Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 5655L

Ashtead Group PLC

03 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:                                         03 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   50,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1296.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1269.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1284.24 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,605,491 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,720,063 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:          03 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1284.24	50,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading Venue
75	1288	16:27:59	London Stock Exchange
153	1269	08:03:25	London Stock Exchange
52	1269	08:04:51	London Stock Exchange
119	1269	08:04:51	London Stock Exchange
135	1271	08:07:33	London Stock Exchange
141	1270	08:08:43	London Stock Exchange
215	1276	08:11:51	London Stock Exchange
49	1275	08:12:25	London Stock Exchange
112	1276	08:13:04	London Stock Exchange
16	1276	08:13:05	London Stock Exchange
160	1277	08:13:47	London Stock Exchange
72	1277	08:14:48	London Stock Exchange
13	1277	08:14:48	London Stock Exchange
59	1277	08:14:48	London Stock Exchange
13	1277	08:14:48	London Stock Exchange
215	1276	08:17:10	London Stock Exchange
21	1276	08:19:34	London Stock Exchange
103	1276	08:19:34	London Stock Exchange
154	1277	08:20:10	London Stock Exchange
155	1278	08:22:24	London Stock Exchange
177	1279	08:25:09	London Stock Exchange
57	1278	08:26:17	London Stock Exchange
77	1278	08:26:17	London Stock Exchange
66	1278	08:26:24	London Stock Exchange
60	1278	08:26:24	London Stock Exchange
126	1280	08:28:18	London Stock Exchange
120	1282	08:30:44	London Stock Exchange
185	1283	08:32:57	London Stock Exchange
100	1282	08:33:10	London Stock Exchange
103	1282	08:34:28	London Stock Exchange
72	1282	08:34:28	London Stock Exchange
254	1283	08:36:40	London Stock Exchange
213	1283	08:39:05	London Stock Exchange
100	1283	08:41:39	London Stock Exchange
95	1283	08:41:39	London Stock Exchange
135	1283	08:43:29	London Stock Exchange
99	1282	08:43:29	London Stock Exchange
104	1281	08:45:01	London Stock Exchange
162	1282	08:47:40	London Stock Exchange
113	1281	08:49:17	London Stock Exchange
158	1282	08:51:16	London Stock Exchange
73	1284	08:53:18	London Stock Exchange
110	1284	08:53:18	London Stock Exchange
122	1283	08:53:21	London Stock Exchange
150	1282	08:54:08	London Stock Exchange
136	1283	08:55:24	London Stock Exchange
186	1284	08:57:56	London Stock Exchange
234	1285	09:00:06	London Stock Exchange
17	1283	09:01:27	London Stock Exchange
123	1283	09:01:48	London Stock Exchange
116	1282	09:02:32	London Stock Exchange
150	1282	09:04:30	London Stock Exchange
210	1282	09:06:30	London Stock Exchange
52	1283	09:08:30	London Stock Exchange
88	1283	09:08:30	London Stock Exchange
100	1282	09:09:57	London Stock Exchange
77	1283	09:12:16	London Stock Exchange
95	1283	09:12:16	London Stock Exchange
113	1282	09:12:25	London Stock Exchange
41	1282	09:12:26	London Stock Exchange
30	1284	09:14:41	London Stock Exchange
174	1284	09:14:41	London Stock Exchange
98	1284	09:17:37	London Stock Exchange
97	1284	09:18:12	London Stock Exchange
39	1284	09:18:12	London Stock Exchange
175	1284	09:20:23	London Stock Exchange
163	1283	09:20:55	London Stock Exchange
120	1283	09:23:08	London Stock Exchange
127	1283	09:24:17	London Stock Exchange
135	1282	09:24:49	London Stock Exchange
116	1282	09:25:49	London Stock Exchange
120	1282	09:27:54	London Stock Exchange
119	1281	09:28:58	London Stock Exchange
167	1281	09:32:29	London Stock Exchange
146	1282	09:34:00	London Stock Exchange
135	1281	09:34:35	London Stock Exchange
130	1281	09:36:27	London Stock Exchange
235	1282	09:37:26	London Stock Exchange
57	1282	09:39:17	London Stock Exchange
131	1282	09:39:17	London Stock Exchange
184	1282	09:41:07	London Stock Exchange
122	1280	09:42:28	London Stock Exchange
20	1279	09:44:29	London Stock Exchange
93	1279	09:44:29	London Stock Exchange
130	1278	09:46:24	London Stock Exchange
