Transaction in Own Shares

RNS Number : 1649M

Ashtead Group PLC

10 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:                                        10 October 2016

Number of Shares purchased:                   25,000 Shares

Highest price paid per Share:                     1350.0 pence

Lowest price paid per Share:                      1325.0 pence

Average price paid per Share:                    1338.96 pence

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.              

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 53,749,842 Shares in Treasury.    

The Company has 499,575,712 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:          10 October 2016

Investment firm:             Jefferies International

Aggregate information:

Venue	Volume-weighted average price, pence	Aggregated volume
London Stock Exchange	1338.96	25,000

Individual transactions:

Number of shares purchased	Transaction price (pence per share)	Time of transaction	Trading venue
100	1336	08:02:37	London Stock Exchange
108	1333	08:05:13	London Stock Exchange
23	1332	08:07:39	London Stock Exchange
73	1332	08:07:39	London Stock Exchange
21	1332	08:07:39	London Stock Exchange
2	1332	08:07:39	London Stock Exchange
31	1331	08:10:03	London Stock Exchange
78	1331	08:10:03	London Stock Exchange
129	1330	08:12:46	London Stock Exchange
131	1330	08:16:09	London Stock Exchange
104	1331	08:18:04	London Stock Exchange
118	1332	08:21:11	London Stock Exchange
117	1330	08:23:09	London Stock Exchange
115	1329	08:25:46	London Stock Exchange
126	1325	08:28:17	London Stock Exchange
128	1328	08:31:07	London Stock Exchange
122	1328	08:33:32	London Stock Exchange
124	1330	08:36:20	London Stock Exchange
111	1333	08:39:16	London Stock Exchange
17	1333	08:39:16	London Stock Exchange
127	1332	08:41:55	London Stock Exchange
135	1331	08:44:57	London Stock Exchange
126	1330	08:47:19	London Stock Exchange
6	1332	08:49:41	London Stock Exchange
38	1332	08:49:41	London Stock Exchange
70	1332	08:49:41	London Stock Exchange
152	1332	08:52:59	London Stock Exchange
128	1330	08:55:24	London Stock Exchange
124	1329	08:59:46	London Stock Exchange
86	1329	09:01:05	London Stock Exchange
38	1329	09:01:05	London Stock Exchange
136	1329	09:03:54	London Stock Exchange
13	1328	09:07:20	London Stock Exchange
103	1328	09:07:20	London Stock Exchange
102	1329	09:10:03	London Stock Exchange
102	1329	09:11:24	London Stock Exchange
124	1329	09:13:19	London Stock Exchange
119	1329	09:16:35	London Stock Exchange
33	1329	09:16:35	London Stock Exchange
132	1328	09:19:00	London Stock Exchange
228	1330	09:28:05	London Stock Exchange
9	1329	09:28:08	London Stock Exchange
114	1329	09:28:08	London Stock Exchange
119	1330	09:28:35	London Stock Exchange
138	1331	09:32:38	London Stock Exchange
115	1333	09:34:51	London Stock Exchange
33	1333	09:34:51	London Stock Exchange
108	1333	09:37:14	London Stock Exchange
203	1337	09:43:56	London Stock Exchange
125	1336	09:45:50	London Stock Exchange
165	1336	09:47:50	London Stock Exchange
81	1335	09:50:12	London Stock Exchange
40	1335	09:50:12	London Stock Exchange
102	1335	09:52:47	London Stock Exchange
67	1335	09:55:43	London Stock Exchange
71	1335	09:55:43	London Stock Exchange
25	1336	09:59:29	London Stock Exchange
105	1336	09:59:29	London Stock Exchange
115	1334	10:01:11	London Stock Exchange
133	1334	10:03:58	London Stock Exchange
118	1334	10:07:30	London Stock Exchange
109	1334	10:09:24	London Stock Exchange
125	1334	10:12:15	London Stock Exchange
