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RNS Number : 2569E

Ashtead Group PLC

14 July 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 2 September 2015, 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:                                            14 July 2016 
   Number of Shares purchased:                   27,383 Shares 
   Highest price paid per Share:                     1100.0 pence 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                      1098.0 pence 
   Average price paid per Share:                    1099.0689 pence 

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 51,588,643 Shares in Treasury.

The Company has 501,736,911 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 Barclays 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, +44 (0)20 7726 9700

Schedule of Purchases

   Shares purchased:           Ashtead Group PLC (ISIN CODE: GB000536739) 
   Date of purchases:          14 July 2016 
   Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited 

Aggregate information:

 
         Venue            Volume-weighted   Aggregated volume 
                           average price, 
                               pence 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 BATS Europe                    1099.1745                 745 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Chi-X Europe                   1099.2417               3,236 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Turquoise                      1099.2854               2,628 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 London Stock Exchange          1099.0108              20,774 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 

Individual transactions:

 
     Number of       Transaction   Time of transaction   Trading venue 
  shares purchased      price 
                      (pence per 
                        share) 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 146                 11.00         12:05:17               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 99                  11.00         12:05:18               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 500                 11.00         12:05:18               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 250                 11.00         12:05:18              Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 500                 11.00         12:05:18              Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 312                 10.99         12:10:57               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 409                 10.98         12:11:09               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 363                 10.98         12:11:09               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 1073                10.98         12:11:09               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 300                 10.99         12:12:46              Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 15440               10.99         12:12:46               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 738                 10.99         12:12:46              Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 453                 10.99         12:12:46              Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 615                 10.99         12:12:46              BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 2454                10.99         12:12:46              Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 130                 11.00         12:13:17              BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 1015                11.00         14:46:38               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 289                 11.00         14:46:38              Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 309                 11.00         14:48:09               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 493                 11.00         14:48:09              Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 904                 10.99         14:48:10               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 387                 10.99         14:48:10              Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 35                  10.99         14:48:12               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
 169                 10.99         14:48:28               Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 

This information is provided by RNS

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