Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 9425L

Ashtead Group PLC

06 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:                                         06 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1322.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1305.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1313.36 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,699,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,625,712 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:          06 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1313.36	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
57	1315	13:52:49	London Stock Exchange
84	1315	13:52:49	London Stock Exchange
85	1315	13:55:24	London Stock Exchange
100	1315	13:55:24	London Stock Exchange
56	1315	13:57:39	London Stock Exchange
161	1315	13:57:39	London Stock Exchange
84	1315	14:00:06	London Stock Exchange
120	1315	14:00:06	London Stock Exchange
142	1314	14:00:39	London Stock Exchange
151	1313	14:01:00	London Stock Exchange
122	1313	14:03:18	London Stock Exchange
86	1312	14:03:25	London Stock Exchange
130	1310	14:05:34	London Stock Exchange
169	1310	14:08:13	London Stock Exchange
153	1310	14:08:15	London Stock Exchange
100	1309	14:10:01	London Stock Exchange
138	1308	14:12:25	London Stock Exchange
162	1307	14:13:06	London Stock Exchange
119	1307	14:15:25	London Stock Exchange
140	1308	14:17:32	London Stock Exchange
58	1307	14:18:54	London Stock Exchange
52	1307	14:18:54	London Stock Exchange
125	1307	14:18:54	London Stock Exchange
109	1308	14:21:19	London Stock Exchange
62	1308	14:21:19	London Stock Exchange
106	1308	14:23:25	London Stock Exchange
79	1308	14:23:25	London Stock Exchange
124	1307	14:24:05	London Stock Exchange
150	1306	14:25:16	London Stock Exchange
142	1305	14:25:28	London Stock Exchange
162	1308	14:32:18	London Stock Exchange
133	1308	14:32:28	London Stock Exchange
214	1308	14:33:23	London Stock Exchange
125	1308	14:33:23	London Stock Exchange
100	1307	14:34:36	London Stock Exchange
104	1307	14:34:36	London Stock Exchange
92	1307	14:34:36	London Stock Exchange
150	1306	14:34:55	London Stock Exchange
153	1309	14:38:33	London Stock Exchange
109	1309	14:38:33	London Stock Exchange
198	1308	14:40:11	London Stock Exchange
174	1308	14:40:11	London Stock Exchange
172	1308	14:42:22	London Stock Exchange
107	1309	14:45:34	London Stock Exchange
102	1309	14:46:39	London Stock Exchange
174	1309	14:46:39	London Stock Exchange
18	1309	14:47:57	London Stock Exchange
103	1309	14:49:38	London Stock Exchange
103	1309	14:49:38	London Stock Exchange
165	1309	14:49:38	London Stock Exchange
128	1312	14:52:34	London Stock Exchange
142	1312	14:52:34	London Stock Exchange
9	1312	14:52:34	London Stock Exchange
133	1313	14:53:19	London Stock Exchange
101	1314	14:53:41	London Stock Exchange
115	1313	14:55:14	London Stock Exchange
168	1313	14:55:15	London Stock Exchange
48	1315	14:58:16	London Stock Exchange
172	1315	14:58:38	London Stock Exchange
205	1315	14:58:38	London Stock Exchange
195	1314	15:00:00	London Stock Exchange
183	1313	15:01:07	London Stock Exchange
103	1313	15:05:41	London Stock Exchange
114	1313	15:05:41	London Stock Exchange
117	1313	15:05:41	London Stock Exchange
106	1313	15:05:41	London Stock Exchange
124	1313	15:07:41	London Stock Exchange
51	1317	15:09:52	London Stock Exchange
74	1317	15:09:52	London Stock Exchange
159	1317	15:09:52	London Stock Exchange
73	1317	15:09:52	London Stock Exchange
123	1319	15:10:46	London Stock Exchange
102	1319	15:12:04	London Stock Exchange
87	1318	15:12:24	London Stock Exchange
106	1318	15:12:24	London Stock Exchange
105	1318	15:12:24	London Stock Exchange
100	1318	15:12:24	London Stock Exchange
129	1320	15:14:20	London Stock Exchange
42	1320	15:14:20	London Stock Exchange
61	1320	15:14:20	London Stock Exchange
77	1319	15:14:55	London Stock Exchange
112	1319	15:15:14	London Stock Exchange
129	1318	15:16:11	London Stock Exchange
143	1318	15:18:23	London Stock Exchange
104	1318	15:20:23	London Stock Exchange
126	1318	15:20:40	London Stock Exchange
79	1318	15:20:40	London Stock Exchange
22	1318	15:20:40	London Stock Exchange
102	1318	15:22:43	London Stock Exchange
112	1318	15:22:43	London Stock Exchange
103	1318	15:22:43	London Stock Exchange
100	1318	15:22:43	London Stock Exchange
126	1318	15:24:11	London Stock Exchange
110	1318	15:24:30	London Stock Exchange
102	1318	15:25:34	London Stock Exchange
150	1320	15:26:06	London Stock Exchange
123	1320	15:26:06	London Stock Exchange