195	1278	09:48:52	London Stock Exchange
201	1278	09:50:53	London Stock Exchange
221	1278	09:53:09	London Stock Exchange
22	1278	09:55:35	London Stock Exchange
136	1278	09:55:35	London Stock Exchange
152	1277	09:56:39	London Stock Exchange
174	1277	09:58:28	London Stock Exchange
38	1277	10:00:10	London Stock Exchange
3	1277	10:00:10	London Stock Exchange
157	1277	10:00:10	London Stock Exchange
118	1277	10:02:24	London Stock Exchange
208	1277	10:05:11	London Stock Exchange
219	1277	10:07:23	London Stock Exchange
100	1277	10:09:53	London Stock Exchange
94	1277	10:09:53	London Stock Exchange
227	1277	10:10:21	London Stock Exchange
186	1277	10:12:51	London Stock Exchange
206	1277	10:15:07	London Stock Exchange
127	1277	10:16:25	London Stock Exchange
29	1279	10:19:02	London Stock Exchange
130	1279	10:19:02	London Stock Exchange
117	1280	10:21:20	London Stock Exchange
259	1281	10:24:40	London Stock Exchange
204	1280	10:26:30	London Stock Exchange
128	1280	10:28:50	London Stock Exchange
122	1280	10:30:52	London Stock Exchange
70	1280	10:30:52	London Stock Exchange
238	1280	10:33:19	London Stock Exchange
158	1280	10:35:55	London Stock Exchange
27	1280	10:35:55	London Stock Exchange
201	1279	10:37:23	London Stock Exchange
151	1280	10:39:42	London Stock Exchange
198	1280	10:41:43	London Stock Exchange
139	1280	10:44:03	London Stock Exchange
124	1279	10:45:04	London Stock Exchange
123	1279	10:46:57	London Stock Exchange
105	1278	10:48:22	London Stock Exchange
150	1278	10:49:07	London Stock Exchange
182	1278	10:51:28	London Stock Exchange
181	1278	10:53:26	London Stock Exchange
70	1278	10:55:20	London Stock Exchange
50	1278	10:55:20	London Stock Exchange
111	1278	10:57:30	London Stock Exchange
166	1279	11:00:16	London Stock Exchange
29	1279	11:00:16	London Stock Exchange
287	1283	11:13:37	London Stock Exchange
81	1284	11:14:46	London Stock Exchange
251	1284	11:14:46	London Stock Exchange
128	1284	11:14:46	London Stock Exchange
33	1286	11:16:19	London Stock Exchange
206	1286	11:16:21	London Stock Exchange
190	1286	11:17:03	London Stock Exchange
170	1287	11:19:03	London Stock Exchange
149	1287	11:20:55	London Stock Exchange
189	1288	11:25:43	London Stock Exchange
185	1289	11:29:24	London Stock Exchange
113	1288	11:29:54	London Stock Exchange
193	1288	11:29:54	London Stock Exchange
118	1288	11:29:54	London Stock Exchange
41	1288	11:34:05	London Stock Exchange
76	1288	11:34:05	London Stock Exchange
44	1288	11:34:05	London Stock Exchange
153	1288	11:36:20	London Stock Exchange
138	1289	11:38:41	London Stock Exchange
172	1289	11:40:31	London Stock Exchange
130	1289	11:43:32	London Stock Exchange
128	1288	11:45:01	London Stock Exchange
81	1288	11:45:01	London Stock Exchange
191	1289	11:49:07	London Stock Exchange
174	1289	11:56:21	London Stock Exchange
105	1290	11:58:10	London Stock Exchange
47	1290	11:58:10	London Stock Exchange
150	1290	11:58:10	London Stock Exchange
198	1292	12:02:05	London Stock Exchange
161	1293	12:04:14	London Stock Exchange
42	1293	12:06:24	London Stock Exchange
147	1293	12:06:24	London Stock Exchange
144	1292	12:07:05	London Stock Exchange
156	1293	12:10:14	London Stock Exchange
71	1293	12:13:19	London Stock Exchange
142	1293	12:13:19	London Stock Exchange
101	1292	12:15:16	London Stock Exchange
107	1294	12:21:49	London Stock Exchange
115	1294	12:21:49	London Stock Exchange
165	1295	12:23:54	London Stock Exchange
207	1295	12:26:05	London Stock Exchange
168	1295	12:27:58	London Stock Exchange
189	1295	12:31:16	London Stock Exchange
152	1296	12:33:21	London Stock Exchange
138	1296	12:35:43	London Stock Exchange
104	1296	12:38:04	London Stock Exchange
109	1296	12:39:48	London Stock Exchange
105	1296	12:41:52	London Stock Exchange
208	1296	12:44:15	London Stock Exchange
158	1295	12:45:47	London Stock Exchange
235	1295	12:48:19	London Stock Exchange
150	1293	12:50:19	London Stock Exchange
157	1293	12:52:31	London Stock Exchange
167	1294	12:55:01	London Stock Exchange
111	1294	12:57:09	London Stock Exchange
115	1294	12:59:12	London Stock Exchange
140	1294	13:01:16	London Stock Exchange
135	1294	13:03:14	London Stock Exchange
13	1293	13:05:05	London Stock Exchange