150	1335	10:15:44	London Stock Exchange
110	1333	10:18:19	London Stock Exchange
110	1332	10:21:12	London Stock Exchange
118	1332	10:23:27	London Stock Exchange
118	1332	10:26:21	London Stock Exchange
118	1330	10:29:33	London Stock Exchange
125	1330	10:32:06	London Stock Exchange
116	1329	10:34:58	London Stock Exchange
125	1328	10:37:53	London Stock Exchange
170	1326	10:43:17	London Stock Exchange
180	1328	10:51:28	London Stock Exchange
101	1332	10:58:07	London Stock Exchange
137	1332	10:58:07	London Stock Exchange
12	1331	10:58:14	London Stock Exchange
110	1331	10:58:14	London Stock Exchange
114	1330	10:59:03	London Stock Exchange
8	1332	11:02:35	London Stock Exchange
118	1332	11:02:35	London Stock Exchange
102	1333	11:04:48	London Stock Exchange
121	1333	11:08:39	London Stock Exchange
72	1333	11:14:37	London Stock Exchange
29	1333	11:14:37	London Stock Exchange
101	1332	11:15:31	London Stock Exchange
129	1333	11:20:10	London Stock Exchange
1	1333	11:20:10	London Stock Exchange
112	1333	11:20:49	London Stock Exchange
23	1333	11:20:49	London Stock Exchange
119	1334	11:33:20	London Stock Exchange
107	1334	11:33:20	London Stock Exchange
111	1333	11:34:01	London Stock Exchange
211	1332	11:36:31	London Stock Exchange
127	1332	11:41:05	London Stock Exchange
132	1333	11:44:30	London Stock Exchange
171	1335	11:49:45	London Stock Exchange
116	1334	11:52:43	London Stock Exchange
118	1333	11:58:15	London Stock Exchange
210	1336	12:05:20	London Stock Exchange
116	1334	12:08:08	London Stock Exchange
116	1334	12:12:13	London Stock Exchange
104	1333	12:15:45	London Stock Exchange
104	1332	12:19:09	London Stock Exchange
118	1332	12:22:33	London Stock Exchange
114	1331	12:28:37	London Stock Exchange
118	1335	12:35:41	London Stock Exchange
73	1337	12:41:35	London Stock Exchange
52	1337	12:41:35	London Stock Exchange
112	1337	12:41:35	London Stock Exchange
147	1336	12:41:52	London Stock Exchange
118	1336	12:45:25	London Stock Exchange
118	1336	12:52:57	London Stock Exchange
183	1335	12:55:14	London Stock Exchange
46	1336	13:00:10	London Stock Exchange
89	1336	13:00:10	London Stock Exchange
125	1336	13:04:40	London Stock Exchange
103	1336	13:07:30	London Stock Exchange
147	1336	13:11:29	London Stock Exchange
105	1336	13:14:18	London Stock Exchange
120	1336	13:17:31	London Stock Exchange
126	1338	13:22:10	London Stock Exchange
126	1339	13:25:01	London Stock Exchange
148	1339	13:31:25	London Stock Exchange
125	1336	13:33:39	London Stock Exchange
143	1338	13:37:40	London Stock Exchange
122	1339	13:40:29	London Stock Exchange
126	1340	13:44:26	London Stock Exchange
100	1340	13:50:12	London Stock Exchange
105	1341	13:53:12	London Stock Exchange
50	1340	13:53:58	London Stock Exchange
47	1340	13:53:58	London Stock Exchange
152	1341	13:56:59	London Stock Exchange
242	1342	14:09:43	London Stock Exchange
107	1342	14:09:43	London Stock Exchange
71	1342	14:11:51	London Stock Exchange
30	1342	14:11:51	London Stock Exchange
121	1341	14:14:10	London Stock Exchange
179	1342	14:15:47	London Stock Exchange
139	1341	14:20:55	London Stock Exchange
85	1341	14:21:30	London Stock Exchange
60	1341	14:21:30	London Stock Exchange
116	1343	14:24:05	London Stock Exchange
101	1344	14:30:09	London Stock Exchange
113	1344	14:30:10	London Stock Exchange
124	1343	14:31:21	London Stock Exchange
106	1343	14:32:57	London Stock Exchange
144	1343	14:34:57	London Stock Exchange
102	1343	14:37:22	London Stock Exchange
164	1344	14:40:53	London Stock Exchange
22	1344	14:40:53	London Stock Exchange