116	1322	15:27:38	London Stock Exchange
115	1321	15:29:21	London Stock Exchange
117	1321	15:29:21	London Stock Exchange
122	1321	15:29:21	London Stock Exchange
102	1321	15:31:20	London Stock Exchange
111	1321	15:32:15	London Stock Exchange
100	1320	15:32:19	London Stock Exchange
101	1320	15:32:19	London Stock Exchange
103	1320	15:32:19	London Stock Exchange
72	1320	15:32:19	London Stock Exchange
43	1320	15:32:19	London Stock Exchange
111	1319	15:33:02	London Stock Exchange
112	1319	15:35:29	London Stock Exchange
128	1319	15:35:29	London Stock Exchange
113	1319	15:35:29	London Stock Exchange
120	1318	15:36:01	London Stock Exchange
80	1317	15:36:10	London Stock Exchange
105	1317	15:39:03	London Stock Exchange
117	1317	15:39:03	London Stock Exchange
100	1317	15:39:03	London Stock Exchange
204	1317	15:39:03	London Stock Exchange
129	1316	15:39:32	London Stock Exchange
16	1315	15:40:11	London Stock Exchange
99	1315	15:40:11	London Stock Exchange
118	1315	15:42:31	London Stock Exchange
5	1315	15:44:04	London Stock Exchange
122	1315	15:44:04	London Stock Exchange
16	1315	15:44:04	London Stock Exchange
261	1317	15:44:09	London Stock Exchange
51	1317	15:44:09	London Stock Exchange
114	1317	15:45:52	London Stock Exchange
114	1317	15:45:52	London Stock Exchange
16	1318	15:47:50	London Stock Exchange
115	1318	15:47:50	London Stock Exchange
425	1318	15:47:50	London Stock Exchange
19	1318	15:47:50	London Stock Exchange
121	1318	15:49:48	London Stock Exchange
101	1318	15:49:48	London Stock Exchange
113	1318	15:49:48	London Stock Exchange
120	1317	15:51:06	London Stock Exchange
114	1317	15:51:06	London Stock Exchange
19	1317	15:51:06	London Stock Exchange
112	1317	15:51:40	London Stock Exchange
120	1317	15:53:06	London Stock Exchange
107	1317	15:53:06	London Stock Exchange
108	1317	15:53:06	London Stock Exchange
103	1317	15:55:13	London Stock Exchange
102	1316	15:55:18	London Stock Exchange
119	1316	15:55:18	London Stock Exchange
106	1316	15:56:59	London Stock Exchange
106	1315	15:59:10	London Stock Exchange
162	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
122	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
108	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
102	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
127	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
127	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
103	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
110	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
102	1315	16:00:18	London Stock Exchange
112	1313	16:01:11	London Stock Exchange
114	1313	16:04:13	London Stock Exchange
112	1313	16:04:13	London Stock Exchange
110	1313	16:04:13	London Stock Exchange
110	1313	16:04:13	London Stock Exchange
115	1313	16:04:13	London Stock Exchange
104	1313	16:04:13	London Stock Exchange
104	1313	16:06:04	London Stock Exchange
112	1313	16:06:46	London Stock Exchange
107	1313	16:07:06	London Stock Exchange
110	1313	16:07:40	London Stock Exchange
107	1313	16:08:01	London Stock Exchange
116	1313	16:08:50	London Stock Exchange
125	1312	16:08:52	London Stock Exchange
119	1312	16:08:52	London Stock Exchange
108	1312	16:08:52	London Stock Exchange
112	1312	16:10:37	London Stock Exchange
119	1312	16:11:07	London Stock Exchange
125	1312	16:11:52	London Stock Exchange
95	1311	16:12:04	London Stock Exchange
101	1311	16:12:04	London Stock Exchange
123	1311	16:12:04	London Stock Exchange
112	1311	16:12:04	London Stock Exchange
113	1310	16:13:18	London Stock Exchange
133	1310	16:13:18	London Stock Exchange
411	1311	16:15:22	London Stock Exchange
110	1311	16:15:22	London Stock Exchange
43	1311	16:16:58	London Stock Exchange
60	1311	16:16:58	London Stock Exchange
110	1311	16:18:57	London Stock Exchange
108	1311	16:18:57	London Stock Exchange
107	1311	16:18:57	London Stock Exchange
32	1311	16:18:57	London Stock Exchange
361	1311	16:18:57	London Stock Exchange
78	1311	16:18:57	London Stock Exchange
276	1311	16:18:57	London Stock Exchange
445	1310	16:19:35	London Stock Exchange
193	1309	16:20:54	London Stock Exchange
215	1309	16:20:54	London Stock Exchange
42	1309	16:21:38	London Stock Exchange
155	1309	16:21:38	London Stock Exchange
115	1309	16:22:07	London Stock Exchange
465	1310	16:25:18	London Stock Exchange
164	1310	16:26:05	London Stock Exchange
25	1310	16:27:14	London Stock Exchange
470	1310	16:27:14	London Stock Exchange
297	1310	16:27:14	London Stock Exchange
135	1310	16:27:35	London Stock Exchange

 

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