92	1293	13:05:05	London Stock Exchange
20	1293	13:06:57	London Stock Exchange
123	1293	13:06:59	London Stock Exchange
131	1293	13:09:12	London Stock Exchange
134	1293	13:10:56	London Stock Exchange
130	1293	13:13:11	London Stock Exchange
85	1290	13:14:42	London Stock Exchange
142	1290	13:16:32	London Stock Exchange
125	1287	13:18:50	London Stock Exchange
163	1287	13:20:47	London Stock Exchange
129	1283	13:23:08	London Stock Exchange
198	1283	13:26:04	London Stock Exchange
176	1283	13:28:24	London Stock Exchange
124	1283	13:31:28	London Stock Exchange
156	1284	13:33:21	London Stock Exchange
204	1282	13:35:18	London Stock Exchange
129	1283	13:38:05	London Stock Exchange
127	1283	13:39:59	London Stock Exchange
135	1284	13:42:43	London Stock Exchange
197	1284	13:44:34	London Stock Exchange
207	1284	13:46:48	London Stock Exchange
105	1283	13:48:54	London Stock Exchange
113	1283	13:51:13	London Stock Exchange
9	1282	13:51:48	London Stock Exchange
130	1282	13:51:48	London Stock Exchange
122	1283	13:54:45	London Stock Exchange
198	1282	13:55:37	London Stock Exchange
152	1279	13:57:45	London Stock Exchange
117	1279	13:58:54	London Stock Exchange
159	1278	14:00:47	London Stock Exchange
131	1276	14:02:38	London Stock Exchange
189	1277	14:05:55	London Stock Exchange
106	1276	14:06:28	London Stock Exchange
92	1277	14:08:44	London Stock Exchange
182	1278	14:10:26	London Stock Exchange
184	1279	14:12:22	London Stock Exchange
56	1280	14:17:39	London Stock Exchange
85	1280	14:17:39	London Stock Exchange
101	1280	14:17:39	London Stock Exchange
111	1280	14:17:39	London Stock Exchange
112	1280	14:20:04	London Stock Exchange
164	1282	14:22:08	London Stock Exchange
129	1281	14:22:43	London Stock Exchange
102	1281	14:22:43	London Stock Exchange
103	1281	14:24:48	London Stock Exchange
78	1283	14:30:49	London Stock Exchange
48	1283	14:30:49	London Stock Exchange
378	1283	14:30:49	London Stock Exchange
27	1283	14:30:49	London Stock Exchange
30	1283	14:30:49	London Stock Exchange
48	1283	14:30:49	London Stock Exchange
6	1282	14:31:33	London Stock Exchange
120	1282	14:31:33	London Stock Exchange
103	1281	14:33:23	London Stock Exchange
129	1281	14:33:23	London Stock Exchange
153	1281	14:35:33	London Stock Exchange
112	1280	14:37:12	London Stock Exchange
83	1280	14:37:12	London Stock Exchange
115	1282	14:39:00	London Stock Exchange
111	1282	14:39:00	London Stock Exchange
111	1284	14:41:04	London Stock Exchange
106	1283	14:42:11	London Stock Exchange
153	1283	14:42:11	London Stock Exchange
192	1283	14:43:12	London Stock Exchange
198	1282	14:44:59	London Stock Exchange
101	1281	14:47:10	London Stock Exchange
123	1281	14:49:18	London Stock Exchange
104	1280	14:50:01	London Stock Exchange
180	1280	14:50:01	London Stock Exchange
127	1280	14:51:55	London Stock Exchange
126	1280	14:53:46	London Stock Exchange
112	1279	14:54:09	London Stock Exchange
126	1282	14:57:01	London Stock Exchange
129	1282	14:57:01	London Stock Exchange
117	1282	14:57:01	London Stock Exchange
119	1281	14:59:02	London Stock Exchange
100	1281	14:59:02	London Stock Exchange
129	1284	15:00:27	London Stock Exchange
94	1283	15:01:03	London Stock Exchange
13	1283	15:01:03	London Stock Exchange
117	1282	15:03:13	London Stock Exchange
112	1282	15:03:13	London Stock Exchange
112	1282	15:03:13	London Stock Exchange
111	1282	15:05:30	London Stock Exchange
112	1282	15:05:30	London Stock Exchange
115	1282	15:08:46	London Stock Exchange
100	1282	15:08:46	London Stock Exchange
105	1282	15:08:46	London Stock Exchange
112	1282	15:08:46	London Stock Exchange
120	1282	15:10:44	London Stock Exchange
101	1281	15:11:16	London Stock Exchange
131	1281	15:11:16	London Stock Exchange
104	1280	15:11:31	London Stock Exchange
500	1282	15:18:10	London Stock Exchange
85	1282	15:18:10	London Stock Exchange
95	1282	15:18:14	London Stock Exchange
19	1282	15:18:14	London Stock Exchange
107	1283	15:22:01	London Stock Exchange
126	1283	15:22:01	London Stock Exchange
126	1283	15:22:01	London Stock Exchange
101	1283	15:22:01	London Stock Exchange
119	1283	15:22:01	London Stock Exchange
123	1284	15:32:00	London Stock Exchange