188	1346	14:44:16	London Stock Exchange
110	1350	14:49:44	London Stock Exchange
42	1350	15:01:09	London Stock Exchange
174	1350	15:01:09	London Stock Exchange
102	1350	15:01:09	London Stock Exchange
106	1350	15:01:09	London Stock Exchange
110	1350	15:01:09	London Stock Exchange
124	1350	15:19:51	London Stock Exchange
121	1350	15:19:51	London Stock Exchange
121	1350	15:19:51	London Stock Exchange
107	1350	15:19:51	London Stock Exchange
60	1350	15:19:51	London Stock Exchange
53	1350	15:19:54	London Stock Exchange
109	1350	15:19:54	London Stock Exchange
111	1350	15:19:54	London Stock Exchange
105	1350	15:19:54	London Stock Exchange
102	1350	15:19:54	London Stock Exchange
119	1350	15:19:54	London Stock Exchange
129	1350	15:19:54	London Stock Exchange
53	1349	15:20:49	London Stock Exchange
47	1349	15:20:49	London Stock Exchange
113	1349	15:21:27	London Stock Exchange
107	1349	15:21:27	London Stock Exchange
123	1347	15:23:00	London Stock Exchange
101	1350	15:25:08	London Stock Exchange
119	1350	15:27:30	London Stock Exchange
169	1348	15:28:46	London Stock Exchange
231	1350	15:33:36	London Stock Exchange
105	1349	15:34:21	London Stock Exchange
19	1349	15:34:21	London Stock Exchange
106	1349	15:34:21	London Stock Exchange
120	1350	15:36:21	London Stock Exchange
27	1350	15:38:11	London Stock Exchange
79	1350	15:38:11	London Stock Exchange
104	1349	15:40:20	London Stock Exchange
45	1349	15:40:20	London Stock Exchange
84	1349	15:40:20	London Stock Exchange
121	1348	15:42:11	London Stock Exchange
110	1348	15:44:09	London Stock Exchange
110	1348	15:44:09	London Stock Exchange
62	1349	15:44:47	London Stock Exchange
40	1349	15:44:47	London Stock Exchange
176	1348	15:47:01	London Stock Exchange
118	1348	15:49:07	London Stock Exchange
117	1348	15:51:33	London Stock Exchange
116	1348	15:53:30	London Stock Exchange
44	1348	15:55:16	London Stock Exchange
78	1348	15:55:16	London Stock Exchange
196	1348	15:57:23	London Stock Exchange
100	1348	15:58:21	London Stock Exchange
100	1348	15:58:21	London Stock Exchange
106	1348	15:58:21	London Stock Exchange
109	1347	16:00:44	London Stock Exchange
108	1347	16:00:44	London Stock Exchange
114	1346	16:06:40	London Stock Exchange
110	1346	16:06:40	London Stock Exchange
121	1346	16:06:40	London Stock Exchange
100	1346	16:06:40	London Stock Exchange
104	1346	16:06:40	London Stock Exchange
58	1346	16:06:40	London Stock Exchange
42	1346	16:06:40	London Stock Exchange
120	1343	16:07:39	London Stock Exchange
115	1343	16:09:34	London Stock Exchange
303	1345	16:13:40	London Stock Exchange
128	1345	16:13:40	London Stock Exchange
127	1345	16:14:32	London Stock Exchange
48	1345	16:16:21	London Stock Exchange
90	1345	16:18:59	London Stock Exchange
161	1345	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
108	1345	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
125	1345	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
109	1345	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
172	1345	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
104	1345	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
118	1345	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
121	1345	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
197	1344	16:22:32	London Stock Exchange
119	1344	16:23:48	London Stock Exchange
53	1344	16:25:12	London Stock Exchange
1	1344	16:25:19	London Stock Exchange
80	1344	16:25:21	London Stock Exchange
300	1344	16:28:44	London Stock Exchange

 

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