19:35	London Stock Exchange
146	1323	16:21:40	London Stock Exchange
168	1323	16:23:46	London Stock Exchange
147	1323	16:25:35	London Stock Exchange
105	1323	16:27:21	London Stock Exchange
94	1323	16:27:21	London Stock Exchange
166	1322	16:27:27	London Stock Exchange
67	1322	16:27:34	London Stock Exchange

 

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