33	1285	15:32:22	London Stock Exchange
69	1285	15:32:22	London Stock Exchange
102	1285	15:32:22	London Stock Exchange
144	1285	15:32:57	London Stock Exchange
156	1285	15:33:56	London Stock Exchange
111	1285	15:34:53	London Stock Exchange
1070	1286	15:35:39	London Stock Exchange
107	1286	15:35:39	London Stock Exchange
214	1286	15:35:39	London Stock Exchange
133	1287	15:38:20	London Stock Exchange
43	1287	15:38:20	London Stock Exchange
74	1287	15:38:20	London Stock Exchange
124	1287	15:38:20	London Stock Exchange
102	1287	15:38:20	London Stock Exchange
113	1287	15:40:02	London Stock Exchange
110	1287	15:40:02	London Stock Exchange
126	1287	15:42:26	London Stock Exchange
126	1287	15:42:26	London Stock Exchange
118	1287	15:44:15	London Stock Exchange
115	1287	15:44:55	London Stock Exchange
127	1288	15:47:22	London Stock Exchange
110	1290	15:49:07	London Stock Exchange
6	1290	15:49:22	London Stock Exchange
120	1290	15:49:22	London Stock Exchange
159	1291	15:49:55	London Stock Exchange
167	1291	15:49:55	London Stock Exchange
430	1291	15:49:55	London Stock Exchange
75	1291	15:49:55	London Stock Exchange
51	1291	15:49:55	London Stock Exchange
113	1290	15:51:27	London Stock Exchange
113	1290	15:51:27	London Stock Exchange
185	1290	15:51:54	London Stock Exchange
116	1289	15:52:53	London Stock Exchange
105	1288	15:56:20	London Stock Exchange
109	1288	15:56:20	London Stock Exchange
115	1288	15:56:20	London Stock Exchange
121	1288	15:56:20	London Stock Exchange
105	1288	15:56:20	London Stock Exchange
103	1287	15:57:00	London Stock Exchange
40	1287	15:57:00	London Stock Exchange
65	1287	15:57:05	London Stock Exchange
114	1288	16:01:57	London Stock Exchange
108	1288	16:01:57	London Stock Exchange
206	1288	16:01:57	London Stock Exchange
111	1288	16:01:57	London Stock Exchange
103	1288	16:01:57	London Stock Exchange
105	1288	16:01:57	London Stock Exchange
125	1288	16:01:57	London Stock Exchange
128	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
117	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
112	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
102	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
101	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
123	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
120	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
115	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
120	1288	16:06:43	London Stock Exchange
109	1287	16:09:42	London Stock Exchange
116	1287	16:09:42	London Stock Exchange
123	1287	16:09:42	London Stock Exchange
102	1287	16:09:42	London Stock Exchange
103	1287	16:09:42	London Stock Exchange
101	1287	16:09:42	London Stock Exchange
109	1288	16:14:21	London Stock Exchange
131	1288	16:14:31	London Stock Exchange
102	1288	16:14:59	London Stock Exchange
277	1288	16:15:02	London Stock Exchange
65	1288	16:15:39	London Stock Exchange
67	1288	16:15:39	London Stock Exchange
101	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
100	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
101	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
110	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
104	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
116	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
117	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
119	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
313	1287	16:15:51	London Stock Exchange
125	1286	16:17:16	London Stock Exchange
172	1286	16:17:16	London Stock Exchange
126	1286	16:19:24	London Stock Exchange
204	1286	16:19:24	London Stock Exchange
149	1286	16:19:24	London Stock Exchange
37	1286	16:19:24	London Stock Exchange
136	1286	16:20:01	London Stock Exchange
131	1285	16:20:41	London Stock Exchange
119	1285	16:21:28	London Stock Exchange
148	1284	16:21:50	London Stock Exchange
100	1286	16:25:14	London Stock Exchange
386	1286	16:25:14	London Stock Exchange
192	1286	16:25:50	London Stock Exchange
87	1288	16:27:12	London Stock Exchange
250	1288	16:27:12	London Stock Exchange
249	1288	16:27:12	London Stock Exchange
92	1288	16:27:12	London Stock Exchange

 

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