Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 3330N

Ashtead Group PLC

24 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:                                         24 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1340.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1308.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1322.78 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,999,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,325,712 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:          24 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1322.78	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price	Time of transaction	Trading venue
108	1337	08:09:20	London Stock Exchange
150	1338	08:12:47	London Stock Exchange
144	1339	08:15:49	London Stock Exchange
138	1340	08:18:56	London Stock Exchange
107	1336	08:21:19	London Stock Exchange
123	1336	08:23:50	London Stock Exchange
136	1335	08:26:54	London Stock Exchange
136	1335	08:29:39	London Stock Exchange
143	1335	08:32:44	London Stock Exchange
221	1338	08:40:07	London Stock Exchange
107	1338	08:42:28	London Stock Exchange
56	1338	08:42:28	London Stock Exchange
89	1337	08:43:04	London Stock Exchange
112	1336	08:46:49	London Stock Exchange
76	1336	08:48:45	London Stock Exchange
100	1336	08:48:45	London Stock Exchange
115	1336	08:51:28	London Stock Exchange
137	1336	08:53:50	London Stock Exchange
100	1336	08:56:19	London Stock Exchange
125	1335	08:58:38	London Stock Exchange
107	1337	09:01:13	London Stock Exchange
20	1337	09:01:13	London Stock Exchange
148	1336	09:04:23	London Stock Exchange
112	1337	09:06:56	London Stock Exchange
112	1335	09:09:34	London Stock Exchange
112	1335	09:11:24	London Stock Exchange
131	1335	09:13:59	London Stock Exchange
121	1334	09:16:29	London Stock Exchange
121	1334	09:19:08	London Stock Exchange
127	1333	09:21:57	London Stock Exchange
144	1331	09:25:30	London Stock Exchange
49	1331	09:27:14	London Stock Exchange
71	1331	09:27:14	London Stock Exchange
22	1331	09:29:55	London Stock Exchange
78	1331	09:29:57	London Stock Exchange
158	1333	09:36:19	London Stock Exchange
185	1334	09:38:05	London Stock Exchange
101	1333	09:38:50	London Stock Exchange
156	1334	09:42:51	London Stock Exchange
125	1334	09:45:13	London Stock Exchange
15	1334	09:47:14	London Stock Exchange
100	1334	09:47:14	London Stock Exchange
182	1334	09:54:32	London Stock Exchange
121	1334	09:54:32	London Stock Exchange
137	1334	09:58:18	London Stock Exchange
180	1334	10:00:43	London Stock Exchange
133	1334	10:04:28	London Stock Exchange
119	1334	10:08:11	London Stock Exchange
63	1334	10:10:40	London Stock Exchange
110	1334	10:10:40	London Stock Exchange
133	1334	10:13:35	London Stock Exchange
118	1334	10:15:58	London Stock Exchange
134	1333	10:19:28	London Stock Exchange
4	1333	10:21:45	London Stock Exchange
106	1333	10:21:45	London Stock Exchange
118	1332	10:28:41	London Stock Exchange
169	1331	10:28:59	London Stock Exchange
177	1332	10:33:00	London Stock Exchange
118	1332	10:35:45	London Stock Exchange
145	1331	10:39:22	London Stock Exchange
125	1331	10:44:40	London Stock Exchange
102	1331	10:52:34	London Stock Exchange
181	1331	10:52:34	London Stock Exchange
134	1331	10:52:34	London Stock Exchange
121	1331	10:55:39	London Stock Exchange
105	1331	10:58:33	London Stock Exchange
105	1331	11:01:23	London Stock Exchange
105	1331	11:04:04	London Stock Exchange
155	1330	11:14:04	London Stock Exchange
143	1330	11:14:04	London Stock Exchange
149	1330	11:17:05	London Stock Exchange
132	1330	11:19:26	London Stock Exchange
108	1330	11:23:31	London Stock Exchange
102	1330	11:25:45	London Stock Exchange
126	1329	11:28:47	London Stock Exchange
116	1329	11:32:47	London Stock Exchange
124	1329	11:35:55	London Stock Exchange
105	1329	11:39:19	London Stock Exchange
13	1329	11:41:58	London Stock Exchange
92	1329	11:41:58	London Stock Exchange
12	1329	11:41:58	London Stock Exchange
114	1328	11:45:48	London Stock Exchange
125	1327	11:50:15	London Stock Exchange
62	1327	11:52:57	London Stock Exchange
65	1327	11:52:57	London Stock Exchange
108	1327	11:56:47	London Stock Exchange
144	1327	12:02:41	London Stock Exchange
120	1326	12:06:21	London Stock Exchange
100	1325	12:10:57	London Stock Exchange
171	1326	12:14:43	London Stock Exchange
1	1326	12:14:43	London Stock Exchange
96	1326	12:18:01	London Stock Exchange
16	1326	12:18:01	London Stock Exchange
126	1326	12:21:50	London Stock Exchange
119	1327	12:27:57	London Stock Exchange
145	1326	12:30:45	London Stock Exchange
136	1326	12:35:30	London Stock Exchange
