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RNS Number : 6518E

Ashtead Group PLC

19 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:                                            19 July 2016 
   Number of Shares purchased:                   21,315 Shares 
   Highest price paid per Share:                     1100.0 pence 
   Lowest price paid per Share:                      1095.0 pence 
   Average price paid per Share:                    1099.3966 pence 

The Company intends to hold these Shares in Treasury.

Including Shares which have been purchased but not yet settled, the Company holds 51,609,958 Shares in Treasury.

The Company has 501,715,596 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:          19 July 2016 
   Investment firm:             Barclays Capital Securities Limited 

Aggregate information:

 
         Venue            Volume-weighted   Aggregated volume 
                           average price, 
                               pence 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 BATS Europe                    1099.5693               1,645 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Chi-X Europe                   1099.7775               3,582 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 Turquoise                      1099.0254               7,166 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 London Stock Exchange          1099.5099               8,922 
-----------------------  ----------------  ------------------ 
 

Individual transactions:

 
     Number of       Transaction   Time of transaction   Trading venue 
  shares purchased      price 
                      (pence per 
                        share) 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               120         11.00        08:08:35         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               302         11.00        08:08:35         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               355         11.00        08:08:35         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               137         11.00        08:08:35         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               139         11.00        08:09:11         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
                71         10.98        09:00:36          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               236         10.98        09:00:36          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               191         10.98        09:00:36          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               736         10.98        09:00:36         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                60         10.98        09:00:36         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                90         10.98        09:00:36         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                79         11.00        09:01:28         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                46         11.00        09:01:38         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               456         11.00        09:01:38         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               477         11.00        09:01:38         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               250         11.00        09:01:38         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               588         11.00        09:01:38         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               562         11.00        09:01:38         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                79         11.00        09:01:38         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               649         11.00        09:01:38          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
              2839         11.00        09:01:38          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               899         11.00        09:01:38          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               977         11.00        09:01:38          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                 1         11.00        09:01:38         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               370         11.00        09:01:38         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               613         11.00        09:01:38         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               290         11.00        09:01:38         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               904         11.00        09:01:38          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               259         11.00        09:05:07         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               786         11.00        09:05:07         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               119         11.00        09:05:07          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               177         11.00        09:05:57         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               112         11.00        09:05:57         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               485         11.00        09:25:59         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               293         11.00        09:25:59          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               334         11.00        09:25:59         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               488         11.00        09:25:59          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               396         10.99        09:26:19         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               457         10.96        09:32:53         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               707         10.96        09:32:53          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               299         10.95        09:34:17         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               470         10.99        09:47:21         BATS Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               310         10.99        09:47:21          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               562         10.99        09:47:21         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               313         10.99        09:47:21         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                88         10.99        09:47:21         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               289         11.00        09:59:59         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               289         11.00        09:59:59         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               930         10.99        10:00:00         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                 1         10.99        10:00:00         Turquoise 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
                                                         London Stock 
               239         10.99        10:00:00          Exchange 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
               396         10.99        10:06:37         Chi-X Europe 
------------------  ------------  --------------------  -------------- 
 

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