Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 4383N

Ashtead Group PLC

25 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:                                         25 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1313.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1300.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1305.85 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 54,024,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,300,712 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:          25 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1305.85	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price	Time of transaction	Trading venue
103	1308	08:06:11	London Stock Exchange
121	1302	08:11:31	London Stock Exchange
188	1302	08:15:59	London Stock Exchange
163	1301	08:16:31	London Stock Exchange
82	1300	08:19:15	London Stock Exchange
39	1300	08:19:15	London Stock Exchange
84	1301	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
20	1301	08:21:13	London Stock Exchange
118	1304	08:24:39	London Stock Exchange
117	1308	08:27:03	London Stock Exchange
175	1310	08:30:43	London Stock Exchange
110	1308	08:33:47	London Stock Exchange
144	1309	08:36:24	London Stock Exchange
1	1309	08:38:49	London Stock Exchange
125	1309	08:38:49	London Stock Exchange
106	1309	08:40:53	London Stock Exchange
9	1309	08:43:02	London Stock Exchange
83	1309	08:43:02	London Stock Exchange
12	1309	08:43:02	London Stock Exchange
18	1309	08:44:47	London Stock Exchange
82	1309	08:44:47	London Stock Exchange
120	1308	08:48:08	London Stock Exchange
57	1309	08:50:38	London Stock Exchange
119	1309	08:50:38	London Stock Exchange
94	1311	08:54:10	London Stock Exchange
10	1311	08:54:10	London Stock Exchange
156	1311	09:00:22	London Stock Exchange
100	1310	09:01:16	London Stock Exchange
128	1310	09:03:30	London Stock Exchange
41	1310	09:06:09	London Stock Exchange
113	1310	09:06:09	London Stock Exchange
152	1309	09:07:54	London Stock Exchange
135	1309	09:10:09	London Stock Exchange
123	1307	09:12:46	London Stock Exchange
152	1306	09:15:39	London Stock Exchange
6	1305	09:19:06	London Stock Exchange
94	1305	09:19:06	London Stock Exchange
125	1305	09:21:08	London Stock Exchange
125	1305	09:23:40	London Stock Exchange
59	1305	09:25:46	London Stock Exchange
66	1305	09:25:46	London Stock Exchange
112	1306	09:31:41	London Stock Exchange
189	1306	09:34:35	London Stock Exchange
199	1307	09:36:11	London Stock Exchange
6	1306	09:39:07	London Stock Exchange
119	1306	09:39:07	London Stock Exchange
100	1305	09:41:30	London Stock Exchange
147	1305	09:46:29	London Stock Exchange
152	1304	09:50:20	London Stock Exchange
101	1304	09:50:20	London Stock Exchange
107	1304	10:01:20	London Stock Exchange
174	1304	10:01:20	London Stock Exchange
130	1304	10:01:20	London Stock Exchange
135	1304	10:02:03	London Stock Exchange
110	1306	10:04:54	London Stock Exchange
125	1306	10:07:03	London Stock Exchange
22	1305	10:10:15	London Stock Exchange
119	1305	10:10:15	London Stock Exchange
71	1305	10:22:13	London Stock Exchange
53	1305	10:22:13	London Stock Exchange
204	1305	10:24:20	London Stock Exchange
211	1305	10:26:45	London Stock Exchange
156	1305	10:29:53	London Stock Exchange
170	1305	10:34:00	London Stock Exchange
200	1305	10:38:46	London Stock Exchange
143	1304	10:41:51	London Stock Exchange
114	1302	10:44:25	London Stock Exchange
36	1302	10:44:25	London Stock Exchange
140	1304	10:47:41	London Stock Exchange
140	1304	10:49:43	London Stock Exchange
35	1304	10:52:34	London Stock Exchange
85	1304	10:52:34	London Stock Exchange
120	1304	10:59:02	London Stock Exchange
131	1303	11:00:54	London Stock Exchange
35	1303	11:03:17	London Stock Exchange
119	1303	11:03:17	London Stock Exchange
33	1303	11:06:26	London Stock Exchange
98	1303	11:06:26	London Stock Exchange
104	1303	11:10:10	London Stock Exchange
8	1305	11:17:30	London Stock Exchange
95	1305	11:17:30	London Stock Exchange
11	1305	11:17:30	London Stock Exchange
57	1305	11:19:51	London Stock Exchange
111	1305	11:19:51	London Stock Exchange
115	1305	11:30:20	London Stock Exchange
108	1305	11:33:14	London Stock Exchange
116	1305	11:36:30	London Stock Exchange
128	1305	11:40:04	London Stock Exchange
141	1304	11:41:22	London Stock Exchange
105	1304	11:41:22	London Stock Exchange
109	1304	11:41:22	London Stock Exchange
93	1304	11:53:08	London Stock Exchange
126	1305	11:59:16	London Stock Exchange
128	1305	12:02:08	London Stock Exchange
128	1305	12:02:08	London Stock Exchange
129	1305	12:02:20	London Stock Exchange
148	1305	12:04:41	London Stock Exchange
124	1304	12:08:11	London Stock Exchange
105	1305	12:15:00	London Stock Exchange
123	1305	12:18:36	London Stock Exchange
112	1305	12:21:22	London Stock Exchange
101	1305	12:35:24	London Stock Exchange
110	1305	12:35:24	London Stock Exchange