117	1326	12:38:30	London Stock Exchange
15	1327	12:43:58	London Stock Exchange
107	1327	12:43:58	London Stock Exchange
146	1327	12:47:00	London Stock Exchange
130	1328	12:50:42	London Stock Exchange
117	1327	12:54:50	London Stock Exchange
114	1328	12:58:52	London Stock Exchange
114	1327	13:01:21	London Stock Exchange
130	1326	13:05:36	London Stock Exchange
110	1326	13:10:09	London Stock Exchange
138	1325	13:13:14	London Stock Exchange
147	1325	13:17:23	London Stock Exchange
119	1324	13:21:06	London Stock Exchange
119	1323	13:24:43	London Stock Exchange
119	1323	13:32:36	London Stock Exchange
128	1323	13:33:33	London Stock Exchange
124	1323	13:36:01	London Stock Exchange
120	1323	13:38:50	London Stock Exchange
223	1323	13:44:55	London Stock Exchange
75	1322	13:47:52	London Stock Exchange
38	1322	13:47:52	London Stock Exchange
228	1322	13:58:30	London Stock Exchange
127	1322	13:58:30	London Stock Exchange
125	1322	14:00:36	London Stock Exchange
16	1321	14:04:22	London Stock Exchange
104	1321	14:04:22	London Stock Exchange
118	1321	14:07:29	London Stock Exchange
110	1320	14:09:05	London Stock Exchange
126	1319	14:11:43	London Stock Exchange
123	1318	14:15:01	London Stock Exchange
119	1317	14:19:23	London Stock Exchange
140	1315	14:21:25	London Stock Exchange
112	1315	14:23:00	London Stock Exchange
112	1316	14:25:39	London Stock Exchange
170	1316	14:29:45	London Stock Exchange
110	1315	14:31:32	London Stock Exchange
110	1314	14:32:42	London Stock Exchange
107	1315	14:35:17	London Stock Exchange
133	1314	14:38:14	London Stock Exchange
113	1314	14:41:27	London Stock Exchange
125	1314	14:43:26	London Stock Exchange
140	1314	14:44:37	London Stock Exchange
126	1319	14:50:14	London Stock Exchange
111	1318	14:50:35	London Stock Exchange
108	1317	15:01:01	London Stock Exchange
126	1317	15:01:01	London Stock Exchange
125	1317	15:01:01	London Stock Exchange
103	1317	15:01:01	London Stock Exchange
115	1317	15:01:01	London Stock Exchange
10	1316	15:01:28	London Stock Exchange
103	1316	15:01:31	London Stock Exchange
114	1316	15:03:37	London Stock Exchange
113	1314	15:05:11	London Stock Exchange
103	1315	15:06:57	London Stock Exchange
126	1314	15:08:33	London Stock Exchange
129	1313	15:09:54	London Stock Exchange
120	1312	15:12:07	London Stock Exchange
106	1312	15:14:53	London Stock Exchange
116	1311	15:16:14	London Stock Exchange
104	1311	15:19:06	London Stock Exchange
126	1311	15:19:06	London Stock Exchange
125	1311	15:21:22	London Stock Exchange
149	1310	15:22:19	London Stock Exchange
130	1310	15:26:09	London Stock Exchange
105	1310	15:26:52	London Stock Exchange
114	1311	15:29:25	London Stock Exchange
103	1310	15:30:27	London Stock Exchange
113	1310	15:30:27	London Stock Exchange
404	1311	15:37:25	London Stock Exchange
110	1310	15:37:53	London Stock Exchange
36	1310	15:40:26	London Stock Exchange
70	1310	15:40:26	London Stock Exchange
103	1310	15:40:26	London Stock Exchange
113	1310	15:43:11	London Stock Exchange
128	1310	15:43:11	London Stock Exchange
106	1309	15:44:02	London Stock Exchange
106	1309	15:48:32	London Stock Exchange
122	1309	15:48:32	London Stock Exchange
105	1309	15:48:32	London Stock Exchange
100	1309	15:51:44	London Stock Exchange
128	1309	15:51:44	London Stock Exchange
128	1309	15:51:44	London Stock Exchange
108	1309	15:52:52	London Stock Exchange
136	1308	15:54:06	London Stock Exchange
102	1309	15:56:36	London Stock Exchange
100	1309	15:58:24	London Stock Exchange
102	1309	16:00:37	London Stock Exchange
100	1311	16:02:46	London Stock Exchange
175	1311	16:03:41	London Stock Exchange
115	1312	16:05:59	London Stock Exchange
108	1312	16:06:05	London Stock Exchange
324	1312	16:06:05	London Stock Exchange
118	1312	16:08:05	London Stock Exchange
100	1311	16:08:15	London Stock Exchange
182	1311	16:09:52	London Stock Exchange
108	1310	16:11:05	London Stock Exchange
100	1310	16:11:05	London Stock Exchange
148	1310	16:13:06	London Stock Exchange
80	1309	16:14:05	London Stock Exchange
104	1312	16:17:28	London Stock Exchange
40	1312	16:17:28	London Stock Exchange
238	1312	16:17:28	London Stock Exchange
100	1312	16:21:37	London Stock Exchange
158	1312	16:21:37	London Stock Exchange
106	1312	16:21:37	London Stock Exchange
123	1312	16:21:37	London Stock Exchange
104	1312	16:21:37	London Stock Exchange
179	1311	16:22:38	London Stock Exchange
171	1311	16:22:38	London Stock Exchange
163	1311	16:25:09	London Stock Exchange
116	1311	16:25:09	London Stock Exchange
382	1311	16:27:47	London Stock Exchange

 

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