148	1305	12:35:24	London Stock Exchange
131	1304	12:35:40	London Stock Exchange
105	1304	12:38:43	London Stock Exchange
102	1305	12:51:30	London Stock Exchange
105	1305	12:53:27	London Stock Exchange
216	1305	12:55:32	London Stock Exchange
114	1305	12:57:43	London Stock Exchange
207	1309	13:02:52	London Stock Exchange
121	1309	13:05:09	London Stock Exchange
35	1309	13:08:13	London Stock Exchange
65	1309	13:08:13	London Stock Exchange
112	1309	13:11:16	London Stock Exchange
118	1309	13:14:56	London Stock Exchange
381	1313	13:32:32	London Stock Exchange
160	1313	13:32:53	London Stock Exchange
13	1313	13:35:21	London Stock Exchange
126	1313	13:35:21	London Stock Exchange
140	1313	13:39:24	London Stock Exchange
106	1310	13:50:41	London Stock Exchange
106	1310	13:50:41	London Stock Exchange
112	1310	13:50:41	London Stock Exchange
122	1309	13:51:20	London Stock Exchange
103	1309	13:55:19	London Stock Exchange
133	1309	13:57:05	London Stock Exchange
108	1309	13:59:43	London Stock Exchange
18	1309	14:02:36	London Stock Exchange
86	1309	14:02:36	London Stock Exchange
123	1309	14:10:18	London Stock Exchange
118	1309	14:10:18	London Stock Exchange
115	1308	14:13:54	London Stock Exchange
116	1305	14:14:17	London Stock Exchange
130	1304	14:19:06	London Stock Exchange
129	1305	14:20:10	London Stock Exchange
129	1307	14:23:18	London Stock Exchange
125	1306	14:25:29	London Stock Exchange
159	1307	14:29:36	London Stock Exchange
210	1307	14:31:57	London Stock Exchange
126	1307	14:34:31	London Stock Exchange
7	1306	14:36:39	London Stock Exchange
119	1306	14:36:39	London Stock Exchange
112	1306	14:38:59	London Stock Exchange
90	1306	14:41:05	London Stock Exchange
13	1306	14:41:05	London Stock Exchange
5	1307	14:43:48	London Stock Exchange
125	1307	14:43:48	London Stock Exchange
6	1308	14:45:54	London Stock Exchange
125	1308	14:45:54	London Stock Exchange
16	1310	14:48:28	London Stock Exchange
120	1310	14:48:28	London Stock Exchange
118	1310	14:50:48	London Stock Exchange
136	1310	14:53:17	London Stock Exchange
124	1307	14:56:20	London Stock Exchange
135	1306	15:00:00	London Stock Exchange
105	1306	15:00:31	London Stock Exchange
105	1306	15:02:47	London Stock Exchange
104	1309	15:06:14	London Stock Exchange
100	1308	15:08:08	London Stock Exchange
126	1308	15:08:08	London Stock Exchange
125	1308	15:10:12	London Stock Exchange
109	1307	15:13:00	London Stock Exchange
77	1307	15:13:00	London Stock Exchange
111	1306	15:15:10	London Stock Exchange
115	1307	15:17:52	London Stock Exchange
57	1307	15:17:52	London Stock Exchange
58	1307	15:17:52	London Stock Exchange
127	1309	15:20:45	London Stock Exchange
101	1309	15:20:45	London Stock Exchange
75	1308	15:22:41	London Stock Exchange
121	1306	15:23:20	London Stock Exchange
153	1305	15:25:08	London Stock Exchange
101	1303	15:26:59	London Stock Exchange
106	1304	15:29:14	London Stock Exchange
176	1304	15:31:01	London Stock Exchange
100	1305	15:33:22	London Stock Exchange
110	1307	15:37:44	London Stock Exchange
105	1307	15:37:44	London Stock Exchange
174	1307	15:37:44	London Stock Exchange
46	1307	15:37:44	London Stock Exchange
150	1305	15:39:21	London Stock Exchange
126	1304	15:40:03	London Stock Exchange
112	1303	15:43:35	London Stock Exchange
104	1303	15:45:03	London Stock Exchange
143	1303	15:45:03	London Stock Exchange
109	1303	15:45:03	London Stock Exchange
127	1303	15:47:04	London Stock Exchange
154	1302	15:48:32	London Stock Exchange
127	1303	15:54:01	London Stock Exchange
129	1305	15:59:11	London Stock Exchange
111	1305	15:59:44	London Stock Exchange
107	1305	16:00:35	London Stock Exchange
94	1305	16:01:52	London Stock Exchange
11	1305	16:01:52	London Stock Exchange
15	1305	16:02:47	London Stock Exchange
90	1305	16:02:47	London Stock Exchange
127	1305	16:03:55	London Stock Exchange
111	1305	16:05:19	London Stock Exchange
120	1305	16:06:27	London Stock Exchange
128	1305	16:06:27	London Stock Exchange
340	1305	16:06:27	London Stock Exchange
102	1305	16:08:37	London Stock Exchange
60	1305	16:08:37	London Stock Exchange
42	1305	16:08:37	London Stock Exchange
120	1304	16:09:23	London Stock Exchange
101	1304	16:09:23	London Stock Exchange
105	1304	16:11:50	London Stock Exchange
126	1303	16:13:27	London Stock Exchange
101	1303	16:13:27	London Stock Exchange
123	1303	16:13:27	London Stock Exchange
101	1303	16:15:56	London Stock Exchange
258	1303	16:15:56	London Stock Exchange
222	1304	16:16:41	London Stock Exchange
164	1304	16:20:16	London Stock Exchange
163	1304	16:20:16	London Stock Exchange
215	1303	16:20:17	London Stock Exchange
111	1301	16:20:41	London Stock Exchange
157	1301	16:23:18	London Stock Exchange
106	1303	16:26:58	London Stock Exchange
290	1303	16:26:58	London Stock Exchange
236	1304	16:28:48	London Stock Exchange

 

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